Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-27
For Delegate to Congress,
w. M. FERRY,
OF SUMMIT COUNTY.
HEWITT VS.. GEORGE.


as a confessed Socialist, is one of nationi
Importance. As this contest is decided
so will the future national contest on tn
same grounds be, for all thinking me
admit that some time in the futur
this installer itla of the misguided mel
who back George must needs becom
national issue, in order to foreve
put it out Of the way, and by $
doing prove to the men who ar
deceived by the ignis fatuui placed
before them by men with hobbies, tha
human nature must be controlled by law
and that to substitute any other means
for governing tn people would lead t.
chaos, the end Wnara' no man could
tell The following erce .pt from an oper
letter to Mr.. George py Hewitt, pub
lished in the New Yo.s SIN, is so true
and so explicit that We lady give il
space, believing that any reasonable man
will at once agree with Mr.. Hewitt in all
he writes:
Let us see for one moment how yonr sne-
citic would operate in this CITY. lis valuable
buildings and improvement on the land
belong almost exclusively Co rich men and
to corporations whom you hold IN holy bor-
ror. They would at once be exempted from
taxes, and to that extent you would qdd to
thelr already overgrOwn revenues. This
donation, however, you would expect to
recoup by taxation on land. This taxation
would even, under your scheme, necessarily
Dc applied to lands upon equal terms. A lot
with building costing a million of dollars
would therefore pay the same taxes as n
vacant lot on the one side, or a LOT with a
building costing ten thousand dollars on the
other side. What would you accomplish by
tins change beyond making the rich man
richer and the poor man poorer?
Again, what will you do with the man who
ilves III ms own house and pays no rent?
with you he may have regarded the nav
ment of rent as heavy burden. Hence. he
mas struggled for years to acquire home of
ms own. There are thousands of such per
sons IN this city who painfully realize what
thls struggle has cost. You propose to re-
move taxes from all other forms of value
ana to Impose upon land thus acquired a
tax equal to the rent which it would now
yield, thus reducing the owner TO the very
serVltude from which, by economy and in
dustry, he has rescued himself and his
family. -"
But there is a large class of our people
VINO nave not thus acquired land but have
deposited their savings in banks, or have
made provision for their families through
Gne benehcent agency of life insurance.
Under the laws of this State these SAVINGS
ana accumulatlons or policies are chiefly !
loaned out on mortgages upon real estate. |
Mhen, by means of your ingenious scheme !
VI VI appropTlatlng the rent of land by taxes
you nave destroyed It's value to the owner.
What security will remain to the depositors
IN savings banks and the holders of noIicies
Dt insurance! You will reply that the
buildings and improvements will remain
out What value do these possess as a security |
when the virtual fee of the land is DESTROYED
ana what shadow of security will remain on
lnlmproved lands and on farm lands where
he improvements are a SECONDARY conSiJor
ltion? o0-''iNoi-
These are samples only of the di ificuItias
o which you can devote all the time which
on generously offer to divide with ME at
)hickering Hall. 'V
You object to my conclusion that your !
iattorm means that idle labor is to be en-
loyed by the State. You do not explain
mat 1t does mean, if this be not the4rne [
lgnlheance of declaration otherwise nm :
ltelligible. "-'0 "ii- 1
l ind III the newspapers the following {
assages, quoted from remarks made by Won
few days ago in New York:
With all Its drawbacks and horrors and I
lortcomlngs, the great epoch of the French q
now but century gone is about n
repeat itself here. Liberty, equality and
aternlty embodles the aspirations of every o
orklngman IN the world to-day. II re- !,
lalns for the workingmen to re-establ;sb :
ne republic-not the republic of the mil Il
onalre and tramp. What was done in I776 h
inns country, In France in 1879, must he
one over again. Our forefathers won ne a
lr political rights; it remains that we a
lould assert them. 8,
This is class movement-the uprising of W
eworklngmen, the revolt of the disin6er- h.
ID class claiming their share of the wealth |
cir toll produces al
you allege that the press misrenrasan.S al
ur statements. Perhaps you will inform ca
public whether the above passages are
rrectly reported. If they are, YOU are CON tr
ted out OF your own mouth of seeking To th
net upon this country the horrors from !.
lch France has not yet recovered, vi
tou seem to think that your election as of
'yor of New York will in some mysterions 40
y cure the social evils which we both de- Po
re. III there were the slightest founda- Ito
n Tor TINS belief l should give Won NV m,
arty support, because l know that INV .--'
ctlon cannot have any such effect. The 1or
les OF the Mayor are defined by law So An
as tney are not purely ministerial, they
connned TO the power of appointment res
ere ere vacancies occur, to a general super mi
ION of the municipal government and 20 =.
creation OF vacancies with the approval VII
ne governor IN case of malfeasance in wo
ce' Ihe Mayor has no control over fine Co..
Ice force, so that your promise To reon- -''
It's members cannot be made good. He a n
no power to order the Health Denart- fice
NJ a lrn ~~NN
ION, so that your assurances that Won oth
clean the streets, purify the atmosH the
re, ana Improve the sanitary oondition
he tenement houses cannot he carr;e5 uu'
effect by you. The same difficnItioS bar
confront you when You attempt to deal oo;
the streets, the docks and the schools s'N
eading your followers to expect refornSs tUo,S the
On you cannot execute, you have. TO use and
'mely but expressive phrase. ''hitten off
Q than you can chew" 1acl
nong your numerous claims for support ecu
ave nowhere seen il asserted that Won
any patent or secret charm by which
can change the nature of man or secure
yourself any greater power or influence poo
eooo than either of the other candidates e tue
esses, or that they will be less CON Varl
ltious in the discharge of their dntias wou
you promise to be. How, then. vour wer,
lion VIII accomplish the reforms Won cent
&c passes my comprehension: but / can q we
rly see how YOU will have 70 diso,,,,o;,.t | CONF
any hopes and expectations rs;I5aS -. circl
declarations that the nresont d;Soo.s Ds kind
will be greatly increased 10 tba ;,,S.';u bant
aRe Oh confidence, order, enterprise. en- II
ment and thrift. O--' II
aiie you are penning your letter, another the
VINO mas risen from the ranks of labor mas
cal sense, and who does not narod ,s tSat Sis the
rty as his claim for the position which he 5
the community % p p nInSen NJ arth ana oene- othe
ing to the Locomotive Engineers. of mari
he Is the trusted chief, some words of som,
'm which l commend TO the deluded -'''
9ers OF the trades unions who have Der,
aoneo the principles on which they st. ].