The morning times., 1896-01-29
BANDED FOR SINGLE TAX
Club of One Hundred Well-Known
Citizens Organized.
They Name Committees and Officers
and Outline II Campaign OF
Instruct Ton.

\ Single Tax Club with a membership of
nearly one hundred. was organized last
evening at Wizards Hotel
The meeting was called To order by Mr
j. ii. Ralston. of the law firm of Ralstun &
Siddons. who was latter chosen Temporary
chairman, with Or. W. A. Geddis as SEC
retary.
Mt. Ralston on assuming the chair said
the time had come when the friends OF Tie
single tax idea should organize. One Of
the principal objects OF the organization
Just now was to aid in the single tax cam
paign in Delaware.
He then gave a brief history of the pro-
greSs Of the single tax work in that State
1t was only started about seven months
ago with mere handful of adherents but
now it numbered thousands within It's
ranks.
He also reviewed the methods Of carrying
on the work there. and advised that tine
same be adopted here.
Atthe conclusion Of Mr. Ralston's remarks
Mr.. Siddons. in speaking OF the perfecting Of
a permanent organization. said they should
move cautiously and bee especially careful
in the selection of permanent officers.
Only such Officers should be chosen AS
could and would give their whole atten-
ton To the work.
on the suggcstin ion of MIR. Siddons a COM
mittee of five was appointed by the chair
to suggest the names OF permanent Officers.
The committee consisted OF Gen. j. H.
Pendletun. F l.. Siddous, j. W. Simmons
Maurice Peachin, and DR.. W. A Geddis.
NJ
mendea DR.. W. A Gcdais and Mr. D. Webster
Groh for thepvsitipn OF corresponding secre-
tary and financial secretary respectively,
and asked an extensioGof time for the nam
ing OF the other Officers.
: Theirequcst was granted. aIbd the report
will be made a the next Dieeting.
The following resolutions were offered
by Mr.. d. Webster Groh
Whereas, panirs have come. alike under
high tariff and low tariff. under free silver
coinage and the gold standard-in silver
STANDARD and gold standard nations;
Whereas, the financial stringeucy has
invariably Increased as rising ground
rents diminished the net earnings OF labor.
and relaxed receding ground rents
again Increased the net earnings of labor
and,
Whereas. the real cause OF business de-
preston is private appropriation of abb
normally high rents, due to land monopoly:
therefore. be 1t
Resolved. That the oilly logical remedy
for business depre ssiun is to decrease
monOpolistic ground rents, 10y the dis
couraging influence OF hea vier ta X thereon.
Resolved. That a corresponding lichien-
ing of the tax on labor and its products
and a reduction of the landlords tribute
of rent viii set all legitimate industry
''bpoming;''
Resolved, That as a free street car line
would simply increase adjacent rents, so
cheaper gas would. through increased
rents. eventually benefit none but land
lords;
Resolved. That in like manner all posi-
BILE benefits from changes in our tariff,
finance and other systems would eventu-
ally inure To landlords only;
Resolved. That the fundamental reform,
without which all other reforms are imro-
teut ana useless, is the single tax on land
values.
The feature of the meeting was the ad-
dress of Judge J. G Mcguire, of California.
He had recently been doing missionary
single tax work in Delaware and reviewed
at length the situation in that State. He
told of the opposition at first met with,
but was glad 10 say trat the people were
fast seeing the light and were following it.
The friends of the movement in that
State are of all classes and creeds, the
ministers especially taking a deep in
terest In the work.
The ''single tax was at the request of
Mr.. RaIston interestingly explained by
Mr.. Billen.
Short addresses on the best methods of
procedure for the advancement of the
single tax idea were made by Messrs. J.
II. McCreary, d. W. Grot. F. L. SiddoDs,
Mr.. Dakin. and c. Ne wburg.