, 1875-06-16

IdE CQMMuN4aA1t
Tho Communistic addresses Of last Sunday
were, wo know, nothing but tho illogical
rawlings OF reckless men seeking notorioty ns
ngitators. Nevertheless, there is class Of
foreigners in this city, composed Of
those who do not speak or rend
English, who hare come here from
Bohemia md Poland aud other places
in Europe, aud who have tho most ignorant
and extraordinary notions Of what constitutes
freedom il, FREQ country. Inst year these
persons insisted that ii was tho duty OF tho
Government to provide for them and tllc;r
families by donations from the City Treasury !!
and generally maintained that laws which
protected property In tito hands Of ono mnn
wiilo others nj no property, were tyr,aunical
md dcspotic. Tho recent agitation among
the Communists was inspired by tho coal
shoyolors' strike. Tint strike WIS caused by
the refusal Of the coal-dealers to pay STA ttay
for raw labor when they could get plenty Of
it for SO day. The strikers then undertook
by violence TO drive tllose who had been glad
to 80 to work awny from the coal.yartls, but
were prevented In so doing by tho Interior
ference of the city police. Herein Is dou-
bio grievance, tho refusal Of the coal
dealers to pay ~ day instead Of 81 and,
second, tho Interference Of the police to pre-
vent tho murder Of those who offered to
shovel coal at lower ratio Of wages than the
rlotera demanded.
What 10 the Communists vant7 Lot uH
tnko the coal-l.oavera as AL illustration. For
each uan refusing 10 shovel coal at loss than
81 por day there wore half-n-dozen men who
wore anxious to go to work ut So per day.
Tho law, Tithout interfering ut MI in the
question Of wages, did interposo to protect
thoee who woro ut work fro1. the violonce Of
those who refused to work. Th. demand of
thcso men was, that tho law should haze in
.erfered to compel tho employer to pay tho
81 per day aud compel tho other SIX men to
rcmain Idle. THIS is strange logic from IN
organization profossing to be In the intercsta
OF workingman.
The cost of producing any article meas
urcs, 10 groat e1tont, tho price at which it
may DO sold, and tho price regulates the
a:uonut TINT ia consumed. There are,
it IL said, ten thousand men out Of
employmout in this city. Thcso men, a
largo proportion Of whom were far1n-hands
IN their native country, refuse to take hoine-
ateads which aro offered them without cost !;
they refuse TO 60 into the agricultural dis
tricts where they con find constant employ
nlent and raise their families iroo OF the
temptations, corruptions, md evils, Of large
cities. They flock to the cities whore thore
arc more laborers aud whisky than aro need.
ed where thcro ia strong competition TO.
employment ; .vhero tho cost of living Is high;
mud where wages for unskillcd labor Ia o1
necessity comparatively low. They profor tc
abido in these cities, with tho precaxious
chances for employment, md where they sc
congregate that there is surplus OF 10000
moro than there Is employment for +; thoy
howl about tho inequalities OF the law
which protects tho property which tho thrift.
ty, economical, aud Woodworking have aceu.
n,ulated, whi!o 1t will not feed and clothe
those who haye no work and will not &c
where work is p!onty. These men say
TINT they will not 60 into tho country
and deprive themselves Of tho oxcitements
aud variety OF city life; they viii
not bury Themselves on fazms o.
in villages. Thoy hold in contempt tho in
dustry Of, more than ldf tho American
people who resido and labor on farms
THESE gentlemen prefer to 1.-Two IN cities whert
liquor, aud id1oueas, and do,nagoguea mr.
plenty; whore they can havo largo meeting
anl threaten property; and because, whe1
tha grand distribution Of property whlcl
they anticipate takes place, tho citios vii
afford much largor sharos than tho countr.
for inlrecunious Communists.
Tho employers Of Chicago, a. a matter o
self.intcrest, have every nun ut work thu
they can nffora to hire. Tho wages Of labor
like the coat Of raw materials, taxes, inta.
est, ront, and insurance, enter into tho cos
OF production. Every man doing business |
mutually lntorastod iu producing a. ,nucl, q
he can to sell. Ilo cannot do business Il th
) cost Of production o1ceods tho price he can &C
for his goods. When he can produce and eo
ut a profit, he will employ 1ahor to tho utmof
Limit to extend lis business. Conssauen
: 1y, every employer Ia selhslly Interested 1
putting aa many mon OF work as possible
il safe, therefore, To assume TINT, whom tho
: arc more men than con find work, tho sa
plus OF unemployed labor muas rem&in Id
or nrst find employment at wagea which wi
! enable employers to engage them.
The Communists, a. a olasa, are not vosl
. ingman In any proper sensa os the tern
They do not iatond 10 work industsiouAly II
! living. ThAy hsss sons h41s tzom tess{s