Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 18, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 February 1924 — Page 8

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INVESTIGATORS RUN WILDCONCRESS Is the Nation as Bad as Some Senators and Representatives Seem to Think?

(Burenn Publication and Education) WASHINGTON'. Feb. 23. Everything In Washington nowadays is Investigation a t t e r Investigation. Looks like we had turned Into a government by investigation. No less than thirty formal investigations by standing or special committees have been asked so far this session of Congress and the end is not yet in eight. The Teapot Dome investigation has them all beaten so far as to sensational disclosures, but there are others brewing that promise as big sensations when things get going, it is predicted. The Investigation of the Veterans' Bureau will reveal a lot of Borry stuff and abuse of power if it ever comes out in open Congress like it is expected to. Senator Borah is digging into Russian propaganda in our country. Senator Copeland is investigating the alleged fake diploma mills. Senator Reed, of Missouri, is investigating the Bok peace plan. The investigation of Senator Mayfield's election to the Senate from Texas is under way and Senator Heflin has gotten under way his investigation of the alleged Texas land frauds. In the House end of the capitol the lower branch of Congress, too, has caught the fever to investigate things. Fully twenty investigations have been sought in that body. Liquor seems, to be a favorite topic of inquiry in the House. Representative Blanton, of Texas, wishes to call together the House committee on alcoholic liquors. This committee is said never to have held a meeting in its six years of existence. Blanton wishes to probe the reports that high government officials in Washington are customers of the bootlegging fraternity. Representative Hill, of Maryland, would have a committee dig into alleged scandals in the United States prohibition bureau. Representative Tinkham, of Massachusetts, another pronounced wet member, would investigate the Anti-Saloon League of America as a pernicious political influence. Representative Jeffers, of Alabama, wishes to probe certain income tax funds made by the treasury

ueparimeui. Kerresentative Carte; of OWahom.n, would pry Into the al

leged wholesale swindling of Indians in his state. And Representative Bloom, of New York, would investigate the theater ticket speculators throughout the country.

Catholic Church Favors Education,

Declares K. of C, but What Kind? Roman Fraternal Order Takes Exception to Words of Imperial Wizard, Who Declares Pubhe School Is Repugnant to Pope Wherever Roman Catholic Religion "Prevails " CounEducatkn literacy-Facts, Not Fancies, Proves Hierarchy's Se' Toward

(By TV1XGF00T) "Wierefore, by " their fruits ye shall know them." Christ Jesus, two thousand years ago, spoke the foregoing words. For twenty long centuries our Saviour's ringing words have sounded through the corridors of time and today, as then, we can only judge mortals "by their fruits." "And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not," Jesus also said. When Jesus spoke these words he was addressing those who did not wish to believe. Christ spoke only the truth and the truth was unpleasant to his hearers. The world after two thousand years still has those persons who do not want to believe certain truths. Among these persons, to whom the truth is unpleasant, are the Knights of Columbus, who, according to paid newspaper advertisements, refuse to believe the words of Dr. H. W. Evans, Imperial Wizard, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, when he declared, In substance, that the Pope Is adverse to'education. Following an address by Dr. Evans in Indianapolis on February 13th, in which he declared the public schools of America are in every way "repugnant to the Pope of Rome and his papal dream of world-Avide temporal dominion," the Knights of Columbus in an advertisement carried in a daily newspaper attempted to refute this assertion and to also show that the Catholic church is now, and always has been, a champion of education. The Knight of Columbus pretend not to believe the allegation of Dr. Evans at the same time they apparently place but little credence in the words of Christ Jesus, who said : "Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them." The world can only judge the Catholic church's real attitude toward education by "its fruits" in that direction. A

What Kind of Education; Before going into a resume of just what is the real attitude of the Catholic rhllivh nn piliirntinn a i-ofrtY-onna

Representative Carter to one paragraph of the advertise

ment signed by the Knights of Columbus might be made. It is called

to the attention of the reader that

the Catholics were the first to place free schools in the state of Indiana.

this statement was made to strengthen their contention that the Catholic church favors education.

But what kind of education? In the same advertisement it was stated that the Catholics desired, besides the "three R's" reading "ritln Jrith-

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1924 would be 15 per cent in excess of that of 1923. When it is consid

ered that the 1923 traffic was the greatest in the history of the railroads, a 15 per cent increase Is worth some consideration, it was pointed out. This announcement coming after the prediction by a similar body in the middle Atlantic states that there would be an increase of 10 per cent, indicates that the recent predictions of high traffic in 1924 are being justified. The Pullman company has announced an 8 per cent wage increase, the annual total of which will ex

ceed i,ooo,000. This will be dis-

more for religious (and of course Catholic) training than for other education? The Knights of Columbus will probably tell you this is an unjust insinuation. Very well, one may then point to the fact that the Catholics carried "education" to the Philippine Islands in 1575. From that year until 1898, more than three hundred years, the Catholic church had control of education there, and,

according to the new practical ref-

public school followed the Catholic school in the Philippine Islands. To preclude the possibility of the

Knights of Columbus, Ancient Order

of Hibernians or in fact any Cath

olic or Catholic sympathizer declaring the following Is based on prejudice, it can be stated that the following facts are taken from unbiased encyclopedias in everyday use throughout America and that it is only the compilation of these facts into this column that so vividly holds up to the reader that the Catholic church is not now, never was and never will be, in favor of true education. Also, that where igno

rance is most dense the Catholic

church has the greatest number of

adherents. First, we will turn to Bolivia, where we find that "nearly all the inhabitants are Roman Catholics." Under education, we find that.

"Theoretically the government pro

vides a system of public schools and makes education compulsory, but the laws are not enforced. The schools are entirely inadequate to the demands and are of poor quality, and a large proportion of the inhabitants are illiterate; The Catholic church carried "education" and mission schools to Bolivia In the middle of the sixteenth century. With a start made in South America, the reader will perhaps wish to learn of further "education" on that continent and Brazil furnishes much food for thought. Eighty Per Cent Illiterate Under the caption "Government and Religion" is given the information that, "while all faiths are toler. ated, over 90 per cent of the inhabitants are Roman Catholics, and the government provides for the main, tenance of the Konian Catholic church." This is most enlightening in view

of the fact that under the caption, "Education," we find the following

"While every parish Is supposed to provide a primary school for boys and another for pirls, bnt little attention is paid to the law and nearly 80 per cent of the inhabitants are illiterate." Before leaving South America, one more example of Catholic "education" might well be given. Although three columns of space is devoted to Ecuador by the encyclopedia, there is no subhead for education

and meely a short paragraph which reads: "Education is in a backward state. There are few public schools and no advanced educational institution of importance." Under the subhead Government and Religion, however, we find: "The Roman Catholic religion prevails and is embraced by nearly all the inhabitants." Before jumping to Europe to review the great "forces of education" employed by the Catholic church on that continent, a view of . a "sister republic," wherein the Catholic church first lighted the "torch of education" early in the sixteenth cen

tury, will be fitting. In poor be-

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part of the civilized Filipinos are followers of the Roman Catholic faith." However, what progress did the church make in other lines of edu-

I cation? Not . very much, it would

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The company recently advanced the ago- tne Unite(1 States began estabwages of its conductors 6 per cent I lishilg public schools there, and During the first sixteen days of 'now- according to the same authorFebruary the Chicaeo. Milwaukee A ' as quoted above, we find that

me system ot education is under the management of a superintendent

Europe are doing in the educational line. Of course, thpro mm

Protestaots until ahmit tha mMdia

of the sixteenth century or about the time printing presses were getting to the stage where- they were

uBcuuusg practical fcut despite the fifteen hundred venrs ti-t nrtifoh

the Catholics had, the Protestants

excei in spreading education. Where Protestantism Predominates In Switzerland, we find that, "In religion the inhabitants are divided between the Protestants and Roman Catholics, about three-fifths of them being Protestants." With Protestants in preponderance it is a pleasure to read about the schools. "The schools," declares the encyclopedia, are of high order and a compulsory education law is strictly enforced In addition to its public schools, the country contains a number of noted universities, particularly those at Zurich, Bern, Geneva and Freiburg." Jumping from Switzerland to Sweden, where" we find that the Lutheran church is. the established chtirch, and "nearly all the Inhabitants are followers of this creed." Aa excellent system of public schools is maintained," declares tlte encyclopedia, "under the direct supervision of the government. Attendance is compulsory, and there is scarcely a person of school age who can not read and write. In Norway and Denmark, both Protestant countries, practically the same conditions obtain. Both countries are shown as having excellent schools and the rate of illiteracy is astonishingly low in each

This same almost negligible amount

nmeracy prevails in Scotland, one of the strongest Protestant countries in the world. Emrinnri

which forged ahead as Protestanism gained headway, is well known for its low rate of illiteracy, which is lower than that now enjoyed by the

At this place it might be fitting to mention Spain, before which, England once cringed. In going over the history of Spain we find under the subhead Inhabitants and Language, the following: "The prevailing language is Spanish, and the religion is that of the Roman r.atn.

he church, which is the state church,

ouu juciuaes nearly all the inhabitants. There are a few Protestants hut they are allowed bnt H1a lib

erty in practicing their reunion."

muo is amonc tolerance" shown. As in the case of Ecuador, there is

naught to write of concerning education in Spain. -However, in another volume is found the following regarding "education" in Spain where the Roman Catholic enuresis the state church: "The percentage

ui uuieracy in spain is very large. There are ample laws on the st.at.nte

books but they receive scant attention from either national or local

authorities, and common schools are few and in very poor condition fThe

Knights of Columbus assert, however, that the Catholic church cham-

!pions education. Possiblv it does

but what kind of education?)

We will use but one more illus

tration of the "champions" of education upholding the free public sciiools. In Italy we find "The R.

man Catholic religion is the religion

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of education and public schools on

the American plan have been eBtablished on all the large islands. Marked progress in elementary instruction is being made. The natives have manifested an eager desire for education." Fortunately for the natives of Indiana the free schools of the Catholic church in Indiana were followed far more quickly by American free public Echools than the American

.the prevailing reli

gion and has more than ten thousand churches." Again we find, where Roman Catholicism controls,

subject to the same farce of "free ! of a.lmost the inhabitants. It has and compulsory education" which is ! ',in linlortance here which it lias not "by no means enforced." We read: !? 0the, """toles, because Rome, "In most of the states of Mexico ed- !? cal,Ite of Italy, the center of ucation is free and compulsory, but ,he ,,.nreh" n also find that "In as the compulsory laws are by no I some, Pinces three-tonrtlis of the means enforced, illiteracy is very ,,0,.,tuT,on "either read nor common. Little had been done r")' ,

toward the education of th Tnitin . ""er me suDnead or Education

and even the foreigners, except those who are prominently engaged

in trade, are uneducated."

lis uie iouowing;. "By a law passed

in 1877, compulsory education nro-

vided for all children between six

Having gone thus far,' it might be ! aE? nine. years of age. The law is

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education in the countries already

mentioned, is "free and compulsory" if Imperial Wizard Evans did not at least base his assertion On facts when he said, "free public schools arc repugnant to the Pope?" Crossing the Atlantic, we will take a peep at what is going on in the way of education on the other side.

First, we will look over Portugal

literates is still very high."

In a foregoing paragraph a change from Catholic to Protestant control was briefly cited in mention of the Philippine Islands. It possibly would not be out of place to mention Porto Rico and Cuba, two places where a change was made in educational systems.- In Porto Rico.

from very early in the sixteenth cen-

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ties, ajid which we believe the Knights of Columbus will admit, has

i been retrograding for centuries.

"The Roman Catholic church is the leading church and nearly all the inhabitants profess that faith,"

is what one find's under the subhead,

Government and Religion.

Under Education, is the following:

"In education the .country is very

backward. While there is a compulsory primary education law, it is not enforced, and only a small proportion of the children of the laboring classes attend school. Consequently, the percentage of illiteracy is very large, more than onehalf of the people being unable to read and write." It is to be remembered, however, that they are "nearly all Roman Catholics" as in

the other countries where real education is sadly missing. It should also be remembered that these countries already named have "free and compulsory education," just as the United States. If the Catholics make a mockery ot the law there, where no opposition exists, what would happen in America were they in absolute power? The Knights of Columbus declare the Catholic church favors the public school. Does the foregoing evidence carry out their assertion? By the way of diversion, and before going further Into the great "educational advantages" ot other Catholic countries, let as see what a few oS the Protestant countries ot

remained in the peaceful posses

sion of Spain," "according to history. At the treaty of Paris in 1898, Porto Rico was surrendered to the United States more than three and onehalf centuries elapsing from the time the first "mission schools" were established by the Catholics. Due to the fact that "nearly all the inhabitants are Roman Catholics," it is not bard to determine what kind of "education" the Catholics furnished. When Protestantism Steps In However, it is interesting to learn

what happened when a Protestant country took hold of education there. Under the subhead Education, is

found, in part, the following: "A

system of elementary schools on the

American plan is in operation. These are under the immediate supervision of a commissioner of education. Schoolhouses are being erected as. fast as possible and native teachers are being trained as rapidly as funds will- permit. A territorial university has been, established by the government, and there Is also a normal school for training of teachers in a high school at San Juan. - Considering the time since the occupation of the United States,

the work of education lias made re-J

markable progress." The foregoing was printed In 1914 or ten years ago and since that time greater progress has been made. The experience of Cuba was prats tically the same as that of Porto

RICO, and We -fiBd the knpvrtlSnaAta

has the following to say ot education

ux yaoa: "previous to the establishment or an independent government, education had been sndlv neariAotMi:

and most of the people were illlter-

. unaer tne regime of the United

eiates a good, system of schools was established . on the Amriran -nlnn

and the provinces and municipalities were made responsible for the education of children within their borders."

In their naid advertisements tho

Knights of Columbus "a

the pages of history." The reader

nas just read what the pages of history reveal. Their revelation of the ignorance prevailing wherever the Catholic church rules frame a ringing indictment ot the Catholic

church. Every mace it has fas

tened itself reeks with illiteracy. The Knights of Columbus "denied each and every charge made by Imperial Wizard Dr. H. W. Evans. "Are

they ready to deny the foregoing history? Not allegations, but main

unvarnished truths taken from unbiased at least unbiased inasmuch

as no favoritism was shown Protestantism encyclopedias. Are the Knights of Columbus ready to deny the illiteracy of Spain,- Portugal,

medico, naiy, ana other Catholic countries?

An excerpt from the advertise

ment reads: "In Indiana and elsewhere the missionary priests were the first educators and the Catholic church was then, as' now, the friend, and not the enemy, of true education. This again gives rise to the question, "What do the Knights of Co

lumbus consider true education? It. is not denied that the Catholic priests were the first in the field. But what did they teach? After hundreds of years in a country, as has been pointed out in Porto Rico,

weany ail the inhabitants are Roman Catholic," but "considering the time since the occupation of the United States, the work of education has taken great strides."

On what are the American DeoDle

to base an opinion that the free

schools established by the Catholics in Indiana, would have been more eflicient than those established bv

them in the Philippines, Cuba Mex

ico, Brazil and Porto Rico? This brings us to the point where we may agaSr ask the Knights of Co

lumbus, on what fact, what history or what action of the Roman Catholic church do they base their de

nial of, the "allegation" of.J)r. Evans that "public schools. t repugnant

to tne pope of Rome?" What pre

cedents are the Knights of Columbus

pointing to when they say the Catholic church favors free public

scnooisr

Let the JCnights of Columbus point to ONE country wherein the Catholic church favors the public

school? Not theoretically, but actually. Tis an old and homely adage, but "actions speak louder than words." Possibly the Knights ot Columbus will point to America. In fact, they haver they did so in the advertisement and attempted to, prove the .Catholic.' church favored pahlie schools - because Catholics paid taxes to aid in their upkeep. Could there be a more ridiculous statement? Because a taxpayer does not defy the government and refuse to pay taxes for anything except that which be advocates, is to be taken, according to the Knights of Columbus, that the man paying the taxes is a staunch advocate of each and everything for which the taxes maintain. When a taxpayer pays his taxes the amount paid by

mm is proportioned to cover a multitude of different funds. Now, because the Catholic does not demand that he be rebated that amount of his taxes which is set aside to maintain the public school, the American people are to believe that the Catholic church favors public schools. That is, the Knights of Columbus would have Americans be

lieve that. After the array of facts as shown in the foregoing paragraphs what reason can the Knights of Columbus bring forth to show that the Catholic church makes an exception of America jn,regard to public schools? Why does the Roman hierarchy loot on America, in regard to education, any different from 'other countries under the control of the Catholic church and wherein the inhabitants are "nearly all Roman Catholics V Possibly the Knights of Columbus may find an answer but to the American people the answer seems to be but one of two things either that the Catholic church does not favor education, or that the ignorant quickly embrace and cling to the

Catholic faith. It is hardly probable that the latter will be admitted by the Knights of Columbus. In their paid advertisement, the Knights of Columbus declare: "In all these (Catholic schools)- the same curriculum of general education is given as in the public schools, in addition to which the Catholic students are taught the principles of their religion." It this is true why is it that only within the last two decades, "rapid strides have been made in education in the islands which came into the possession of the United States following the Spanish-American war?"- Because the curriculum was not the same as used by the Catholic schools? If not, why wasn't it? Do the Catholics teach the pupils in

the parochial schools near worthwhile only where it wishes to act as competition to the schools Instituted by a people that actually seek education? The history of the Catholic church

and the countries where it has control, from the. Inception of the church until the present hour, shows that it does not favor,, real

education. Then, why should Amer

leans feel assured that the United States is an exception? In fact, everything points to the fact: that the! great parochial school system

has been built up here merely as9

competition and because the Cath

olic church is forced to do so.

It is common knowledge that the parochial schools are chiefly used

to instill Catholicism into growing

generations. the Knightf of Co

nimbus wish to deny . this - tbeyJ

snouia, at tne same time, tell why the missionary priests made staunch Catholics in Innumerable ; plaees where the most dense ignorance prevailed and in other places where it still prevails. Dr. Evans declared that "the. public schooirin its every phase, aspect and result, is repugnant to the pope's papal dream of world-wide temporal dominion." The Knights of Columbus "deny each and every word." Clinging strictly to facta, past and present, the Knights of Columbus have a mighty task ' on their hands when they attempt to prove Dr. Evans is wrong.

Support Public Schools. Urges Inspector-General WICHITA, Kas.. Feb. 23. In an

address before the' reunion of the Scottish Rite bodies. Thomas O

Fitch, inspector-general of the Scot-

usn Kite in Kansas, declared: "The first duty of every Mason is to see that every boy and girl in the United States has equal educational advantages.

"Every Mason must take an in

terest in the schools of his commun

ity. He must see that the best ad

vantages are provided not only for the children, but for the teachers.

-me boy or girl who is educated is not going to be a bad citizen. Every child in the. United States 'is entitled to an education, and one of the goals of Scottish. Rite Freemasonry is to see that he gets it

Educational advantages today are far better than they were twen

ty-five years ago, but we must not be content until all these advantages are within reach of the poorest child in the land."

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The United Brotherhood ot Carpenters and Joiners of America proposes to extend between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000 on the national home

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- COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 23. tJover-i nor Donahey Friday afternoon gave his indorsement to the Edge-KeUyJ Mil providing for a salary increase for jrostoffice employes, and promised a committee from the Ohio branch or the National Federation of PostV office Clerks, in session at the Chittenden, that he would amplify and! repeat his indorsement in a letter to Ohio's representatives in congress -The Ege-Kelly bill provides aninitial salary of $2,000 for clerks and: carriers, $2,200 after the first year of; satisfactory service, a.af $2,400 maxi-' mum for the third year and there-: after. The present reduction nt twn

and one-half per "cent would, as at present, be taken -from tb

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men c iuna. The salary rates at present are: $1,400 for the first year, $1,500 for the- second, $1,600 for the third, $1,700 for the fourth, and the maximum for carriers and clerks of $1,800 for the fifth year and there-i alter. From the salary ia deducted a sum for the retirement fund, mak-l lng the annual maximum salary $1,755 per year. To meet the salary increases, the postal men recommended that the parcels post service, which nowls operated at a deficit, be given higher rates. This, they say, would result In a general surplus which would more than pay for the advance in op-! eration expenses. "

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