The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-06
GROTTKAU'S PAPER
The Socialistic TagebIatt
Is Born.
Its Editor Founded the Chicago Jour-
nal for Which Anarchist Spies
Wrote.

The population of the newspaper world
was Increased yesterday by the birth of
new German daily called the San Francisco
Tageblatt, which is and is TO be the organ OF
the German socialists.
The Sunday edition is called Vorwaerts.
The weekly will be called the Arbeiter
Zeitung
Norwaerts should have been born at
o'clock yesterday morning, hut did not ap-
pear until several hours later, owing TO the
fact that the press. which had been i'm
ported from Oakland, would not work
Freshmen and machinists toiled with it
from midnight until the sunbeams were
dancing on the bay. without effect Then
the managers carried the forms to the Office
of weekly paper, and the first number of
the Tagebiatt was produced.
The chief editor of the new paper is Paul
Grottkau. middle-aged man withdark hair
and beard, who founded the Freie Presse of
Berlin and the Arbeiter ZeituDg of Chicago.
lie went to Chicago from Germany at the
request OF the workingmen and socialists of
that city, and after conducting the paper
for several months was succeeded by Au-
gust Spies, the anarchist, who was hanged
seven years ago, owing to the part played by
him IN the Haymarket riot.
DR.. Paulsen, who has been connected with
local German daily for several years, is
city editor.
The policy of the paper or papers is out
lined IN the following excerpts from Editor
Grottkau's leader:
The Yorwaerts and San francisco Tageblatt
are dedicated 20 tie interests OF progress
These papers have not been started with a
view 10 profit making. They have no igdIyidu-
ally Interested proprietor, but are managed by
elected officers, Hs Is the Mechanics Institute
They are common public property OF all progress
slVe organizations and individuals WHO con-
tribute 10 their maintenance. We have net ner
shares nor dividends; Ouly The public and GEN
eral welfare are The guiding policy of these
The Vorwaerts aud San Francisco Tageblatt
are no party organs. They have not and do not
SOLICIT pollilcal patronage, but viii wage war
against the corrupt system of political patron
age. There Is no boss, no private aTblIrarlness,
no me cenaiy interests 10 serve; on the con.
Lrary. against all special interests the welfare of
the public only will be considered.
These papers do not wage war against persons
but against obsolete principles and conditions
which force people or enable them To Infiict IN.
justice upon their feiow-meD. In undertaking
such task II will occasionally b. unayoldabls
TO expose The actions Of such individuals who on
account Of repeated and ayoidabe and unneces-
sary seventies toward their fellOw-men, intro
duce uespicabie and unfair competition in their
trade. Such single individuals are promoters OF
bad principles and the intensliiers OF existing
unjust conditions In the Interest of the honest
and humane competitors and business men such
facts must simply be mentioned.
The wofklngmrn complain OF the greedIness
| OF employers and employers complain of the In.
| considerateness OF their worklngmen, who do
not sufficiently take into consideration the cir
cnmStauces OF our present competitive SYSTEM
which often force The undertaken of an enter.
prise TO extreme seventies In the Interest of his
own future existence. This is the existing social
dilemma.
Both sides, the employer and the employe
may be equally light; In many cases bOTh have
| cause o complain. The employer cannot sacrl-
| 1ce himself for The wOrkmen, The workmen not
for the employer. Our false competitive system
| Is responsible for these lamenlaDle conditions,
/ the unal result OF which Is the victory Of the
| stronger one economically. This system divides
society into hostile camps. prevents real lar-
mOny, and leads Inevitably to trusts and mon
| opUly. We combat this faulty system In the
| Interest OF the harmony necessary In human
society, and for The purpose OF achieving
| higher civilization and finer morality.
i he works and the capitalists OF tile present
| day have MOI created the present comp, titiye
| system. They found 1t rs II was transmitted to
them; they are not responsible for this system,
| BY mutual understanding Of the facts and with a
| little good viii on bOin sides many hardshps Of
| This system could be ameli0raed.
| In tie face OF this we lake tile lb-rtv TO re-
| port facts a. they really are, without hypocricv
without exaltIng privileged rascality, without
laying claims 10 spoils, Without deridng or rIdi-
culing The defenseess, without crouchIng before
| the powerful; the readers may examine and
| judge for themselves.
The Tageblatt is the first daily newspaper
| established In the interest of workingmen
| west of ST. Louis.