The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-12
SCRIPPSPAPERS
DOUBLE CROSS
THE WORKERS
individually Written to all Gin
ciunati Daily Papers. but with
Journalistic Courtesy, Used by
None"
March II. 1917.

March II, 1917
Editor, The Cincinnati Post,
Cincinnati, Ohio
, Dear Sir;
The New York Evening Post is
one of the cautious and conservative
papers Of the country. SO when its
owner and publisher, Mr.. Oswald
Garrison Willard brings a public
charge against anyone, one may be
sure that he knows whereof he
speaks. In q public address on Feb
ruary is in New York City, he
said:
Il have too much proof of people
who give large checks to the pre-
paredness and universal service move
ments on the ground that this will
lead to suppression of the coming
social revolution, for me to have any
doubt that that is one Of the main
factors behind the agitation"
Mr.. Wizards charge is strengthened
by the obvious efforts of the pre-
paredness people to take advantage
Of the excitement they have created
to destroy free speech and free press,
and put an end to American freedom
altogether.
Take for example the following
from a preparedness organ, The Gin
cinnati Post:
From this time on, until peace
again reigns in the world, the citizen
or alien in this country, whatcve. his
propaganda for unpreparedness, is
an enemy, and if there is no law to
punish him as such, Congress should
enact one"
In other words, arguments against
preparedness are so true, so unan-
swerable, that if opponents of mill
tarism are allowed to spread them,
the people will see the folly and
wickedness of the program and re-
fuse to have anything to 90 with it.
Therefore free speech must be throt-
tied, so that the American people
may be betrayed to their ruin. Thus
declares The Cincinnati Post.
The Post is one Of the Scripps
syndicate, and it is probable that
the statement quoted emanates from
a central station and is reproduced
in different languages, perhaps, in
the other papers of the syndicate.
1t has been the policy Of this syn
dictate in starting publication to cater
to the wage-working class particu-
larry. When a strike or other labor
difficulty occurs the side of the
worker is to be championed. The
popular side is to be taken on every
public question, and thus a big cir
culation is to be built. The big
circulation is to be used to get ad-
vertisers and then-to use an EXPIRES
sive slang phrase-the workers are
to get "the double cross" After
that, the people with big bank ac-
counts are to control the policy.
This course has been run by The
Cincinnati Post. As far back as Octo-
Der "a, 1913, The Public, then pub
lished in Chicago, called attention to
how it abandoned a fight against To-
cal traction interests, to placate adver-
tisers. But now The Post does more
than take negative position when
an attack is made by plutocracy on
poular rights. It openly takes it
place with those to whom Mr.. Willard
referred as
people who give large checks to the
preparedness universal service move
ments on the ground that this will
lead TO suppression of the coming So
cial revolution"
Naturally The Post does not want
its shame exposed. A discussion Of
the preparedness issue might bring it
up. Is it any wonder that it de
mands that Congress enact a law to
prevent discussion?
Yours truly,
DANIEL KIEFER.
From the Cincinnati Branch of the
American Union against Militar-