The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-06-17
INTEGRAL COOPERATION
By George D. Coleman

whole, tota. entire, complete, abso-
lutte, perfect" and other equivalent
terms.
All unity of action is cooperation.
Governments and all human organize
tons have cooperation as their neces-
sary end and aim, and human society
could not exist without it. 1t is the lack
Of cooperation that produces the saw
age. the jungle, and reduces man 10 the
state Of the apes and babboons, What
we call civilization is the fruit Of coop
Grafton; therefore there are many
stages Of cooperation.
When, under the present system.
people unite TO buy goods in quantity,
$50 as to reduce the retail price to each
member Of the unity, they cooperate,
but it is not integral cooperation.
When workers unite 10 produce an ar
ticle for sale and share the profits, it is
cooperation, but it is not integral CO.
operation; as in all other matters they
lstill remain under the competitive sys-
TEN.
As related TO the present system Of
governments. society, laws, customs.
usages and precedents, and the whole
principles Of what is called Christian
Civilization, which by the way, is nei-
Their Christian nor civilized in the true
lsense Of the word civilization; for it
lis only the old pagan system passed
down by precedent and adapted to and
modified by modern inventions and dis
coveries. To this system, Integral CO
Operation is revolutionary and diametri-
lcally opposite.
II was recognized by the Roman rul-
ers, when practiced by the early Chris
tians, and was the economic cause Of
their persecution BY the Roman state.
Their appeal to the religious prejudice
of the common people was in great
measure the same as the appeal to
make the world safe for democracy
in the world war, when later the orig
inator of that phrase admitted the war
and all wars originated from economic
or commercial reasons.
The worlds leaders and rulers have
ever appealed to the popular preju-
dices or hatreds to lead the masses, as
they recognize, even if they do not adj
nit, that the power to rule is equiva-
Ilent to the power to fool. This is es-
IpeciaIly true in American politics,
Hence in the world war Kaiser William
used the State Church preachers and
in England the English Church preach
ers were equally venomous, and where
the church could not be used, other
Iprejudices were played upon by the
press.
Cooperation for profit has made a
Wonderful record and success in Eng
Hand, and in places on the continent
of Europe; but even cooperation for
profit has not made any success in the
United States proportional to that OF
England, and Integral Cooperation has
ever been failure. This is due in
greater part, if not greatest part. to
the lack of the most essential part, and
that is the proper spirit among the rank
anil file. The ethics or morals OF any
time, or institutions, are the result OF
growth, and consequence OF the econ
omic constitution or construction of the
society or institutions of the time.
While the so-calIed Christian civiliza-
ton processes to be Christian, it is
but lip service. as in practice it is:
He can take who may,
HE may keep who can
This and the whole principle Of
competition is anti-Christian, and the
morals growing out Of it are might
lis right" the survival of the fittest,
not the fittest morally, but the unfit
test morally.
Integral cooperation or complete co.
operation, has failed and ever will fai
EunIess the morals, psychology, anc
character Of its members conform tc
the principles of Integral Cooperation
Just as the Golden Rule and the mora
precepts Of Christ produced integra
cooperation as a normal result, int.
tgral cooperation must have those prin
ciples accepted and practiced by it
members to be an economic success.
/ Our experience in the Colony ha
been demonstration Of this. Thos'
who come to us with self-seeknl
spirit, even if they themselves do no
recognize the fact. soon become dis
contented and leave, or often try t
spread that discomfort among others
and try to disrupt us before they leave
and to do what they can to injure us al
Ter thew leave. On the contrary, thos