The Washington times., 1921-09-17
CH|EFSARE
RICH SAYS
EX-C0bL|N
Profits From Klux Contracts
EnormousAUniversity Pre-
sented to Wizard"


900, IL is asserted, has bssn taken in
the last year, from ths 700 0.0oo mem
bers of the Ku Klnr Klan by the
Imperial Wisdrd aud his associates
at Atlanta. ge,'. o..
This statement is ,psis by C. An
derson Wright, former grand goblin
of the headquarters stcff frhose err
pose of the isside sporkisas of the
mystic order prinfsd in The Wash
tngtog Tuses. has arsdSed the Nas
tiondI CopsSal. ~
Es-Grand Goblfn WRIGHT, IN to-
days Times. tells crafty how this
vast s,tm has been colierted from the
0RllibIs members, and hoto at least
a part of it Das spent N thepurctdse
of mansions for Imperial Wizard
Simmons and Imperial KledJls
Clarke.
Mr.. Wright tells hop the Kldnsmen
of the country, tithout their knoUt-
edge, through Clarke, presented Ia
aier University, at Atlanta, TO Sim
mons, who had formerly be,n a p,o-
fessor Of history in that institution
and, therefore, had a deep affection
for It.
Mr.. Wright pil 90 sti1 deeper
into the affairs Of the Invisible E;n-
pire of the Ku KluI Kldn in Tie
Sunday Times.
By C. ANDERSON WRIGHT,
Kius Kan. and thief Of Staff, Invfsibie
Planet, knights OF the Air.
Copyright. 1891, by New York Americas.
What has become of the $1,000, 900
taken into the treasury Of the In
visible Empire, Ku Klux Klan, in
initiation fees from the 100000
members, at $40 a head?
say $1,000, 900. because, no war
tax having been paid to the Federal
Government or to any State govern
ment, every penny Of that total has
found its way into the treasury of
the order or the pockets Of its
officials.
Tax Man Bilked.
As pointed out yesterday. the Fed.
eral and State governments. are de.
prived. by a trick, of the tax. which
for the Federal Government alone I
showed amounted, at 10 per cent, to
$700 900. Both the application for
membership and the recent for the
$40 initiation fee refers to the fee as a
donation"
Division OF Spoils.
There Is a Federal tax on initiation
fees and dues, but no tax on dona-
tions. Wherefore, the trick of sub.
stituting the word donation"
While win not pretend to make a
legal analysis Of the subject, It seems
plain to me that the $40 which every
applicant for membership pays Is, in
that this is proved by the fact that
commissions are paid to statesmen for
obtaining new members. The COM
missions, as I have shown, are divided
as follows: 81 to Kleagle (salesman):
81 to King Kleagle (sales manager):
so cents to Grand Goblin district
sales manager); So to Propagation De-
partment and $50 to Imperial Treas.
ury.
1t will be seen. then, that a num-
Der of Klan officials share In the
spoils, while the Federal Government
and States are deprived Of their tax.
There Are Dues, Too.
I have refrained from mentioning
dues, which are never less than S5 a
year, and in many places as high as
s14 a year. But II figured at only SIS
year, the minimum, this item would
reach q total Of $500, 900 n year
which, added TO the original 1000 900
In dues, would bring the total up to
s10,50o.000s This Is a very low esti-
mate.
Tax on the dues Is evaded in a man.
ner quite as simple as that employed
In lodging the Federal tax on initia-
ton fees.
The dues are paid to the local
Klavern, to which the member be-
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