Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-04

New YORK, Sept. 1.-The delegates
from the single tax club, of this city,
three states and the District of Columbia,
met the coopers Union this afternoon for
the purpose of forming permanent or
ganization of single tax clubs of the United
States. There are 40 delegates. Will
lam I. Crasdale, of New York, called the
convention to order. He explained how
the conference came to be summoned, and
during the address had occasion to say that
Henry George had suggested the idea. At
the mention of Georges name the entire
meeting rose In body and cheered
L. Ring, city attorney of Houston. Tex,
told of the progress of the single tax idea
in Texas. He said the farmers alliance
was becoming powerful. 1t had $4,000 or
IS, 900 members in Texas and they placed
man in the Governors chair who was d
man of the people (cheers). They were
favorable to the single tax idea. The
Knights of Labor were also favorable to
the single tax and any of their master
workmen were committed to it. DR.. Henry
Chase of st. Louis, said the single tax idea
favored the abolition of all laws supporting
monopoly, ana the abolition of paper cur
rency and the abolition of legal murder
(cheers). The republican party is COM
hitting suicide, and the democratic party
is dying a slow death. he, however, had
hopes that the democrats would do some
good before they died.
Louis A. Post was elected permanent
chairman. In his speech he said he be-
lieved that Henry George always saw the
hand OF God in the single tax movement.
The path is broadening and will broaden
until the entire democratic party is in
Guided in the movement. William E.
Brokaw, of South Dakota, was elect
ed permanent recording secretary; R. g.
Brown, Tenn, and John G. White, H.,
assistant and reading secretaries; H. F.
Ring, Tex, and VIM. Lloyd Garrison,
Mass, ana A. H. Stephenson, Pa, vice
presidents. Committees were appointed
and the meeting adjourned. A press COM
mittee distributed an interview which fol-
lows the sentiments Of Henry George
The questions were written out and sent to
George who filed in the answers
Will you run for mayor?
No.
Would you run if a monster petition
such as that of '85 were presented?
No, did that once under the sense Of
duty, but | think | discharged my duty
then.
Will you run for congress?
No.
Under what circumstances would YOU
run?
would not run at all [ see no prospect
Of circumstances that would induce me to
run for anything. have Other work to do.
Will you go to Pennsylvania to stump
the state for Pattison?
have not been asked.
If you should go would that commit
the democratic party to free trade?
don know how it is within my power
by doing or not doing anything to commit
the democratic party.
1t is committing itself to free trade
pretty fast, and if | could hasten It's ad-
vance to The only logical and truly demo
cratic position OF absolute free trade and
40 tariff at all | would 60 further than
Pennsylvania.
You have said the salvation army is in
clined to assist the single tax movement;
how far has it gone In the single tax di-
rection? That is hardly the way put it..
have said the salvation army is about be-
ginning to grapple with the poverty and
destitution which exist in all the cities of
Great Britain, and [ am satisfied that any
attempt of this kind must lead to single
tax views. I think am now breaking no
confidence il saying that Mrs. Booth who
has been a sharer of all the generals la
bors, and who is now passing to her rest
through the SLOW agony Of an incurable
disease. has been tcr years what we would
call a single tax woman. General Booth
himself had not [ think, got so far, nor is
the army In any way committed to the sim
gle tax but it has seen that the work of true
christianity cannot be accomplished until
every one, willing to support himself by
honest labor, shall have an opportunity to
do so. Is there any probability of a single
tax candidate being put in the field in 80 :
do not think there is any probability OF
a single tax party being In The field for
single tax candidates will, in many cases,
be run, and the democratic party is rapid
ly on its way to free trade.