Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-06
TO HAVE AN ORGAN.
A SECRET CIRCULAR FROM THE GENERAL
SECRETARY OF THE X. OF L.
Proposition Thst q Per Capita Tax Be Levied
For Fund Sufficient 10 Equip and 0p-
crate PrS.-ClaS Paper.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, August 5.-The
following secret circular was issued yester-
day from headquarters in this city to the
5000 local assemblies Of the Noble Order
of the Knights of Labor of America, call
ing fora general expression ofopinion from
the members of the order regarding the es-
tablishment ola public newspaper to be
conducted in the interest of the Knights
organization. Answers to the queries con-
tained in the circular are to be sent to
General Secretary Treasurer Frederick
Turner as soon rs possible, in order that he
may formulate report for presentation 10
the Richmond Convention, to commence
October 4.
The scheme was suggested to the Gener-
al Convention which met at Cleveland in
May last, and since then
PLANS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED
by the leaders ofthe order for iuaugurating
the scheme should il meet with the favor
of the order. Reliable estimates place the
membership of the Knights of Labor at
fully one million, and if per capita tax of
fifty cents should be levied, ~ suggested,
the paper could start at the outset with
working fund of 500, 700. Equity, The
Official Journal OF Uaitod Lubor, is 10 be
it's title. Whether il shall DE daily or
weekly sheet remains To I've determined.
The estimate given in the circular Of the
probable expenses and income of such q
paper will make publishers smile, but
there can be no doubt that should the
paper he established on the basis shadowed
forth it will be u decided success. This is
THE CIRCULAR:
NOBLE ORDER or rHE KNIGHTS or LABOR or
AMERICA
OFFICE oF THE
GENERAL SECRETARN. .lRENSlEEE
ruliApELrHIA, Aug. - lssS.
To the 'OrdcT U'hcrcur Found Greeting.
At the special session Of the General As
scmhly, held in Cleveland, o., May -,
lSS6 the committees Ia whom was referred
the proposition of instituting public
newspaper submitted the following recon-
mcndations, which were ordered Ia bc sent
to every local assembly for their action la
the matter.
That u public journal of the order il
necessary, which shall he an exponent OF
the principles of the order, thoroughly
educational in its relations Ia labor, nOu-
partisan and non-political
That not more than one fourth of the
space of the paper should bc allotted Ia ad-
vertisemcnts, and that these advertisement
should be confined largely to concerns of
l.. pl H.
advertisements should bc printed on one
side of the leaf only.
That, rs the object of our aspirations
is the attainment of Justice, IL is the opin
ion of the committee that the title of this
public journal should express it's scope.
and we recommend the adoption of the
name Equity aS its title. with sub
head, The Official journal OF United
Labor
That n per capita tax Of 80 cents hc
levied on the membership of the order :"
absolutely guarantee secure basis for the
publication of the paper
That when the paid-in subscription
shall amount Ia the SUN of Sl0O. 900, the
General Executive Board shall bc author
lied 10 proceed with the establishment oG
the newspaper, with proficient editor,
and sufficient number Of able associates.
who should comprise the stan, and that
the publication department shall bc placed
in the hands Oi a manager selected for abil-
ity-all 10 be appointed by the General
Executive Board from members Of the OF
dcr-gencral supervision over the publicl-
tion tO bc vested in the General Executive
Board"
1t is estimated that the running expense.
of the publication, based on an ultimate
circulation Of 10000 copies, would
amornt to S2JO,OOO per an
num. The most approved appii-
ancrs would bc required Ia meet such
a circulation 600 would be required
To procure an improved pcriecting press,
type, etc, necessary la meet the printing
requirements of the order.
The necessity for public journal which
will bc an exponent Of the principles ofihe
order, and through which matters Of public
interest could bc reviewed and attacks M
swcrcd is manifest 10 all members.
You are. therefore, requested Ia take ac-
ton on the following propositions and sub
nit the result tO this office:
Shall the Journal bc issued weekly as u
public newspaper
Shall il De by compulsory or voluntary
Of members?
Shall the subscription price I've dhy
cents or 81 Trr annumr
BY order Of the General Assembly.
- FREDERICK IrESEE,
SEAL General Secretary Treasurer.