The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-18
TRYING TO Stir
UP TROUBLE
N TAMPA
(Tampa Tribune.)

zine articles are being read in the
cigar factories in Tampa and that
collections have been taken up among
Icisarmakers for the defense of anar-
statement of c. l.. Jackson, former
justice of the peace in Ybor City.
Mr.. jackson insists that articles at
lacking the government and its Sc
lective draft policy in particular
have been circulated and read here
and says that he has called the mat
ter to the attention of local Federal
authorities, who have SO far not
acted
MIR. Jackson has written the Tri-
hume the following letter:
Tampa, Fla, July II, 1917.
Editor Tribune: After reading of
the anti-military mass meetings in
different parts of the country have
come to the conclusion that there is
a widespread rebellious agitation go
ing on throughout our land and
country.
After reading in your issue of July
Is OF the activities of the l. w. w.
throughout the Western States and
their avowed recognition of only one
lag, and that the red flag Of an
archy, or as they term it, Interna-
tional Socialism, brings wildly to
my mind condition that prevails
locally. 1t is the reading of rebel
lious and seditious papers and mani
festos in many of our cigar factories,
thereby poisoning the minds CT our
citizens, both American and freign
Some of these papers are very bitter
against the government and especi-
ally in respect to the draft law. For
in stance, paper published in Los
Angeles, Cal, called 'Regenacion,
which says that they may be driven
to the trenches but it will not be to
fight the Germans, and goes on to
SAY that they who refuse to obey
the draft law do right.
There is hardly day passes with
out some seditious or rebellious mat
ter being distributed and read in
some of the cigar factories of Tampa
II very few American people are
aware of the fact that we are having
quite a few Anarchists meetings in
Tampa of late. These meetings are
addressed by travelling Anarchists.
"A few weeks ago the Federal au
thorities at Paterson, N. j., arrested
i, two men, the editors of a paper
known as the 'Novo Era on charge
OF sedition. An appeal was made to
the cigarmakers of Tampa for finan-
icial aid to protect them, and in some
| factories some of the radicals had the
jaudacity to try and compel all of the
icigarmakers to contribute to their
aid Only few workmen refused to
aid them.
''The truth is we are at war with
a powerful enemy that uses any and
ali means to gain their ends and, if
some effective steps are not taken
the first thing we know we will wake
up To the fact that we have an inter.
nal enemy composed Of alien enemies
disgruntled Americans and the red
flag Anarchists from every country
on the face of the globe.
Whose duty is it to ferret out
these things? Is it the duty Ct thc
lefty, county, state or federal author
titles? After these things are ferretet
cut, what can be done to put stor
to them?
1--WE are free people and do MOI
want to curb free speech and the
freedm of the press, but free speech
and the press, as I understand it
ought not to be considered as Ii
cense to do as you please.
[ These people should be made t.
, respect the laws of the land undo,
whose flag they seek protection.