Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02

masses up to superficial ideals and
then disappointing them of their real
ization. The Single-Tax ideals of
plenty without sweat, and heaven
without the narrow way to it. will be
among the responsible agencies of tie
revolution.
D.-Somewhere in that good book
you quote so often. are the words
Thou shalt not steal, land to stop
gigantic stealing the SingeTaxers are
bound together.
May, brother, SingleTaxers do
not actually pretend to stop gigantic
stealing they merely diceyt it into their
oeon pockets, as Mr.. George has briefly
put tive can safely leave them the
shell, if we take the kernel"
D.-"Stealing is none the less rob-
berry if done by law is the opinion of
one of the U. S. Supreme Court
judges.
L Exactly! Mr.. Georges ''law,"
as laid down in Progress and Pow
erty,' calls for just that kind.
D.-A Frenchman once sad-"lhis
world is made up of three classes
workers. beggars and thieves" but
where does the landowner come in +?
Does he work? No! Dove elect him
to Office? No! There is only one
other class to assign him-the thieving
class.
L.-There is man named Llovd
Brown chopping wood on my rented
place at thus minute at a dollar day.
He owns two acres with improvements
Men who own land are generally work
ers; men who preach Single Tax are
generally men who have had falling
on: with work and want to get the ben
eft of other mems work am trying
to find Single-Taxer who can, or
who ever did go out and do Il wears
work at any period of his Single-Tax
life. Havu't found him. | can show
you more landlords who work straight
manual work than you can show me
Single-Taxers who do the same.
Dive object to the MesSrs. Warn.
or anyone else, being compelled to buy
land, as buying land is no more con
sistent than buying water, air or sun
shine.
1.-The Messrs. Warn are honest
men and, withal, are not charitable
subjects, and it best suited their man
hood and independence to pay for
what they got in Minnesota People
in cities pay for all their water. pay
for cleanlngs to keep air pure. and pay
for the removal of other peoples brick
walls if they want sunshine in many
instances Civilization demands pay
for everything, and everybody pays
for what he takes, save the Single
Taxer, who does it grumblingly. At
the same time he does not betake him
self to the free air, water and sun
shine of the Rocky mountains, but
hugs on to the cities and the crowds.
Civilization demands pay ; saintIiness
and savagery do not. The Single
Taxer is incapable of making us
saints, and unwilling to make us say
ages; SO he ought to be content, but
his envy wont let him. IntrinSically,
he wants air, water. sunshine, land
and pocket books free.
Din passing it may be well to ask
when does vested wrong become a
vested right?
L.-There is no ''vested wrong in
land ownership. save IN the mind of
Slngle-Taxels, and, Judging from the
works of their faith, it is only there in
name. Christ rewarded with lands,
and for those of Jewish persuasion,
who do not believe in Him, reference
can be made to Gods dealings with
Abraham. God told him directly to
stand up and look as far as he could
see to every point of the compass, and
N I.ln IL fhit I,n l,t Il
his heirs. On another instance Abra-
ham paid four hundred shekeIs of sill
yer for ii lot of land. The buying and
selling Of land being a rested right from
time immemorial it will duly continue
along the same line
DIT would bring about that ideal
condition of universal Fatherhooh of
God and Brotherhood of Man-"Thy
kingdom come: Thy will be DONE
We want you; the world wants you-
come!
MAY, brother Douglass, | can
not come. There is vast gulf be-
tween you and me. Neither can
heaven come to you without work.
Heaven, like land, has to be earn
ed and paid for. Dogs will come
at your call, but true men, true earth
ly possessions and true heaven are only
won through sacrifice. Let me remind
you, in conclusion, of your bankrupt
brother who wants your dollar to he. p
him on to farm. He is the only
Taxer | have met with in the land who
wants to ''get back to the land" and
go honestly to work. The failure of
all of you TO respond to his cry en-
phasizes the fact to the laughing world
that you don't want land for work :;
you only want it to pocket other
peoples money out of it. You are the
most vertable humbugs in existence.
FRANCIS B. LIvESEY.