The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-13

ton Of the same principle of interna-
tionaliSm. While idle men gre accumu-
lating IN our cities and demo6iilzcd
troops arc seeking work. the great Ship
building industry Of the Pacific coast
Offering high wages and steady employ
ment, has been tied Mp and halted ~
q strike brought on by advocates or
what is called Worldwide solidarity OIL
labor. for The purpose Of coniiscatins
and taking over by the lab@rcrs Of oil
OF the Industries and property OF the
land. The monster Of communism nus
assumed considerable proportions ana
is receiving substantial encouragement
In the United States, which before the
great war in Europe pridrd itself up"1i
being the principal scat / individual
freedom and opportunity.
In what is said above I have no r"t-
crcncr to the lava bidlng and patriotic
labor leaders and unions of mo coul'lrE.
The lawlcss clCmcuts which are l"r'
mrntinS social and industrial revolution
and who advocate The use ar force una
yioilruc. to nrirg it about arc not trut!
representative of union labor in lhiS
country, Much good has been accom-
ishcd for labor h. organization anu
the nrinciplc Of unionIsn. aud IN nchG-
fitting labor il has benefited The count!
hut the -rnmmunistic End bni*hcFlN cic-
meats which arc acting contrary 10 l'ie
advice and Judgment Of the palrI"''c
national leaders Of labor arr the WORST
enemies which union labor has.
Tho false leaders OF labor, tcacn'hh
tho doctrine OF communism. Which mas
established itself in Russia under inc
name Of bolsh:vianl, make the strange
argument that all property, hel"heS |"
the workers. meaning the physical In
othcr words. they themselves and thclr
class throughout the world" lheS pISt
Iris unon tho claim that the workers
produce the property; whereas hs
mattcr nf fnct. these WORKERS. who claim
thc rroncr,v because they produced 1t
have produced no substantial part or IL
and have done hut little work in the
world some Of them none al all. oeinS
workers In ncmc only. These false To-
gicians lrarc out Of account tho labors
~ tho countless myrIads Of all genera
lions OF men. which since the rise 10
mans estate from the rude forces and
intelligence Of primitive times. have
contributed, each in It's day. to the ac'
curnulatcd wealth and riches OF man
kind, These bclshcvist leaders pretend
If one woiild accept their statements,
that they and their petty numbers or
This generation. achieved that when
wns the protluct OF tho toll OF countless
unknown mul,itudcs Of the past. TINS
! constitutes what is property designated
os the accumulated wealth OF mankind.
! These preachers OF comrunis and OF
! the doctrine that the workers or inc
; present day own all the wealth OF the
| world, have never yet explained 10 any
one how it came 10 no the heirs Of all
! tho mighty hosts Of workers OF past
! generations who produced this wealth.
,rd which has come down by Inherit
oncc from one generation to another and
| hos bccn distributed in varying degrees
| among their heirs and those VINO. oE
genius. by labor Of hand or BRAIN by
| invention. by skill. or art by business
enterprise. ny saSacity. by Intelligent
! combinations and locations. have ac-
| quired shares in this accumulated wealth.
and in turn have distributed 1t In trade.
by gift or ny inheritance among thcir
: fellows. The holshcvist communistic
| leaders who have preciptatcd this in
! cinicnt social revolution. OF which the
| strikes in Belfast, Glasgow. Seattle and
| San Francisco arc hut Incidents. fail to
| take intn account WHOM they arc setting
! m their title to all the worlds wealth
| because they created ii. the invention or
the cott"r-Gin by Whitney. the discovery
, Of circulation Of the blood by Harvey.
! the giving Of n new world to mankind
; through The courage and genius or CO.
| lumhus tho invention Of the reaper ny
Mccormick, the victory OF American IN
| dcpendcrcc by Washington. the formu-
| lution Of the Declaration Of lndcpeno-
| cncc by Jefferson. the conception OF lib
erty. Of Patrick Henry. the knowledge
Of the metals and-thcir workings by NIL
! these scientists who have discovered i'm
! provcmcnts in manufactures and new
uses for tho natural resources or tho
! earth. If II ~crc possible that this new
doctrine. which we wake up to find con-
: fronting us in America, should prevail
| and that these so-called workers should
| take over I'LL the industries OF the land.
II would be hut = little while. far less
, than ono generation. when all or the
| science and art. essential to the devel-
; opmcnt or continuance Of any OF our
! great Industries, would have disappeared
! and the Industries themselves would
| have decaycd. 1t would be but little
! while until there would be no industries
! for the workers to take over. and moth
: ing to strike about. or upon which 10
base a so-called social revolution. Then,
in truth and In fact, their doctrine OF
communism, which they claim Ia the ma