Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12

While orders for robes at $3.50 are
taken in Your name, they are filled by
the Gate City Manufacturing Company
az substantial profit. and the public
has not been informed as to the dlspo-
Sltion Of this huge amount Of funds
The Searchlight Publishing Company.
headed by your Imperial Kleagle, is no
doubt revenue producer! Your I'm
perial klcagle is also the head Of the
Clarke Realty Company. in whose op.
rrations | have no doubt you are also
interested These various financial op.
erationS indicate to me that spreading
religious and racial hatred is lucrative
business for you and your associates.
Cancer on Body Polite"
Your whole Invisible Empire is
cancer in the body polite. 1t is like
grows and tiourishes in the dark, away
from the sight Of honest men and
women. II was conceived in avarice,
sired in ignorance and damned in greed.
IL is now being nurtured In cunning
ana false pretcnse and fed upon an
unhoy lust for gold by means of pas.
SION, hatred and the prejudice of re-
iigions and racial fanaticism. And day
by day, with your oily assurance, you
say that these deviish devices of dis
cord are being developed in the name Of
pure Americanism' If thlS is your
idea OF America, you haven't the slight
est conception Of what pure American
ism means
There Is no place in America for
an Invisible Empire of hate and
venom and there is no provisiOn'in the
laws OF this country for an Emperor.
Th" Invisible Empire should be made
visible. Ii should be held up to the light
SO TINT honest men can see its ugly
structure and analyzc its nefarious po-
tentlalities, and then, having seen this
Monstrosity, the people should demand
Of their legally constituted forces of
Government that Ku Kluxism and the
kU klux Klan be Outlawed and barred
forever from operating in this free Re-
public. Yours truly.
HENRY p. FRY
That is how the Simmonds Clarke
brand Of ku kluXism impressed one
man who came into close and int-
mate business contact with II.
imeriCanism as Cloak
In spite or because Of the orders
boosted 100 per cent 'Americanism, ,"
Captain Fry found he could not be
good American citizen and a loyal
American soldier and Klausman at
the same time. He had to choose be-
tween them. and when his choice
comes TO be generally known there is
likely to b. Il searching Of hearts
among other men who have sworn to
uphold the Constitution and laws as
officers Of the armed forces Of the
United States and have also sworn i'm
plicit and unQucStioning obedience to
the anti American. lawlcss rule and
orders Of Emperor Simmons, Of At
lanta.
Evidence has not only been uncOvcre!
tending 10 show a definite concerted
attempt on tho part of Simmons or
guniZcrS to spread their poisonous
propaganda among the officers Of the
reserve list Of the military and nava!
forces, but direct proof has been Oh.
tancd that for many months past paid
membership pcddlers Of the Rlan have
had the chrontery to conduct n sales
Compuign in New York City with the
Army and Navy Club az their businps,
/ headquarters.
First from - Gramercy Park. where
the Army and Navy Club was 1unrtered
nll during the wrr and ~ to June 2S.
| 1921, and since that date from the new
home Of the institution at l12 Central
| Park South, they succeeded for mort
unsuspeeted and unhindered. in kes-