Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-06
IS NoGENT ~ ANARcmsrf
His Iador.emrnt OF Henry Georges
Ideas.

AuthNs
To Tae Gazette:
Gr1esbceok Tex. July Judge Nu-
gent 90 hs speech AT Fort Worth be-
fore the Carpenters' club is reported
20 have used the following language
IA aubsiluce.
THE farmers ere the worst robbers."
'Thou Is more 10 be learned in the
way OF reform from the writings OF
Henry Ge3rgc than from all that has
been written and thought by all other
authors iof the last fifteen years"
hN reference Go Henry Georges work.
Progress and Poverty" page 237, the
following Language U.s. TO be found: ITO
eNiltpair poverty 10 make wages
what Justice demands they should be.
the ful earnings OF labor We must.
therefore, substitute for Tho indiyid-
ual ownership of lnnd common own
tfshop. Nothing else will go to the
cause ut thr evil lu nothing else rs
there the slightest hope This. then,
is me remedy Tor the unjust and un-
c4lal distribution uf wealth In modern
glfliEatl1n, ma for an the evils that
flow from d."
BY reference 20 the national social
laiir and communicate platform, page
I, paragraph N, the following LAM
guage WIN be found.
The basis OF cooperative society
silpulut's TIE substitution OF public
ownership for private ownership OF
lan1' instruments OF labor (machincs.
factories. etcJ, and with Il oo-opera-
tive production aud guarantee OF
share iu The products la accordance
with -" services rendered by the in
diyldunl 20 society"
] VIII request the reader to care
!uAF compare the extract from Georges
BOOK with the extract from the ma
pouul platform vi the communists and
aoeialistlc party OF the United states
Are Much ALIKE.
Zach one proposes 10 nuuonalize the
laua or in other words. To strike the
uilr from the land, us was done Ia
emAncipaiing the negro. The land
would belong 90 tie government aud an
persons Including the present renter,
Noula become renters from the gov
ctnmtut Each one proposes TO natlon-
alizc the whole people into common
community or society. ON terms OF
perfect social equality. The father.
pfuther and SON would work side hv
sac GA terna of social equality with
ne met murderer, house burner ana
gu other criminals: and The mother.
daughter and sister would work sIdc
ny eide with tho prostitute and an
other character OF female crifblnsis
each one laboring and drawing nom
society In proportion 20 The services
rendered by he ndlvidual According
/ 20 Webster Il larger portion OF these
hV.laAHla ana communists advocate
indiserlmlnate intercourse OF the sexes.
anyone can see that the two eN-
tracts are the same, ao far as social
laNe and eummunistlc principles are
concerned Therefore no one who viii
.ook stern facts In the face eau fail
lnNt Henry George Is full
heuscu socialist ana communist
] Wiah to impress one moro thouebt
upon my readers and that IL that by
careful examination uf the extract.
from the soclalistle pla tform that an
government h completely abnlIshed
lhr whole people are 20 be- natiunaliaed.
M the irsl place, This nrst step d.
siroys an Individuality and throws the
Z whole people Into common herd ard
according TO the platform thew ara
Z 10 work aa u society on common terr,a
or soclal equality. ench one puttinr
INTO society aud drawing nom society
( dered by the Individual
I Destruction OF Government
ANY ialr-miadcd man is houna Il,
AUNT that % IS u perfect Destruction
( ~ an government and Is the ouIntss-
3 aehce Of anarchy. Now. According Ia
{ Seofkea own Language and the word
{ leg o. ms paragraph Of the socialists
I PLATFORM ne IA socialist. and a social.
( ist is an anarchist
int aNoNe quoted paragraph evident.
( " eonviets Mr George as a socialist.
Z sommuniSt amt as socialism cannot
I pe separated from anarchy. he n an
ANARCHIST. Mr. George does not stop
MS hersias with socialism, out nj.
Nance- much further Ia his s!nrls ~.
/ pfopesitoh. re proposes TO put a sirFle
tax on land for The purpose 81 rsisins
{ All rvvenNes and 20 exempt eli other
/ plNleity. from taxation Tais q a
ihoussnd tlnea worre than socialism
( HIS proposition is Arst 10 emancipate
thc whole land by nationailFinE n
rms W'uld change the c0nstitatien
rom riiNait ownclsnip 90, pubiis
owprrahln, 81 IN other words M
oNnershln Evsvy one proposing Ia uss
the land would have to icnt il nom
,he slyernmenI. and pay the lax on
y tYt toe uAe % q, and IN this way
I ah the revenue Tor runnlnS the gov.
I ernment would b. lAfci fre M n
nation OF renters nom the government
I " ANYONE VIII take n trouble 10 ,sti-
matf the amount Of our national state
( county city and schoo! expenses. ana