, 1881-10-23

The interview held between q representa-
tive Ut THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE anu Mr. JUS
tus Schwab, professional Communist, on
Thursday last presents All inside view OF
Communism. Schwab is the head and front
OF Communism in this country. What hc
says, therefore, may be accepted as all official
exposition Of its tenets. He is tie typical
representative ofit-large, fat, lazy, and we'll
dressed OIL the profits of beer. Being Com
rnulllst. it was natural that he should be
found IN saloon with a mug. Of the liquid
and Il cigar-not because all beer drinkers
are Communists, by auy means but because
all Communists are beer-lrinkers, and ua1u-
rally gravila;e to a saloun, Schwab is not
only patron Of saloons, but he operates one
for living in New York, his business being
to peddle TWO CENTS worth OF beer for five
cents to those who frequent his ginmiil. By
their guzzllng he maintains himself in COM
parative idleness. He does no work. He
does 10 good in the world; lie produces
nothing. lie adds nothing to the food, fuel,
or clothing Of the world. He does
not know what it is to do ali hon.
est days work. lie. Is not even sure,
according to his own statement, whether lie
owns his liQuor-shop or not, which makes it
apparent that he has been set up III business
by some brewery and has not yet cleared off
its lien upon his saloon. And yet this same
beer-slinge1 says that "capital has no rights''
and that ''all employers are rascals,' with
out taking into consideration that capital is
keeping hi1n alive by starting him In busi-
ness u1ld furnishing lin "wet goods" to sell
at retail.
Mr.. Justus Schwab's statement of the pur-
loses of Communism is detinit enough:
Capital has no rights whatever" There
fore 1t must he crushed out. Labor alone has
rights. Property is robbery" Farmers,
house-owners, bankers, Board of-Trade men,
jobbers, and retail dealers are to be dispos-
sessed Of their property. All private possess
slons, and all means Ut labor, including ma
chiuery, are to bH "expropriated," thus re-
ducing labor to the work Of the bare hands.
No men are to own their houses, stores, ]
Shops, manufactures, farms, or gardens. |
The land is to be owned in common by the !
schwabs and their ilk and worked III COM
mon. Schools are to be discontinued and re- |
lEi'us institutions to be suppressed. The Gov !
srnlnent, which will probably be Mr.. ,Iustus |
scllwa6 and the ring of Sclwabs, is 10 take the |
produce raised and distribute 1t, and all u,an-
stnd III general is to settle the equities. Those
Who object to surrendering their property to |
he Schwabs and giving in their adhesion to |
lie new order are to be put down BY force. The !
rades-unlohs Of the cities are to furnish the
physical force to crush the farmers aud other
land seiZe their lands and
OTIS.
Such is the delectable scheme Of reform
by Mr. Justus Schwab and his
disciples, and agitated in his smoky, rank
melting saloon in New York, among his
llrsty contpatri0ts, amongst whom lie scorns
D divide the large profits on his beer which
e IS enabled to pocket BY means Of the cap
al Ut the dishonest rascals and robbers'
iho own an adjacent brewery and have set
i'll UP in business. Evidently Schwab
) more in favor Of division Of profits by
thers people than OF dividing his own, for
9 not*only pockets lis beer money, but
hen it was asked what he would do in case
e received a legacy from rich relative he
as quite undecided, but thought he would
o all he could wifi 1t, himself beng treas
rer OF the fund, Cunning Schwab!
ar. Justus Schwab's scheme was deGnit
lough, but the main point lacking in it is
le means Of carrying it out. How Is he 60
|g to force five millions Of farmers to give
., their farms, and three million owners Of :
ouses and shops in the cities and towns to- [
lrrender them to the Communists? How
he going to compel workingmen who {
ave saved enough from their wages to
cure a house and garden-patch to give j
p what they have accumulated to his |
common fund.-, for loafers? There is I
'thing that man will hold on to so IT
as possessions for which he has &
lied and saved year after year. and all the ,
ore 50 when his property is claimed for c
e benefit of lazy loafers who haye: never t
me all honest day''s work, or who spend c
cir earnings on liquor and folly. Mr.. S
tstus schwab, sitting in the thick smoke t. c
i'd strong smells Of his saloon. may fancy =
at his scheme looks and sounds well, and c
$ Ignorant rabble may Justify applaud his Il