Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-13

mold serves to spread our ideas
among the workers, they will use all
means to stop such meetings. That
they will not succeed in stemming
the movement goes without saying.
The principles of Socal-Democracy
have permeated the mass of the
tolIers far too thoroughly for that.
Driven out of the open spaces on
the one hand, it is some satisfaction
to have obtained the use of the
Board Schools for meetings. Lon
don Is the worst possible city for
decent lecture halls. The few that
we have are costly to hire, and most
of the proprietors refuse to let them
to socialists. Unlike other large
towns in England, the Board Schools
have never been used for public
meetings, although they are main
tanned at the public expense. A
deputatlon from the Social Demo
cratic Federation waited Oh the
London School Board to press upon
the Board the necessity of throwing
open the school rooms for public
meetings. With the assistance of
our comrades, Annie Besant and
Stewart lleadlam, on the School
Board, we have been successful in
this matter. The Board Schools of
London will henceforth be open for
meetings at nominal charge.
Your readers will doubtless like
to hear word about the Henry
George campaign. can assure
them that it is dismal failure in
London up tp the present. Whether
Mr.. George will meet with a more
favorable reception in the provinces
remains to be seen. But the "Sin-
gle Tax Fraud" as we term it, has
awakened no enthusiasm whatever
among the workers of the metropo-
lis. In fact, the whole campaign is
capitalist dodge. The Radical
capitalists want to turn the workers
on to the landlords, in order that
they may rest in peace and safety a
little longer. Their single tax is be-
ing used as q red herring to lead the
workers away from the Socialist
path.
When Mr.. George visited Eng
land before, he was warmly received
everywhere he went. The Socialists,
whilst recognizing how unsound his
economical theories were, regarded
him as an enthusiastic land nation
alizer, and as such supported him.
Moreover, his apparent earnestness
for the cause Of the working classes
awoke large number of people to
the fact that all was not well in this
best of all possible worlds for the
landlords and capitalists. In 80 far
as Mr.. George did that his agitation
was beneficial to our cause. But in
this "campaign" not even land ma
tlonallZaton ls mentioned.
Last Tuesday Mr.. Henry George
addressed meeting at the Ber-
mondsey Town Hall. The hall was
only half full. A charge for admis-
sion was made. The receipts could
not possibly have covered the ex-
pense Of the hall and Mr.. Georges
fee, $50, | believe, in your money.
No questions were allowed to be put
from the hall. Each one had to be
written on piece of paper and
handed up. Nearly all the ques,
tlons passed up were Socialist ones.
Mr.. George could scarcely be said to
have answered them. He made as
sertions. That was all. Discussion
was not allowed. When some of
your capitalist press report the
"success" Of Mr.. Henry Georges
campaign in England, as no doubt
some of them will, you can estimate
from these facts how much of those
reports may be accepted.
The Social Democratic Federation
and the Socialist League jointly
held large meeting on the 10th in
celebration of the anniversary of the
Paris Commune. The greatest en-
thusiasm was manifested, the hall
being full to overhowing. The
meeting paid its expenses and left
balance to be divided between the
two organizations. H. LEE.