The herald., 1895-03-10

| Ralph Il. Hoyt spoke on What Greed
| Would Do If 1t Could. using several perth
nent illustrations. He said:
1.-The monopoly OF land, one OF the natural
| elements on which human existence IS
every moment dependent, has been al
| most reduced 10 a science. The only rea-
! son why the other DEMONSTRATING elements
are not also in monopoly's grip is that no
| process for private control of them has as
! Vet been discovered. Morally there Is no
| difference between the monopoly OF land
and the monopoly of anything else with
! out which no man can live. Ii human
greed could possibly invent a process 70
| meet all its requirements we would see IN
| point occas .oIal state ments like the fol-
| lowing:
,'Articles Of Incorporation have been
filed by the American Sunshine supply
Company The chief object of this cor
poration is to supply families and indi-
vidtas with pure, unauthorized sunlight,
placing il within the reach OF all who are
able to pay for that necessity. physicians
say (and 1t is the general beleD that
reasonable amount of sunshine is es-
sential to animal as well as vegetable life;
hence the supply company will have
powerful leverage on the pockets OF the
people The new company is incor-
pordted for nifty years. IL starts out with
sufficient capital 10 corral all the sun
shine within Il radius OF 100 miles OF TINS
CIV, eStuDllSn l1lncDSc Will ~llOuStss diiN
construct suitable machinery for filling
orders as fast as received. The process
by which sunshine can be appropriated
and sold by corporation to needy con-
sumers is very ingenious, and OF course
it has been patented. 1t furnishes an
other proof that this is an age OF progress
such as the world never saw. Verify, no
other country prospers like the United
States.
And the following
"a somewhat melancholy affair was re-
ported to the police headquarters today.
A family of five persons who lived on
Blank street died from lack of air for
breathing purposes. 1t seems that the
family were receiving their daily supply
OF air from the Graball Oxygen Com
pany, the tenement being furnished with
Il small service pipe Tor that purpose
Recently the head of the family was
thrown out of work, and having PAD ms
last dollar to the owner of the house Tor
rent he was behind on his air tax, which
is payable monthly in advance. Two
days having passed without payment the
company. in order to protect itself against
further loss, ordered the supply shut OIL
and the result proved fatal TO the entire
family This case is another warning
against allowing bills for necessities OF
life to become delinquent. We learn that
the company will probably make up IT'S
loss by Ievying upon some furniture lett
by the deceased family"
Such announcements may seem very
absurd, and so they are; but not whit
more absurd than statements which we
read or hear almost daily. The power
given to one man to monopolize anything
which his fellow-creatures must have
access to or die, and which no man ever
produced or can possibly duplicate, is the
power TO enslave. Chattel slavery in this
country was abolished long ago. In
dustrial slavery will disappear whenever
the people become wise enough TO adopt
the Single tax, but never till then. the
remedy can be applied none too soon.
Every legitimate business interest would
benefit by it.
Other speakers followed with brief re-
marks.