New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-03
THE NEKT GRE1T STRUGGLE
AIECTrRE BYHENRY GEORGE.

AIECTURE BY HENRY GEORGE.
TIE GATHERING rs ciuCEEuNG HAlI-INrQvNI-
tbs OF TIE PRESENT DAY--rlE REMEDY PRO-
POSED.
The audience which assembled at Chickcring
Hall last night 10 hear Horny George, ~ California lee
ure ON Tho NcNt Great struggle was small
numbering not moro than two o. three hundred
They wcro wcli-drcsscd aud Intelligent hove
even with tho exception of one or t"o persons who very
unnrcc.-afiiy IcI tlc applause n WIS 7l5 when the
lecturer came on the stage IN company with +. u.
rhurbcr e introduced SIR George briefly. saying TINT
while everyone might not Dee willing 10 accept oil MS
views no one could help admiring aim Tor hir hoarly
s,mputhy with the poorer casscs the under dog IN
hcnght"
Mr. George "a q small man with Intelligent hlhe eyes "a
high forehead a reddish. brown beard and brown har'
lie was dressed In badly dttng black suit. which made
HE somew hat angular gestures appear more awkward
llc spoke however. with cancstncss, ana Ampy' "Hu
bl. lecture which occupied nearly two hours was
listened 10 nttcnuvey throughout
The subject OF my lecture the speaker Salu' j. i"o
Next Great Struggle" Perhaps most people never
co,nize what #. coming until Il Is upon them But
think that there Ia no discerning man who' looking over
tho world today does not discern everywhere great
movement In progress on the ono hind you see an Ar
dent desire for change on the other dread ol ID
rhl- widespread movement il the growing appreciation
OF the idea Incorporated I'm our Constitution thA' al
men are born equal lon see TINS III fI"n'o' N''''
Russia England and Ireland
But nothing would be erroneous than TO suppose
that Europe aspros TO what have. The people tnero
would not be satisfied with that they seek so'iM
rather than political rights. The id'a OF equhl'y -
growing I'm this country also. We are not content VIVA
what our fathers were. We are losing our iAlth III
the Republic II ia utterly mpossible for ponuoa ND
rtv 10 exist without social liberty Given people
,gitbout much inequality OF wealth, ana
tbero YOU viii md liberty; given O people
with that inequality. and liberty is Impossible
my opinion that this great American experiment Is
failure not In everything and everywhere but In the
parts OF the country which types ia nsutlu'hA are
broten down DO you men ~ Eew-fork govern your our,
sevesi II IA only question OF bosses Win 1o, aiiu
tho same condition OF things exists IN bfOohy u
dclphis Baltimore, or, going 70 tho eAieho nc9e' III
Ssn Frsurlsco. ON the one hand, hs nave HhluJ w
tnd throughout the world a bettor percepuoh OF lho
f,rlamcnta truth that all meu nre created SqueI on
~ ether IA tendency crowd the muses. hto ioHet nv
,cr conditions of helplessneHs The general Iosvlt
a Inventions has been O. bring about great VI
labor which tends 20 produce m0noobea hho \" u''"J
ne ability OF the labOrcr 20 employ himself -, - .
We have now two forces opposed 70 eaeh othet az,
stronger aspiration for equality, the 0IheI ~
~ refucc man 10 machine. There VIII ineNl,1uy oS a
struggle between these two tendencies sueh ~ Tue no,iu
has never aeen. II men are 70 DC sio' 20
Won nust give them tho education anu re
hgon OF sayosi II you teasa sne nav vino in
better things, you are simply putting 10" VIM ~