Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-22
REVOLT AND RUIN.
RED FlAas UNFURLsD EVERYWHERE.
ldealists ard Fanatics Who Make No Secret
of a Desire to Turn Society
TOpsy-Tury All Over
the World.

uemOeT Oh d local COlnn unlsI society, sOue
rather startling facts in regard to the
strength, methods and aims OF that society
were developed.
The communists in America" said ne,
in response to a question, are larger body
than is usually supposed. They are sat
tered all over the country, from Maine to
California, with headquarters in New York,
Chicago and every other city Of impor.
tance as far west as San Francisco. In all
these places they are regularly organized,
and meet at stated intervals to discuss their
principles"
"Are you identical til the communists
OF Europe?"
I'VE are
Precisely the Same.
We believe in and profess the same prlnci.
Piles, and our only difference is in the
country we inhabit."
Tell ME something of your principles,
the teachings and beliefs OF your order"
The socialist smiled at this question, but
without any hesitation responded:
TO do that would require a volume, but
can give you brief outline. In the first
place there is no difference between com.
different names for the believers in the
same principles, only their actions and
aims may be slightly modified by Circum-
stances OF the government under which
they live. There is
Nothing New
about communism. The struggle it is en-
gagged in is as old as the foundations OF So
ciety; Oppressor and oppressed have al
ways been in oprC CSltiou to each other and
the contest has been going on forever, end
ing only in a revelation which was either
an alteration of the social system or the
common destruction of the contendIng
classes. The age OF patricians and pie
bians has ended, end modern society Is Ii
vided into two classes, which the sociAlisrs
terms the hourg"o Sc and the pro!etariat.
The bourgeOise is the mi Id class capita
ist into whose hands has drlfted
All the Power of the World:
the p 'oletariat is the l1boring class who
work for wages. The former are rep-es"n
ted by the Jay Cuulds, the Astors, and
Nanderbilts; of til latter, am one. II is
not US, but the CAPITALISTS, who are the re-
volutiOniStS, and We but profess the doc.
trines we have been taught by our oppresS
ors. The burgeOise have been the great
iConoclasts of all ages; they have torn
asunder every relation OF dependent to
OF religious and family ties, and have con.
verted every other class, from priest, poet
physician or workingman, into
Their Paid Tools.
With them everything is reduced TO basis
of vaue-a question OF 50 many dollars
and cents. They cannot exist without con
tinual revolution and changing all our
social conditions, for there is "A perpetual
revolt against their tyranny which they
must perpetually endeavOr to crush. TIi>
opposition to them has developed into the
modern Commune--the communists, social
lists, nihilists, aud workingmen OF all lands
and countries
Then YOU really aim at a sweeping rev.
| olution" d.
I'VE do. We aim to use the tools our
masters have put in onr hands AMI to
which they have trained us by their eX-
| ample. Capitalists are primarily the
Only Revolutionary Class,
but the time has al ways been coming when
they, in turn, would be overthrOwn. 70 ac
Complish this, we must employ their meth.
ods. We wish TO destroy the property Of
the capitalists, because their property l.
| the last and most complete expression OF
that system of production and the appro.
| priatiou Of products which rests on the an
| tagopism Of classes-the spoliatipn aud des.
point the whole doctrine of the socialist
| hinges, and they can reduce their theory
| to one expreSsiOn-the abolition of private
| property. We are accused OF desiring tD
| take the product Of a mans labor away
| from him, personally earned, psrson al y
acquired property, but
| This II n Mistake.
| Capitalists have done this long ago. The
work OF the laboring man does not pro.
| duce him property; it produces capital
and adds 10 the boards OF his d"spDiers
We desire to convert capital into comnon
| property belonging to all members o! SO
| r'rsJnal property is not thereby
| s,.J social prOperty-it simply
.. lass character. But communism
yrve no one Of the power 10 appro'
p,inte social products to his own use; it
| will simply deprive him OF the power In
| subject Others TO labor by such appropria
ton. IL abOlishes wages and wages labJr.'
"But do you not desire 10 Overturn al.
existing social relatiOn,-to abolish mar.
riage and its attendant forms OF society
in short, 10 Introduce communism OF
women" was the next question.
Communists hav" 10 need for introduc.
| ing a community OF wOmen-capitalists
have done this long ago. The wages paid a
| laborer are insufficient 10
| Allow Him TO Marry,
and the result is his en- forced celibacy and
! the public prostitution OF women. Besides
this, the capitalist not only has public
prostitutes at his command, but through
| his money he can reach the wives and
| daughters of wOrki1gmen, and, in aidi-
tioD, they find it capital aI usement 10
| seduce esCh others wives. In point Ol fact
community Of women has always existed.
Look at the liCentiou.n.ss Of the upper
classes o: all countries. At The worst the
| communist can only he charged with in
trOducinga public community Of women,
| instead OF
The Present sham
| OF a concealed community. On this point,
ss in everything e,se, We but adhere TO our
original theory OF the perfect equality and
! liberty Of every individual. be man or
woman. Any man or woman ha.a perfect
right TO do anything which may not I'M ure
auy other individual. The abolition OF
marriage is the emancipation OF women,
and with il will disappear all private and
| public prostitution. 1t is simply the per.
feet equality Of the sexes, the downfall OF
| celibsCy and prostitution. Marriage as IL
at present. exists, is only the subjection Of
| the female sex"
what is the policy OF the communists?
! mean how do you expect 10 arrive at the
end in which you profess 10 believer
| asked the reporter.
I'VE sim to assist everywhere every rev
| olutionary movement, providing II be
against existing social and political condi-
| tions. We are laboring for the q
FINAL Union
| of all countries, and this we can hope TO
accomplish only in the manner described.
| There has always been 8 more or less con.
| cealed civil war pervaiding society, and
| this must finally arrive at point where il
| will break forth into open revolution. This
will be tie opportunity Of the com unis',
| who will arrive ct supremacy through the
| forcible downfall Of the upper classes. The
| struggle is not national in It's nature, since
| it prevails in every country, yet II Is 50 In
form. The poor Of esch country must first
settle With their own oppressors.'
What il the outlook for your success?'
1T 10
Growing Brighter
every Day. The doWnfaIl Of the wealthy
| or bou,geoise class is coming nearer all the
| ,;r,a fnr Lv their siayigh opnrSszi0n of the