The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-14

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In passing we might say that II
Mr.. Falls middle name Is Bacon, nc
wonder he brought IL home.
Klansmen, you know, never care
to qualify for those Olympic games
Keep ever I'm mind that the world
has found out and acknowledges
that which we insisted upon all
along-the Khan was not at fault In
Herrin.
Inaction is a robber;
Live with him at your cost,
The Klannish way,
Is a deed today,
For deedless day is lost.
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Some people hitch their wagon to
a star, but the true Klansman binds
his heart to the fiery cross.
The Khan is old-fashioned
enough to believe that the peo-
pie who pray right are apt to
pay right.
The Road Is Paved
There are five million people in
| the United States over the age of
ten who can not read and write.
Ten thousand of these illiterates are
said to live in Washington, ID. {.
The rest are scattered from ocean to
ocean and border to border where
they will do the most harm. Five
persons in every one hundred and
! ten persons throughout the country
bluff their way through life and die
as naked in mind as they were born
| into the world naked in body. To
the task of reducing, as far as pos
sible, this horrible waste to the COM
monwealth, the Khan has set itself
with the result that thousands of
patriotic people and many large or
CARNATIONS are directing anew their
attention toward an evil that will
! finally be overcome.
DR.. A. E. Winship, editor of the
Educator Journal Boston, recently
declared that in this country alone,
the Bible is printed in four hundred
languages and dialects, but that not
one-half of the population of the
world could read it. 1t is we'll
known within the Khan that until
our organization publicly directed
especial attention to this and cor
related facts, the educated people
as mass were making only spas
| modic and impotent attempts to
combat the condition in a large way.
Khan propaganda and Khan effort
| have paved the road to broad
realization of the lost force caused
by the failure of five million people
to learn the simplest fundamentals
| that go with good citizenship. The
fact that large numbers of these il
| literates are not American born does
not affect the question of economic
wastage.
The first responsibility for correc-
ton in this matter rests on the
| public schools. But the schools can
do nothing until they are backed by
law and rigid law enforcement. All
| patriotic organization, all good
| American-born citizens must drive
through the necessary laws, in the
first place, then see that they are
obeyed. The educators should be
able to do the rest.
The True Platform
II Daniel Webster were alive to-
day he would be an ardent Klans-
man. During his whole life he
breathed the spirit of highest pa
triotism. Every sentence he ex-
pressed rang with sincerity and
LOYALTY to the country. The sub
Unity of men not schooled to think
in terms of complete self-sacrifce.
Many of his. polished sentences re-
call the classic lines of the kians-
mans own beloved ritual. One
passage in particular from Webster
will arouse the fervor of every true
American. Thus: Il mean to stand
upon the constitution. l need no
other platform. | shall know but
one country. The ends am at shall
be my country's, my Gods and
Truths. / was born an American;
I live an American; | shall die an
American; and I intend to perform
the duties incumbent upon me in
that character to the end of my
career. mean to do this, with
absolute disregard of personal con-
sequences. What are personal con-
| sequences. WndL Is the lHulSiuudi
man, with all the good or evil that
may betide him, in comparison with
the good or evil which may befali
a great country in a crisis like this,
and in the midst of great transac-
tions which concern that country's
fate? Let the consequences be what
they will, | am careless. No man
can suffer too much, and no man
can fall too soon, If he suffer, or If
he fall, in defense of the liberties
and constitution of ais country"
Klansman, do not advertise
your religion on your stationery,
but mix it with your everyday
business so that the whole world
will see that you didn't learn
your honesty in six weeks at
business college.
Among the most useful members
in our organization are those who
are doing business for the Khan in
life's ordinary and unnoticed daily
tasks.
The Klansman who goes to
lodge with a peevish disposition
and long face often finds that
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