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the Chicago merchant who reaps the
benefit Of the large population and buai-
ness Of Chicago. Chicago merchants
often fell as the result Of too high rents,
but Chicago landlords do not fail. II
the merchant raises prices because his
rents are high his customers 20 else
where, because the merchant is subject
to the Law Of free competition, while
landlords are not, there being only four
corners and 80 many lots to block,
however much the population OF the
city increases.
And yet, in one sense, it is true that
taxes on high value city lots are
paid by purchasers Of goods sold or man
ufsctursd upon these lots, just as it is
true that ell items in cost OF production
enter into price to final consumer, for
selling goods is as much production ss
making them. This, however, is a quib
bic and not an argument. What | con-
tend ia, that the merchant cannot shift
mis- high rents to his customers in higher
prices, but must have more customers,
and does have then, or his rents would
not be 90 high According to your the
ory, Kansas farmers shift their taxes to
their city customers, or to foreign con-
sumsrs OF their grains and meats, for
the farmers csrtainly pay taxes from
monies received for their produce, but
you would fnd diff iulty in convincing
a Kansas farmer that some city mer-
chant, or EnRlishmsn or German, was
paying his taxes FOR him.
r ALLY, this question OF items OF cost
in production has no connection with
the question we are discussing, for items
of total cost to consumers embrace qlss
tions of labor, science, invention, trans
portatiop, skill in organ zs'ion OF labor
aud business, vsrious questions OF taxa
tion-in short, all lines Of human thought
and labor.
The question between us, as under
stand it, is: I'D Ies the single tax offer
the best practicable and available rem
sdy for the evils Of land monopoly, OF
unequal aud uuj ust taxation, and OF re-
strictions on the production and distri'
button of wealth-is it the best emanci
pator Of labor and industrial enterprise
from the burden which now oppress il?
I think I have already answered ir
the first part of this article your rather
fanciful speculstions upon the results o.
the siugIs.tsx upon Lord Scully's ten
ants and others, for I demonstrated
that Scully could not raise rents wher
more land became available for use
Your cotention that the tenants woulC
psY increased rents because they had no
where else to 90 where they could dt
better ia not good, for they would hsV'
somewhere else to go-they could 60 Il
the vacant land, Of which there would
then be plenty. Scully does not him
self make any improvement on his land
he following the Irish system Of making
the tenants do the improving, and i
they can improve SCully's vacant land
they can improve other vacant land.
In contending that landlords can shit
the single.tax to their tenants, you no
only traverse the opinions Of all emf
nent economists, but the lessons Of al
experience. Both E. Thorold Roger
and James Anthony Froude show hos
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to Scully and all other landlords, for it
is on the principle Of public values for
the public aud private value for the
producer of them.
Your reduct6O Gd Gbsurd1n Of the en-
tire procseds of land being taken for
rent, leaving nothing for subsistence, re-
quirss no reply, in view OF the fact
which it ignores, that land for use would
then be plentier and cheaper than it is
now or can ever be while monopolizsd
1t would be strange, indeed, it placing Of
Sculley and his tenants upon plane Of
perfect equality in the right to use land
should increase Sculley's power to exact
rent. And it would be equally strange
and Incredible that causing nonresident
owners Of tens Of thousands of acres Of
vacant lands to pay the same price for
the privilege Of excluding others from
these lands as the working farmer pays
for the privilege OF using land and add
ing to the wealth and comfort of the
community should irj1re the farmer.
It seems to me that you continually
overlook, or underestimate the import
ance Of the fact that the land monopo
lists power to oppress lies entirely in
the privilege of excluding others from
the use Of land until they agree to his
terms, and that this privilege is entirely
destroyed by charging him the same
rent or tax for holding land idle that
others are charged for improving and
using it.
To drive the dog Of monopoly from
the mauger Of natural opportunity, and
let the OK OF industry have access to the
hay, will cause more hay to be consumed
aud this will give more work and better
wages to hsymskers.
To break the lock which now debsrs
idle labor from idle land will enable all
the workers to obtain homes and em-
ployment.
You admit these things should be
done, but Vou seem never to have com
pretended the principle OF the single-tsX
the principle Of perfect equality OF all
persons in the right to the use OF the
earth, a principle enforced by requiring
payment back to society for society's so
cisl uses in proportion to the value OF
the exclusive use and possession OF what
belongs equally to all.
Tnis payment for privilege OF using
public values is not really tax in the
usual meaning of the word, but an ad-
justment Of account, or a clearing
house balance, between the individual
, and society. 1t is the same as when
, three men own each third OF a build
, ing and lot worth S24 a month, one OF
whom occupies it and pays to each Of
the others s9 month.
had intended to close here, but hap
: pening to glance at your last reply find
[ this:
3 "Up to this point, now, you have moi
hurt Lord Scully very much. The only
{ loss he has thus far suffered is loss OF
t income, but you have squeezed his ten
ant and the resident farmer to the very
! verge of starvation. 1t is only when the
3 entire income from the land is cut of in
' consequence OF it's abandonment by the
tenant that Lord Scully suffers an sb.
3 solute loss by being compelled now to
0 pay the taxes from his reserve capital or
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would retain possession Of the land. As
we have before shown he would pay not
more, but less, rent than now, and pay il
not to Sculley, but to himself.
But let US take even your extreme
and impossible hypothesis OF the tax ab-
sorbing the entire proceeds Of the land
and OF the tenants industry. II it did
this for one person it would do 1t for ell
persons, and the enormous revenue
would permit a living pension to every
American worker, but not to the non.
resident landlords who would have done
nothing toward producing the revenue.
You quote me: "Will free trade which
is an integral part OF the singls-tsx Rbol-
ish trusts?"
And you reply: "You think it will, be-
cause you say owing to the differing
laws OF different countries international
trusts would be imprscticsble. Permit
me to remind you that the money trust,
by far the greatest of them all, is now in
ternationsl, Rnd it's success can scarcely
be questioned. I would also again re-
mind you of the proGrass already made
towards a successful international com.
binstion by the Standard Oil trust; and
[ say the indications all point to the
probability that interested capitalists in
d ffsrsnt countries will combine for mu.
5ual profit whenever tariff restrictions
are removed 80 az to open trsfi3 TO
world wide competition. The tendency
OF the age is to crush c1m petition, and
the wider its range, the wider will be
capitslistio combination to throttle it.
This is too clesr upon the surface to re-
qlire argument"
While l think "ths money trust" q
myth Of the imagination, let us consider
it a reality for this argument, and what
does it prove, but that real wealth 10
csntsred in few hands, largely, il not
wholly, through lsudlordism, and that
capital represented by money is scarce
and dear because most Of it is invested
in land, either directly or indirectly,
through bonds and mortgages, trust
deeds, tax titles, mining stocks, real es-
tate bonds, etc., or through national,
state, county, or municipal bonds, in
proceeds OF future taxation. For each
and all OF these wrongs the single tax is
the best pYsaibls remedy, and is an en-
tire solution Of what you call "the
money question"
Money, being not real wealth, but only
it's representative, it's absence from the
pockets OF any particular person is a re-
suit, but not q cause, Of his poverty. To
have money without stealing it) one
must first possess the real wealth or
capital for it to represent.
The census OF the nations, and other
more reliable data, show little more
than two thirds OF the total wealth Of
the world (money inoluded) to be land
values. The American and English
census OF 1890 shows so per cent. OF
land values owned by l per cent. OF the
people. The singls-tsx would make all
land values the property of all the peo.
pie. Money or real capital could not be
either directly or indirectly invested in
any form of land values, hence must
seek investment in actual production OF
wealth through use Of labor to earn even
the smallest return, and capital would
hn abundant and nhaan for wnrkAra 10
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An Observant Observer,

10 the Editor:
Atheism. aguostieism and inndelity, the triune
progeny OF uncreated material philosophy. ele
waited on tho polished pedestal Of science ar
raisn the assumption of Christianity and a.cribe
the wonderful phenomena OF animate bodies to
causes Independent OF a conscious Creator
Even though the sequence OF material com
hination' rs manifested In the organic world
clearly suggest preordination. this rcrudite trim
1t! ney"- hcstates 10 deny the existence of
an intelligence more capable than Is developed
within lhe walls o; the human skull and ASSERT
with odd Assurance, that all material systems
evolved from chaos through successive changes
Induced by innate energy.
IL this trinity can give no brighter aspect to
lie than Ia found in Its materialistic conclusions
the sooner We hear and read no more OF its
hypothesis the stronger will be our trust In the
ultimate good Of humanity. Better and wiser il
the mind that cultivates the simple belief of
the red man in the controlling Influences OF the
Great Spirit. than the disciple Who brings CON-
fusion and dismay among his thoughts by seeking
to enter into the occult processes Of our wonderful
anu oesu'itui creation OBSERVER.
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SOME BRITISH DIscoURTEsY.

In their comments upon the postpone
ment of the Nigilant- Britannia match
race on Wednesday some of the leading
English newspapers display neither fair
ness nor courtesy. The whole blame for
the postponement is laid upon the Amer
lean yachtsman by these ili-advised and
ill-natured critics. One paper goes so
far as to fling at Vigilants owner this
UNIV arranted insult: "Of course, these
fast-ssiling saucers cost a lot, and the
loss OF a spar would be a serious mat
tor"
The evident loss OF manners and rea
son on the part OF the British writer re-
sponsible for this slurrinK observation
is more serious matter than the carry
Ing away OF an American spar would be.
He and his ellow-growlers will do well
to remind themselves that International
courtesy is very pleasant and credit
able accompaniment to international
craftsmanship. Nalkyrie and her owner
were not insulted nor slurred when they
came 10 this country. Their treatment
here WAS II lesson In good manners
which should be impressed upon the of,
Tending British writer's.
Mr.. Gould took HIS yacht over 500
miles of water for purpose. That pur.
pose was TO sail races and TO win them
II he could. Ii is a reflection upon his
sound sense. AS well as an insult to him
as a sportsman, to intimate that he took
all the trouble of going across the ocean
TO BACK out OF an opportunity.
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Crusts and the Teeth.

1t takes a dental surgeon. who has
made enough money out OF peoples
mouths to retire. to talk about the value
OF teeth. He believes that the Americans
will be as toothless as canaries unless
the rising generation is taught to chew
Chewing is the life OF the body. food
is its salvation. II mastication were
not essential to physical development We
would not have had back teeth. Mothers
give their baby boys and girls tooth
brushes and wintergreen powder. Bosh
What they should do Is to eat with
them. play house with them and offer
prizes for chewing contests. Teach them
to chew every morsel OF food; they will
then drink less at table. have perfect
digestion with the active lives they lead,
and II there are no hereditary crimes
to suffer for their teeth win be as strong
and clean as cats. Aud they don't
want soft bread either; make the crusts
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AT 1T AGAIN.

Sabbatarianism in It's worst form has
broken out afresh without any special
provocation In the appropriately named
town Of New Canaan. Conn, and an at
tempt Is to be made next Sunday to re-
vve the Mosaic dispensation, and to sub
ject Americans Of all creeds and habits
to the Blue Laws enacted by the Puri-
tans for their own guidance In bygone
centuries.
The law to be invoked now says:
Every person who shall do any secular
business or labor. except work of neces-
sity or mercy. or keep open any shop.
warehouse or manufacturing establish
ment. or expose any property for sale.
or engage In any sport or recreation on
Sunday between sunrise and sunset. shall
be fined not more than 81 nor less than
ST."
Such a law has no place in modern So
ciety and no relation to modern times,
1t is IA silly, unjust and stupid interior
encc with the natural rights Of American
citizenship; II Is impossible OF enforce
ment: 1t merely serves the purpose OF
annoyance and irritation at the best
when seriously urged II becomes the
prolific parent of blackmail and Of secret
vice.
ogniZe the truth that offensive Sunday
laws injure the cause Of morality instead
of aiding II.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-17
EMMA GOLDMAN FREE.
Released from Blackwell's Island
Early This Morning.
Not a Single Anarchist on Hand to
Do Her Reverence.
No Brass Band, No Mowbray, Only
the Capitalistic Press"

Emma Goldman. who became notorious
during the east side riots of last
year, and who was sentenced to one
years imprisonment for an Anarchistic
speech delivered In Union Square at that
time. Is free.
The full term OF her sentence. less the
two months knocked off for good con-
duct, expired this morning, and she
was officially made aware OF the fact.
For several days she had known 1t
herself from her friends, who saw the
announcement in the newspapers. She
was told last night to prepare to leave
early this morning.
Every one OF Emma's Anarchistic
friends are disappointed at the arrange
ments made for her release. 1t had been
talked of for weeks that 1t would be
the proper thing to greet her with a
brass band and procession. This plan,
however, was abandoned, but 1t was
decided that several of the prominent
Anarchists OF the city and vicinity should
be on hand when she stepped off the
boat that carried her from the Island.
Big Chief Mowbray. the recent i'm
portation from England. was to make
one of the group. OF course. Justin
II. Schwab was to be in 1t, but Herr Most
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party hold at my residence. $50 East Fitteth
street, on the evenings OF Aug. 5. and s; It was
q great success considering the opposition We had
to contend with. as there were two other fairs
for the same charity In our immediate nsighbor-
hood made our entertainment most attractive
by decorations In bunting, lanterns, nags. &C. 1t
= most beautiful sight to behold and wit
ness With what delight and determination the
hundreds OF little tots who paid their penny ad-
mission with happiness. to help their poor little
sick slters and brothers, their satisfaction was
easily observed that they also realized the pur-
pose OF this most worthy charity. The following
artists added TO the enjoyment: Prof. AlmctA
bsntoist: Esther Jacobs and Master Moss Moses.
pisnists; Rebecct Meyers, Miss ksntrowitz. reel
tations Mr.. Goldsmith Mr.. solomon, Mr.. Will
Jams, comedians The booths were presided over
by the following: Miss Amelia Moses, toy booth
Miss Rebecca Meyers lemonade and sandwich
booth; Miss Ida Asher and Mrs. l.. Myers, fancy
booth Miss E,mA Strauss, candy booth; Miss Han
nah Moses, "Rebecca at the Well" Master Hor-
tie Moses. horse races.
AMELIA MOSES Promoter and Manager.
Committee-Misscs Amelia Moses, RebeccA
Meyers Ida Asher and Selma Strauss
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STATESMEN AND STATESMEN.

Replying to an address presented to
him by the Liberal Federation ON the
occasion OF his retirement from ONCE,
Mr.. Gladstone used the following lam
guage In referring to the summary OF
the achievements OF his political life
contained I'm the address:
while the picture is just, as regards
the action OF the nation and the Liberal
party. only a very small and insignifi-
cant fraction of the accomplished results
can be ascribed seriously to myself.
Concurrence to the best OF my limited
ability is all that ! can claim"
To find the completest possible contrast
to the genuine modesty of this declara-
ton We have only to turn 10 the recent
calcium light speech Of Senator Vest,
In which the Senator from Missouri took
the position that the most important
feature of the whole tariff struggle was
the spectacle of political greatness and
moral rectitude which he had presented
to the American people.
Senator Vest must have a poor opin-
ion of a man like Gladstone.
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care of Final

Most servants. and. indeed. too man,
housewives, burn great deal too much
ruel In cooking. 1t is simply waste ~
MI up the crate with coal and then
punch and poke 1t till 1t nearly melt.
the Top off the stove. only to 20 through
the process again when 1t is all burned
out. When the fire is burning a small
shoveiful at a time will, keep the oven
IN prime condition and cook everything
on top OF the stove just as fast A
though the vessels were dancing a liz
irom the intense heat. When a thing
Is cooking You can't make 1t cook any
raster without spelling 1t by turning or
drying 1t up too fast. So 1t is with heat
ing stove. If you let the coal In the
iatrobe all get on fire at once, II will
drive you out of the room with heat.
but 1t all burns to white ashes in an
hour when by feeding down properly
1t would have heated the house. aud the
one feederful would have suffieed for q
whole day. 49,.
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Food for ncnutx and strength.

Recipes for the sick are the very best
for improving the complexion. One skin
whitener warranted by New York
specialist on nervous diseases is oaten
meal Cruel. Take 1t every morning for
breakfast, all you want of IL, but moth
ing else. II 1t doesn't make good
looking girl of you inside Of two years
you may sue me for damages" the old
physician says, and gives this formula
for the benefit of House and Home. Il
used to prescribe Scotch oaten meal.
Then I found that Canada meal was fine
and that the Bethlehem was better
Now I recommend the Ohio oaten meal
because their is nothing superior In the
line of food stuffs. To be good the meal
must be cooked in steamer-that Is,
slow, steady heat, and not In danger OF
burning. Like rice, 1t wants to be dry
Eat It with hot or cold milk or with
fresh butter, salt and spice. This is the
food to grow on" Try II.
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Foods for Flesh.

The bony girls who want to round out
and look wholesome should Select their
diet from foods rich in sugar and fats
and avoid those containing acid; only
moderate quantity of starchy foods are
advisable. for the reason that starch
being comparatively indissoluble require
great muscular energy to asSimilate. and
woman's digestion is generally weaker
and slower than her brot hers. Bread IL
so far from being the stan OF life that no
race eats It without butter. lard. cheese
or sweetmeats. Eat rice. bread, beans.
fominy, peas and cake, little, Miss ALI
bones, II you wish. but don't forget tho
sauce cream butter, milk, honey, gravy.
jam. myonnaise OF chocolate, Have
nothing to do with lemons. pickles or
vinegar in any form. II you can drink
milk, hope to be as plump and pretty
as baby.
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For a Pretty Complexion.

Complexion is all a matter Of digestion.
Where there is good digestion a beauti-
full complexion is bouvd to follow. A
well-regulated stomach invariably pro-
claims itself in a good-looking face. Skin
whittier ers. face washes, creams, greases
and liquid emollients cost far more money
than sour grapes and are nothing like
as remedial. Plums, blackberries. white
and red grapes, peaches and oranges arc
among the table fruits, and It is difficult
to say which Is the best for pretty
complexion. IT the skin is kept fresh
and the diet is laxative the face will be
good to look upon.
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was not even counted upon. Not single
one of the leaders put in an appearance
this morning.
AS q reason for their absence It was
given out that Emma's departure from
o'clock this afternoon. Others had 1t
that not even for Emma would they arise
at an early hour. They knew she. was
we'll qualified to take care OF herself.
The prison officials also figured on wit
Messing big crowd. SO In order to avoid
any display 1t was decided to send the
would-be recent Joan of Arc over on the
As a rule, the female prisoners. when
discharged, are sent over on the $50
o'clock boat that lands at the foot OF
East TiftI-second, street. with Emma
ed to send her by the $50 boat, or two
hours earlier.
When awakened this morning, Miss
she chooses to call herself, was informed
that the dawn OF liberty was near. The
clothes which she wore when entering
the prison were handed to her, and these
she put on, discarding the prison suit.
which she has worn for ten full months.
No money was handed to her, as no one
is accommodated In that way unless
onment. She had, however, a few dol
lars in her pocket when brought to the
island. and these were handed to her.
Capt. Edwards commanded the $50
o'clock boat into which Emma. stepped
The trip across the river was short, and
when she jumped ashore on this side OF
the East River she found three news
paper men awaiting her. They were,
however. representatives of the "capi-
talistic press" and she had no use for
them.
An attempt was made to interview her.
to ask how she liked her retreat and
what she fought of prls IN life generally.
but II was a failure. She would not say
whether or not she intended to give
Supt. Byrnes detectives another chance
to give her another vacation at the city's
expense.
The news paper men were brushed
aside, with lofty dsdain, and Emma
marched on.
She wor, the same black skirt, check
waist and black straw hat which made
her famous last year. She also wore
the spectacles. The only difference in
the hat was that instead OF the feather
flowers had taken Its place.
Emma boarded a Second avenue a.
road train and started downtown for
the purpose of proceeding to her grand
mothers house, at Brunswick, n. j.
She will be back again this afternoon
and will stop with her fathers sister,
who Is the wife OF Isidor Yog. photo
grapher. of 45 Canal street.
The news that Emma had been re-
leased did not cause much of stir in
| Anarchtown. probably because the resi-
dents were not fully awake at the time
An Evening World reporter made his
rounds OF the principal points OF inter
est; Julius schwsb's place was de
| her. however, before night.
on Sunday next, she will speak with
| Mowbray and others at the Thalia Thea
| tire,