Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-11

-ign CT equal rights-the one single
man who yeasS before reforrn had tAkyn
the definite form q a great party
ufEEniaz ton met monopoly hpon ~
oUn VANTAGE ground and threw In its
teeth rae challenge 70 battle That
be has made mistakes no one viii
deny: that all Of his views are sound
no one Nall contend, but the shrlyel@d
spul that would deny 70 aim his true
position among the worlds teachers
because he has not seen ~ TO specialize
his work by champiouing some super
fclal hobby Will labor IN vain 10 dim
the luster of his glory. or deprive him
q the place which he occupies In The
Affections q the ioll-worn poor. whose
defense has been al once the burden
and the Inspiration 81 his life. Nr.
GEORGES rreateSt book. Progress and
Puy erry.T was largely written 10 cor
rect certain Fundamental errors re
specting the relations Of wages and
capital. which had received almost
universal recognition Having. BY 3 de-
monstration. matches in Its luminous
and c1nvincl1E character, shown that
wages are produced by the labor for
itAi. he next proceeds 10 disproTs tie
Malthusian theory which holds that
increase Of popuizti1n must tend 10
reduce wages and DEEPEN poTery,' and
10 show the reverse q this 10 he true.
viz that Sin any given state q civil
zatlon q greater number Of people can
collectively he better provided for than
a smaller" and finally eTpounds the
laws % distribution. ri aching the con-
c,usion that ownership u land which
gives the right 20 hold i from use Tor
speculative purposes Is the cause Of
that increase q poverty which IS al
sssys seam to Accompany the increase
o. population aad wealth.
Progress and Poverty.
NoE. Mr. George may not have sue
ceeded lu solving this greatest Of al
economic problems with the degree q
certainty and the elaboration Of details
which usually attend the demunstra-
lions q Dr., Rankin. bot u q only ac-
curdins him Justice 90 say that PRO
gress and Poverty has not only con-
WINGED the worker that h is gagged
ia producing his owu wages hut IN 50
convincing him. has put into his bosom
q new sense q his own dignity and
Inspired him with a nsE determination
10 claim that which Justly belongs 20
him. That d.. Rankin can only see
COMMUNISM. " "soc. ausr1 'auarchism'
in this wonderful book may be great
misfortune 10 Nj George, but its de-
ductIDns have been approved by J=rs
simpson. the Plpulisi Congressman,
Thomas @, sherman, The great lawyer,
whose wealth consists almost entireis
Of real estate. and by many others,
eminent among various classes Of re-
formers. and none q these people, he
81 SAID. s=c in them any o. the dan
gerous tendencies which Dr. Rankin
seems 50 much 20 dread
one word more Not a word have I
ever written or spoken that jastifss
The Gazette IN saving that I an more
addicted 20 Bsiamyisu or GecrE eIEa
than TO P5pulism, as SCI forth in the
Omaha platform I flllr luiorse every
plank 30 Ire Omaha platform and stand
fully and uneguIypcably with our pe1-
p.- In defense rt Dr. san hayiGg al
Uy life. even fr-u childhood. been
reading and thinking fg- myself ! am
go. Disposed Be- 3rs up the fountains
x my Intellect OF fuse 30 rspIeuiEh
tsgm with streams OF truth that may
HlW FROM any source Hence. ] have
derived inspiration even from 'Loog-
irE Hackv ard''-aIt that, too. wh.le
believing tHar The beautiful Vision re-
Hsc-al t-afn Its pages can never while
men are selfish he realized "a eTEau-
lle1 human society. am netaeT
Ashamed nor afraid 20 iaink
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