The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-10-05
TAX MONEY FOR PROPAGANDA

The taxpayers of Kansas have
again been called upon to pay for
| Governor H. ]. Aliens propaganda
to put over in the national congress
the Kansas industrial court law. In
last Saturdays issue of the Kansas
City, Mo-, Star, there appeared tn
following item:
"a new pamphlet on the indus
trial courts work in Kansas was is
sued today by the state printing plant.
The pamphlet is the material gathered
by Governor Allen and submitted to
Homer Hoch, representative in con-
gress from the fourth district"
Why should the tax-burdened peo-
pie of Kansas be called upon to pay.
for the printing and publishing of ma
terial about the industrial court for
Homer Hoch, member of congrss?
If Mr.. Hoch wanted the material, he
should get congress to pay for it.
And if he could not get congress to
pay for it, then he should do with
out it.
After more than year of attempt
ing to get some one to introduce
bill in congress to give the nation
law similar to the kansas fizzle,"
Governor Allen finally persuaded
Homer Hoch to introduced bill pat
termed after the Kansas bill. This
gave Governor Allen a little more
national advertising. And the gov
nor proposes to cash in on this ad-
vertising opportunity.
After Hoch had introduced the bill,
the governor wrote him long letter,
approximately 5000 words, purport-
ing to tell how the Kansas industrial
court had proved great success, how
it had been invaluable to the people
of Kansas in the great strikes and
how it had demonstrated that the
nation should get Governor Aliens
ideas into the national government at
once.
The Republican newspaper ring
gave wide publicity to this letter.
Columns were devoted to it in all the
big papers. Senator Capper's Capital
carried it in full. The Wichita. Bea-
con carried it and the Kansas City
Star and the Kansas City Journal
gave columns to it.
Now the people of Kansas have
been compelled to pay for tn print
ing of a large number of copies of
this letter, so that Governor Allen
and his pet court can get some more
national advertising.
Granting that the industrial court
had proved success, which it GER
tainly has not, why in Heavens name
should the people of Kansas be re-
quired to pay for the printing of
literature telling the people of other
states about it? If it were such
success would not the people of other
states find out about it, and would
not they be willing to pay for finding
out? If the industrial court of Kan
sas was remedy for industrial
evils the national congress and the
people of the nation would be willing
to pay any price necessary to learn
about it and to make it a national
law. But the people of the nation
do not believe it has proved a success
and so Governor Allen uses the mon
ey of the people of Kansas to try to
convince them that they are wrong.
Thousands and thousands of dol
lars of the peoples money have been
spent in giving national publicity to
this law since it was put on the stat
ute books. Thousands of dollars
have been spent in other ways in adj
vertising Allen and his law. But re-
curing the people to pay for pub
fishing Governor Aliens letter to
Congressman Hoch is the last straw
If the people of Kansas do not show
their resentment of this waste of
their tax money at the November elec0
ton then they will deserve to be
tax-ridden the rest of their days.
And the people should remember
that if they vote for W. Y. Morgan
for governor they will be voting for a
man who has pledged himself TO car
ry out the Allen policies relating to
the industrial court.
By voting for Farmer Jonathan
Davis is the only way the people can
stop this shameless waste of their
tax money.-Democrat News.