The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-06
Current Events
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questions.
A INFLOW, approximately 100000
"A people-most of them Of the
working class-read staunch organ
of capitalism each week, while not
nearly as many read The DAILY
WORKER. Circulation is usually con-
sidered secret matter unless it is
large. Having no secrets to keep
from the working class we admit that
for every three who reads The DAILY
WORKER $50 read the Tribune. This
is as it is but not as 1t should be.
| DEING realistic, we do not moan
- over this distressing fact. We ex-
plain the phenomenon by attributing
it to the immaturity Of proletarian
class consciousness in the United
States, which in turn is due to the
vigor of American capitalism and its
dominant world position. But we do
not stop there and say: "let evolution
take its counsel" We intend 20 put
out shoulder to the wheel of evolu-
ton and give it an extra turn until
capitalism's axle cracks under the
strain.
TN that work our collective shoulder
L is The DAILY WORKER. It's cir
culation is small, not by any means as
large as it could be even at this stage
of development in which the Amer
lean working class finds itself. 1t is
true we have no Moon Mullins" or
Orphan Annie" to attract those
whose intellectual fodder consists of
daily laugh. We have no sporting
page to entertain those who are two
healthy to feed on the cross word
puzzles in the Ladies' Home Journal.
We have no advice to the Lovelorn"
for amorous youths and disappointed
ancients. This is a serious handicap
in a race for circulation, but we are
not after that kind of jelly fish.
TT is always wise to quote Lenin.
l. His words have the power of wis
dom. What he thot of the role of the
press is admirably synthesized in the
following paragraph: 1.-THE role of the
newspaper is however not confined to
the mere propaganda of ideas, to the
political schooling and winning over
of political allies. The newspaper is
not merely collective propagandist
and collective agitator, but collect
i've organizer"
-
IETE did not go to the trouble of
w digging $4,000 hard earned dol
lars out of the pockets of the working
class recently in order to compete
with capitalist papers in purveying
news indiscrimatelX We are frank
in stating that we Shly publish news
that will enlighteB sd help the work
ing class and encourage them to fight
the capitalists.
ION the other hand we grope like
~ ferrets in a burrow for every
item that will in any way weaken the
bourgeoisie. Those who are looking
for flair" and impartial publications
had better quit reading. All the i'm
partial people are mingled with the
dust. All capitalist papers are partial
to the class that owns them. Unfor-
tunately all Tabor" papers are not
partial to labor. They pretend to be
fair" and succeed in being fair only
to the capitalists.
NOW we are getting near the
IN kernel of the nut OF rather the
dollar in your pocket. I am now
going to ask every non-subscriber
who agrees with Lenin's exposition OF
the role of The DAILY WORKER to
fish out the price of a subscription
The plans are completed for a three
week whirlwind drive to add several
thousand steady readers to The
DAILY WORKER list. The cam
paign opens on our daily's second an
niversary, Jan. Is. 1t will conclude
one week after the anniversary Of
Lenin's death, JAM. 20. We do not
expect to surpass the Tribune's circu
lation for a while yet. In fact such q
large circulation would break us just
now. We want to grow and we will
grow steadily until DAILY WORKERS
blossom forth in every large Amer
|, lean city and capitalist "Tribunes'
will become Orphans"
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