Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-19
THE NATIONAL QUESTION.
Henry George on the Labor Move ment Yesterday before the COnnecti- cut Congregational Club.

l cut Congregational Club.
 HARTFORD, May 19.-The Connecticut
 Congregational club met in this city to-day,
 Rev. Dr. Walker, of this city, presiding. At
 Il o'clock Henry George, the political econ
 omist and author of Progress and Poverty"
 Social Problems" and Protection and Free
 Trade, began nearly two hours talk and
 discussion of the burning questions concern
 ing unemployed labor. IF entering upon
 and closing the subject hs said that talk, 1 however good, was necessarily fragmentary. l What he wished to do was to set his hearers 1 to thinking. 'My plan," he said, Ifs noth- l ing; if you have better offer it. The present condition of things is unjust and dangerous. | Republican institutions under it exist | in nothing but the name" He said that 1 the Chicago dynamite bomb inaugurated @ period as momentous as that ushered in | by the ringing of the cannon in | Charleston harbor in 1861. The hardships i of both employe and employers were en- | larged upon. The majority of manufacturers l are not making large margin of profit and cannot pay their employees better wages cannot give them in charity Bishop Pot l ter's letter of last week suggested. This let ter may be taken an indication of the pow erty of thought on this subject. It is encour- aging to see the pulpit taking hold of the question, but the utterances reveal lamenta- ble ignorance To question afterward as to whether it was not the province of the clergy to indicate the locality of the injustice and for political economists to find the reme dy, he said the trouble was the clergy indi- cated too generally; they were not specific. After outlining the disorders and suffer iuuS of the time h6 nrOc6eda0 tO his remedy --the taking by the State for the benefit of the entire community (support of postoMces, etc., etc. } the unearned increment in land, in lieu of all other taxes He was not pre- pared to say that this was the entire solution of the problem, but it was where the reform must begin. We live on and from the land; it supports us in everything; and until each person has the opportunity of applying his labor or capital to land Competition is good; but it must be compe- tition where all persons have the op- portunity. The land is Gods heritage to us; every man, woman and child born and un- born is entitled to it's usufruct; in this the aborigines were superior to us. Our posses sion is built robbery; the correction of this by way of land taxation to it's entire 1 value is as easy in practice the present method of taxing lands, houses and personal property.
 A large number of questions were asked, 1 most of them relating to the details rather than to the principle of the thing. ''Then you would advise us to go home and preach socialism and communism, would youF' asked one member.
 1T would do nothing of the kind,'' replied Mir. George stI think you would be very foolish to do 30. would advise you to go home and think upon the subject and preach what you think"
 He said the golden rule was at the bottom of the question; Gods law was in the social problem we'll the physical; he urged the consideration by the club of the moral and religious aspects of the case.
 Trades Unions ia Conference.
 PHILADELPHIA, May 16.-The secret cir oular issued by P. J. McGuire, of Cleveland general secretary of the Brotherhood of Car penters and Joiners, calling for a conference in this city to-day, has been promptly re- sponded to. The conference met at Donald | sons Hall to-day and was well attended. l The conference has for it's object the adoption l of plan for closer alliance with the Knights l of Labor. It is believed that the trades l unions who desire to check the strike breed l ing element will arrive st harmonious un- | derstanding with the Knights. The delegates l come mostly from New York, but other east | ern and western States are represented. 1 Forty-eight powerful organizations have sent | delegates. Among the delegates is w. H. 1 Foster, secretary of the national confedera ton of trades.
 A bill of grievances against the Knights l of Labor drawn up by the delegates, which will be forwarded to the Cleveland, l Ohio, convention. A committee of five was | appointed to draft plan for joint agree ment to be signed by the Knights of Labor and the union. .
 The evening session lasted until after mid night. The secretary stated that resolutions ho1 kaav1 0ln tad 1 hot in yoft the success that had attended the efforts of the national and international unions in the past they should strictly preserve their dis tinot and individual autonomy; that it is not deemed advisable for any trades join the Knights of Labor in body. The resolutions further declare that it is the pu1 pose of certain element of the Knights of Labor to destroy trades unions. The confer ence concluded that it would be absolutely necessary to establish harmonious relations between all branches of organized labor and set of terms was drafted to be presented as | treaty to the Knights of Labor.
 The Troy Laundriss shut Down.
 NEW YORK, May 1S.--A special from Troy laundries shut down tonight, locking out the dissatisfied employees whe number about B. 900 and are mostly women and girls.
 Master Builders Assert Their Rights.
 BOSTON, May 18.-The master builders association has issued manifesto refusing to meet the offer of the striking tradesmen to compromise on 8 nine hour basis, repudiat- ing the action of Norcross Bros. in so yield ing and asserting 8 determination to stand for the principle of non-interference with the business of contractors on the part of any la bor union. They also claim that their posi- tion is approved by owners, architects and the public.
 TAILORS AGAIN AT WORK.
 The Great Lockout at Chicago Nearly
 at aH End.
 CHICAGO, May 19.-The strike among the tailors seems to be pretty well over. Nearly all the shops are again running. The manu- lecturers are making such concessions to the bosses as to enable them to make eompro mise with their hands. Many of the metal workers have returned to work on satisfae- tory terms. The men in twelve shops are terers' strikes both sides out without ap- parent thought of compromise.
 Things MendIng at Cincinnati.
 CINCINNATI, May 1S.-The surface indica- capital and labor that have kept the social and civil clements of Cincinnati at a severe tension are being happily adjusted. The military have all been withdrawn and the