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The advocate., 1896-05-06
CORRESPONDENCE.
The Single Tax and the Money Question
which IL the Fundamental One5

Gle by Hon. John Davis In the NO0co9l-
.fornatst Of May is, 1896, on the relative
Importance of the single tax and cur
rency questions, which ] think so typi-
Cal Of the reasons for divergence
between two equally sincere schools Of
reformers that an examination of 1t
must be Of value to both.
Mr.. Davis article is too lengthy to
quote In full, nor is IL necessary to do
SO, since IL may be fairly stated in his
own words: "The money. lord is more
powerful than the landlord; that 1t is
the former which gives the latter notice
TO quit, and not the reverse; that when
taxes are due the landowner is help
lessly at the mercy Of the money owner;
that interest on money borrowed to pay
taxes win absorb the mOrtgaged land
and pass title from landlord to money
lord" In proof Of this he cites con-
centration Of land values In ever fewer
hands In England and America as q
result Of contraction Of currency after
wars and Of falling prices and mortgage
foreclosures.
The two most radical defects In Mr..
Davis chain Of reasoning are: First,
In considering "interest" on real estate
mortgages to be interest paid for use
Of money, instead Of what 1t really Is,
rent for use of land; and, second, that
that this same system, with It's specu-
lstive bOoms and depresslons Of real
estate values, would continue under
the single tax in operation. This men,
tai habit Of applying the reasoning
based on the evils Of present conditions
to entirely different conditions, the lat
ter condition designed to remove the
evils of the former, Is very common,
but Is fatal to clear reasoning. To
apply the evil results of private owner
ship of land values to public ownership
Of such values, and to assume that such
evils will persist after their cause has
been removed, is to lay the basis for
unsound conclusions. 1t assumes that
the effects will continue after the cause
ceases to produce such effects.
Mr.. Davis assumes the relation of
landlord and tenant to continue under
the single tax, as when he speaks Of
the eVicted money.lord taking board
with an uneVicted tenant to wait until
the landlord is compelled to borrow
money of him to pay taxes and to
secure It's payment by q real estate
mortgage. He also fails to see that In
such case the money-lord has changed
into landlord to the extent of the
value Of the loan, and that there arG
now two landlords instead Of but one
the tenants of the borrower working tt
pay rent which passes to the loanel
under the name of interest, but which
was rent when paid to the borrowing
landlord and Is still rent when paid tt
the lending one, for 1t is money (lsbOr
paid by tenants for the privilege o
laboring-s toll upon labor taken b.
land monopoly. The passing Of thi
rent or toll through the hands of tn
old landlord to the hands Of the neV
one does not change 1t from rent, o
tribute to monopoly, to interest upoI
capital produced by labor, hence 1t
error to call 1t interest.
Under the operation of the single Ia
the relation Of landlord and tenant
The advocate., 1896-05-06

the price was not too high in view of
the fact that they had died for freedom
and In order that SO government Of
the people, by the people and for the
people" should not perish from the
earth.
Thirty years passed away, and an
other crisis came to this nation. The
condition feared and foretold by our
own Lincoln became reality. The
'despOtism Of wealth" was an assured
fact and the tOlling millions were
bending every energy to keep soul and
body together, hoping against hope TO
be able to retain homo and comforts of
life, grosning under unjust laws which
enabled q comparatively few persons
to control not only the money supply
of the nation, but, through it, the nee
esssries of life. Great aggregatiOns Of
wealth were escaping taxation, while
he who tOiled with hand or brain was,
and is, expected to pay ruinOus rate
on all that he has, A righteous clsmOr
went up all over the land, and from
nearly all classes, for the enactment OF
an income tax law. The belief became
general that wealth that was being ac-
Cumulated should bear It's portion Of
the expense Of government. In Obedi-
ence to this demand the bill taxing
certain incomes was passed, but no
sooner did 1t become law than steps
were taken to test It's constitutional
ity" In our court of last resort. The
result Of the first hearing was to uphold
the law; but plutOcracY was not salts
fed. The very ones who exhOrt the
people to be good and obedlent, when
their special interests are involved do
not hesitate to ask for q srehesrlng-
even presumptuous ( p enough to think
that OWr Supreme court will reverse
itself The second hearing proved
that they were not wrong. The fact
that, In order to reverse an unbrokeB
line of decisions, one Of the Justices
had to reverse himself, ought t, Of
course, be set down against Judge
Shirss! Oh, mol He is member Of
our court of highest Jurisdiction!
Already the income tax decision
ranks In the same list with the bred
Scott decision, and 1895, like 1857
marks an epoch In our history
In the late railroad decisions, which
have recently been mentioned at some
length in the columns of the ADyO'
CATE, positions have been taken by the
court which appear to the average
reader to be inconsistent, to say the
least.
For the opinion holding that the
States may prevent consolidation Of
competing parallel lines, the people
are profoundly grateful.
The one which holds that the compa-
} nies may haul imported goods for less
than what they charge for hauling do.
J mestic goods, will cause thinking peO-
} pie to have their opinions az to the
snimuS of the holding, and will also
: confirm voters in their belief that the
| only way to control railroads is to own
them, and that, il present roads cannot
, be acquired by the government on Q
fair basis Of valuation, there is no rea-
| son why Uncle Sam should not build
his own roads and do business for his
, ho,,a oOA cvjrlo an q GGlIuo and LAT HvaO
Evening journal., 1896-10-31
Lurnrr In Central Afrioa.

We learn from q London interviewer that
Zomba, tho capital of British central
Africa, is quite a civilized place in which
the visitor may require a dress coat II
the commissioner asks you TO dine. you
win find that he lives in q luxurious man
sion, built high Up on the shoulder Of a
lofty mountain. Your dinner viii be cook
ed By n Hindoo chef Of exquisite cunning
You VIII be waited upon by deft servants
as black as night, the table viii be deco
rated with flowers such as no British
duchess could buy, the view from the win
dows will delight your eye. After dinner
you viii step out into the veranda perhaps
and smoke your cigar with the roar of the
cascading river in your ears, or fall into "a
luxurious chair and read the last novel
from Nudes OF the last batch Of papers
which the postman has just delivered.
Then early TO bed and early TO rise, your
bath, your coffee and a little fruit perhaps,
a stroll in the delightful garden fun Of
fruits and flowers, o peep at the commits
sioner's private menagerie; then dcjeuner.
London Star.
Evening journal., 1896-10-31
pld the Romann s,nol.s2

Coltsfoot, OF tho leaves Of the lettuce
being slightly narcotic, would form "a
harmless make believe for the good folk
who persuade themselves that they could
not sleep wink were they deprived Of
their evening comfort Ages ago both
Greeks and Romans, according to Dios.
corides and Pliny, found comfort i'm smok-
ing through a reed OF pipe the dried leaves
OF coltsioot, which relieved them of old
coughs and diilicult breathing. We can
picture the legionary in Britain's bleak
atmosphere while pacing tho Roman wall,
trying to console himself IN his lonely
vigil with the vapor from his "olphin
pipe" fragments Of which have been
found among the ruins Of those early
memorials to the Scots persistent deter
mination TO travel southWurd
And as to the lettuce, it has been famous
since the time OF Galcn (ClapdiUs Gaicnus)
who asserts that he found rclicf from sleep
lessness by taking it at night. Regardless
of these things, the nic0tian epicure of to-
day enjoys the inestimahle advantage Of
luxuriating in tho delicate aromn of the
Cuban leaf, while fancying himself waited
on his upward way TO Nirvana. The
charming simplicity that leads to this
ideal conception OF existence is most ro-
freshing. The being so lost to the quito,
world can hardly be blamed if lie says rude
things when compelled to touch mother
earth. h.-GentlemGn's Magazine.
Evening journal., 1896-10-31
Nau,ical rern,s.

Tlc difficulties of the lexicoeraphnr de-
string the inclusion of nautical terms I'm
his list arc not little increased by the
sailors love of cortractions or his peiver-
sitiCs Of pronunciation. Let me cito a few
examples. Tho wcrd "trccnail" for in
stanco--a wooden spile-in Jack IS mouth
becomes "trunuol. - "Io reach" is TO sail
along close hauled, but the sailor calls it
"ratch. "Gunwale, as everybody
knows, is "gunnol and so spoiled by the
old marine writers "Cr0ssiack, " q sail
that sets upon yard called the "orossiack
yard on the inizzonmast, is pronounced
"croijockn The strap of a block is al-
wcys termed "strop; streak, - a single
range Of Ilanks running srom one end Of
tire ship or boat to the other, is "strako;
"to scrve''-that is, TO wind small stuff,
such as spun yarn, round q r0pc-is 't to
sarve. - The numerous contractions, how
ever, are prc-oninontly illustrative OF tho
ryVo. distirastiyo qullitics of tho English
sailor, nimblencss and alortncss Every
thing must be done quickly at sea. There
is no timo for sosquipcdaiianism If there
be long word, it must be shortened some
how. TO spring, 70 jump. to leap, to tun-
BILE, to keep his eyes skinned 70 hammer
his fingers into fishh00ks--theso are tho
things required Of Jack He dances, ne
sings, ho drinks. he is in all senses a lively
hearty, but underlying his intellectual and
physical caper cutting is deep perception
of the sen as a mighty force, rcmorscless
foe. The matter seems triiling, yet the ra-
tional character is in it.-Contcmporary
Review
Evening journal., 1896-10-31

The 3 cent silver piece weighed
1875 grains.
Evening journal., 1896-10-31
exelA.NlNo $40 MANNERS.
aiobblshnsss tho Caaso OF Sooiety's Rude
moss -The Steady Tmprovemont.


moss The Steady Improvement.
M doubt r.arncrs just now appear to
g Erpwier rocgher and rldcr. IL IS,
.owrycr, ,acr,ly q conventional and not
cal rorghltsi and rudcness. and the rea-
ON for 10 is plain The manners of the up
.cr claas in England are putting on %
tEcar oi saUghreas, arc adopting the uso
"fnst'c@tioH % employ the architec-
ni.l hIaaC, iog lhc s.nno reason that So
icty is aNal3 changing or tending to
Aanea its llacc OF mooting i'm the park
llat reason is tho desire to ret away, to
keep separate from the hord The smart
.ocl ie eaNo up Icing formally polite and
making Bows and graceful inclinations
If aescltn when the middle class grew
palit, and siuphoys ard shopgirls adopt
ad tie etiquette az tho old regime. Whom
the manners Of those below thom in Che So
-lal fcalo iccamo thoroughly polite, tho
OILY way cf escape was the adoption OF
sell conscious rOughness. 1t became the
right thing TO shy, May l have uanc@
la Mayfair, because at middle class balls q
bcauthtl bo}; and q formal demand had
become Tie fashion.
Society is only apparently unmannerly
becaUso 10 is trying 20 dodge IT'S humber
followers ard arransc q set oI conventions
wl.ich win not ha piraicd. As soon, how
ever, as is ratrc.t is discovered it will
have to nnd q rev del ice. Then In all
probability. we snail soc % reaction infayor
of fornality ard our young mon and
maidcns viii bow and simpcr and pass
formal compliments after the manner of the
eighteenth century. But, nfter all, these
THINGS arc only cxternals, and really mat
ter very little Tho main fact is that our
manners ia essentials are growing less
notmorc, rough. III we take tho wider view
Of the social situation, wo shall sec that
men are less, not more disaereeable than
thcy used 20 be. Let any ono who doubts
this compare the way mon treat each other
when alcno to thoway in which they acted
20 years age. The old ideas of what was
fair in the way Of roasting a fool or a
boro or q nervous man have completely
changed, ard few now cen be found to de-
fcLd ti.o old fashioned styl3 of practical
joke. Theodore llool, was not counted a
specially rude or discourtoous man by his
contemporaries. If Lo tried to practice his
form OF wit TOW hc would not be tolcr-
ated for an lour in the society OF well bred
people, C:-d we doubt if oven in tho stables
LIS ways would lc counted possible. In
stead of our manners dccaying they are
steadily improving london Spectator.
Evening journal., 1896-10-31

In England clergyman usually takes
precedence Of a barristor.
Evening journal., 1896-10-31
Massachusetts, Benefit Life

only paid 10 cents each month. Ny
claim was reported July 10th and FIVE
days after 1 received check for the
full amount. III 1 had taken the advice
OF agents of the weekly companies
would have dropped your Insurance
and taken theirs. thereby losing sixty
one dollars. strongly advise my
friends and the public In general who
desire Insurance or who have insur-
ance at the present time that they can
secure protection at far less than the
usual high rates OF other companies
by Joining your company. Again
thanking you and the Massachusetts
Benefit Life Association for your
promptness and courtesy In adjusting
the claim, / remain
Very truly yours,
TILLY RADEK,
30 LamOtte street.
Evening journal., 1896-10-31
WANTED-AR IDEA y

thing TO patent2 Protect your ideas they may
bring you wealth. Write JOHN WEDDEn
BURN a. Co, Patent Attorneys, Washington
ID. c., for thsir sl500 prize offer.
Evening journal., 1896-10-31
IIOW's THIsl

We offer one Hundred Dollars rewar
for any case OF Catarrh that cannot b
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
u. !. CHENEY a. CO., Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known IT, j
Cheney for the last 15 years. and believ
him perfectly honorable I'm an businos
transactions and financially able to carr
out any obligations made by their firm.
West a Iruax, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo. o.
Druggists. Toledo. o.
Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces OF the system. Tesdmon
lals sent free. Price 75c. Der bottle. soil
by all Druggists.
Evening journal., 1896-10-31

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Armed.

"IIe was unarmcd, as 7 understand it, :"
said the Justice
"What do you meany" asked the COM
plainant suspicicusly.
81 mean he was without arms"
"Not much lac wasn't io had arms
and whoppirg zig fists on the ends Of
EN-. ''-Chicago Post.
Evening journal., 1896-10-31

ghe first commercial paper in this
country was the Boston Prices Current
and Marine Intelligencer, Commercial
and Mercantile, issued in that city
Sept o, 1875.
Evening journal., 1896-10-31
Card Of Thanks.
wIlmlngton. Del. july Is. lsgs.

4. Ja5IOWbky, ESD,
General Agent for the Massachus-
etts Benefit Life Association,
Dear Sir Allow me to express my
sincere thanks for the prompt manner
In which you settled the clafxn OF One
Hundred Dollars on the life OF my
boy, Paul Radek. The total premiums
paid were only $1.l4. II he had been
insured In one OF the weekly compan-
les ! would have only drawn s29 and
would have had to pay % cents a
month, while In the
Evening journal., 1896-10-31
No Inaueemcnt to stenl.

Say Tradeley, why does your floor
walker never watch the bargain coun-
terf'
Because things arc so cheap there
that thieves prefer to buy and have the
goods delivered detroit Pree Press.
Evening journal., 1896-10-31

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY tax
Laxative Bromo Quinlne Tablets. Drug
gists refund money II It fails to cure. 20
Evening journal., 1896-10-31

Personal Purity" will be Physical
Director G. r. H. Jackson's theme at
Association Hall tomorrow afternoon.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-07

l
dorsed the candidacy Of Mr.. John R. Nc
Lean for the nomination for the presi-
dency. He concludes: "This is not writ
ten to prejudice Mr.. McLean's candidacy,
or to further that of any other gentle.
mans, but in the interest of our cause,
the members and devotees of which have
right to insist that as their executive
officer I shall in no way influence the
choice. The A. F. Of L. stands for the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver. This Is
our declaration. We have no choice Of
candidates"
The labor organizations have represen-
tatives in the city, who are working with
members of the committee on resolutions
to secure the adoption of plank for re.
striction of immigration. The declara-
ton which they are urging is practically
identical with the immigration plank Of
the Republican platform, demanding the
exclusion of aliens who cannot read and
write.
The Populist leaders have issued man.
ifesto in behalf of Senator Teller, in which
attention is called to the fact that four
years ago the Peoples party demanded
the free and unlimited coinage of silver at
IS to ], and thus became and has remained
the logical united party for free silver.
The manifesto concludes: whatever
may be our individual wishes in The pre-
misses, We are forced to say, after an ear
nest endeavor to inform ourselves about
the sentiment Of the Peoples party of the
country at large that that party cannot
be induced to indorse candidate for pres
ident who has not severed his affiliations
with the old political nartjes u
A member Of the editorial staff of The
Daily Wheelman arrived today and good
roads plank will be presented to the ma
tionel convention on behalf of the wheel
men.
The first street parade of the convention
took place last night by the Bland contin-
gent. The Bland clubs of St. Louis and
Kansas City and the Topeka Flambeau
club with few unattached enthusiasts
formed the procession. With their bands
and wagon load Of fireworks the thou
sand narchers managed to make great
display in proportion to their numbers
Portraits Of "Silver Dick" mammoth sill
yer dollars and such legends as free silver
and free men," "the producing classes pro-
test against 200 cent dollars" and Bland
will carry Missouri by 1901 O0' were con-
spicuous In the line.
The New Jersey delegation met and
elected United States Senator James
Smith, Jr., member of the national COM
mittee in place of Allen McDermott, who
declined reelection. MI McDermott was
chosen chairman of the delegation.
The Maryland delegation, at their eau
Gus yesterday, reelected United States
Senator Arthur P. German member of the
national committee, and chose John L.
Hurst chairman of the delegation. Mary
land has sixteen votes in the convention,
eleven of which are for gold and five for
silver.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-07
Glass Workers in Convention,

PITTsBURG, July THE eighth annual
convention of the American Window Glass
Workers association opened here yester-
day, and will be in session probably two
weeks. There are 100 delegates, represent
ing all the factories in this country.
Among the questions to be considered is
the probable reorganization of the asso-
citation independent of the Knights of
Labor; scheme of cooperation with all
of the branches of the glass trade for the
purpose of defense against the oombina-
tionsof manufacturers the wage scale and
faction fight which has almost disrupted
the organization.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-07

BUzzARD's BAY, Mass, July Private
Secretary Thurber came over from his
summer residence at Marion yesterday by
rail- and will probably remain until after
the Chicago convention, as the president
will have considerable extra work while
it lasts. The president will be kept in
formed Of the progress and drift of the
convention from start to finish, particu-
larly as to the work of the eastern gold
men.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-07

BERGEN, Norway, July While big
party of Americans were driving from
Vossvangen to Stalheim, horse attached
to a two seated trap SHE'D and backed into
the lake. The driver sprang off, while the
couple in the trap and the horse attached
to it sank. They were Mr.. and Mrs
Daniel d. Youmans, of New York, who
had been touring Europe. Mr.. Youmans,
who was n halter, was GS years of age;
Mrs. Youmans was Al.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-07
EHeta Tires of RaYolntiana,

New YORK, July 7.-General Carlos
Ezeta, ex-president of the republic of Sal
vador, arrived in this city on the steam.
ship La Touraine, of the General Trans
atlantic company's service, and is a guest
at the Hotel Martin. The last visit of
General Ezeta to New York was in the
autumn of 1895 He had just failed in q
revolutionary demonstration against the
government of President Rafael Antonio
Guttierez, who overthrow him in 1894.
Since then he has been travelling in Europe.
He declares he Is done with revolutions
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-07
Death of Ex-Minister Young,

New YORK, July7.-Pierce B. NJ. Young
United States minister to Guatemala and
Honduras, died yesterday in the Presbyte.
rian hospital, With him when he died
was his brother-in-law, DR.. Jones, of Flor.
Ida, The hospital authorities are rather
reticent as to the nature of General
Young's illness, They defined his ailment
as medical case"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-07
Pugilistic Umpire Hurst,

WASHINGTON, July 7-Umpire Hurst,
after the Washington. Pittsbure game yes
terday, met Stencil and Hawley, of the
latter team, in the rear of the grand stand
and administered blow on the Jaw to
each of them. This action was the result
of words which had passed between them
on the field. Neither player resented the
attack
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-07

Schedule In eject March 10, lsyo i,r
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CAPE MAY, week days. '7.la a. III. 'i2al p.
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NE NHW 3"e oR eyi5 +; N. AND MEMPHIS Via
Bristol aud Chattanooga, 800 IN. daily.
Through s'eepera washington 10 Memphis
siNGERLY ACCOMMODATION. week
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-07
Fourteen Prisoners Escape.

GUTHRIE, O. T., July Fourteen pris.
oners overpowered the guards In the I'm.
tied States Jail late Sunday night and
broke jail. Bill Dollin and Dynamite
Dick, the last survivors of the Dalton
gang, who were charged with the muir.
ders committed in the ingalls, fight at
which four deputy marshals were killed,
were the principal actors
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-07
Tainted and Fell Overheard.

WILMINGTON, Del, July DIR. Harry
L. Clayton, who lived near Eighteenth
and Oxford streets, Philadelphia, was
drowned in Silver lake, Middletown, yes
terday afternoon. He tainted in boat
and fell overheard.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-07
Terrible Double Murder in California

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, July IA hor-
rible double murder has been committed
here The bodies of Mrs H. r. Richard
son, aged 90, and daughter Ethel, were
found. The women had been stabbed and
beaten with club Intense excitement
prevails. There is no clew to the murderer.