Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-25
FROM ALL QUARTERS. GEORGE MAKES REPLY To. The Last Letter Of
 Hewitt. A GREAT NATIONAL DRILL. Militia From All Parts Will
 Compete. THE SITUATION IN EGYPT. Striking Car Drivers Carry
 Their Point.
ANOTHER LETTER FROM GEORGE

ANOTHER LETTER FROM GEORGE A Sharp Reply to Hewitt's Statements
 by the Independent Candidate.
 NEW YORK, October 24.-Henry George has written an open letter to MT. Hewitt in reply to the latter's statements concerning MT. Georges theories. Among other things MT. George says: ''Your prognostications of French revolutionary horrors to follow my election can only excite the smiles of intelli- gent men. Such alarms are always raised by those who profit by abuses that are threaten ed with reform. The terrible things which you predict are not half so terrible as those the federalists worked themselves into be- lieving would follow the election of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency. Such predie- tions could not prevent what was long known among our fathers as the civil revolution of 1800,' nor do think they stop the pres ent movement for reform in our city. As to the sayings which on the authority of the newspapers you attribute to me, such as that hereafter millionaires are to be on one side of politics and workingmen on the other, and that with all it's drawbacks and horrors and shortcomings the great epoch of the French revolution, now 0 century gone, is about to repeat itself here,' or such other sayings as that my sup porte1s cannot shirk their bound en duty, for if they do ever after ward they will be tabooed from the working mems society," have simply to say they are either total falsehoods, or falsehoods of that peculiarly malignant type which consists in garbling what was really said. Against such misrepresentatione I cannot protect myself, but do not think anybody who has ever heard me speak or has read anything have written will really believe I made such utter ances. As for theories I will not discuss them through the newspapers with one who refuses to publicly debate the issue he him. self has raised. I may, however, say that your assertion that the exemption of build ings and improvements from taxation and the concentration of taxes upon the tha Eaiue bsnest Gf land of Topd tbs rich be and sd the injury of the poor can have weight only with the ignorant. l am sorry to see pro- position of this kind advanced by man of your standing, even in the heat of political contest. The delusion that taxes upon any form of capital are taxes upon the rich, and that the exemption of capital from taxation would be an exemption in favor of the rich Is unfortunately too prevalent. I am sorry that you make such an assertion, since in your cae 1t cannot be ascribed to ignorance. You know enough of political economy to know that, as taught by all economists, we cannot tax the rich by taxing capital and that taxes upon buildings and improvements must fall ultimately upon the user not the owner and I may be permitted to remark that, as has been shown by the reprint from the Brook Iyn Eagle of an interview with you in 1850 you were then fully aware of the 1mpoliey and injustice of permitting what John Stuart Mill aptly called the 'unearned increment ot wealth. to go to individuals who hold pos session of land which grows in value by the growth.of the community and that you then said clearly that this great fund, due solely to social growth, should be taken in some manner for the benefit of the whole people.
 Yet this is precisely the proposition which you now declare communistie and anarchis-
 tic.
 "As to personalities, I am willing that the
 public should judge between us. Neither
 what YOU have to say about Mrs. Hewitt or
 your venerated father-in-law nor the biogra-
 phical details with which you entertained
 the County Democracy was made necessary
 by no utterance of mine. 1meant no ohense in alluding to the happy incidents which
 have made you rich. If you prefer to think that in your case fortune is due solely to superior abilities shall not contradict you. but even greater men than you, MT. Hewitt wave recognized life as 8 game of mingled chance and skill and like the great Stoic wearer of the Roman purple have retuaned thanks to the gods for the happy incident which placed them in better conditions thar the most of their fellows. I have never found fault with your riches, nor boasteo of my own poverty as you imply have merely pointed out in response to your assertion that my nomination wal the result of class movement and your sar castle invitation to me to run for Congress and the political methods which have hither l to prevailed in this city and of which you l are the chosen defender have disbarred from high office all but she rich or interruptions l and that although man situated as you ar' might have mo fear of the politicians and b. | at no personal inconvenience from corrup | and inefficient government there are othe | classes of our cities of whom this cannot b' | said.'
 | 'sIn closing this controversy, which yol 1 yourself began by your attack upon me II your letter of acseptancedtance, must agail express my regret that you have deprived tn | people of this city of the opportunity t l judge between us which public discussion l of principles would afford and that the no | toriobs facts which cited in my first lette | as showing the motiues underlying you nomination have not been met by you"