Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-02

He Takes Up the Preaching Of His Old
Single Tax Doctrine.

He Takes Up the Preaching Of His Old
Single Tax Doctrine.
That Dr. McClynns restoration TO the church
involved no giving up Of his single taxp doc
trine. which had been alleged TO be obnoxious
to the church, was shown last night when he
addressed a meeting Of the Anti-Poverty So
ciety in Cooper Union, New York. He said. re-
ferring to the church censure put upon him and
his removal: The series Of events which has just
terminated SO happily for us by the removal Of
ecclesiastical censures from me was due to nv
connection with the movement Of the laboring
people Of New York in 1856 and 1887, and with
the Anti-Poverty Society, which had lite origin
in that movement The interest aroused BY re-
cent events has, no doubt, excited a strong and
very general desire in those who have not been
me brief and clear exposition Of the primary
doctrine of the united labor party platforms and
the Anti-Poverty Society. am very happy to-
night to do the best I can to satisfy SO reason
able an expectation"
DR.. McGlynn then went on TO discuss the
''single tax idea or the ''unearned increment, -
reverting to the community. He said
"All men are endowed by the law Of nature
with the right of life and to the pursuit Of
happiness. and therefore with the right to
exert their energies upon those natural boun-
ties, without which labor life is impossible. But
III Is necessary part OF the nDerty ana dignity
of man that he should own himself. always. of
course. with perfect subsection to the moral
law. Therefore, beside the common right 20
natural bounties, there must be the law of
natural private property and dominion in the
fruits of industry or what is produced by lsbor
out Of those natural bounties TO which the in
dividual may have legitimate access.
1T is lawful, and il isfor the best interests of
the individual and Of the community and nee
essarv for civilization that there should be q
division as to the use, and an exclusive private
possession of portions OF natural bounties
or of the land. But the organized COM
munity. through civil government must al
ways maintain dominion over the natural
bounties.
The assertion of this dominion by civil gov
eminent is especially necessary because. with
the very beginning of civil government and
with the growth of civilization, there comes to
the natural bounties. or the land peculiar and
Increasing value distinct from and irrespective
Of the products of private industry existing
therein. This value is not produced by the
industry of the private possessor or proprietor,
but is produced by the existence OF the COM
punity, and grows with the growth and cililiza-
tion Of the community.
This value represents and measures the ad-
vantages and opportunities produced by the
community, and men. when no, permitted TO ac-
quire the absolute dominion over such lands will
willingly pay the value OF this unearned incre-
ment in the form Of rent. Just as men when not
permitted to own other men will willingly pay
wages for desired services
The increasing need Of public revenues with
social advantage being natural, God-ordained
need, there must be q right way Of raising
them. II is clear that this right way Of raising
public revenues must not conflict with individ-
ual rights. II must find its means in common
rights and common duties. BY q bountiful
providence fund is produced by the growth Of
society itself, namely, the rental value of the