Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
rHM PnnsrprNr,a mnasAan.
J. y. Moore ON she Communion of
Cnpitnt-oleseIand Great in His
Defeat.


chile manner indeed, for the following
simple expression, namely, that
Communism is hateful thing, and a
menace to peacs ind organized govern.
ment. But the communism OF combined
wealth and capital, the outgrowth OF over
weening cupfdity and selflAhness, which
tnstdiously unuormines the justice and IN
tsgfiiy OF free Institutions, "a not less dam
gerous than the communism OF oppressed
poverty and toll which. exasperated by IN.
justice and discomfort, attacks with wild
disorder the citadel OF rule.
1t is indeed o melancholy fact that tho
press that represents and upholds the
communism OF capital" ia trying either
to pooh-pooh this foroible expression OF
ignore II entirely. Yet the united voices
of the supporters OF this fell system can.
not drown this warming Nor ia there
enough printers lux In the country TO
obliterets it. The fat has Indeed goao
forth, aud as it will be inscribed hence
forth on the banner of ths party whose
chief the man 10 that uttered these words
it will be- the beacon that will lead q
mighty people to justice. IL will DO tho
incentive TO preventing the absorption OF
the peoples liberties by the incrdiuato
power OF wealth. Such enormous wealth,
accumulated 90 rapidly by the aid OF
n.onopoiies, trusts, and other deyious
neaps. through class privileges, the
world never saw before.
What are trusts Are they not the
very essence of communism Of capital ?
The only difference between this oilded
sristocratic communism of capital and
the miserable communism of labor is that
the former 10 actually practicable, and
what is still more, there IL no law to pre-.
vent it, whereas, this ccmmunism OF labor
is decidedly imprautiaable md a menace
and danger TO the community ut large.
Tho latter means revolution and blood
shedding, and is quickly and Justly put
down by cannon and guns, while the
foruaor, the communism OF capital, sim
ply means oppression to the multitude
for the benefit OF the few, and is only
most edec.ualiy put down by wholesome
laws and in an orderly, sober manner.
That is when the will of the people, or Ia
other words, the sacred ballot, is not d. :
bauched By money mud brides. What
other possible lawful remedy can there
be for the fell oppression of trusts than
free competition Ia it not an unde-
niabie fact that il there were no duty on
iinseed oil, for instance, that article
would at oRce be as cheap here as in
London ? Can anybody deny that tina
price of qnirine, because il is free Of
duty, is es cheap hote as in Paris, Lon
don, and Milan, where for years il was
first made 1 so still further, sud soy
that trusts, those beau iaeala of loom
munism Of capital" wou,d even prove a
perfectly wholesome system, provided
you circlmscribe their power and profit,
which can only be regulated by whole.
some composition. There is, according
to Mr.. Scott's statement, combination
and ;rust in iron girders and b. ANS, aud
protected by duty OF 1903 per cent.
This communism OF capital gays to one
establishment $l,t00, 900 profit in ona
year. Here ore the facts as stated on the
floor Of the House by Mr.. Scott:
II is we'll known, sir. that the stsei beam
indratry OF this country to-day Is In trust
and have further shown that the average
price of these steel beams imported into
this country during the year 1887, upon
which duties were levied, was 2 cents per
pound, or S26 6S per ton. and that tho duty
| upon them under tha existing tariff Ia II
| cents per pound, o S28S8 per ton, the duty
exceeding the value OF tue Imported article
u per ton. The output Of these steel
beams at the Edgar Thomson steel works
| during the year 1887 averaged about LOO
tons per day, or 30 600 tons per annum, and
the ference between the cost OF produe.
! fiin, SS6 ~ to1., IL stSS pei Nh l.ls soil.
/ ihg price, leAvth y tlatRir oil s&3 Der tou,
or sl,0ccle0y eront on this one product
/ s.iGno.
Now, then, IL the duty, Instead of a
cents per pound, would have been, or
DO, cents, would 1t not at once have
given, or give, the consumer q relief Of
6o per cent taxes and prescribed the
proht OF this link Of "communism of
capital 10 $4,000 intteai Of 81 ,OOO.-
OU0 The "cGmmunism Of Cspitaln be-
comes 30 CALLING and Undesirable when by
class legislation unbeald-of burdens arc
imposed upon the people simply, as the
President says, to protect the rich.
Another very remarkable sentence in the
Presidents message in connection with
the evil OF communism Of capital is the
following somewhat Shakesptarean CT.
preston
He mocks the people who PROPOSES that
the government shall prosact the rich and
that they in turn Will care foe the laboriny
poor. ANY Intermediary between the peS-
| PIC and their government, or the lsast dele
cation OF the care and protection the GOV.
eminent oWsq to the humblesG citizen IN the
land, makes tho boast OF Tree institutions n
Rlittering delusion and the praSeuded boon
o. American citizenship Shameless imp0-
sitioa.
No thundesbolt, no aeyo!i.e, has ever
fallen 80 deep and sure ia the earth than
/ Goes tne Preaident'9 thucGesbolt fail mao
| the hearts and understanding OF the wat
| masses OF the people. You NAV poob.
| pooh IL for G whiio, my p-otertiopiar
friends, but you WILL find that the simple
expression, the "commuuiBm az capitE! .
VIII become your "home range" 1t win
be like Frankinstein's spirit, it viii not
90 down, not until you have restored 10
the people their Dirthright o, fair play.
and, above all, not until you vino agay
the disgrace, scandal, and political can.
ger which now commands number OF
floating votes fer a given number of del
lars. The debauehed and the debancaerg
are sure to perish the republic Will sur
vive and live.
As to Mr.. Cleveland, he is greater.
truer, and decidedly more foreibls in lid
defeat thaa ever hs was during the Tina
OF his Power. Hi1 mission to the ccopo.
mic question OF the day is what CHARLES
Marteis was against tho Sarncsns. The
power of protsotion is crnmblinR and
so.ten, because the fierce vision OF tbs
multitude BIAS it under surveillance The
mills Of tie gods grind slow, but sure.
J. 3. MoonE.
NEW YORK, Saturday December 9th, 1888
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