The herald., 1894-02-17
THE SINGLE TAKERS.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING HELD
LAST NIGHT.
President Royt Outlines the Growing
Interest in the New Idea
About Deriving Noces-
aary Revenue.


assembled at Unity church last evening
on the occasion Of the third public
meeting OF the SINCE Tax club. Aside
from few matters of business pertain
ing to the work of the organization, the
proceedings were such ae to interest the
public at large.
Ralph E. Hoyt, president of the club.
made few opening remarks concerning
the progress of the movement in other
portions OF the country. He said the
movement for genuine tax reform was
gaining headway almost everywhere be-
tween the two oceans. New clubs we're
being formed, numerous meetings held,
and the press was becoming more ac-
cessible to the advocates Of the single tax
plan OF raising public revenue. Besides
the prominent daily papers OF the east
that had within the past two years In
dorsed the plan Ia list of which papers
was presented to the first public meet
ing OF this organIzstion) the Chicago
Times, following the example of the
Chicago Herald, had very recently
opened its columns to single tax argu-
ments, and virtually indorsed it edito-
rally. Still more recently the Record Of
that city had fallen into line and began
to pa ublish communications and inter-
views of the same character. On the
10th of the present month the San
Francisco Examiner contained an edito-
rial in favor of removing taxation from
improvements and raising public Teve-
nue. from land values. This was in line
with what the Chronicle did last Sep
tember.
The Morning Gall had also fallen into
line and was doing O good work in
opening the eyes of the people to the
necessity of a sweeping reform in taxa
tion methods. At recent visit OF Louis
F. Post to Detroit, Mich, one of the
largest orthodox churches in that city
was opened on Sunday evening for his
lecture. He spoke to a deeply inter.
ested audience that crowded the house,
while hundreds more who desired to
hear the lecture were unable to gain ad-
mittance.
Henry George last month made an
extended lecture tour through the west,
and everywhere he wac greeted with
crowded houses and strong endorse
ments by honest men of all classes,
whose eyes were opened by the distin-
guished lecturer and author. The
chairman had this week received per-
sonal letter from Mr.. George, in which
he expressed his belief that
the triumph of the single tax
was nearer than even its most earnest
advocates had heretofore believed it
to be.
While these and other facts pointed
unmistakably to the early success of the
single tax. Mr.. Hoyt said, the members
of this club were not in the movement
for the reason tnst it was popular, but
because it wGs right, and because it
offered the only solution OF the social
probem-thst problem on which hangs
the destiny OF this great nation.
The Los Angeles Single Tax club
meeting last evening was opened with
musical treat, vocal duet by Mrs. Mott
and Miss Mamie Goodwin, both Of this
city, the former being q weli-known
teacher OF music and fine singer.
Pursuant to an announcements made
at the last meeting, the evening was
devoted to discussions in which the
audience took part. Immediately the
question arose regarding length OF
speeches, in order to give all chance
the audience agreed by vote to limiting
all speeches to 10 minutes
A vocal solo was then exceedingly
we'll rendered by Mrs. Childs OF Chicago
and Mrs. Mott of this city. An enthu-
siastic encore then brought forth lovely
solo by Mrs. Childs.
The discussion was then opened by
Lawrence Dunham of New York, who
temporarily resides at Pasadena, in a
rouslng speech hich was cut short by
the chair on the 10-minute limit.
An instrumental duet by Miss Mamie
Goodwin next graced the occasion.
Among the speakers of the evening
we're o. K. Cushing. j. K. Bennett, DR..
Peebles, Mathew Byrne, Mr.. Fay, S.
Byron Welcome, and others.
The meeting was then pleasantly
ended by a vocal solo by Mrs. Childs.