The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-08


drug clerk unless he was crazy2
That a clever lawyer takes this tack
in an effort to save aclient proves that
a glamor surrounds those who are sue
cessful in amassing money no matter
by what means. Tho even William
jennings Bryan once admitted that
no man could honestly save one mil
lion dollars in lifetime.
TALKING about nation Of gullinHs
i people. A doctor makes interest
ing comment on an advertisement in
serted in fake health magazine
which claims that violet ray can cure
anything from corns to consumption.
Those sham health experts use much
the same kind of an argument with
their victims that Russell Scott and
his kind use in jerking others loose
from their savings. To the latter,
Wall Street was the ogre the new
benefactors would save them from.
The health frauds used the medical
trust as horrible example.
A socialist who is working sucker
"A list in Chicago for the colony
racket, which he is promoting in this
vicinity, praised William Jennings
Bryan, as the greatest man the United
States ever produced, while speaking
in Bug House Square" recently. This
socialist thought that followers Of Will
liam Jennings Bryan would be just
the anticipated tribe to fall for his
scheme. After he fed the crowd up
on eulogy of the "Commoner" he
got out his prospectus and took names.
He got many names. This socialist is
referred to fondly by the socialist
party as the great little giant" and
recently put on a recruiting campaign
for the socialist party of Chicago.
THE workers patronize the "get rich
quick" artists, because, like the
sick person, they are willing to try
anything in desperate effort to get
away from their misery The sick
person wants to get we'll He has tried
the old line doctors without success.
Tn get well quick" lads then get hold
of him, and if he is a radical thew
will promise to make new man of
lin at reduced rates. One of those
omato, carrot and fig takers was
.sked by victim if he favored milk
IS an article of food Milk" he
scowled, do you mean cows milk?"
Yes" came the rather shamefaced
response. Cows milk" he declared
with an air of wisdom, was only
meant for calves" He charged five
bucks for that piece of information.
A MOTHER simple scheme of getting
money has just been patented bv
a reformer named William H. Ander.
son, former official of the Anti
Saloon League. William and some of
his agents fell out over a division of
the loot and the Saloon League got
mold OF the story. The upshot of the
afair was that Anderson, who is a
prominent ku kluxer landed in Sing
sing, convicted of forgery. Bookkeen-
ing was his downfall. he concluded
That art is now listed as one of the
devices of the devil to get good pro-
testants into trouble. Anderson came
out of Sing Sing an older but foxier
man.
lie has wonderful scheme. that
: beats cooperative colonies. health
Institutes, Scott ideas or any other
trlck- yet conceived. He has founded
an organization for the protection OF
protestantism. 1t is called the A. p
7. +. +. A. or in plain tho elongated
language the American Prohibition
Protestant Patriot Protective Alliance
Among the taboos of this organization
is bookkeeping. Anderson is captain
COOK and bottlewasher. This is how
william plans to keep out of Sing
sing; Il will have no 'members' ~.
membership. 2. 1t will have no oath
.. 1t VIII accept contributions only ne
outright gifts to William H. Ander-
son, its founder and general secretary
10 De used in any way he sees fit."
is safe to predict that Anderson
will be millionaire inside Of two
years. Anyone who can resist tnrn.
ing over his money to Anderson IL
neither good protestant nor a good
moron. The plan is more intriguing
than having bald headed barber sell
you an infallible hair restorer or
watching quack trying to pep I'M q
sluggish liver by wringing your neck
This is fine country for frauds. biz
and little. But while taking notice Of
those interesting things we should not
lose sight of the fact that the fraud
we are chiefly concerned with. is the
robbery of the working class of the
product Of their toll by the employing
class. When that brand of pillage ia
ended, the Workers Government can
proceed to take care Of the other
brands of quackery.