The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-09-16
DESPERATE MEASURES
Against SOCIALISM
IN MILWAUKEE,
By Carl D. Thompson,

by O0El ID. Thompson.
So far every effort to discredit the
working class administration in Mil
waukee seems to have fallen as flat
as pancake.
A notable instance Is that Of the
publication Of the Search. Light, a
rabid and rank. anti Socialist paper.
It began publication year or SO
ago, and ran for 8 few issues, calling
frantically on everybody to help in
the great fight that it was going to
make against the Socialist movement.
Probably no more vicious or vile
attacks have been published against
Socialism and thet Socialist party than
this publication INDUCED in. And that
Is saving good deal. ss@$ &a5 ~
However, the Socialists on the. one
hand considered that It was 50 ex-
treme that no thinking person would
be influenced by 1t, and therefore
treated It with contempt and made no
effort whatever to reply to 1t.
The capitalists seemed to have the
same Judgment concerning it, for.
they did not rush to It's rescue or open
their bowels Of compassion towards
it-nor did they subscribe the neces-
sary filthy lucre, So the Search
Light went under. It was said that it:
had a good many bad debts.
Now, however, It is making a des-
perate effort to raise $50. 1000. "A cir
cular letter has been sent to the Of
ficials Of various railroads. telling
them what an awful, horrible, hideous
thing Socialism Ii, and commanding
them to cough up the dough at once
or all will be lost, We have no
means OF knowing how much dough
the railroad officials Of this country
will see fit to contributes to help the
Search. Light pay Its bad debts. But
ths desperate nature Of the publica-
ton, may be sgatherer from some of
its statements. -. Z, :, !: -.
The editor, tries to frighten the
people in believing himself great
hero by saying that it requires great
courage to edit a paper Of this sort
for the reason that ''all the anarch.
lists and bomb throwers in the coun-
try are gathered under the Socialist
party blanket like an i'll smelling heap
Of barn yard refuse. and was it
thought advisable as In the case Of
the Los Angeles Times. a bomb might
be cast in our Direction ~. 49,.
Now, dear people of the capitalistic
class, do help to rave this great hero.
The fire-eating Socialists will surely
get MIN. If you don't watch out.
Capitalist papers. please copy !.
X Meanwhile, t1ie; Search Light ALSO,
as q sort OF premium offer, gives a
definition Of Socialism. This comes
o1orer xrys$y. $ha oa,1,oorfn&3ou 81 %s,a
paper or q contribution Of $4,000 to
$4,000 without any extra charge at
all, ,,t.-.Gf :. -. s5s1s..-" ~.
The definition has the advantage of
being unique. It reads as follows:
$50 we find that Socialism is syn
onymous with anarchism and bomb
throwing We find that Socialism Is
everything and nothing, law Of
jumbled theories, all more or less i'd
jumbled theories, all more or less
idiotics. impracticalble. that have
been handed down through the ar
chives Of the years. and are now be-
ing dished out to*us in q new style,
disguised In q modern language, and
seeking to get under the new title Of
Socialism,"
Now. you milionaires Of America,
scattered abroad at tie various water
Ing place, and Joy abodeh, think what
an awful thing it Is to have such ta-
lent as this languish Ia jail because
the last printers bills have not been
paid. >::.
Help. help. or the ship Of state will
sink. | f:$, IL. !. !, : ::s sz s..,%
+ Help to keep the editor of the.
Search Light out Of jail and especially
out Of the. clutches Of his creditors.
Large donations Of $4,000 thank
fully reviewed, small contributions ac-
cepted with proportionate amount Of