Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-08-10
:. THE BOY SCOUTS.
Scabs and ScoudreIs. Ordered to Kil.liis Father
BY ). c. Hogan, in "The Open Letter.
Mr.. Hogan spoke as follows
"War is hell."- General Sherman.
20. War thou son of hell. William

"War is hell. General Sherman.
10, War thou son of hell. William
Shakespeare.
"Canonn and firearms are cruel and
damnable machines. Martin Luther.
/ have been reading up on the So
called boy Scout Movement. have
gathered, from various sources. the
following information and facts:
This sBoy Scout" movement is be-
ling foisted on tine people of this coun-
try by class of "pious" frauds. They
| tell us that the boy needs plenty of
exercise; that he must be taught
manliness and honesty, courtesy and
obedience; and this through train
ing in military (murder) tactics, such
as camping out. patrol duty, carrying
gun, and, last but not least, SHOOT
ING.
The boys are to be made experts IN
handling firearms, or as Luther call
ed them "cruel and damnable ma
Chimes and thus cunningly led on to
what Shakespeare and Sherman Justly
called HE'LL. Shame! Shame!
"How to Catch Our Boys"
These dime novel Scouts" under
the bribe or promise of camping
parties and other capitalist soup
house "favors" are being systematical-
" trained for man-killing and slavish
mental and moral submission to mas
terly by the capitalist class whose
foul frauds and immoralities constant
ly fill the daily papers.
Following are extracts from the
official handbook which is for the use
of Constructors" only:
although the war dance and songs
may seem at first sight to be gibber-
ish y it forms an attraction to
wilder spirits VINO would never join
band of nice. quiet, good boys"
The idea as outlined is that mice,
quiet, good boys" are TO be trapped
with the bait of out door exercise,
camps, etc., and wilder spirits" in:
jected to leaven the wheel to the fight
ing pitch desired by capitalism. That
this is the real object is proved by the
following extract from page AZ, under
the heading "How to Catch Our
Boys"
eff you bait your hook with the
kind of food that you like yourself 1t
is probable that you will not catch
many certainly not, the shy, game
kind of fish. You, therefore, use as
bait the food that the fish likes !"
you can afterward season it with
what you want them to have"
The Appeal to Reason says: "Capi-
talists are forwarding the movement;
the state itself is aiding by giving
army officers to train the scouts; and
the capitalist press is booming the
idea with ali its might. 1t is the
most sinister and diabolical attempt
ever made. being akin, to the white
slave traffic itself in debauchery OF
pure minded youth; and this fiendish
thing is openly endorsed by the mas
ters. Because the youth of the world
have been robbed of their birthright
by the masters; denied the fields, the
streams and the woods; condemned to
the factory; the sweat shops and the
mine; and because capitalism holds
out to them as alb ait part of the lost
heritage that has been stolen from
them, the immature fall victims to the
plans OF the masters, that threaten
civilization"
It is a trap, foul and fearful, set by
thethe capitalist class for the, rising
generation. First, catch the boys
\ with the attractive bait, afterward
season with poison. The very origin
Of the Boy Scout movement proves
that it is primarily and Intentionally
J a murder machine.
| According to the London Daily Elk
press the Boy Scotn Movement was
born at Mafeking, South Africa, amid
bursting bombs and flying shells. We
all know why shells were flying and
bombs bursting at Mafeking in 1900.
The Beers were peaceful, home-lov-
ing people and the war was brought
about for the purpose of conquering
them and confiscating the valuable
mines, etc., of their country. A fitting
birth place for an organization train
ed in all the arts of legalized murder.
A writer in the North American.
Philadelphia, praising the Boy Scout
'con" game says:
"From out of a great and bloody
war that, as Dom Paul said. stagger-
ed humanity, Inundated one nation
and wiped another out of existence,
has grown this boy scout movement
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