New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-24
NAG MP MGI1NN CHANGED HIS VIEWS? ?
49,, er,rrNrNT OF MS ECONOMIC DOCTRINES
sam TO COME FROM DR.. BURT ELL.

,. er,rrNr>r OF HIS ECONOMIC DOCTRINES
cam TO COME FROM DR.. BURT ELL.
rb. statement which Dr. McGlynn submitted ~
Nonsrnor Sato through his COUNSEL Dr' p"'.'''
no. hecn read with care by the Ca'hohc clPrsy VI -"
diocese OF New. York. To most OF the ce'es"'" u =
aid % bp satisfactory. No one can OBJECT 10 Il.
hcrncal The Doctors friends saw. or MS smachihs OF
49, and ,.s theories arc popular with many. lc'
u was for these theories. as Henry George eXpress'u
,hem In his books. some ccrgymen say 'h"' '""','
s,uoonl took Or. MCGynn's case INTO MS o"" MINUS
ard summoned him TO Rome six years ago IL 'h'S
were wrong then. ask the c!'rsymen' DO" mas Mo'''
.,cpor sa,oln made them rGht' priest VINO DC
,, much s.udv AZ one tine to the George doctrines
~ ,ra tenure gave his Ideas upon this question 10
Tribune reporter few day ago
THE plain fact Of tho matter" sain ths priest
ats TIA, Dr. NcGlynn has formally dropped the one
rar1ur error and heresy Of his economic behcls. !
concrntu!Ae him on his good in dropping It, and
I do so in a sympathetic spirit, for apart from that
error all Ms other economic doctrines. rs stated IN
,us document are my own. At one time Dr. Nc
Glynn maintained with Henry George that the priVn'e
ownership OF land Is an injustice That doctrine Is
hare,lcal and has been condemned over ana over
again by ne teachers OF tho Church NOT theooe'"h
can Do found who successfully maintained H. Tor IL Il
not only theological but philosophical error ard
In practical matters never has had any recognition.
II /. popular nowhere. 0nd never viii be, ana had
Dr. McGlynn sull held 10 II and declared II In ms
statement TO Dr. sa,oln he would not have said Ms
three masses on last Christmas Day. Bat he did not
saw H. and YOU will look In vain through the document
for trace Of -. On the contrary. The Doctor tells
Us IN several paragraphs that men must have undis
;urbed permanent. exclusive private possession of
port.ons OF the natural bountlcs Of tho land In
order 10 i've This sentence proves In Itself that
Dr. McGlynn has deserted Henry Georges theory OF
the Injustice of private ownership OF land"
What do You think, then OF Dr. McGlynns state
mcnt that he had not changed his doctrines or
opinions in order reenter the Churchl" asked the
reporter.
IL think II perfectly trno for two reasons: The
error OF maintaining ;hc injustice OF private owner
ship Of land has nothing to do with the value aud
correctness Of DR. McGlvnnS economic theories. For
annie l. who never accepted the blunderlng philosophy
OF Henry George accepted his sngctax theory. his
theory OF wages and rent his opinions the uncarned
increment the necessity OF all men ginning
10 the land and the like for these things depend not
NJ all on making private ownership Of land an IN.
Justice. but recognizing the plain fact that
sion ownership or dominion OF land Is more intimately
connected with the welfare Of communities OF than
ownership OF clo,lng statuarv. Consequently. the
conditions ard limits OF ownership OF land will ever
he more strict and rigid and narrow than those which
surround movable property. state can even decree
the abolition Of private ownership OF land better
decree On TIE ground that such ownership Is an