Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-10-11

They have arranged to furnish these "brains
in the form of plate matter. The committt
says of this plate matter: "It goes out fll
page at time, to papers, in the main, OF frol
1000 to Io, 1000 circulation" The total nun
Der of papers supplied with "brains" in plat
three, and the estimated circulation, 724,469!
The committee adds again that this wor
could have been more than doubled had thei
funds permitted.
Readers of country papers who have notice
the large number of cable editorials on "soun
money" and in opposition to the "free sive
and fiat money craze" will now understan
source.
The committee SUMS up all forms of litera
ture it has distributed, at its own expense, a
six million, one hundred and seven thousant
documents, or enough to put one document il
the hands of one-half the voters in the Unitet
States.
TO "edrcate" an average rural county in Ohio
with reform literature to the same extent woult
require the effective distribution Of five thou
sand papers or pamphlets.
Keep in mind the fact that the document:
distributed by this ''sound money committee
were not little leaflets or cheap tracts, but ex
haustive arguments by the ablest and most
plausible writers whom money could hire--ful
text of speeches by their best speakers and H.
lustrated pamphlets.
Prohibitonists often think that five or ten
81. - ,d
that hundred dollars spent i'll this way would
be sheer extravaganza. Note the following
interesting item from the report
"The circumstances attending the Memphis
Springfield and Louisville conventions, and the
speeches of Mr.. Carlisle i'll Kentucky, and oi
Mr. Hoke Smith i'll Georgia. caused such de-
mand for these speeches that we promptly went
as far as possible i'll meeting it, though we felt
this particular work to be one the expense and
labor of which should ultimately be otherwise
arranged for, as in fact has already been done
Before this, however, the club had expended
some 81 900 mainly i'll printing and forwarding
in bulk for local distribution by others, some
$50, 900 copies of the speeches referred to-"
Two thousand dollars, simply as preliminary
work, to be continued by others, in distributing
speeches. Intended 10 HullDuS anu lOOI Tic pSo-
pie and get them to vote for a continued bond
age for their country, themselves and their
children And yet reformers, knowing what
is at stake, suppose that this avalanche OF
poisonous sophistry and Misrepresentation can
be met by the occasional dropping of few
cheap tracts and dodgers
But the work of this indefatigable club was
not by any means non-political They under
stood perfectly we'll that this question was in
politics, and it was necessary to manage polit-
ical convictions. The work of education
must be pressed just where and when it would
do the most good. 1t is mistake to suppose
that all those who, i'll a political convention,
vote against the interests of the people, are
"bought" There are lots of men who can't
be bought, but who can be readily bainboozled;
and bamboozling is often very much cheaper
than boodling. Notice this paragraph:
Though not organized as a province of a
special bureau, the late and approaching polit-
ical conventions in the different states have
caused calls to be made upon us for special
work in supplying literature to delegates and
local committeeman to an extent which deserves
mention here--espedally as this work may be
considered as now practically closed for the
season Kentucky, Georgia and Ohio were the
states most thoroughly and Systematically COW
cred by the work.
How efectual was this Especial service"