The morning times., 1896-03-12
TALKED TO SINGLE TAKERS
Local Club Addressed by Mr..
Bolton Hall.
He Is n Prominent New Yorker and
One of the System's Lead
ing Advocates.

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last evening at Typographical Temple ana
subscribed quite a handsome sum of money
for the campaign in Delaware. The pro-
ceedings were conducted by President BiIIer.
The club has had printed cards for circula
| ton by the members, the object of which
is to secure the names and addresses of
those who desire to join the club
One Of the special features OF the session
last night was the hearing OF an address
from Mr. Bolton Hall OF New York. MIR.
Hall is an enthusiastic land tax reformer
He is the son OF the Rev. DR.. Hall Of New
York, the minister who introduced Presi-
dent Cleveland at the recent session OF the
board of missions. 3ir. Bolton Hall has
recently been in the campaign in Delaware
and had some practical things to say about
| that struggle.
He appeared I'm the uniform of the single
tax campaigner, with the badges of single
! tax on the left arm and on the left side Of
| the waistcoatinsilvcrlc lettering.
Mr.. Hall is a good talker and draws his
comparisons and analogies from circum-
| stances and conditions OF every day life
! He is not theoriSt in anything except. per
/ haps, the untried problem OF the single
| tax doctrine. He made very pleasing
| impression and his arguments were rolndly
| applauded.
He was introduced by Mr.. J. IT. Ralston
who spoke briefly Of the valuable services
| OF Mr.. Hall among land takers iii New
York and OF the great interest he had taken
in directing attention to the campaign in
! Delaware. Mr. Ralston described Mr. Hall
as the embodiment OF work in the sense
! that it was necessary to the realization of
! any great movement.
Mr.. Hall by asking What is the single
! tax" said that it meant taking the taxes
off all the products OF labor; that is there
| would be no tax on anything produced by
labor. and as land values are produced
| entirely by the presence, virtue, etc OF
the community. constantly growing with
| the growth OF the population. it would
simply be the taking by the people OF 4
! fund for the payment of the expenses of the
government demanded by the community
| creating the fund, and in no sense a tax
/ on industry.
He showed, at least to the satisfaction
! of those present, that all the monopolies
which these people claim are in ex
istence in this country today are based
on the private ownership of land.
He said that single tax meant that the
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earth for all HIS children; and that by
raising all the revenue required for the
payment Of the expenses of government
| would make land so cheap that every man
now out Of work would be able to always
| find employment, and thus do way with
all involuntary poverty of the ma asses: that
| ii means the fathcrhood OF God and the
| brotherhood Of man; that it meant equal
and exact Justice.
He spoke of the campaign In Della ware
and said that engaged in that work Were
some of the ablest la wyers. doctors, me-
| chanics, and others, dcvoting their entire
time to the work in that State, and that
those who were forced 10 accept com
pensaion were receiving the munificent
sum of SO per week, but many were
working for absolutely nothing.
| He made a strong appeal for funds. which
| was responded TO in very substantial
manner.
Folio wing this, a short address was
made by Mr.. McCreary, which was very
! humorous and greatly enjoyed. Mr. New
| berg answered number OF questions put
to him by different people present. Judge
Mcguire, Mr.. Furbirk, and others MADE
! short addresses.
at the meeting next Wednesday evening
on the subject Of Socialism and the Single
! Tax
On motion OF D. Webster Groh the fol-
lowing resolutions were unanimously
! adopted
| whereas, in establishing republic
| Americans Tepudiated the divine right of
| kings TO rule them and asserted the equal
| rights or all men 10 life liberty and the pur-
| suit OF happiness, and
| whereas, Americans. though dcprccatino
war, naturally sympathiZe with otherpeople
| In similar efforts to free themselves from
| kingly tyranny; therefore, be it
| Resolved, That the Washington Single
| Tax League hereby extends its hearty
! sympathy 10 the struggling Cuban patriots
! SO heroically striving for nationa. inde-
| pendence.
Resolved, That we wish Cubans such
| complete freedom that they need not like
some Americans. virtually go down on their
! knees to foreign landl0rd-nor indeed
TO any other-fOr chance to work on the
soil Of their own native land,
Resolved. That in repudiat ing the present
| divine right Of kings. Cubans should
also con siStently repudiate their paSt
| divine right To parcel out and sell forever
! the natural life interest of all future native
born Cubans in their own native soil and
| consistently Herewith raise all govern
ment revenues by taxing nothing but land
| values.'