Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-25

had some sort of quacl remedy which
would prove about as efIicacious for the
social system as the usual qunck nos
trums do in curing the ills of the human
body. Needless TO say, / entertain a
different opinion now" said the lady
with smile. Growing moro earnest,
she continued: 81 now firmly believe
that tho single tax will bring about q
reign of justice so perfect that its full
realization means the total abolition OF
the selfish scramble which we now see
on all sides--the weak crushed by the
strong and the baser instincts running
riot because of the ever lessening OPP
portunities for cultivation and advance
mcnt which are open to the workers.
Who so blind that can not see the rapid
ity with which women are replacing
men in the industrial ranks, aided in
great measure by labor-saving machines,
which enable them to perform the work
formerly requiring mans strength?
Do the women who boast of this ever re.
fleet on what becomes of the men who
are thus displaced? Why, they are
driven by their necessities to seek work
at any price. This unnatural compete
tion ever tends to force wages down.
believe that the single tax will remedy
this; and l further believe that, if the
remedy be not soon applied, we, the
toilers, will be reduced to the same de-
grading conditions in which the masses
now find themselves throughout the old
countries. In this so-called free land VIC
may flatter ourselves that no such re-
suit can overtalle us, but tell you thai
the same factors are at work hero and
the same results are inevitable unless
we rise up and take this land monopolist
by the throat and force him to let go his
grip upon the natural bounties which
are the inalienable inheritance of every
living human being. This is my excuse,
my justification, for having allied my
self to what some are pleased to call {
political movement" "
Mrs. Emily A. Deverall, secretary o
the Eastern District Club, said: II came
from small town whore the pressure
of the landlord was not felt to any grea
extent, at that time each family occupy
ing house. When l tried to make ;
home in a fiat of four rooms, my hear
sank at the prospect, and yet the neigh
borhood was good, the rooms nice. Well
| made the best of it, but could no
help feeling that it was very poor sub
stitute for home. When, however,
went into the lower portions of the cit.
and saw the tenement houses, | wa
thankful (not content) that my lot wa
no worse: but when saw that there wa
an abundance of vacant lots in differen
parts of the city naturally wondere,
| why they did not build more houses ant
thus relieve the congested districts.
| had never been encouraged to thinl
| upon matters of taxation and know bu
little about them. Well, could only fec
sorry for the people crammed into thos
terrible tenement houses, but l coult
sec no way out of it. Then along il
1887 l began to hear something abou
taxing land values and that if this sys
tenn of taxation were adopted ther
would be no profit in holding unin,
proved land. My eyes slowly began t
open. After little thinking l saw tn
connection. The holding of unimprovc
land is profitable business; make it b.
taxation Improbable, and the holde
will improve it. The moral side of tn
question at once appealed to my sens
of justice, and l am trying hard to in
form myself on all that pertains to tn
single tax and free trade. l beg of m
sisters who may see this to arouse them
selves and look into the matter. Fo
the sake of our children we should stan
by our husbands in this struggle fo
right, and if they are not of that mind
stand alone"