The herald., 1894-07-17
THE PERFORMERS.
Single Tax and Free Trade Arc Dis
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Single Tax and Free Trade Arc Dis.
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A large and very intelligent audience
gathered at the single tax meeting in
Unity chursh last night. The principal
speaker introduced by the president was
Hon. Abbott Kinney. who spoke upon
Free Trade. He was greeted with ap-
plaues and carefully listened to by all.
Following is very brief abstract of HIS
speech:
Tho single tax advocates suggest the
old abolitionists in the purity of their
motives and their freedom from any or
gsnized attempt to get hold of money
bearing patronage. There is indeed less
sentiment in the single tax movement
to abolish voluntary poverty than in the
abolition movement against involuntary
servitude. Sentiment is an auxiliary to
be dreaded in any movement. In such
event good acts are done prematurely go
as to damage the cause they are intended
to serve, and generally the outcome is
some extreme and untenable stand that
brings on reaction. The difference
in the progressive movement OF q nation
as to whether events are dominated by
true reason or by sentiment, ia shown
by the recent history OF England and
France. In the first case reforms have
followed an even course. approved by
the conservative element; and in the
other. things have gone by fits and
starts-at one moment, O bloody and
revolving riot; at another, reaction,
setting all progress back.
just now, policy for office and patron
age is very prominent in the three prin-
ciPal political parties of the nation.
We have noticeable-neglect of prin.
ciple and very asseftive attention to
interest.
We zee such revolutionary PROPOSE
ton as woman suffrage, Endorsed and
made part OF a state platform by Cali
fornis Republicans. without any exam
ination OF the matter or its widespread
influence on the welfare of the race. We
must admit that institutions are secure
only when the population is sufficiently
advanced to understand and maintain
them. Therefore, free institutions in
America would not be safe were the
population here to lose it's reproductive
power and be supplanted by other races
less fitted for free government.
Mr.. Kinny then went on to examine
the economic doctrines OF the trade. He
esid:
The only safe principle for any gov
eminent is that the great power of tag
alton should be used only for public
purpose. Under this necessary power
government may take q mans horse,
his crops or his home. Such power
can never be properly exercised for a
private advantage.
The sooner ouch temptations as a
violation OF this essential principle of
free government brings are removed
from our public men the sooner can we
hope for careful consideration and patri-
otto action on the great questions of the
day.
The protectionist invention that a
tariff tax can raise wages ia a most
dane-rnr1s advance towards socialism.
If such were the fact we would never be
done with unnatural and impossible
for wage raising.
The truth ia that laborer Is cheap
according to his efficiency and not ac-
cording to his wage.
A man at 10 cents q day to run an en-.
CINE would in ell probability be h thou
sand times dearer than a man at $40
day.
tractor IN India, Russia, Australis, &c. &c..
showed by mis- book that the dearest la
borers he had we're those to whom he
paid the lowest wages-namsly, those In
India.
at the close OF Mr.. Kinney's speech
the chairman announced that Rev. R..
M. Webster had accepted an invitation
to address the next meeting. which
would occur on Monday, July 23d. and
that his subject would be: The Single
Tax and the Kingdom of Heaven.
The meeting was then thrown open for
general discussion.
Ralph E. Hoyt said free trade WAS
natural trade, and therefore nobody
should be afraid OF it. The laws OF
nature were established long before Mr..
Mckinley was born. Every man in the
United States instinctively knew that
he had natural right to sell where he
could get most for his products, and buy
where he could buy cheapest. Every
man was by nature free trader, and
every law that hampered exchange was
q violation of natural rights, burden
on industry.
A discussion then followed.