The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-01-26
HON. ROSWELL G. HORR


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Hon, Roswell g. Hcgf, N 'Mlchigafi
lectufed to a small bnt attentive audi
ence at the ,Tabernaele last night
Probably the frigid cCndieion of tht
Tabernacle at the lecture Of Prof. Proc
tor about ten days ago IS what kept
many away. Ii was the general opin-
ion Of the people present, that II the
lecture had been held in the Opera
House there would have been three
times az. many people present. y.
At S:15 Judge Underhill,, who presi-
ded, INTRODUCED the eX.Congr essman
who was TO reply I'd the arguhents.ad-
vanced by DR., McGlynp. Mr., Horr is
a very convincing talkes Ssnd makes ,
good Impression wherever he goes
= Following is q synopsis Of his speecht
~ don't come here tonight expecting
to be able to lay down any lawSot give
you any rule that will remove all thu
misery in the. country that exists. col
...r the many evils that exist each, person
thinks that he has a cure for them
Some people say that if we would let
ladies vote, this would cure alltheeYils
Nut l venture to.say thatif thelladies
p e&re given the right of suffrage and it
HsAAad been exercised by them for several
years there would still be number OF
things out of Joint. We must take thl
world as ii is and not as we would likt
to have it, 1T ! could have had tht
world as l wanted it, would have hat
corn to hoe itself and butter to -ehurI
itself. And l. would have voted tc
Y bring such a state of things about if il
i, could have been done, ''-''-a '''''
I have studied this question for years
and have not found yet where a man
can get a living without work, and it is
better thatymerit in this sword comes
through effort and through labor. Now
at first when this country was settled,
folks were scarce and land was plenty,
a In fact, everybody owned every;
thing in common But when
a man caught an animal, lit
no longer was in common. He owned
=, itand his titleto it was the labor that
h it took to, get the animal,g And Sc
when man gathered fruit. 1t was Ills
by the work that it took to get it
Water belongs to everybody but when
D a man digs a well, the water in il
e belongs to him and he got his title to il
by the labor that it took to dig that
well. Now Mr.. Georges theory about
the land is the same as with the water
that it is the gift of, God and should
belong to everybody. Under savage
state of society it takes about 300 acres
of land to support onenian. One thing
Mr.. George never considers is Che i'm.
provement on q mans land lf'a man
cilltivates his land and raises gain on
it, does he wrong his neighbor? HE
does 1t for thespecial benefit Of human
10y. This improved value in the land
is what George callsthe unearned inere-
ment. and that man has no right to
thatunearned increment. Eyerything
in the world is a part of the world and
the animals in it were created by God
as well as the land. Nov to follow out
Georges theory there would be, un
earned increment in a horse as well as
in theDland. Did Brother,A AIeGlynn in
his lecture show you how this would
work? Did he tell you of a single
place where it had ever been tried?
In looking over the tax duplicate al
the Treasurer's office, ! find that youl
County levies taxes on $38OOoOO0 OF
property OF this $l2OOooOo is per
sonal property and $2500O,OOo real
estate. But this $25, 100000 is the tax
duplicate on the feal,estate with'all its
improvements. The unearned increase-
ment cant possibly be more than Il OF
the present value. You pay $780, 900 tax;
es and you have about 100000 people in
your county. You must rent it at 20
per cent It is impossible. lie wouid
raise all the taxes on IL of what lit Is
now raised. H'h7 "''1Aasy =: Y S'5s5 Y ss5}i5 Nv.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Co., which
has So miles of railroad in youreouhty,l
pays about $1,000 tax q year. How
much would they pay on George plan |?
Not one-fourth of7it. fAnda then take
the national banks: they pay $1,000
worth Of taxes. Under Georges plan
they would not pay cents iIl,eanq de.
rnonst1ate to you beyond contradiction
that it would only rob the poor and let
the rich go scot free. How can George
tell which is unearned increment and
which is notP How can you prevent
all this misery in the land, by taking of
one man that which he has earned and
giving it to another. ,.,. Ar- n. 3. ...,,,
In going up and down our country
we tind class of people coming to our
shores who know nothing about the
genius of our institutions, men who say
this is the meanest nation on the earth
to work in. 4 Instead of giving eour-
age to their fellow working men they
are sowing the seeds Of discomfort,
The world was made for every man to
get a living, but not without effort
Great, questions snustube settled on
moral principles, If l. had myrway /
would try to establish these three
things ameng working men. First,
sop this greed and avarice that exists
b etween employers and employees;
second, don't throw away your money
for things you don't need; and third,
| would save these men from running
after these false teachers. That civili-
zation is the best; that religion is the.
nlrest that produces the most happy