The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-04-29
THE RIGHTS OF MAN.
The Lecture tf Henry George on tho
Rights and Wrongs Of Labor.
Ownership Of Land Declared To DO mo
Solution ~ tho Industrial Prob
biem,


Henry George, who Ia by some cOneld
cred the ablest OF the theorists on the
complex labor and economic problem
lectnred last evening at Music Hall on
the snhj 'et, "rhe Rights and Wrongs OF
Labor" The lecture was under the aus
Dlees OF the Lincoln club, aud the young
men "dld the thing up brown They
had slch little details AZ music, long
and loud, on the Mualc Hall organ, NJ,
tended 10, aud their manag ment stood
out In bold relief as tho only one
thoughtful enough TO provide ample Ia
Bile room for all the reporters,
Many ladies were In the audience
The lecturer WAS introduced by PfeaI'
dent Buuts Of the Lincoln club, who
gave tho club little puff, aud then re-
marked that the laboring clasles 700 OF
ten invite men 10 represent lhem VINO
do 30 10 serve their own ulIerl0r en's,
MR. HENRY GEORGE
was finally permitted to address the au'
dIenoe. lle apeaks em0Othly IN q some
what nasal tone, walking up and down
The platform aa he talks H0 IL q small,
nervous man, with a full beard, clean
cut features and bald head, ana Win
guch generous brain development ~
almost appears ~ N this development
had pushed its shapely self up through
his dark hair that extends only halt wny
up the Intellectual mountain AZ usual
In lectures for The good Of worhlhgmen
the audience was made up largely Of
professional men ard students oil pollI-
iCal economy,
Nh George said: "All misforlun07
come FROM the Ignorance, denial or neg
lee vi human rlghia. The great s'f.Eo
sprun7 from 10 accidental cause The
l.b0r question IN tnH United States has
como now 10 s,Hy, and llKp N' QlnHlula
10 should hR con "a tered from thf la1l'
DO'ul OF lghf and wrong. NOnilpI lhe
Cass OF D'ucky little Nr'. Gray ge the
New York "a Wrappers have called hgI'
The Hp8lker having Or. lYr'YItWel lhe
case ol Mra 6rHyHo'p.8.l % lba pa
kafA union, and lhe action of th. union
IN b0ycl,t'ng Mr. Gray, soid' For my
par. ] clun0l 8ympalh.2h with Mls.
Gray ls much as do with the men Who
are trying 20 boycott her, Those n W
York K rs have hard lot, They work
long hours for llttle pay and | cannot
look upon the case as does CHARLES
CrOCker the Pacll3 railroad million
aire.'
Mr., George then drew from his pocket
a plctursOf a New York bikHr, whose
story he had heard and who, after deS'
pera,e struggle 10 start in 0nslnea, for
himself, had been forced back 10 the
hopeless pla0 0 OF a iOurl yuan In u
trade that pays bu, 30 week.
OF the tie np ON Now York railroads
the lecturer sAid'
"What Is clearer than that IN, employ
ers have right TO hire whom They
p'9Ase9 Nha, clearer than That the M
plOyes have
SURPASSED THEIR RIGHTS
when they have attacked those hired TO
take their lllCt-Y II has been 8aid that
90 strike ever suGce ded without The oX'
pTG'e NJ fHC but WhpH !. ig o. n Ntoi
that there are ,hourauda OF unemployed
men waiting 20 take the places Of
strik kr7, and willing 70 WllR lUt Aily
cenl8 or even W MY Nv CENTS % day. l1
it unnatural that violence should bA re.
sorted 'UY Aud that girIkoin he south
west j Gould, ln my opinion, 10 jlg
tive had been done, would have been ia
the ppnI'OuUlry long agO. BItlt I. not
his fuul. that hp A. not t'crei 10 ig Che
fault nl the p'nplp. Public 0pluinl,
atpl NAT public opinion mnug Tine
strikers them elves jn7tllps in.imlia'
,i0u. sIill blycOtuDg, Win lA only
pas ly, war /, was argued that {
there was not some gre1ter eyil thggWl
" violence won d not be used j. is
wrong 90 teal, u i9 wrong 60 lhloW %
man .yTblud, and yet Wa al. remem
ber u friend Of .ur, Robin 0u lrl 10,
who did hat and 40 0Ue C1u0 MAJ " b
lnaon Cru.Oe He wl3 'rylGg 20 e.c.pn
from slavery Ah, bu, we
have no 'layDry here, you
sny How FREQ Is man who
Va chalued tOH car fourteen hours ilN
and who never .rpg hls chlldre1 Wh,Iu
awHk win huN pros o1i OF OplImpu,
In Ne with no outlook but the weary
grind I work. until be So too old TO
work? lt l8said hat some UorNugmgn
have raised Themselves and become Ilrh,
A slave m glt have become emperor OF
Rome, but that did not pglliate slavery.
Yes, some Lave boeome rich until their
fortunes Va reached the millIOne, 10
has often been due 30 superior sagacllN
VI ON 20 superior prudence, but quito o.
often 10 lack Of C0nscience
WHAT AhE THE RIGHTS or MANY
Clearly ne his no right to sny llu.
must employ mg at q certain rate hut
no certainly hasa right 10 employ him,
self. Where will h0 gn 10 employ HIM
gelf2 According 70 the bureau OF labor
statistics there were n million men I'm
employed lAat GUNNER. We ebr' 40 used
10 that that we DO not realize it9 I'm.
p1rt. Suppose Mat our ancestor the
grand old gardener Adam, were on earth
again aud II 0uld be- told thai million 4
hla Descendants are urablO 10 got work,
We would aay, Are There no lonfs on
which they can be employldY Yaq,
there ore millions Of acres that have
never felt the touch tfN pl0w. Why
don they 10 10 wo'k2 Tha land 10 al.
ready I'm INV p0aapasi0n Of onebody qua
the unemployed connot 20 tow0rk un.
tll they buy or pay tribute fOr his land
which they are unable 10 DO, There 10
the primary wrong Labor, yon any,
produces wealth, but II canpoi IN k0
anything out OF nothing, aud labor cAn.
moi bslier Itself while II ~ denied ae.
seas 10 the land. There Ia the great
wrong, and until we remedy that wrong
we cannot 70 to The b)ltOm OF the labor
question. When Crueoe rescued Friday
from the cannlbals Friday knelt down
and nut Crusoe's foot on his neck ~ u
token Of Fridays complete subsection.
Suppose CrusOe had said This y free
republic, and am only man llkeyour
self Suppose Crus0e had read the decM--
ration OF Independence and the liftoentnl
amen'meht 10 Friday. Friday would
still have been q slave, FOR Crusoe owned
Che Island. Friday was not lish 10
swim or q bird 10 fly away from ~ aho
banishment would have meant death
Eve have abolished slayery, we say.
Wa hava merOly nbOliahed n crude form