The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-02-28

Is enormously Increased, and soon there
is more or their products produced than
can be consumed. There Is more to put
into the common pot than Will be drawn
out, the specter OF oVerpFodueti0n over
shadows labor; the protected Industries
cease to produce, their labOrers are
thrown ont Of employment; q general
panic !ensues, Sturdy laborers trans
formed into tramps; wander forlorn, q
million strong, over the land, and
amidst the wreck and ruin, woe and des.
olattOn that spread over the land. capi-
tai, by the sheriR's hammer and eOnsta-
ble's sale, cOolly rakes into its Golfers
the accumulated savings of labor. And
when production again reviVes, labOr's
share OF Its products Is smaller than
ever.
And now protection has accomplished
It's work. The crime. "erying to heaven
for vengeance" has been committed.
The obstacle Of we'll paid American labor
Is removed, and the protection rObber
now wants nothing more buta standing
army, which he Is now demanding, to
hold labor In subieetion.s Is not this a
true picture Of the experience OF the
last few yearsp Who can deny itp And
after all, what IL protection In Its es-
senee, and shorn Of It's false pretences?
Nothing but tarafaced and unadnltera-
iIbu = ."UUl H.f.lr I'D. f..t| NfII D
Hr ft. COMMUNISM,
and communism Of the blackest type.
Not the communism OF the poverty
stricken wretch, who, In his despair,
casts longing eye upon the superabun-
dant acquisitions Of capital; but the
hideOus jackal communism OF Croesus,
desp0iling the wretched Lazarus of his
scanty crumbs and the tatteTed gar
ments that cover his sores.
Sacred indeed is the right Of property,
and terrible the crime of communism
In the eyes Of capital, when labor dares
to whisper the wish that capital may
share with 1t, Its superhuous aecumula-
tions.
But when capital can, through its pro-
lection robbery, fill Its unhallOwed cOf-
ters by the sweat Of the poor mans
brow, and the waste Of the wOrkman's
muscle, then the sacredness Of the right
or property disappears, and communism
becomes In the eyes Of capital, q merit
oriOus act of philanthropy, and a bless
Ing to those whose property 1t despOilsl
Place the protection rObber In his best
light, and he Is nothing but pure COM
munist. II his industry produces as
much to divide between the capital and
labor therein employed as the unprot4c1
ted Industries, he has not even q pretext
to claim protection. So the best he can
say for himself Is, to say In effect: "YOu,
fellows Of the unprotected industries,
your business Is more profitable than
mine; you make more 10 divide be-
tween your capital and your laborers
"than do, so she'll out enough of your
hard earned money to make me even
with you" In other words, "giVe me
"a share Of your property, sufficient to
"equalize me with you, and this without
rvalue received or q shadow Of return
Sing an equivalent" II this Is not pure,
undehled communism, then the word
has no meaning. i. HHt t----p
Bat how about the "fellows Of the
other industries" who are forced to
''Shell Outp" To the extent they have
8''shelledgOut" they have so much less to
pay TO their labOrers, and the laborers
are certain to get Just so much less.
And 40, In q word, protection means,
1st, the communlstic spoliatiOn by cap
ttalOk the wages OF the lab0rers In the
unprotected industries; and I'd, the fur
ther spOliation by capital Of the wages
OF the labOrers In the protected Indus
tries. u .a3G GHug -E0ii.I