Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-08-30
QUEENSLAND COMMENT.
A Brisbane Papers EstlmAte OF Nh
Georges Place In History.

New South Wales, himself perhaps the
most remarkable man on our isle Of
continent" said the other day that II he
were to select hundred Of the most
eminent mon OF the century, Henry
George would rank high among them.
Sir Henry Parlses might havo gone
further and declared that George was OF
those great souls, OF those high in.
tellects who are epoch making. A man
who has probed deep into the evils OF
the time, whose whole being has been
fired by the wrongs OF the down-trodden.
whom suffering has tried as by fire, and
in whose heart beats . chord sympa-
thetic with the pulsating aspirations Of
the Brotherhood Of man. or the old
writers on political economy Adam
Smith was the only one whose style
made tho study attractive. Hence it
came to be designated tho dismal
science" 1t was left to Henry George to
impart quickening life to the dry
bones lie is the most original thinker
on economics since Ricardo, and his two
great works, Progress and Poverty"
and "Social Problems" have created
greater stir among social scientists than
any two other books of our time.
Georges philosophic method is rs
logical as that of Cusin or Sir VIM.
Hamilton. his style is as fascinating as
that of Sir Walter Scott, his diction
as pure and eloquent as that
OF Ruskin, with whom in lofty
morality and spiritual insight he may
be compared. No one can deny, how.
ever great may be the disagreement
with the conclusions at which George
has arrived, that he has made deep inn
press upon the English speaking world
and on the domain Of contemporary
thought. From Prof. Huxley and the
Duke OF Argyll to the merest tyroin the
study Of ethics and economies, q host Of
hostile critics have assailed him, but he
has met them all with high courage, q
keenness Of retort, sledge-hammer
power OF argument, and illustrations
drawn from reading which seems to
have been all-devouring and all-embrac.
ing. 1t may be conceded without trench.
ing on those principles which have
caused the widest diversity Of opinion,
that George has successfully assaulted
the stronghold OF Nautilus and the Nal.
thusian doctrine. OF all the teachers Of
modern times he it is who, by skill and
exhaustive analysis of facts and pene-
trating glance into the spiritualities Of
the universe, has shown that to throw
on tho Creator responsibility for tho
evils arising to humanity from bad and
oppressive laws, and mans wicked dis
position, is rank blasphemy His other
great achievements in economics is that
he has demonstrated with clearness and
precision which defes refutation that
wages are paid not out of capital, but
from the current products Of labor.
One Of the most impassioned and i'm
pressive orators Of the age, tho citizens
Of Brisbane have had an opportunity Of
seeing and hearing Henry George in two
different aspects-in the character OF an
eXpounder OF his own peculiar economic
tenets and in the character of preacher,
who proclaims his gospel with the en-
BRANCHING power OF Savonarola and the
iery earnestncss Of St Francis.
Somewhat short in stature, he is yet
we'll proportional, and gives the idea Of
strength and concentration Of purpose.
His dome-shaped head and full, express
i've countenance are exceedingly i'm.
,ressive. When warmed up to his sub
ect there is fine play of feature, and .
Ire in the eye which kindles an electric
in his audience. His gestures
ire graceful and unstudied as he moves
bout the platform flinging forth his
polished sentences. Suffering from the
'ffects OF cold, his voice falls short OF
hat bell-lil1e resonance Of some years
Jack. 1t lacks musical softness, and
here is no liquidity about the vowels.
But these are minor defects which arc
DON forgotten when the man possessed
y his subject rises to the heights of
turning eloquence and pours out period
fter period of impassioned and poetic
English. Queensland, Cou-
Ter.
Would Take Clogs on Of Industry Every.
where.
The city Of Newport, Ky, just across
he Ohio from Cincinnati, is about to try
he experiment of letting all money,
tocks, bonds, manufactured goods, raw
tools, machinery, etc., 90 en-
rely free Of municipal taxation. OF
purse the hope Of its citizens is that
ne premium thus set upon manufactor-
rs will draw in enough to build up the
Ity so much that the additional burden
lrown upon real estate will not be felt
he outcome Of the experiment will be
lteres ting, but II it succeeds the result
IN scarcely be claimed by the Henry
gorge single tax party as evidence that
would be good policy to throw all tax
ton, everywhere upon the soil. New.
ort will offer inducements for the re.
oval thither of mills and factories
.om other places, but II personal prop-