The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-09

That was bad enough in view of their confession of wholesale murder. but when Clarence Darrow the great lawyer of the McNamaras, was accused of attempting to bribe some of the MeNamara jurors. Wayland and Warren feared the Appeal to reason was going to suffer seriously in its circulation
 Announcement was made that the pa- per would suspend publication. but much to the surprise of Wayland and Warren the circulation did not fall off in any such volume as they expected. The shock was enough however to make Wayland want to seek a new channel for his en- ergies and now he is going to turn his attention to a publication that will be much more dignihed and sedate in tone. even If 1t is not so profitable as the Ap peal to Reason.
 Tho little four-sheet paper he has been printing for nearly II years has put him in the millionaire class, but he still looks like the country editor of the middle west. He is tall. lank. and is what some per- sons think Is typieally western in appear ance. He is one of the few men In the world who has made a business of social- ism and grown rich out of the cause. How rich he is few persons know. He not only owns the Appeal to Reason plant. which is highly valued and one of the hest pay ing properties in Kansas, but he is q great
 land owner. While he mas been invelgh- ing against tho capitalstic crowd he has been investing his newspaper profits in Texas land He is said to own the major part of the city of Amarillo Tex. His rent roll in Amarillo alone Is said to be $4o,000' year.
 Fred ]. Warren, hls editor. has fared pretty well also. The money he got out of his small interest in the Appeal to Reason he put into Missouri lands. Zinc was discovered on his property and a town grew up around the zine mines and he sold the town that grew Up around the zinc mines.
 II is peculiar thing that Wayland and Warren who have directed the destinies of the most powerful socialistc publca- tion in America, have not the confidence or respect of the bulk of the earnest so- eialists. These men declare Wayland has simply made a profession of socialism be- | cause he understood perfectly the method whereby an idea could be exploited for personal profit They say too, that out of the socialstic idea Wayland and War ren were the only ones that made money. They declare that Wayland had made drudges of the enthusiasts who have nocked to Grard to help the soeialistic propaganda and that these enthusiasts have been paid barely enough to live on. There Is one other thing the socialists who criticise WaNland point out. Many, many hundreds of men have gone to Girard full of ardor for the cause, have worked there until they became dissatis- fled, and then departed. their places filled by other enthusiasts. Of all the men who have gone to Girard not one has been developed, not one has attained proni- hence. These ardent souls thought they were working for the cause but the crit ical socialists say they simply were work l ing for WaYlands pocketbook
 The One Horse Philosopher does not an-
 swer these critics. He has made prae-
 tice never to answer criticism He does
 not have to.
 | Copyright 1912 by Richard spillane)