The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-02
SINGLE TAX CLUBS.
A Meeting for their Permanent
Organization.
HENRY GEORGE Is INTERVIEWED
As to Whether He Will be a Candidate for
Mayor-No-The Party Will not Run
Ticket In 1892.

NEW DIRK, Sept. j. -DelegateS from the
Single lax clubs of thirty three states and
the District of Columbia, met at the Cooper
Union this afternoon, for the purpose of
forming a permanent organization of the
Single Tax clubs of the United States.
There are APO delegates. William T.
Crasdale, of New Y ork, called the conven-
ton TO order.
He explained how the conference came
to be summoned and during his address
had occasion to say that Henry George
suggested the idea At the mention of
Georges name the entire meeting rose in a
body and cheered
H. f. Ring, city attorney of Houston,
Texas, told of the progress of the single
tax idea in Texas. He said tbs Farmers
alliance was becoming powerful 1t had
$4,000 or $1,000 members in Texas, and
they placed man in the governors chair
who was man of the people, Cheers as
they were favorable to the single tax idea.
The KING of Labor were also favorable
to the single tax, and many of their master
Werkmen were
DR.. Henry Chase, of st. Louis, said the
single tax idea favored the abolition of all
laws supporting monopoly the abolition of
paper currency, and the abolition of legal
murder. Cheers. The Republican party
is committing suicide and the Democrats
are dying aslow 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
cluded in the movement.
William e. Brooks, of South Dakota,
was elected permanent recording secre-
tarv b. G. Brown, of Tennessee, and John
Z. White, OF illinois, assistant and reading
secretaries; II. +. Ring, of Texas; William
Lloyd Garrison, and a. h. Stephenson, of
pennsylvania, vice presidents Com
mittees were appointed and the meeting
adjourned.
The press committee contributed the in
terview which follows as the sentiments of
Henry George. The questions were writ
ten out and sent to George. The following
are the answers:
OWL you run for mayors
A.-No.
Q.-Would you run if a monster petition
such as that of 1855 were presented
A-No. | did that once under sense of
duty, but | think l discharged my duty
then.
Own you run for Congress
A.--No.
Q.-Under what circumstances yould
you run.
Al would not run at all. I see no
prospects of any circumstances that would
induce me to run for anything. l have
other work to do.
CIVIL you go to Pennsylvania to
stump the state for Pattison.
Al have not been asked.
Q.-Then if you should go, would that
commit the Democratic party TO free trades
Al don't know how it is within nv
power by doing or not doing anything to
commit the Democratic party. 1t is com
hitting itself to free trade pretty fast, and
If | could hasten its advance to the only
logical and truly Democratic position OF
absolute free trade and no tariff at all. |
would 90 further than Pennsylvania
Q.-4ou have said the Salvation army is
inclined TO assist the single tax movement.
How far has it gone in the single tax direc-
ton?
A.-That is hardly the way to put it L
have said the Salvation army is about be-
ginning to grapple with the poverty and
restitution which exists in all the cities of
Great Britain, and l am satisfied that anv
attempt of this kind must ultimately lead
them to single tax views. think am now
breaking no confidence in saying that Mrs.
Booth, who has been a sharer of all the gen
erals labors and who is now passing to her
rest through the slow agency of an incur
able disease, has been for years what we
would call single tax woman General
Booth himself had not, [ think, got so far.
nor is the army in any way committed to
the single tax. but if it has seen that the
work of true Christianity cannot be accom-
plished until every one is willing to support
himself by honest labor he shall have an
to do so.
>, els there any probability of Single
Tax candidates being put in the field in
1892:
Al do not think there is any probable
ty of the Single Tax party being in the
field, for Single Tax candidates will in
many cases be run and the Democratic
party is rapidly on it's way to free trade.