The times., 1897-10-30
PASSING OF HENRY GEORGE
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/ men would vote for no machine nominee,
( Int loyfullY gathered t;nder his banner.
and worEed for him with d fierce zeal and
| loyalty that no mere allegiance to party
| could never awaken.
| Il e wasa foUf man, a clean man n Sin pie
| man, philosopher. leader, who aroused
( the widest enthusiasm, though he al
/ ways remained, outw ardly at least ~
I calm and methodical as lecturer ON
| mathematics.
Imagine big cheSted small man with
/ slender limbs, narrow white hands AMI a
| far, kindly face, surmounted by bald top
| head OF bulging proportions. His red heard
Huch splAshed with gray, was short and
| Of Irregular outline. He had a strong
/ Roman nose, the nose OF fighter and
| determined fig hring chin, though his mouth
was mild and peaceful. His honest, con.
ternplative graybLue eyes, set far apart,
net you fairly and Squarely.
On seeing him ones first thought is,
Here IS a philosopher" Yet one felt
! instinruyely too, that here is a truthful
man, w.,0 would not know how to invent a
subterfuge. There was a repose in his
manner, "a never eeaSing air Of introspec-
tion that bespoke the sage.
Henry Ge0rsa was not more than five feet
five inches in height. The head ou that.
small body was so big and the hands and
limbs SO slight that ones first impression
WIS that lie was delicate. But the man
was hard lad well seasoned physically
Henry Grurge's history was that of
typical American. He did not set out
upon career whose furthest details were
arranged with painful regularity while IL
vas StilI hoy. He grew
He was TORN III Philadelphia on Septem-
Der ,. 1889. Eis grandfather, Capt Gitn
ard George born in England was brought
to this country as a child, and lived to
fight for America in the war of 1912 His
mothers .ather was Jonn Valance, born
in Glasgow. who was a noted engraver
in Revolutionary times
Henri Geufge was clerk In a mer.
camille house tor short time after he left
school. When he was sixteen years old
he shipped on schooner for San Fran
cisco. The captain laughed at the pale,
slender, red headed youngster when he
said that he could hand, reef and steer:
but when the vessel reached San Francisco
young George was paid in fun as an able
seaman.
He tried prospecting for gold. and we.t
as far as British Columbia in his search
for the precious metal, but without sue
cess. H. was back in San Francisco IN
1858 trying to get work, but was unable
70 find any employment he liked =
He was on the point of looking for a ship
when he obtained employment as Il printer
After few years he got a chance 10 do
occasional reporting About this time he
married Miss Annie C. Fox. Mr.. George
with two partners, founded the San Fran
cisco Post in 1871 and became the editor
of 1T He retired from the paper in 1875
Thei he began to work un his first book
Progress and Poverty" which was not
published until 1879. There are many
stories about the difficulty he expert.
enced in finding publisher for the book.
II is said that he set up the book in type
with his own hands, and managed to Sc
cure publisher only after he hail put into
circulation a number of copies OF his own
printing.
That book made Henry George known
1t was protest against existing social
Recommendations. Heargued against
unrestricted individual ownership Of land
and enjoyment of unearned increase of
value by one who had done noehing for
where the growth OF a city had made land
valuable.
He urgeu that all taxation be levied uI2ou
land alone It WAS the first exposition of
his single tux theory. The book attraeted 4
great deal of attention, and Mr. George
received many invitations To lecture He
went about telling that under our civili2a-
ton the strong have seized that which he.
longs to the weak. He was an al
dent believer In free trade. In August.
1880, he removed to New York where he
has since resided. He spent a wear in
England and Ireland in 1881 ana 1852,
where ne was twice under arrest as a
suspect, but was released upon his
identity being esta blished-
GlaGstone ordered The reIeaSe of George
from prison iii Ireland. George wrote of
his experience to the President, and Sec
retary Freln ghuyseu answered soon after
ward that the English government offered
to pay hlin damages Mr.. George replied
that he wanted no dana ges and that his
object in writing had been merely to
make Clear the manner in which A Inericstn n
Citizens were treated i'll Ireland.
Mr.. George visited Great Britain again
in 1883 81. 1SS4-iS5 and 1899 lecturipg
of land ownership, and in 1880 ma de a
similar tour through Australia. In 1856
he was nomfn ated by the United Labor
party as candidate for the mayoralitv of
New York, and polled 6S. eco votes against
sc goo for his Democratic eppopent and
SO 900 for the Republican. The next
year he received over 80, ,0UU Votes as the
state OF New York tStatel
On the adoption by he Democratic y1a rty