The Washington times., 1921-09-17
XII KLUX TO TERR0RZE RICHMOND WITH WEIRD PARADE
OFFICIALS ::
GROW WEALTHY,
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the Exalted Cyclops, sends to the I'm.
the number of members he has. The
Imperial Wizard Immediately imposes
an Imperial tax on the local Klavern
which amounts to SO a head for the
members.
The word dues never appears in
the transaction. ..
And how can the Government col
lect a tax on dues, when there aren't
sny dues?
Wizard Plays Safe.
The Imperial Wizard takes no
chance of being cheated by any local
Klavern. Indeed, he employs a sys-
tenn 1t would be pretty hard to beat.
Every application for membership
and every receipt for donations" or
dues Is issued from the Imperial Pal.
ace at Atlanta. 1t Is printed in the
Imperial printing office. printed on
special paper, and leach receipt bears
a number and the receipt must be ac-
counted for.
No receipts are printed by the local
Klaverns for dues. The local Klaverns
have nothing to do with the initiation
fees, which are handled direct from
Atlanta.
But the donation fee" and dues are
not all the new Klansman In asked to
contribute to the order. He must also
purchase:
/ mask and robe for himself. -. $3.50
l robe for his horse. e............ 800
s14.5o
All of the 700, 900 members were put
to this extra expense, making total
addition to the Ku Klux Khan of $10,.
$4,000.
Big Loot; More Sought.
Add this $40, ,150. 900 to the total for
donations" and dues Of S10,5O0, 900
and we have the stupendous grand
total Of SO. 1850. 900. practically all Of
which has been taken In the last year.
OF course not every Klansman owns
horse. In fact, very few OF them
have horses, but horse or no horse.
every Klansman is compelled to buy
horse robe.
Eventually I have no doubt every
Klansman will be compelled by the I'm
perial Wizard to buy a horse to fit
the robe he has purchased. My read
ers will smile when / tell them that
Edward Young Clarke. Chief Of Staff
and Imperial Kleagle, discussed with
me for four hours over a bottle Of his
very fine Scotch a project he had In
mind Of breeding horses to supply a
demand he thought of creating among
Klarsmen by a mandatory order to be
issued from the Imperial Palace. com.
pelling every member Of the order to
buy a horse.
Double Profit Scheme.
Reminded that perhaps some Of the
poorer members might be unable to
pay cash for a horse. he replied II
would be easy for him to go into the
banking business and lend them the
\money at a profitable rate of interest
taking as security q lien on their
wages or salaries. Thus Mr.. Clarke
would be collecting a double profit on
the sale Of the horse and the interest
on the loan.
Who makes the robes and collects
the profit thereon?
] observe that Mr.. Clarke has pub
licly denied any interest in them.
This surprises me, as Il must surprise
every official Of the Khan who has
been in Atlanta.
The robes and masks are manufac-
tured by the Gate City Manufacturing
Company, Of Atlanta.
This company is a subsidiary Of the
Southern Publicity Association. which
is owned by Edward Young Clarke.
the Imperial Kleagle. and Mrs. Eliza.
beth Tyler, chief of staff of the
Daughters Of the Ku Klux Klan. Mrs.
Tyler has frequently told me that the
Southern Publicity Association is a
partnership owned Jointly by herself
and Clarke.
Profits Enormous
To Mr. CIarka'a rfafemapf that ha