Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-22
CALLS rnnm COMMUNISTS.


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Groesbeck. Tex, Feb, l0.-Editor Ca
zette: wish space in your valuable
paper to reply to an article pupllshed
in the Mexia Herald-Echo written ny
j. G.. II. Buck, In which he makes an
attack upon an article written oy me
in which the George theory was eN-
posed, In connection with Judge NJ
gents Endorsement Of those theories.
II IL a fact that all political parties
and organizations have puphshed
platform by which their principles are
made known. and all men VINO beIohs
to those parties and organizations ale
measured in their political creed by
these platforms; therefore, / Will pro-
coed to make extracts from the plat
forms of the anarchists, socialists ana
communists and further extracts from
the published documents of George,
Nugent, Buck and their associates, 10
show that they are one and the same
These men must be measured by their
platforms and written documents. IN
my article l charged Nugent with say
ing the farmers are the worst robbers.
Mr.. Buck denies this. | can prove
by two of the most respectable men IN
town. both leaders OF the People
party. that such was published IN
Fort Worth paper Nugcnt. IN ms
speech was making the argument that
all George men make, that the latm-
er who collects rent from his tenant
has robbed him OF his rent. II was
i'm tbIa connection thAt Nugent used
the above quoted language.
1 Will now proceed 10 measure
George. Nurent and Buck by their
printed platiormg and printed articles
and SEQ What they are. I will first
quote from Georges Progress and
Poverty, page $50. ITO eNtirpate power
~ to make wares what Justice COM
monds they should be. the full earn
ines of labor. we must therefore sub
atituto for the individual ownership of
land n common ownership. We must
make land common property" What Is
comnunism and socialism? Is 1t not
tn avn things ia common. as a COM
munIfv or sorictyg There Is no man 80
stupId hut that he knows this. What
ia the meaning of the above quotation
from George. In which he says the indI-
vlanal nwenrship of land must be sub
stituted Tor a common ownership? Is
This common ownership communism
and e1ciaIism ptire and SIMMER 1 say
n 10 ava ayrty unurpiudlred reader
WIN saw the same thing &c age, MI
fsey,t and RucI, stand convicted from
their own mouths OF socialism and
communism.
/ win quote from Progress and Pow
Nt.l ''lltlf rent the creation
az mo ,yhol. community necessarily
belongs To- the whole community"
What docs this meant Does it mean
Inc common ownership? Ia not this
communion ptre and simpler Not only
tbis NM Cearpe In hIs writings. uses
mo words community and society IN
Mace of government, No reasonable
man viii reuulr. more evidence than
thc above 1uotatInns to show that
nndred sociolIsts and communists.
c;eoTge's UorlJa are nun of such state
rnents Nov, ! will leave To every man
90 dcntde ~ tha ahoya nu,tatt1us do
no, l,raatl,a th. anirit Of nnnrrbv fnr
thev contemplats uniting aociety and
cnnrnunity In f1e nlace Of government
mi 10 AZ tlis rconstitntional govern
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