New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-20
HENRY GEORGE'S LAND DOCTRINE
THE REV. DIR. r. HEBER NEW oN o-'
SOME MORAL AND RELIGIOUS
ASPECTS OF 1T.

ASPECTS or 1T.
Tho Rev DR. u. Hebor Newton preached al All
Souls Church. Sixty-sixth-st and Madison-a'e''
Yesterday morning on THE Moral and Rehglous
ASPECTS OF Henry Georges Land Doctrine. Inc
text was from Leviticus XIV. E'-"lhe Iahu 10
mine
Prior to the sermon he called attention TO circu-
lar in the vestibuie OF the church which gave the
names Of the firms In the shopping district tha'
furnish supper for their employees during the 'hris'
mas rush. and suggested that such action should be
encouraged.
in his sermon he said In part
When a man comes into the world charged win WIN
great idea imhued with the sense Si S SV hsinves
to be new and higher truth OF social orHet ~ ~
calmly tc consider his message, prepared accept
it, In far as IT IS true, no matter nov IL may run
The death OF Henry George was cha len To h'S
S 0 SGps@ e q9 90 s* iS
is primarily an economic treatise A. 80 sum !, ~
INK to confess hat there is much in his economies
which falls TO command my assent % ms .us
| never felt satisfied with ms arguments Even con,
corning his chief contention cnnnot see that al
from the application ~ his remedy would ensue.
nnt his 43ee war m mc mT aG fe @ doc
reIrjous natUTr Of ma VA touched by the
incnrs which he presented. He rcpFcsoitd poIrtty
il really is-es a moral wrong: 1t VAS not ti ,i
around him that thus shocked his soul !; was the
sense that there ia something wrons H. II az 'hht
Il ought not 10 hc hat need no' D,; 'i;"t or n.
being. come law o. rigl'. Of Col - WGlai,n con
sgousy o, uns.9Ii,,ioGSH ,,r,c" tLrse and
9thcr factois doubtless eicr lars'y , ono !mtly
wrong back Of th"m ALA n: ar" 81 soc.ciy to 40
is duty. II our education We Wn, 'nY Tn ~. TO-
grow III IN tn prrsou. habits OF idlencss and IN
thrift II W. had any SAN rational e9y9r"m TsdIs
factors IN the pro, .'u ~ poverty ar" h"m-clV''
but Of a civ. ih.on hat kno@s better oni IS too
lazy and indInercG' 20 10 s duty u eur "1' "a,
iioual system IN New Hork dfop. .h'h Iui''s .i,
ncxt four wears from the level ny - which 81 was
sIonsblity upon Tie t.ns Of thousands OF our ciu-
lens who cared no. To vote or N"'nI, ar &c" 10
Eui wcr, all those factors eliminated. the deepest
factors Of our poverty would su rcmMn nry ARE
ton grinI!ns down ;he pronts n very bIt"1n OF
tradc Are The poor rrspo,si.ie i"r M t'rH th
last frw years for thcr being our of employment
i iSr drop IN ihcr stnanrd y Iyrs Tor nor r
forced acceptance - lower wage, ,"'@'','.,',
Yor IN. Rrowtnr hrIplrs-ne-s OF the wagr-workcr.
hs slow but sur" ost ~ indlIha va, pr,,' r,
tho factory system grows ana ne cor III
poynent ~ wealth Increases. and ne mus hm,'I,
bg an annex 80 III" . sTcI ara ~ v gGi p' VINO
MncauIay once said that n the law Of gravitaiion
seriously objected TO- Wherever on, socs .c.N the
surface Of social problem h" stnmbes uion a
,nar'iv i'm DIR system 81 land tenure This is be-
cause lend j.. The Fundamental factor In our st',,A.
GROWN OF iaoGr pr,lon Of wealth when f. sbfo-
jn,ciy ,jml,ci Land grows more vn.uatlc with IA"
growth in value - each u The other TWO factors ~
more fruitful economic phrase Va. ever coined
ihan that in which John stuart MI Ici
| Of land Contro! ~ the Oh wcIs in the country
and II YOU have >mai ana P5Sr pot,1iio ' o 5nr
population. heiehten their prosperity and The de-
m4% or o ~ { o yd With dSs, Ever, private 'r
| tame = therefor 10 c"fiAin ch'Lt h" t',,' .-
Iandcl proprietor f. largely lrustecship DIRECTLY
| responsible ~ the community 10 tifH "N' l''"lt
"a moral Obligation. ~ aous" " "'''H' '"''"
" Tn" rsh; tenure Of and thorc,orc IS Of vital i'm
- land tenure f. The fact Of lands ever having been
| allowed 10 laps from the property OF he p'orl" At
| large to private property.
| Hero the speaker dcyed into history. calling at
ieniion 10 the fact that the orginal forms 81 So
ceiv lnvolS~ the propric'T-hlp 81 hud hy IN" l''
| nj, AT large ard That ~ mad been changed partly
through economic needs and partly through greed
and selnshn.ss IIe spoke also ~ the right ~ emil
| uent domain which b" said was unqu'~uon"d
| "I'nd~r rs sanction he said any 'riv"i" pro-
prctorship Of land can b" set aside. whenever u j.
shown hat the Interests OF tho people 't 'fH" "'
| rnand such nctlou. This means nothing NOR" nor
l~.s than the continued recognition OF the truth
that all land IL he'd private property subject TO
| the hack-lyirR. superior rights of IN" peopl" ~
| large the community. the state. Th' condemns
! ton Of Mr. Georges dor'tu" in IN" eyes Of hosts
ciple he has rescued lies IN his heroic application
81 f. only AS Il vital necessity can society r"takr.
| without compensation. lis lapsed rights IN any
| PROPERTY The justification 81 such action III any
case AN Only lie in the fundamental law or social
az of indlvdral NE the necessity Of selfprcserya-
| zion Short OF such u plea society. having acqui-
,s,od through axes ~ this lapse OF land into private
| urouerty cannot now resume It's lapsed rights by
! claiming present land values without an act OF
conAscation And that would be not justice. 9ut
| ,ptu would
principle 10 legis,atc that from and after given
| date all increase I'm land values should so to the
people-the true owners. And this would he. by the
vast Increase land values In the future, boon 10
| pogterity not now to be estimated
There f. religious aspect Of his truth which
claims n moments attention No ono can have
| watched this movement without recognizing the
! profoundly religious spirit which II has stirred.
Land lies there for as all ready made. only waiting
the application OF labor and capital upon II.
Plainly IL there be any Creator. any Father In
heaven this is His provision for Ills creatures His
children Turn In yoir Bibles 10 tho twenty-n nth
chapter OF LcvitIcus, and read the account Of the
so-calcd Mosaic legislation concerning land. II Il
the most radical system Of legislation concerning
land which Is known in history. Every one who
,nr ,h suroma of the essential religious spirit
acknowledging the fatherhood OF God. the brother
! land the primal necessity OF man the provision Of
the Creator and Father for His chdren's need.
This ~ why this appeal Of our modern prophet
has stirred the religious sense so profoundly. II
iifs his message out OF the field OF economies.
| becomes q religion. Those who can accept his prin-
pe in part or in Whole nnf ' ,hd h faf ,h good
good God has so ordered things that poverty need
| not be the lot OF the mass OF men.
DWARFED BY THE HARSH CLIMATE.
From Appleton's Popular Science Monthly.
In Lmousin there IL a barren range OF low hills
Of