The herald., 1894-07-24

Hardly. 90 long ~ competition IL the
law of private enterprise.
But see with great pleasure that our
good friends who expect such great
things from the single tax. In oonnsc-
ton with free competition, are 80 we'll
aware ~ any OF ne that there are such
things as natural monopolies. wherein
free competition 10 out OF the question.
They see also that these must be taken
either BY the city or the state or the
nation
When they see that all monopolies aro
| natural; thatit 10 the nature of compete
| ton to breed monopolies, that the single
tax will not prevent them, that II will
not prevent either the millionaire Or the
pauper; that the sagacisus, shrewd and
fsr-sighted will still win the game; that
the weak will still 60 to the wall that
we have no justice until equal oppor-
tunity is impossible under compositions
and can be secured only by the national-
zation OF all the means and Instruments
Of production; when they all see this,
then they will see that the single tax ID
hardly a solution OF the social problem.
At the close OF Mr.. Webster's sddreSa
Clarence A. Miller, In response to calls
from the audience, took the floor and
said:
Monopoly means absence Of comps-
tition. Where there lie full and
free competition. there can be no mo-
nopoly. Single tax men oppose Ill
monopolies. They are therefore in favor
OF full and free competition.
The competition which the first
speaker of the evening has denounced
is not full or free or mutual composition.
1t is spurious and one-sided compete
ton, bred BY monopoly among its via
Tins.
1t lie mistake to suppose that al
monopolies are natural ones. They are
mostly unnatural. Many OF them are
the direct creation of legislation, ~ Wit
ness all those that exist by virtue OF
franchises; all patent monopolies; al
those that are created and fostered By
the tariff; and last and greatest and
most fsr.reaching OF all, that monopoly
that exists solely and only By virtue Of
that law which says that this Garth on
which we mnet live-out of which our
bodies are made-which furnishes eur
food, clothing and shelter, and from
which all that we call wealth 10 derived
the source OF all opportunity for labor
of hand or brain-the greatest, nay, the
only necessity of life-that this earth
which no man made--to which no value
has been conferred save by the hand Of
the Creator and the presence of the In
dustry and enterprise Of the community
shall be and is the private property OF
some to the exclusion of all others.
That is the sole explanation oil the
existence of the armies of the unem-
ployed-the tramps-the men out OF
work.
Now answer this: Gould there be
anyone out OF work who Is ahle and
willing to work, II none OF the land ia
country or city wore held out Of use?
Such competition as have described
is the competition that we are familiar
with. No wonder that good-heArtsd
men have in their haste denounced all
competition because OF this which We
see.
But one might ss we'll denouncs the
law of atmospheric pressure because it
crushes us when there Is vacuum on
the other side. 1t il not one.sided COM
petition that single tax men favor-it 10
that mutual competition which comes
from equality Of opportunity. Compe-
tition ia right. 1t is based on the right
of each man to himsslf-to his own
powers and therefore to what he pro.
duces. That is his, together with the
right to trade it freely with whomsoever
is willing. Competition is the life Of
trade-the life of industry.
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Freemyer House. Middieburg, N. Y, on
the knee, which laid him up in bed and
caused the knee joint to become stiff. A
friend recommended him to use Cham
berlain's Pain Balm, which he did. and
in two days was able to be around. Mr..
Shafer has recommended 1t to many
others and says it 10 excellent for any
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