The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-06-20
An Open Letter to Anti-communist.


ANTI-CoMMUNIsT, Dear Sir:-Be-
fore proceed, allow me to state that
| am addressing man in ambush. "a
prudent man foreseeth evil, and hideth
himself.n You saw e 10 construe my
language to suit yourself and indulge
in q little personal malice. for which
you have my sympathy. i know moth.
ing about your Communist, or your
India-rubber notes. | desire no divis-
len Of property, nor covet any mans
property. My farm, and what | can
produce therefrom, is all the property
| ever want on this earth. | wrote,
asking for information, making plain
statement of facts. and what the prob
able result would be. | am now fully
convinced that | was correct as to the
true state of affairs, but cannot see
wherein | can be held in any way re-
sponsible, for | have called attention
to This most important question Oh
more than one occasion within the last
year. | view so-called communism,
strikers, tramps, ETC., as pests, the
cockleburs that spring up. under inju-
dicious farming. Uncle SANS farm is
heavily mortgaged, growing up with
cockleburs and becoming dilapidated,
the fate of every farm where bad man
agement and negligence prevails, and
never can exist under economy and ju-
dicious cultivation. 1t needs q new
spirit infused into the owner (the peo-
ple) or be may too soon discover that
his whole inheritance has gone to fore
closure. The choice is being forced
upon US whether we shall be free
and prosperous people, or sink into a
state of tenantry and vassalage under
a corrupt money oligarchy. This is
sue stares us in the face, and we can
not and ought not to evade it. | am a |
farmer from choice, and consider it
to follow the plow; it brings |
me living and that Independent free
dom of thought and action that ought |
to be more precious than gold to every
and cannot be found in any
other calling that know OF. This is
chow such man in my position" can
write or speak any thing that he thinks
will conduce to the public good, or in
advocacy of the cause Of prosecuted
abor (ot which he forms parD strug-
cling for emancipation. know there
are plenty Of honest Republicans and
Democrats. In the ordinary avoca-
ions of life most of men are honest
,nongh TO suit ne. It is when you
surround us with multitude of
that the strain comes
hen is when it requires an iron will
o be contented with what legitimate.
Y belongs to US, and when so many Of /
ur honored and trusted citizens be-
ONE defaulters and embezzlers.
here are many good men in the Leg
stature, and in Congress, (among |,
Fhom | believe are our whole Kansas t
elegation, and many more that could |
ame), but the trouble is, when any !.
leasure is introduced to benefit the
lasses, or any measure TO benefit the +
w, when voting for one and against a
lie other, they are generally on the< !,
iinority side. We dolr't have enough a
them, and you may send whoever
On like to the Legislature or to Con- 4
'ess, but as long as Wall Street rules :,
Washington and can keep one por- "
on of the people lat home) clamoring al
put down the other portion, the cor h
rate powers Of the country can con- q
iue TO control the Government. your :"
VS., your money, your prices, your tn
xation, your trade and transporta of