The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-11

0y any other capitalist pupllSner
One might ask at this point Has
Hearst ever used his newspapers to
improve the conditions of the
masses Of the people9" The answer
S an unequivocal Mol" Again one
night say: But Hearst has con-
lucted campaign after campaign
or whose benefit were these
vaged?" To this the answer is: All
If Hearst's campaigns have been
Ind are today carried on to enrich
himself and his llow-capitslists
md to tighten the rule Of the ex-
plotting class over the workers and
'armers of America.
This being the case, it is impor
ant to examine and expose Hearst's
method of working for what he calls
the common good"
Hearst Got Busy
For example, back in the 1900
he people of California were pro-
esting the exorbitant fares charged
" the Southern Pacific Railroad,
This railroad company had a vir-
ual monopoly on the transporta-
ion system in the state. Hearst,
! demagogue OF highest cunning,
iensed the growing resentment of
he people. He saw an eXtraordi-
larry chance to win himself into
heir confidence, increase the cir
,ulation of his San Francisco Ex-
miner thereby, and last, but not
east, pile up some filthy graft to
)oot. Hearst got busy.
He launched a vigorous campaign
or lower train rates. He attacked
he management of the Southern
'acific. CALIFORNIA; masses quickly
allied to the campaign. They
JAILED Hearst as a true leader of
he common cause. The campaign
vas gaining more and more mo-
nentum. Then something strange
happened. CALIFORNIA; masses woke
~ one bright day to find that
Hearst had ceased his attacks on
he railroad company. The people
wondered. No doubt, many of them
re still wondering. Hearst had good
eason for quitting the common
arse"
He made quiet little contract
with the Southern Pacific Rail-
road. According to this contract,
the peoples champion was to re-
ceive from the company $1,000 a
month for twenty-five months.
Hearst, the peoples champion,
ccnspired with the railroad d.
rectors against the people. He
took the $4,000, increased his cir
culation, won a lot of popularity
and then told the people of Cali
fornia to go to the dickens.
Treachery in Chicago
Some years later, Hearst treated
he masses of the Chicago metro
oils to similar bit of treachery
,ections of the working class were
ighting, without success, the high
ates of the local gas trust. An
ther golden opportunity" pre-
ented itself to Hearst The fas-
list publisher was not slow to see
3. HIS chicago American took up
he fight of the company's ag-
rieved customers. Hearst entered
he battle waving aloft the banner
TRUTH. LIBERTY AND JUS
ICE" What courage! What I'M
elf1shness! A Moses! A Gabriel! Or
9th combined into one. Chicago's
Masses took Hearst into their hearts
nd bought more and more copies
f his paper. The circulation of the
chicago American went up and up.
Then one fine evening, Hearst's
chicago American abruptly ended
IS campaign. No explanation was
iven to the papers readers. Was
not enough to take Hearst's word
hat he was fighting only for their
lterests"? Well, what really hap
Dened was that with the sudden
nd of Hearst's campaign" the gas
rust began to advertise heavily in
he Chicago American. Hearst and
he gas company had reached an