Telegram-herald., 1890-04-19
soNE SUGGESTIONS
os ths Eighs s~sF aad osAer s.asssies
of the Dsy


ef the Dsy.
Warren Casse, Of Cobsen. Ills.. esr-
t&iniy has tie courage Of rs oonvie-
tons ard tackles the great ouestions of
tae dav. and noi ouly tast. bgt ! spgls es
ri then Nigb i ceieIilv fitst takes away
oae's T. ealh. He writes 4. tue Re- 81 :.
FA.fese- sscei Jes F.ei - tollows.
perhaps pefson Nho has pAFglci-
pated ID seven legislative sessions aile
Lllsa seyesSl other otnces nat required
some ku0sledge VI pa4.Ecal economy
nSy be permitted - look legWAFd Sna
suggest some remedies for tAe IRE
preside conflict betWeen CAP l@l aua
labor. BellaIoy mag ned himself a
hundred wears ahead. and look ~ hack
described conditions quite correctly a.
they are but 10 me Ms description oi
the twentieth cent0Fy Il sNlsion4ry
scheme ~ mPTscUeable socialism, aud
does not seem lu uie llue Of evolution
or the progress ol Telarm. propose 10
show what / see &c TIE cpngFesslonal
legislative remedies which i think
c&n u adopted a. soon as the
people have Congress and les
isialures 10 WCTk Ia the interest Of ibe
ah0le people as they nov 10, under the
guidance of the besg legal talent OF the
country, employed hy moucpolles 10
secure legislation tor them. This
talent, both inside and outside Of the
halls Of legislation secures nearly all
legislation Tor capitalists, wh'ie the
lsbofers have none o. the talent 60 help
them. / change must come. and
tAlnk 1 sec tAe Sixas Of us Conling. To
ne TIE remedies seem easy, wlth no
q sasI0us results, and | MIL point ont
some OF them.
"first ] would stop the eight-hOur
agitation Tor regulating labor by the
6av, a the working day j. uot a unl-
form measure Oi time, being long IN
summer and short IA winter, and the
farmer could regulate his labor by a.
eight-hOur law and many Kinds
Of mechanical labor could not
have Justice by such law. Let all labor
be pald by Tic hour. OF piece work, as
tic hour is uniform measure OF
time aud the parties IN contract could
adjust the hours Of the day 10 suit Doth
parties. Other and greater evils seem
10 me equally easy of remedy. Next
comes tho land question which has
been a study IN many articles and
W
| think / have remedy for land
monopoly much easier of adoption
than that OF Henry George whose fiTt
book / Ike very much. soon after its
publication | nominated HIM and voted
FOR HIM for United States Senator IN
JOINT session Of the Legislature of Cali
fornia. as We were then both citizens of
that State. should fear 10 evil from
tho adoption of his land tax system
but propose one that need not scare
anybody nor lnluro any land owner.
All titles are legal enactments and
give the oniy right 10 exclusive
control OF land, when legislatures
and Congress declare 10 title valid that
does not have two certificates instead of
one As now. and one from the pur-
chaser certifying that he is no. the
owner nor made the owner 10y this deed
UI more than 80 many acres of farm
lanas or So many village or city lots,
and the number OF acres and lots IS
limited by law and ali fraudulent titles
forfeited the remedy is secure. / got
a bill OF this kind through the SenaJeln
California which alarmed the specu-
latols, and they hired two Senator'S to
change their votes and reconsider and
Kill il. 1t is Il wcil-knOWn fact that
eacn year the land owners in all Of the
older States decrease IN proportion to
the population and the price OF land
rises and III few years no poor man
can earn and purchase a homestead for
his family. As this article IS long
enough ] will show up the remedy for
trusts and monOpolies III my next"