The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-14
GREATER THAN
THE RED SPECIAL
BY J. l.. Enrdahl.

You guessed 1.-THE BENSON
CAMPAIGN LEAFLETS.
There will be ten of these leaflets,
one each week for ten weeks. The
first leaflet was distributed Sunday,
August 9th; the second leaflet, Sun
day, September Srd, and the third
leaflet will be distributed on Sunday,
September 10th, and so on to the end
of the campaign.
When this was being written one
million of 'No. l" had been sent out
one million three hundred thousand
of mo. ~; while plans We're being
made for getting out one million five
hundred thousand of mo. g." Addi-
tional orders were still being received
in every mail for 'No. l" and "No. g"
Since the supply of these two leaflets
has already been exhausted the or
ders for them will be transferred to
the remaining leaflets.
make the guess that two million
copies of these leaflets will soon be
spread over the land weekly-the big
gest and NOSE powerful message ever
delivered to the workers of this ma
ton in any campaign
An Increasing Audience
The fourth leaflet will reach a
greater circulation, the fifth leaflet
will go to an increased number of
workers, and so on to the tenth leaf
let that will be distributed Sunday,
November 5, on the very eve of the
national election, Tuesday, November
7th
The voices of Gene Debs and the
other speakers who travelled with the
RED Special" reached only a few
thousand each day. The capitalist
press reproduced very little of their
speeches. The circulation of the So
cialist pres was small, reaching very
few non-Socialists. Nevertheless,
under these handicaps, the great "Red
Special did noble work.
Millions Every Week
But imagine reaching one million
workers on the first week of the dis
tribution of these Benson leaflets,
more than 100000 for each day in the
week. Now it is 100000 each day,
then quarter million, then perhaps
half million day before the cast
ing of the ballots begins; three or four
millions a week!
This can be done!
Look at Oklahoma! The comrades
in this state will distribute 100000
each week, and Oklahoma is only one
of the 48 states.
The distribution of these leaflets
requires more work than was needed
to arrange and attend a meeting dur
ing the tour of the "Red Special"
1t will demand an organization with a
system and brain behind it. 1t re-
quires greater care and energy to
properly distribute 1000 leaflets than
it does to arrange for meeting for
1000 persons. But if you can get
1000 workers reading 1000 leaflets,
you will accomplish greater good than
can be achieved by a meeting with an
attendance of 1000. Milwaukee was
carried for Socialism by it's bundle
brigade. Oklahoma will be carried
for Socialism by the farmers who
spend their nights, after the days
work is over, riding from one farm
house to another leaving pieces of So
cialist literature behind them. The
government of the United States will
be captured by the Socialists only
after the workers of the nation have
become readers of Socialist literature.
That's why this great literature cam
paign is greater than the "Red Spe-
cial
Educator" for this Year
The "Red Special" was great in its
day-it was an agitator. 1t gripped
the imagination of men and women.
Four years and eight years from
now we will all look back on the
1916 Literature Campaign" as the
greatest effort of the Socialist move
ment up to it's time. The "Red Spe-
cial" was an agitator. This "Litera-
ture Campaign" is an educator. II
will grip the minds of men and WON
en-. And on top of this "Literature
Campaign" we will build the greatest
political organization this country
has ever known
All Depends On You
The success of this great work
this Literature Campaign depends
on the efforts of every Socialist local
every Socialist, every Socialist voter
every Socialist sympathizer in the
land.
Order a bunch of these leaflets fol
distribution in your neighborhood
The price is 80 cents per thousand, il
whatever quantity you choose.
If you can't distribute these leaf
lets, you can send in contribution t.
pay for sending these leaflets to som
worker unable to buy them.
Make your voice heard at the Ma
tiOnal Campaign Headquarters, So