The Washington times., 1921-09-28
WIZARD MAKES
BIC PROFIT ON
KHAN PRINTING
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ING MEN, capable Of directing the
Parenthetically. / fail to agree that
any Of the heads OF the klan-Sim-
mons. Mrs. Tyler and Clarke-possess
these qualifications.
Moreover, the power behind the
throne in the Invisible Empire is not
n man at all, but a woman, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Tyler.
The above 10 only one of thousands
OF cards and pamphlets turned out by
the Ku Klux Press. They go out CT
Atlanta by the carload; and IL has been
a source Of wonder to me how 30 much
propaga nda can be disposed Of. Prac'
tically every line Of this printed prop
uganda breathes race hatred-Down
with the Jews, Annihilate the Catho-
lies, Send the Foreign-Borns Back
Home, Eliminate the Negro through
Birth Control. The aim is to get all
this matter into the hands of new
readers as a means Of making new con-
verts to the khan cause.
Every one Of the 700, 900 members OF
the khan receives quantity OF the
propa ga nda cards, and Is expected to
distribute them among prospective
candidates for membership. Great
care must be exercised in circulating
the cards to avoid having them fall
into the hands Of Jews. Catholics and
the others.
The KleaEle's Plan.
The plan OF attack Of a Kleagle. or
membership solicitor, Is this: The
Kleagle receives from klansmen in
his dcr1sin cards Of introduction to
the friends of klansmen, reading:
Mr.. John Smith,
This will introduce
Mr.. CKleagle's namel. who desires
to talk to you about a very IMPORT
ANT and confidential matter. 1t
meets my hearty approval.
JESSIE JAMES"
The Kleagle calls on John Smith,
presents the card. and in opening the
conversation, generally presents the
card DO YOU REALIZE" quoted
above. or something OF the same gen
eral character. The Kleagle further
outlines the principles and ambitions
Of the Ku Klux Khan, and as rule
winds up by booking a new member.
The next business in order is:
Ten dollars, please"
After the $40 have been extracted
in cash, or in a check made payable to
cash, the KleaGe draws from his
pocket a handful Of introduction cards
for the new victim to hand to his
friends. The average runs about ten
cards TO every new member.
Thus an endless chain is in opera
ton, every new member being set ct
the task Of getting ten more members.
This, in a nutshell. explains the enor.
nous growth OF the Invisible Empire,
which has jumped from q bare 1000
to 700, 900 in a single year. Every new
klansman Is made to understand II Is
his duty TO book at least ten new
members. Many Of them enroll hun
dreds.
The Ku Klux Press Is another
idea OF Mrs Elizabeth Tyler. the
financial genius Of the Invisible En-.
pire. Twenty miles from Atlanta,
In q little settlement at the foot
of Stone Mountain, there was
small printing shop, consisting 70
one small press and a few fonts OF
type.
1t was operated by an old Klans-
man. He had gone broke giving
credit to William Joseph Simmons,
Imperial Wizard of the Khan, be-
fore Mrs. Tyler and Clarke stepped
in. 1t was an ideal location for
mystic and secret printing, being far
removed from curious eyes. Mrs.
Tyler and Clarke settled up Sim
mons old bills, took the plant over.
installed modern equipment, put the
old Klansman in charge, and instead
of a one-man enterprise 1t became
the beehive Of industry.
No less than fifty men were put
at work, and as fast as new machin-
cry arrived, more was added. With
In sixty days the plant was run
ming in full operation with staff of
100 men. turning out tons Of Khan
race-hatred literature and propa-
ganda.
Monthly reports of the business
that have seen shown in little less
than a year a profit Of about $780,
900 net. They charge for their
propaganda on the basis of 100 per
cent profit, for is 1t not blessed by
the Imperial Wizard and Emperor?
The blessing alone Is regarded as
worth the price asked. And that is
how the Imperial Wizard earns his
500 q week.
Some Of d. the sacred documents
turned out by the plant are the Ritual,
a book Of IS pages, closely printed.
which each officer must have, and
different style Is printed for each
officer, full.facing the phrases and
clauses he must repeat in the cere-
mony Of the konklave; the oaths, q
sets Of imperial instructions. all in
book form Of about IL pages each: an
A B c Of many pages for Southern
distribution: different A b c for
other sections, depending on their
racial prejudices; questionnaires by
the ton; application blanks, donation
blanks and receipts; letter heads in
unending quantities, and envelopes
with mysterious postoffice box num-
bers instead Of names, circulars Of
every conceivable character, and the
vast quantity Of secret propaganda
that I illustrated above.