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selects general manager. He selects hi
foremen for the various industries, and eact
is selected carefully according to his ability
10 do the work and to direct his men.
Each manager is given a free hand 10 run
his department, always with the supervision
Of the manager and board Of directors, in
order that his actions may not be contrary 10
the collective welfare.
New industries are started from time to
time as necessity demands. The object Of
Llanos industries is to provide the Colony
with what ii needs, rather than to make a
profit by selling the products. Production
for use is our slogan. Thus to make its own
food. clothing and shelter. to provide as far
as possible every convenience and comfort
is the final object. T 0 get as nearly as pos
sible to the source Of wealth, the Colony will
raise sheep for wool; cotton can BE- raised,
and the colonists can weave their own cloth
and make their clothing.
The Colony's timber lands are now FUR
nishing hardwood and pine for its buildings.
its brick plant makes the necessary brick and
ecan make thing. hollow tile, etc. for its own
homes.
The farm and gardens Of the Colony have
provided the tables with most Of the good
things which nature offers.
Thus the three important problems are
easily solved.
The Colony now owns about 5000 acres
Of land. some of it Of very fair character.
varying from bottom land to rolling land
and timber land Ii intends to purchase a
total Of 10000 acres, because the colonists
realize that the movement is destined to grow
70 large proportions. several small commune
tiles probably viii Be settled on the land.
When the days work is done at 4:30,
each colonist has an equal opportunity to
improve himself along many lines, such as
music, vocal training. languages, science,
agriculture, orchestra work, dancing, and
other diversions. Many Of these classes are
well attended. and all the colonists realize
the fact that to keep progressive they must
advance in knowledge. A radical in pol
tics 'and a conservative in everything else IS
out Of place in this community
Lano's school system IS as progressive as
the cooperative colony. The children are
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LANO The Trail That Leads to the Cooperative Commonwealth

and industries are all owned by the collective
ity; where each works for the other; where
each receives the same compensation for a
days work; where no member will accept
anything which any other member cannot
have on the same terms. if he desires it
in short, imagine place where the golden
rule is the only law imposed upon the COM
munity, and you are picturing the Llano CO.
operative Colony.
After eight years Of work, Llano Colony is
rated in the commercial world as worth over
$250,000. But Llano's least asset is its COM
mercial rating. The fullness Of life, the joy
of living, the satisfaction of working. the
security for the future, the healthy environ
ment, the opportunity for education, the af-
fection Of your felIowmen are priced
more, much more, than what the commercial
world calls success.
This colony now has something like thirty
industries, all collectively owned. Among
these are: apiary, auto garage, building de-
partment, brick-making plant. blacksmith
shop, butcher shop, broom factory, crate
making factory. chicken farm, dairy with
about 20 milking cows and herd Of thoro-
bred Holstein heifers, goat ranch, hog ranch,
with several hundred Duroc-J Jersey hogs.
sweet-potato storage houses, dressmaking.
grist mill. handle lathes. hotel, hospital, IL
brary. steam laundry. land clearing, fruit or
chards, print shop, peanut butter factory.
magazine and weekly newspaper, picture
show and theater. wagon-making shop, cam
dy kitchen. shoe shop. harness shop, and
many other smaller concerns.
Then Lano's farms and gardens provide
the bulk Of the living for the colonists, the
farmers specializing on sweet potatoes. SUE
gar cane, peanuts. corn, beans, peas. ETC.,
while the gardens provide greens and gar
den truck for the table the year around.
The system of government is exceedingly
simple. Stock is sold in the corporation at
one dollar share, and only stockholders
are employed by the Colony. An agreement
Of employment is entered into between the
Colony as an organization and each individ-
ual. Each member is employed at what
he best can do. on which needs most to be
done. A board Of directors is selected each
year BY the stockholders. which board in turn
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reckless expenditure now going on HI
every country even in the midst Of
starvation.
It is the same system that has ex-
Guided protesting teachers from uniyer-
sites and schools and established d
blacklist against them and is now try
ing in every way 10 close schools teach
ing doctrines favorable 70 the working
classes.
The question resolves itself into hue
imam rights versus property rights. It
involves the equabIe distribution of
wealth created BY labor. The attitude
Iof ]. M. Keynes may well Be contrasts
cd with that Of Robert Lansing. The
latter chung to Wilson although hold
ing in many ways the opinions Of
Keynes. His book published after his
resignation confirms Keynes assertion
THAT Wilson was a simple tool in the
hands Of the other members Of The
Peace Conference. Lansing was snub-
bed by Wilson until he resigned to save
I his self-respect Excusing himself for
silence under the plea Of loyalty" to
Wilson he said nothing publicly until
after his resignation. Il was then too
late to alter the decisions Of the older
statesmen. IF he had resigned prompt
Ily when Keynes did and let the truth
Be known regarding his convictions,
| il would have done much to defeat
factions Of the older statesmen. social
ed. Lansing is an excellent example
lof so-called statesmen Of the present
day type. Our affairs are in the hands
| of those whom term Saturday even
ing Post savants. Their names will 60
eddying down the stream Of Time, APP
propriately sandwiched between Nujol
and Fatima cigarettes when the name
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OF its superior merit, it will Be accept
ed by all mankind.
Anyone who has had any genuine
pioneering experience in any part Of
the world will readily understand ii.
4 helped to grade railway bed thru
some Of the toughest parts Of The
Rocky Mountains. the country per-
feet wilderness, nature in its most for
bidding aspects. And, Yet. human in
ItelEgence, ingenuity and determination
.oYercame all obstacles, and planted
cities, dug irrigation bitches and turn
ed absolute deserts into fruitful fields
and gardens. All this was not done
overnight. | required many years Of
heartrending labor. People were dis
satisfied with the undeveloped state Of
that wilderness. but they did not knock
it; they boosted it with all The spirit
ual, mental and physical powers that
they could muster and transformed ii
more and more to the condition that
they had determined upon. Condem-
nation never improves anything. Dis
satisfaction with anything whatsoever
never gets anybody anywhere unless ii
becomes a spur for constructive action
on improved lines.
An open mind is the one requirement
that is essential to anyone who wants
to escape the Egypt Of pIutocratic bon
dage and take part in entering into the
promised land of cooperation, peace,
and plenty for all.
During the last hundred years Of
more wonderful progress has been
made along technical lines, due to the
increase in definite knowledge in these
respective spheres of human inquiry
And just to the extent that we acquire
definite knowledge concerning our
selves individually and the right adj
justment Of our relations to one an.
other, exactly to that extent and in de.
finite proportion will economic affair:
be improved and better adjusted to tht
best interests Of humanity. In ordel
that you may get such knowledge you
must get an understanding Of the sci
entific method Of investigation, wEicE
is explained by a prominent thinker
as follows:
pure science has four main princi
pies at its foundation analysis, syn
thesis, imagination and absolute elm
nation of opinion and Self. Ii is hare
to tell which of these four is most i'm
portant, but one in particular repre-
sents the sum total Of the differenc,
between scientific and unscientific me
thod. The average man, unframed il
the scientific method of thinking wher
he approaches problem. allows him
self to sway and stagger under the in
fluence of his opinion, prejudice, bias
habit and ignorance. Science, on tht
other hand, deals with nothing bu
facts, has no opinions, admits no pre-
JUDGE, eliminates personal habits, an
alyzes to the smallest possible atom
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-07-22
y INCE THE DAYS of Jesus Christ. the
b human heart has longed for the time

. c. INCE THE DAYS Of Jesus Christ. the
human heart has longed for the time
when no mans hand would be against
the hand Of his neighbor. time when each
mans interest would be Identical with the
best interests of the whole community. The
progressive thinker, all down through the
march of civilization, has yearned for bet
ter state of society in which to live. For
this reason, more than any other. men and
women have left their native soils and taxi
en- up the duties and terrible hardships of
pioneers. searching for the golden opportun-
ity.
From the East men go West; from the
West they go farther West; but the smeary
hand Of exploitation has always followed
close behind, leaving them often drained to
the point Of poverty.
To get away from the tithe-paying system
from rent, interest and profit men have.
struggled and fought and planned. Coloniz~
alton enterprises have come into being in
many parts of the world, having as their OBJ
ject the grouping Of congenial workers in an
effort TO eliminate these Objectionable phases
of human life. Many Of them have partly
succeeded, only to be wrecked upon the
rocks, because Of lack Of understanding
Of each others motives.
After studying most Of the former attempts
at cooperative colonization, and marking
well the rocks and shoals in the stormy seas,
JOB Hartman founded cooperative com
munity at Llano. California. on May lst,
1914. This community operated and pros
pered at this location until 1917. when the
water for. irrigation purposes proved unequal
10 the growth of the Colony, and a new and
more resourcefuI location was found in Lou
isiana, where they are now located.
Founded on three great principles Of soci-
ology equality Of opportunity, equality Of
income, and equality Of ownership. the Llano
Colony has proven that men and women can
live together in harmony and prosper. This
Colony is incorporated under the law as
protection against unscrupulous persons and
disgruntled self-seekers. Imagine if you can,
miniature cooperative commonwealth, and
you have Llano Colony Imagine COM
munlty where all the land, the farms, tools.
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not driven 10 learn. The subjects are all
ranged so as to draw out Of the child the
best that is in him. With this in view. diver
sified industrial trades are placed at his dis
posal. He may thus gain an insight into a
world of endeavor and can choose that which
most nearly fits in with his natural ability.
The school has its own cafeteria now, where
foods more especially adaptable to growing
children are prepared BY the domestic scr
ence class. Music, singing, languages, bot
any, agriculture, Esperanto, are among the
subjects offered to Llano's children; and
there are many opportunities for obtaining
a real education, in addition to those pro-
vided BY the regular state course Of study,
making them thinking, alert, self-reliant
group of future builders Of a cooperative
commonwealth.
Equal wages are paid to men, women and
children. The theory of this is that each
eolonist owes to the community his best en-
deayors, whether he be learned lawyer, hus-
Ky farmer, Or little school child. They give
10 the whole the best they can, and in re-
turn receive tie bes Nv ~ther can offer.
Hospital and doctor are provided when
sickness comes, and there are no charges for
such social services Funerals are conducted
along the same lines
There is no need for insurance in the Col
ony for the dependents receive their support
just the same. even if the father be remov-
ed from them.
Social life is made BY those who live TO-
gether. The great objection to living Oh the
land is the isolation which accompanies il.
Here in Llano, the farmers and the industrial
workers live close 10 the center where dane
IS, entertainments, picture shows. and all
manner Of good times can BE had for The
making.
No rent is charged for the houses. and
any building can BE- used for meetings With
out cost.
Men work in whatever industry they are
best fitted for. Sometimes they are moved
around to different work as is deemed neces-
sary, but the fact IS conceded that each
worker works best at something that he likes
70 do and has fitted himself for But when
it is remembered that each Is working for the
whole, and the whole IS working for The in-
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The Ushering iii
Of the Golden Age

The Golden Age will Be ushered W
just as rapidly and in definite propor-
non as people begin 10 practice and
conduct themselves in accordance with
the golden rule. All eliminable iIIs
and shortcomings Of human life persist
because Of sins IF omission 81 COM
mission on the part Of the people. If
you are dissatisfied with things as thew
are. why don't you help il improve
them2 What contribution do you make
70 the supplies Of the community in
the matter Of food, clothing, shelter, ed
ucational facilities and enjoyments Of
various kinds now at your servicep Are
you sure you are giving a full equiva-
lent in return for your subsistence, en-
tertainment. pleasure. security and
safety2 Just ask yourself these ques-
tons. If you conclude that YOU
are lying down on the job, just mag
Inc what conditions would be if eyery
other member Of community would
play the same trick! Don't you think
you would have some mighty hard sled
ding9 Isn't it about time for you to
take a tumble TO yourself and quit
knocking for shortening in your life
for which your own improvidence and
downright laziness are largely respon-
siblep
The world does not owe you a liv-
ing, nor anything else except on equit-
able terms Of service. You are EMIT
led to as good an opportunity as any
one else, and when you decide on Civ
ing your full measure of service or use
full labor to the community your rela-
tionship will correspondingIy, improve,
and the conditions, circumstances and
environment will improve with ii.
Take, for instance, this Colony. Dc
you realize that every acre Of ground
cleared involved large amount Of We
ry hard labor. and that without that la
Dor you would not have the food thai
is now served to you three times a daya
All the buildings, the furniture, the
household goods, the machinery in oul
industries, all required labor to make
them and place them at your s,rvice
Do you realize that by becoming a
member of this Colony you are par
owner of the entire plantation and its
industries and are equally responsible
for the success of the enterprise anc
owe full measure Of labor in operat.
ing it? Do you not know that every
venture demands the unstinting devo
ton Of those who undertake it, before
it can be placed on solid and, self-sus
tanning foundation and that during this
period Of uncertain returns the propri
etors Of limited resources have to lin.
it themselves to the minimum of out
lay for personal requirements?
A new order of human fellowship
and economic relatiohing does not come
into existence at one fell swoop. /
will have to have its birth, gradually
grow and be developed until, because
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as soon as he realized that the older
statesmen had resolved 10 dodge both
the financial and the economic prob
lens arising out Of the world war. They
determined to enforce the same old sys-
lem Of economics SO thoroughly dis
credited in every country By war ex-
perience. He knew that Business as
usual was impossible. He knew that
they asked financial impossibilities Of
Germany. Although he was fiercely
attacked and even accused Of pro-Ger-
man disloyalty. the fact that his fig-
ures were finally accepted BY His most
violent critics and the Allied Powers
is proof that he fully understood the
factors involved financially,
However, have failed to note in
any recent literature reference to his
direct statement Of the economics Of
the situation as it pertains to society as
distinguished from the financial factors.
His opinion Of the old system Of econ
omics as taught in the schools IS clear
" stated
He writes: THUS this remarkable
system (the economic system taught III
the schools. ]. H. ca depended for its
growth on a double bluff or deception
!, "On the one hand, The laboring
classes accepted from ignorance or
powerlessness; were compelled, per-
suaded, Of caioled BY custom o. au-
tthority, and the established order Of
society, into accepting very little Of
| the cake that they. and Nature, and the
capitalists were cooperating to pro-
duce. On the other hand, the capital
lists were permitted to call the cake
Theirs on the tacit understanding that
they consumed very little Of it in prac-
Itice. ** Thus the bluff is discovered;
1.-THE Iaboring classes may be no longer
iwilling to forego SO largely, and the
capitalist classes, no longer confident
of the future, may seek to enjoy NOR
fully their liberties Of consumption s.
long as they last. and thus precipitat,
| the hour Of their confiscation PIP
/ 10 and D.
4 This fully explains the unrest Of la
1 Dor all over the world. 1t is this tia
causes war between the Fascist and tn,
laborers in Italy; it appears in the oft
repeated efforts to strangle Russia; tht
.revolt in the laboring classes IN Japan
the peaceful boycott Of English com
merce in India under Gandhi; and,wa
over nearly the entire globe.
We note it in the United States il
the Plum plan; the drive for the "opel
shop; the anarchiaI assaults Of tn,
mine owners with hired thugs and ma
chine guns to prevent organization
among laborers in West Virginia, Colo
RADIO and other states; the Ku-Klux
Khan; the race riots; the suppression
Of free speech; the neglect Of our sol
diers; and the application of tar ant
feathers to whomever dare raise his .
her voice against the old un-Christial
system of economics.
This Isl the explanation Of the fin
ancial machinery Of initiation" anc
"deflation" whereby the farmers wer
robbed Of billions Of dollars; Of the de
livery Of war plumber So lavish,
to manufacturers and railroads durint
and after the war; the gambling an
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Row T0 TAKE HEE1Ee
BIZ BE. ~ Be e. 10

a@-44a = GA NE =aNF AastfAN
Liver Pills Take one pi eaa
morning and roll Il around TIE bloek
three times. Follow this By Geld SHOVE
er glass of bot water and lishf
breakfast. Roll The PHI down any con
veuient sewer,
Dopeleighs Blood lonie Fake one
wineglass Of the tonic after each meal
and toss it into the jardinier Thea
walk one mile, sleep eight hours each
might: let The ether chap do your wor
rying and you will feel better
Dyspepsia Procure 4 gross bosses at
Dr. junk Charcoal Dyspepsia Pills
Before each meal stick one tablet in tie
fern dish. This will improve your fern
and benefit you. Cut down ID meat.
sweets and alchohol Go without lung
.cheon and you will improve
Headache Use Hasheesh Headache
Powders in the following manner Tie
the powder in its paper to a string.
and, starting at s am, drag Il three
miles, country road preferred. Upon
returning. place remainder Of powder
.in ash tray and ignite il. Eat light
meal and 60 to work AL night read 4
funny store, retire early, with all VIM
dows open and you will find that lie
powder has relieved your headache.
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THE ECONOMIC CONSE
QUENcES OF THE PEACE
BY Joel Henry Greene

How many Of our real dirt farmers
can look back Of forward far enough
TO realize how much their immediate
fortunes were affected BY the so-called
Peace Confcrencep ! fear too many
have slight realization that the meet
ing Of so-called statesmen had any
influence upon the dollars and cents
that they will secure, now orin the FIJI
ture. This is written in the hope that
it may arouse interest among intelli-
gent farmers to lead them to study the
economic questions involved. Some Of
us know thru reading j. M. Keynes
Economic Consequences Of The
Peace, that The consequences are Ia
den with danger to the farmer as well
as other laboring classes everywhere.
Keynes, probably one Of the best
equipped TO understand the problems
involved. promptly resigned as shief
economic expert to the Allied Powers
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dsaIs I'M FACTS oNLY. ana adnits

deals M FACTS ONLY, and admits
nothing as fact unless it stands the
test Of ice-coId reasoning and logic. !"
If people who are dissatisfied with
things as they are will realize that the
condition Of affairs that they want in
the place Of the other requires an adj
equate course of constructive work on
their own part. that there is a natur-
al rule Of action preceding every de-
sirable result. they will surely quit
knocking and get down to brass tacks
and buckle into doing their share Of
constructive work to achieve the great
er purpose.
Comrade Pickett who had been away
on business to Baton Rouge, spoke at
the psychological meeting on Thurs
day night, July IS, Of lecture he
heard there, delivered by lady Judge
Of the juvenile court Of Memphis, Tenn.
The judge expressed her disapproval
of the negativeness rampant in child
training. Everywhere it is don't Dc
this, and don't do that, from morn
ing till night, when under constructive
guidance they should grow up into a
| positive, reliable selfhood. The pag.
ents should set them an example o.
right conduct and encourage them in
| every righteous ectian and endsavor
| The Colony enterprise is a scientific
proposition throughout. No problem
can arise in any Of its activities fol
(which there is not an available scien.
tific solution. Cooperation is for al
and will satisfy all who will faithfully
meet its every requirement.
As concerns Llano Colony particu-
larly it is published far and wide wha
the aims and methods of this undertak.
ing are. 1t is also well-known that i
has not fully accomplished the work
of providing the members with all mo.
dern conveniences and luxuries. PEG.
pie not willing to put up with such sup.
port as the Colony can now offer mus
stay away until the enterprise is fur.
ther developed. Whosoever does come
now with full knowledge of the facts
should accept them in good faith.
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Are you distributing cooperative
literaturep How else can we realize
the cooperative commonwealth We
have four leaflets of i series for free
distribution.
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Of the man who wrote Ayers AIman-
&C will have faded away forever.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28

$4,000 month. The new Section
Z which has Just been opened. is
selling rapidly. Nearly two solid
blocks on spruce street have been
sold to purchasers. none OF whom
have paid less than half cash for
their purchase and some Of thsn.
all cash. The new section has prov
ed particularly attractive because Of
its high elevation. being more than
$50 feet above the business section
Of Washington.
Lyon q Fitch. owners OF the prop
.erty are developing this section along
the same modern lines that have
been employed IN the rmainder Of
In Subdivision. The property b first
landscaped by n competsnt land
scape architect with tho aid of eiyil
engineers. Concrete sfdewalks are
constructed. sewers laid and streets
built. Electricity and gas are
brought to the front Of the lots. In
making these improvements. Lyor q
Fitch hssve brought 70 suburban
community all Of the conveniences
that one gets nj the city.