Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-24


the lobby of the big interests, which is
operating in Washington, as the most
powerfully vicious thing in America"
He makes this indictment OF the lobby
in a book entitled ''The Invisible Govern
ment" which he is writing in Seattle,
Wash, in collaboration with Mrs. L.
Blake Baldwin, and on which they have
been working six months together.
The book is expected to create a ma
tional sensation OF the greatest magni-
tude and most striking nature. 1t viii
rip the mask off the clandestine powers
that have set themselves up as mightier
than congress and the president, and will
reveal all their hidden dirty work and
vile underhand Vaccinations against the
working class and the whole people OF the
country in colossal schemes to enrich
Themselves nd get control of all the
activities of the federal government
Mulhall's Record Is Well Known.
EVERYBODY knows who Colonel Mulhall
is and what he has been. For many
years he was the field agent of the Ma.
tional Association Of Manufacturers, and
this organization he designates as the
implement thru which the invisible
government works most effectively lie
was the associations confidential en-
plovs in lobby work, and he has thou
sands OF letters sent to him by it's ON
GERS and members on subjects OF over
bearing moment, Thes eletters contain
secret matter OF vital Importance which
the writer's intended should never be re-
y.aled. but the colonel is making ex-
cerpta from them for this book, with
names and dates. and giving these set
tiugz which will make them crushing in
their effect The book aims to prove big
thinc- OF the following purPort;
The talent of the lobby is the best
drilled the most diplomatic in public life
today.
II seldom hesitatcs at means 10 ae-
complish its ends.
I.e-s than three per cent of the lobby
tries to accomplish its designs by honor
able measures.
Its generals are the multi millionaires
the steel. oil, hardware, banking, rail
wav and other great corporations-and
its eorporals the political bosses and
ward .heelcrs of the big cities.
II is so powerful that IL can reach
out and crush almost any man.
The lobby is today more vigorous, If
anore careful. than ever before. II de-.
Ands toll in some form from every citi-
zen of the United States.
MuihaI One of Chief Witnesses
Col. Mulhall is tho lobby's" most
dreaded enemy. because he has the cyi-
d.ncc of its wickedness in authentic doc
umentary form. During the 1918 inyes-
tigation by congress of what President
Wilson called the "insidious lobby" he
was one OF the chief witnesses against
IL. but the congressional committees
have never given TO the public any COM
pletc report on the amazing revelations
made to them by the witness
Lobby Is Now as Powerful as Ever
THE lobby is today Just as powerful
~ il was then" asserts Mulhnll. and
il is this year making a supreme effort
to clinch its hold on Washington and the
nation.
at has ben the ambition of my life
to show up this monster to the people,
for once its methods and influences arc
made clear | believe it will be over
thrown.
with its 1000 members. = he continues,
the National Association OF Manufac.
turers represents money power OF over
- 600. 900. 900. embracing virtually every
great industrial interest in the United
States.
Immense Corruption Fund Collected.
Annually 81 10000 or more is col
leetcd from members of this association
by an inner organization to be spent for
political purposes. Not a cent of this is
ever accounted for.
THAT sum represents the cankcr at
the heart of Americanism today.
With it legislators have been bought
and sold. elected and defeated Lives
and fortunes have been wrecked. In it
is bribery, perjury, treachcry and the un-
dcrmining of integrity. 1t has been used
to assault the highest pinnacles of our
national institutions.
The dcplorable thing about this is
that the majority of the manufacturers
from whom this fund is collected do not
know how it has been used. They, as well
as the people, have been dcluded and