St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-03
ANSWER TO SHUTTER.
Both the Minister and George
K. Shaw Scored by a Sim
gle TaXer.
Several Sermons Are to Be
Preached Soon on "The
Causes Of Poverty"
Joseph Remington, the Muir
derer, Questioned by Min
neapolis Officers.
Two Health Department Sean
daIs- The Council Made
a BlundeP.

There was no regular paper read at
last nights meeting of the Single Tax
league Most Of the evening session
was devoted to the reading of the re-
plies OF the ministers to letter sent
them requesting them to preach a ser
mon on The Causes OF Poverty The
replies of Rev J. c. Byrne, of the In
maculate Conception church, and of
Rev. NJ d. Shutter. of the Church of
the Redeemer. have already been pub
liShed. Last night. the secretary. q. I.
Erickson, addressed the league on what
he had GCDe. and took occasion TO re-
ply to Mr. Shutter and the editor Of the
Evening Tribune at the same time. lie
said:
Your secretary. who was instructed TO
communicate with the ministers Of the city,
desires 10 report progress. The letter sent
Out contained but TWO sentences, conse-
QUently there was very little room Tor tally.
Rev. NJ. d. Shutter undoubtedly read the
whole letter; and if ii contains All the infOr
nation he found therein. the author is en-
titled 10 The world ; championship for put
ting multnm in parvo. DR.. shutter replied
promptly ana enthusiastically. II order 10
avoid the contamination OF communicating
directly with the secretary OF your league he
forwarded his reply by way of the Minneapo-
lis Tribune. This is a custom that has long
been I'm vogue among the better classes Of
Europe, and mas now been adopted by the
400.
In his reply DR.. Shutter charges the mem
bers Of this league with lack of charity in
tolerance. and. IN a general way. with ABOUT
all The tailings human flesh j heir TO- II IS
maxim in common law that when a man
brings case in q court of equity he must
come with clean hands Your secretary had
every reason 10 believe that these charges
against me league were brought by man
VINO was himself lame on some of these
POINTS. and therefore followed with Il mid
rel inuer. This brought ont another letter II
Uliich the doctor says that if the single tax
men did anything to settle the street car
strike, that fact has dropped out of history
No. the single tax men did not do anything
10 settle the strike. but in passing il may be
noted thai the most potent factors in the set
Element of that strike dropped out OF his
Tory last November. The information j
volunteered that believers in our doctrine
have no right 10 claim any credit for taking
part in that controversy unless it can
be proved that taking land values would
prevent the recurrence OF such COILS ions
Then. if a single-taXer should help TO save
a burning building. it viii be III order for
him 10 prove that the single tax VIII prevent
such calamities before claiming credit. The
charge that DR.. Powers got into trouble for
making a speech in behalf of the strikers Is
answered as follows: such decree has no
existence save III the Imagination OF Mr..
fancy. OF course. such decree may have
no existence now. The question i. was
there any trouble at the lime Of the strike:
Possibly not. The charge was founded on
these 6acts: The man who was then presi-
dent OF the Trades assembly said that Or.
Powers told him IL was So The doctor told
your secretary that il was a fact. Both of
them. in company with the president OF this
league. spent a whole evening at Dr.. Powers
home talking II over: and a man who was
then member Of Dr.. Shutters church inves-
tgated the matter atisfied himself il was so
and severed his connection with the society,
but not without giving the trustees his rea-
sons. There IS a possibility DR.. Powers was
labOrlng under an hallucInatiOn IT the time
for he certainly is not a man given 10 false
hood; but until that be proved the accuSa-
ton must STAND. As a matter of fact. DR..
Shutter stands convicted out CT his own
mouth. IN an interview in the Journal he
said: W hen this matter came up, STOOD
still awhile to let il blow over. | also went
10 Europe. and nothing was done unli re-
turned. The cOnundrum IS. why walt long
enough to make tour OF Europe TO let
matter blow over that had no existence eX-
cept i'll Erickson $ imagination: Vast as
Erickson imagination IS it could have been
compromised with by a word from Dr..
Powers.
In order 10 save making two bites OF Il
cherry, your attention is here called to the
attitude Of an erstwhile member Of this
league, and who Is now the sea-green tIncOr-
rUDuble and pro bono publicO OF the Even
ing Tribune. III which capacity he has given
your secretary extended notice. To kick n
skunk IS apt 10 have unpleasant cOnse-
quenceS: but. at the risk OF being over
powered by the perfume Of MS mephtic
weapon Of &c Tense. his editorial concerning
my reply TO Rev. Mr.. Shutter viii be noticed.
1t is only fair 10 say that in the use of IN
vectYeS this editor Is an artist. This single
tax editorial was written because forsooth,
one Erickson * employed upon public work.
gets $500 year fer doing nothing: is
parasite, labor agiJator and an all-around
fraud. Granting that the coat fits,
this moulder of public opinion
ought 10 be the last man 10 throw stones; for
he is not one who disdains to feed At the
public crib. one of his children is now being
fed. clothed housed and educated al public
expense preparatory to saddling himself on
the state for life. This brother has evidently
got Il mote IN his eye Notwithstanding MS
optics are covered with smoked glass. This
individual Is the only one who has ever been
suspected of Joining the single tax league
for revenue only. In starting u new paper il
was necessary TO Try TO get some standing
among labOrirg men. The old stagers in the
labor movement would not take the bait but
some of the young suckers did: and they
have enjOVed the experience of the man in
the fable who thawed ont a snake. This func-
tiOnary has now attained position where he
WagS the tail END OF q daily paper; and he
spends all his ammunition cunning for
ground squirrels when the woods are full of
bear.
Letters were received from ReVS. ).
W. Sample. ii. NJ. Simmons, Warren J.
Hobbs, Kristofer Janson, August Dell
gren and j. s. Black in which the writ
ers promised TO preach at an early date
Oh The Causes of Poverty;
The remainder of the session was de-
voted to the answering Of questions pro-
pounded by S. NJ. Owen. The two most
important ones were "Why Cannot the
Tax on Land Value Be Shifted Onto
! the Consumer OF Land Products as Is
the Tax on LAHORE" and docs Not the
Community as Truly Confer Benefit
Upon the Business Man as L pom
the Land OWner?" To the
first it was replied that the
value of land cannot he added 10 the
products of the land for obvious rea-
sons, ali land not being of the same
value. though the products OF different
/ pieces of land practically are To the
second the reply was made that the bus
/ mess man returns benefits to the COM
munitysby supplying what they need for
| reasonable prices, while the community
! can get nothing in return from the land
| owner, except through tax.
p ETTCECNT u REMINGTON