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The advocate., 1894-08-15

Can Mr.. Bell describe more Internal
system of taxation than the present
one?
Now, would the application of the
single-tax, enable this wOuld.be farmer
to get home with less labor than our
present system? Those who think as
l do, will agree with Mr.. Bell that all
men are entitled to place to live and
earn a living. But we go farther: we
hold that each man is entitled to all he
produces. Mr.. Bell seems desirous that
all men should have a home, but no
where tells US how they are to get them.
We single-taxers do. The application
of the single-tax would force me, as
speculator, holding natural opportuni-
ties idle, to pay just tax on the full
value of my monopoly-which in the
above illustration is $40 per acre. AS
a business proposition, how long would
/ hold the land idle, if l was compelled
to pay as much tax as though put to its
fullest uSeP And if l put it to full use
by employing men, 1 would get no
benefit of the land value, for society
would continue to collect for its benefit
a tax of 100 cents on the 81 of It's rental
value; all l could possibly get out Of it
would be a fair interest for improve
ments l must make. Therefore, as o
business proposition, no man would
hold land, unless he wished to put it
to it's fullest use.
The advocate., 1894-08-15

vocated, and only the educated rich
can vote, labor will have no legal
means of defense, and the only re-
course left for the enslsVed masses to
secure their rights will be through q
bloody revolution.
Let us avert the dire calamity which
threatens the life of the nation by unit
ing the laboring classes in our grand
army of toilers armed with the most
powerful weapon ever placed in the
hands of a free people the ballot. BY
this means revolution can be pre-
vented. j. G. HOBsON.
The advocate., 1894-08-15

~
EDITOR ADvoCATE:-A feature of
great significance to the wage Garner
manifested itself so plainly in the re-
cent strike that he who failed to see it
must be blind indeed. The federal
authority which is supposed to protect
the liberties of the people regardless Of
class or condition, extended It's sym
pathy to the corporations, and federal
troops were used to protect their prop
erty in direct violation of constitu-
tiOnal law. The judges on the supreme
bench became willing tools in the
hands Of the corporations causing the
arrest and imprisonment Of free-born
American citizens who had violated
no law, state or national, showing con-
clusively that the national government
stands for capital as against labor, and
that if labor is to continue its war for
justice it must not only fight combined
capital, but the courts and the army of
the United States. The hopelessness
of the case should lead the labor organ.
izatiOns to try an experiment and strike
at the ballot box. Every loyal Ameri-
can citizen regardless of occupation Is
supposed to have the right to cast a
free ballot.
The labor organizations should COM
bine and make the test and see whether
or no the United States army and the
courts will interfere with a strike at
the ballot box. There is just as much
law to prevent man who belongs to
labor union from casting his ballot as
there is for enjOining a man from quit
ting work for a corporation, or enjoin-
ing a labor leader from speaking to the
men belonging to his organization dur
ing the progress Of a strike, yet the
courts have assumed this power. l
would like to impress the minds Of the
laboring classes as forcibly as possible
with the necessity of making a united
and determined strike at the ballot
box before our liberties are all gone.
If we allow the agents and owners of
capital to continue legislating for us it
is only question of time when the ig-
norant laborer will be denied the right
of franchise.
The circumstances Of the poorly paid
laborer are such that he cannot educate
his children, and when the plutocrsts
have established an educational quail
6cation Tor voting, which Ia already ad-
The advocate., 1894-08-15
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The advocate., 1894-08-15


Then if each man is entitled to what
he produces, why are not all men en-
titled to what all men on-jOintly pro-
duce? That is, if A occupies land
that has a value of 81 per acre, ire
spectiVe of improvements, and B $40,
C 800, d $1,000, E 1 million dollars
and F 10 million dollars, should not
each of them pay a just tax on these
different amounts into a common fund
to be used for the equal benefit of all ?
Then each of them has an equal chance
to live; then each one enjoys equal
rights with the others. For it cannot
be denied that every person in the
United States has the same equal right
to any foot of land in the United
States.
But all men cannot use the same
piece of land at the same time; hence
if anyone of the whole number uses
given piece of land to the exclusion of
all the rest, he enjoys a privilege, a
monopoly, a right, that to all others is
denied. But if he pays to all others
fair price for exclusive enjoyment of
that to which all others have an equal
right, then has he rendered unto all
Others an equivalent, and does not viO-
late the law of equal rights.
1t is true that man cannot live ex-
cept on land. 1t is equally true that
he who owns the land, owns the men,
who must live on the land. Look at
our present system of encouraging
men to get homes. have several
quarter sections in this county idle
not in use. A few years ago they had
no value, whatever, would not sell for
10 cents an acre. But IL million
people coming into the state, $4,000 into
Lyon county, gives this idle land a
rental or selling value of 800 per acre,
not by anything l have done to the
land, but from what others have done
and will continue to do. Now, one of
Gods noblemen wants to satisfy his
wants by extracting wealth directly
from land. The occupation of farmer
should be an honorable one, and he
enters that class. But he cannot pro-
duce wealth unless he has land to pro-
duCe from, and own (P) the land. /
tell him he can use it if he will pay me
500 per acre. The Would-be farmer
has not the $4,000 to pay with, he
must keep a little capital to commence
business with, there are a great many
Vicissitudes in opening up a new farm,
so he pays me 81, 200 down, and gives
me mortgage for 1900 at 6 per cent.
interest. Now l want to ask Mr.. Bell
and others who are so desirous "of root
ing out such nOxious weeds" as the
Single-taxers are, what did l give this
Would-be independent farmer for his
$1,000 of hard-earned money, and the
6 per cent. $4,000 mortgageP You
allow me to rob him to start with, in
payment of thing ] had no more to
do with producing than he or you had;
then if he works hard, eats little and
wears less, so he may the better i'm
prove his prospective home, you send a
man around and tax him more for i'm
proving all the land, than if he only
improves a small part of it. If he
changes the sod house into a good COM
The advocate., 1894-08-15
TIE SINGLE.TAX.
Reply to John W. Bells Article in the "Ad-
VOcate" Of July 25,
BY r. T. SNEDIKER.

George on the land question, and get
such erroneous ideas as are expressed
by John w. Bell in his discussion with
@. A. Glass, is hard to understand.
Does not Mr.. George show plainly, so
plain that any ordinary mind can see
as soon as his attention is called to it,
that ownership or monopoly of land is
equivalent to ownership of the lsndless,
who, if they live at all, must live on
the lsndP And Mr.. George has stated
so clearly that no student of political
economy has been able, on legal or
ethical grounds, to contrOVert the fact
that a tax on land values, irrespective
of all Improvements, will break this
giant monopoly Of the store house Of
nature; set labor free to produce wealth;
give to the producer the whole product
of his labor, while paying into q COM
mon fund, to be used for the benefit Of
all, just tax on what all men jointly
produce, 4. E., land values.
wealth belongs to him who creates
it," So the Omaha platform declares.
This declaration is either true or false.
If true, it must harmonic with the law
of the Creator. If true, it must be the
law of being, that each pair of hands
were made to feed each mouth. If
true, when farmer goes on a piece of
land fresh from the hand of the Crea-
tor and produces a bushel Of wheat,
or miner goes into the earth and
bring. = it's surface a bushel Of coal,
the wheat and coal belong to them. If
true, it does not mean that after the
farmer and miner have produced
wealth from the only source Of supply,
that /, as landlord or speCulator, shall
have power to take One-third or one
half or all they produce, except a poor
living. For it is by the products of
labor that life is sustained; to deprive
the producer of wealth, of One-hsf his
products, for the use of bare land, is to
deprive him of the power to advance to
higher living. Then tax him on what
he has left for governmental expenses,
is laying it on pretty thick. So thick,
In fact, that we now have over 40 mil.
lion landless, homeless people, while
less than 10 per cent. of our population
own the land on which and from which
IS per cent. of the people must live.
1t looks as though we need some
change from our present system of
land tenure; and if Mr.. Bell can give
us a better plan than Mr.. George has
proposed, there will be millions ready
to adopt it.
Is there any injustice about the
single-taxP Let US look. If A, B, G,
d, E and F each produce 81 worth Of
wealth by the laws of nature, each one
is entitled to enjoy the fruits of his
own exertion. No one of them is by
nature entitled to take the least part of
the products of the others. So, too, if
they all jointly produce a thing of
value, they are entitled by the same
law of equal rights, to share and share
alike. No one of them in justice can
claim the whole of it to the exclusion
of the rest. To do so is to assume
greater freedom than the rest, and
consequently to break the law of equal
rights.
The advocate., 1894-08-15
STATE OF Ono, C1rz OF TOLnDO,
LUCAS County.


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Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-30
Begin the new year by buy ing your family groceries of
 J. FOX'S Sons.
ACCOUNTS VERIFIED IN SECRET.
A Feature of Business Performed by Pub
 lie Accountants After Dark.

A Feature of Business Performed by Pub
 lie Accountants After Dark.
 In many a business office there is trans acted business at night of which none of the employees is aware. It is the audit ing of books feature of work performed by several well known public accountants
 Of course in tho majority of such cases the partners in the concern have h Id some reason to suspect some of the office forco of dishonest practice At times, however, one partner may suspect another, or some reason may arise where the firm desire to ascertain their standing at m unusual time of the year and without its being known to tho bookkeeper.
 s'It is by no means an unusual feature of my work,'' said a well known public accountant, in speaking about the matter recently Many time, when a largo mercantile house has closed for the night and everybody has gone home, my men have entered the store, taken the books from the safe and worked over them until daybreak.
 ''In such cases they never touch pen or pencil to tho books. They merely veri- fy tho figures and transcribe the entries on paper The result of each mans work is kept by itself and turned over to another person in my office, who obtains the final results. Every care is taken in handling the books and replacing them in tho safe to give no grounds for suspicion of what is going on.
 ''No doubt many bookkeeper and cash. fer in this city would be surprised to peep into his office at night and find force of men working over the books as familiarly as he and his fellow clerks have been do- ing in the daytime for years. The night force speedily become acquainted with the names of customers and the pages of the ledger accounts, turning to them without reference to the index, like old hands
 Sometimes, of course, the fact of our working at night oyer tho books -never becomes known to the olerks.s If the &C., counts are found straight, there is no req son to let them know they have been sus- pected. At other times they discover that their figures have been overhauled whom confronted with the unmistakable evil dence in figures of their false entries. '--' New York Herald.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-30

CLEMENT A. GRisCoM the term, a financial magnate. To bim is due the present prominence of the American steamship line.
 ''It is scarcely possible to select one detail among so many as matter of development" said he What the future has in store for American steamships is a vast subject, you see. There is the question of speed, not to speak of equipments and safety, and construction. We are doing wonderful things over here and the coming year will be even more brilliant than the immediate past has been.. There is no doubt that we have the skill and the material out of which the best ocean liners in the world are made. That we can profit by these advantages goes without saying. American steamships are going to be the peers of all competi- tors"
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-30
HENRY ". CANNON.

HENRY W. CANNON troller of the currency and demonstrated his won derful grasp of financial problems, MT. Cannon has been recognized as a mas ter in hisline No name is more prom inent on Wall street than his What may result next year in the financial world in view of the. rather, strained monetary situation, is subject which he has been called upon, to. investigate with special care.
 "I am quite confident. that the com ing year will show improvement lnan- cially," said he. s'I should say that the work of 1895 will consist, generally speaking, in such. recastingi of our monetary policy as will save the coun- try the useless strains upon. it's resources and the quite needless dread of the outcome. We are triae too much in the experimental stage of finance, think. But feel sure that the peo- pie will insist upon sound monetary measures next year and then we shall all be better off. d
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-30
PERSONAL.

Dr. H. M. Caldwell is in New York.
 Mir. ". P. Adams of Anniston is in the city.
 2 MT. Charles B. Werner of Tuskaloosa is in the city.
 Mir. James Ball is on visit to relatives in Tuskaloosa.
 Mir. c. c. Vandegrift of Monteyallo was in the city yesterday.
 MT. Hampton Smith Of Georgia is spend- ing Sunday with home folks.
 Mir. J. J. Mayfeld of Tuskaloosa was a guest of the Florence last night.
 Miss Fitzpatrick of Nashville is the guest of Miss Patti Ruffner on the South High lands.
 Banster's French calf Cordovan, patent calf and all imported skins S4.5O at T. C. Kings.
 Mir. ". E. Montgomery went over to Columbus. Ga., yesterday afternoon to visit friends.
 Mrs. F. w. Dixon returned yesterday from visit to friends and relatives at Columbia, Tenn.
 MT. ". Otho Beall left for Atlanta this morning for a rest of week or so amongst old Georgia friends. A
 MT. Lanier Yancey, an old Birmingham boy, who now claims Chicago as his home, is in the city visiting friends.
 MT. Henry B. Johnston, formerly of this city, but now with Liepold Bros. Of Selma, is Tn the city visiting friends. Dr. Eubanks and MT. Felix Drennen re- F turned yesterday from a hunting trip to Mississippi. They report great luck. MT. Ed Martin of Brandon, Miss., after ispending Christmas with his relatives, MT. and Mrs. Wesley NJ. Smith, returned last night
 Col. J. NJ. Faulkner Of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company, with head quarters at Montgomery, was in the city yesterday and paid the AGE HERALD a pleasant visit.
 Miss Fannie Ponder, who has been in the city for several weeks, spending the holidays with relatives, returned to her home at Carrollton, Ga., this morning, accompanied by Miss Sallie R. Beall, who goes away for weeks vacation amongst Georgia friends and kinsfolk. MT. Webb ". Crawford has return ed from trip to Tennessee. Mrs. Crawford will remain there few weeks With rela- tives and friends.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-30
WORST IN YEARS.

FLoRIDA's ORANGE AND PINEAPPLE
 CROP COMPLETE LOSS BY THE FREEzE.
 JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. 29.-Dis- patches to the Times Union indicate that the cold wave has been very destructive to the orange and vegetable crops. No sec tion of the state escaped. Oranges on the trees are frozen solid aud it is said that there is not sound box of oranges in the state. Peas, tomatoes aud other yegeta- bles are ruined.
 Dispatches from he east coast say the pineapple crop is ruined. 1t is estimated that there were 2 ,500, 900 boxes Of oranges on the trees and the best part of them are ruined. The total loss will reach g ,00O,- GOO. The freeze is the worst since 16S6. The average temperature early this morn- ing over Friday was about 10 degrees.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-30
She Taught Him a Lesson.

"Not being aware of any reason, except the conventional one of etiquette, why should not speak to every pretty woman whose face pleased my fancy, I deter mined to try it one day on Chestnut street" remarked one of the well dressed loungers of that well promenaded thor oughfare.
 ''One would be surprised at the win some smiles and bows of apparent reoog- nition I received. I did not go about my pleasant duty as though I wished to captt- vate any of them, but when one of the incest would come along I would quickly glance at her, bow and raise my hat. Nine times out of ten got aoknowledg- ment of some sort, but tho last time 1 tried it was taught lesson. Just as was crossing Thirteenth street a smartly dressed little woman, coming in the oppo-. site direction, happened to glance my way. and raised my hat. f.. 5,ss.ss g
 "She stopped short, eyed mo for time, and in language more forcible than polite told me very plainly what she thought of my impudence. Sho did not speak in a whisper either, and by the time shewas- finished quito crowd had gathered, for could not get away, as, like the wedding guest and the ancient mariner, she hold mo with her glittering eye. | haven't t tried the scheme since. '--P Pbiladelphia- Call 70 s,qrs.s,,lt 44s
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-30
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which I think will be dealt with scientifically. We shall get nearer to the source of things. It is not enough merely to cure the ills of man. We must prevent them. In con neetion with this view of medicine, it is perhaps a trite thing to say that health is thing for5nature to deal with and that we can but assist nature. She can be best assisted by removing obstacles in her, way. Along these lines we may look for brilliant work by specialists in diseases of the lungs, for example. Tuberculosis is the scourge of the human race, and modern science will not rest content until the trail on which they are following after a cure shall grow hotter and lead them to the remedy The stage of experiment has been a long one, but I believe decisive progress will appear in 1895"
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-30
CHAUNCEY M. .pEpEM

oHAuNcEY NJ. pEpEw. things that will make the year 1895 historical in rail- roading, but they may not materialize. Take for instance, the New Y orlx Gen. tral railroad. You know ixwhat it's achievements have beep.a And yet how essential it is that we should be con- tinually looking out for improvements. The roadbed must be studied, the coaling stations need attention, in word we must never be satisfied with the results that have been attained, no matter hoS good they are. So much for detail. Now for the general.
 ''You know that engine 909 of the New York Central road has attained speed unheralded of its kind in the history of travel. Our trains might al- most be termed flashes of lightning, but their rate is not circumstance to the speed we are now aiming at. Then there is the matter of safety. I need not assure you that the safety of pas sengers is the most important thing railroad man has to deal with. This coming year we expectgto attain what some people may consider chimera- namely, perfect freedom, from risk in the transportation of human beings by rail. We have, we believe, solved the problem and that, I should say, will make 1895 an unequaled year in rail roading." .aea8f: = era.ss
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-30

ment and humanity of that region. hAla- bama" has, it is said, all the quaint deli cacy of pastoral, yet deals faithfully with fact, it's poetry being the simple express sion of genuine character. The characters have been living, loving, suffering, hop ing, despairing for many years. When the curtain shuts them out of one's sight their life is not finished. These various characters will live for many years in the memory of every one who sees this beauti- fnl play; Following is the esomp,a1ny s,5 pa, ny John J. Pierson, Bingley Faies, George 5. Miller, Charles Moore, Edward Maas, l.. P. Hicks, Helen Corlette, Ethel Irving, Inez Knowlton and Emyline Barr,
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-30
SAMUEL aoMpERs.

MANUEL dOMPERb. DOt b II VI liON delegate from America to the Worlds Trade Union congress of 1895 in Eng land, "has promised more than does this coming year. The labor move ment is assuming an international scope. The principle of solidarity will assert itself in the year to come. The working classes now realize the need of acting together as single force, and if we can bring about the things aimed at now, should say that the labor unions will amalgarhate into one great cohesive organization which, while preserving the autonomy of the various unions will give enough cen tralized power to make concerted action effective.
 "The labor situation, truly, will need such a union of unions. 1 do not think the working classes will share very largely in the prosperity anticipated by the trading classes during 1895. That is, of course, the way it nearly al- ways is. Everybody gets a share of the good things that happen to be going, but the worlzingman puts his hand in last. The demand for labor may, perhaps, be greater next year than it-shas been during this coming one, but so far as compensation is con cerned I ana afraid there will be disap- pointment for the workers. The only remedy is the perfection of existing or ganizations and their prudent manage ment. For my part think that labor unions are destined to achieve great success in 1895. Their immediate future is very bright"
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-30

y work in the field in which his fame has been won. ---'------7 -'.------.'
 ''This year to come," said he, dis cussing the future of his work, twill place American caricature in the front That may seem bold thing to say, but think our country affords the best Of all fields for the dis play, of modern genius. In America we are better judges of caricature than they are in other. countries. Our wit is keener, our sense of humor brighter The year of 1895 will un- doubtedlY witness a bolder departure from the conventional Tn caricature. The cartoon will appeal to the intel lect while losing done of it's satire. We are undoubtedly on the eve of de- velopment that will make the refined and, if Imay so express it, the perma- nent, feature of what we try to satirize. An appeal to the broadly human keeps it's value for centuries"