The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-02
Glle a,1tel!liiQttner::
,n,rr. Nos. - aud ~ Fourteenth Ntrcet
The Communists Mt Their Work.

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The Commnn,sts nj Their Work.
The news from Paris This morning In.
JirO,cs TINT The French Communists aru
becoming bolder, rs they are now placard.
inc houses with circulars and iomenting
an uprising at m early day. The news has
been Of threatening character for some
lime past, but this new development in.
itlus as /. does the people to the destruc.
lion Of the property OF their landlords, and
shaving them how il can be done, Ia the
latest md most serious manifestation Of
their determined purpose 10 bring on IN.
other bloody collision.
The lealerso Of this communis!ic agitation
me- educated men-as Is intlnated in this
mornings ncws-but they are, many Of
Them, played out men, desperate adven.
m,.,s, who are as bankrupt in character
a,in Purse. They desire 10 provoke au up.
hcayal in order that they may, like evil
birds Of prey, come in for an equalization
oIboo,y with their more fortunate fellow
beings ,5s,
We hayc cmissaries and disciples OF this
communism in this country. They have
headquarters in New York, Chicago and
other cities and they are accustomed to as.
semble in some saloon every now and
u.tp, which Is lrst ftstooned with red
ass., in order to commemorate some Nj
Listic or Communistic performance iu Eu.
rome. They meet and fill themselves with
s,inuaut anil then jabbcr about the rights
and the wrongs Of society. They declaim
uranst property in land, and declare that
land should be as Tree rs mir and water.
Nobody ever hears Of them cultiyating my
land or doing any honest sort OF work.
They expect to live by agitation and con-
,rihntions, or by hanging OIL as suckers
aall bnlnmers to misguided and deluded
people who have some means. This is
their game in this country.
A Wheeling gentleman who was in
Cleveland lately heard three Of these apos.
lies Of communism address q crowd Of
SOtking,nen in the public square, and
afterwards talked with one OF them In, the
b4r.room Of the Wcdell House, where they
welt 10 refresh themselves rs soon as the
meeting was over. The apostle took bold
ground in ilvor Of lhe sequesiration OF a)l
zeal estate, and when his attention was
called to the fact that thousands OF work.
utn lad acquired small properties; which
they would not and could not consent to
give up, went on TO remark that statistics
showed tint Us soon As Il man acquired
property he ceased, MS rule, to have much
Ola Amily-bec,.me weak and degenerate
as it were-an'l this sort OF property would
therefore soon pass into few hands; whereas
the families Of non.property holders are
pt0veIbial'y large, and they will, under
the educating influences of communism,
swell the demand for the wiping out Of all
property in real estate. "a -
We think that these communists are
reckoning without their hosts us fur rs this
country is concerned. The number OF
small property holders is constantly in.
r'easing, MS isshown by the census returns,
ant! under the wholesome influence OF
good wages for work the ratio OF in.
crease in property holders will keep pace
With that oi population. -
The census shows that one half OF the
rople Q! the United States are engaged iu
agriculture. 70 this vast mugs OF people
Interested in land must be added the vast
additional number who owu homes III
cities, towns, villages aud hamlets, aggre.
eating, perhaps, one half Of the balance Of
mepopualion. These people MI are the
sworn foes OF communism in every shape
Ml form. They hnye acquired their
I'operty by toll and sell sacrifice, and they
lave no notion Of dividing will, u lot Of
.GCSt's aud FOUNDERS and bummers who
meet under red ilass in saloons to discuss
The reorganization of society. gE
Willie VT say this, we believe that Mt an
Early day wise laws should be passed linz
Iing the amount OF land that man may
OWL. The curse OF West Virginia to-day
sa lot Of land jobbers and spectators
"hoown from 10000 to 10000 acres each,
Which they neither. cultivate nor otherwise
GtiIizc They should be shaken out by
law. A man should own just us much
land rs he is willing to utilize for the benc-
tt Of himself and society. Society has
rights in this matter, which arc not 10 be
asreearaed. 1t is the large holdings. ofland
N Europe that have bred communism.
The happy and prosperous hnd is that in
which the largest number OF people have IL
permanent stake In the: soil. y a few.
People own NIL the land in England,
lteiAnd and Scotland. They have in.
l'r''e.l it and have devoted mill.
''as Of acres TO forests and hunting
sonnds while the actual tillers Of It starve
Oyll1e roadside. This is is all wrong and
1eeEn society on the perpetual verge oi
evolution. We owe it. to ourselves and
@our children in this country to make
,'eAa condition OF things impossible. Just
VOW This can be done is IL great question
w W'Se adjustment hy law. But that it
au be douc md will bc doncis one OF tho
SStssItes and certainties OF the future,
aeansli'e every good citizen should look
won communism as the nplacable und
,'aa'tsSiary foe Of his own and socioty's
"'os' sacred intere9ls. naS .IysN
, The Ne" York Ca,npnign.s !.
Here IL but little doubt of Folyer's de.