The San Francisco call., 1897-10-30
LIFE AND WORKS
OF HENRY GEORGE.
BY His Death the World Has Been
Deprived of One of Its Most
Enorna+i~ Daforox-
Energetic Reformers.

BY the death OF Henry George the world
has been deprived of one of its grea esr
thinkers and most energetic and untiring
workers. He was a man whose life was
seemingly devoted to one object, the
single-tax reform, which has grown under
his fostering care from a little seed to q
stalwart tree, the roots of which under
mine the land of nearly every country on
the face of the civilized globe.
Otherwise known as the Prophet OF San
Francisco, Mr.. George had the proud dis
tinctlon of being the only Californian VIII o
has made a mark for himself as political
economist. By his work in this field he
has established his reputation in every
Enclish-speaking country, and his works
nave been translated into every other
leading language. HIS greatest work,
Progress and Poverty" first saw the
light of day in this city.
M. George was born in Philadelphia
on Sepie ber 2, 1889. and was educated in
the schools there until he was 13 years OF
age. After his short school days were
over he began life as an office-boy and
put IL TWO years in leading business
mouse in that town. Then a rowing spirit
took possession OF him and he roamed
over the globe in the capacity of q sailor.
He visited Australia and subsequent
events proved that his eyes were wide
open while there. Upon his return 10
Philadelphia he went into the priu ting
business, but only remained at iC a short
while, and We find him landing N Cali
tornia IN the spring OF 1855. The spirit of
adventure, however, was still too strong
in him to permit of mis- settling down, so
he left for British Columb bia with a party
w II ha
Fraser River excitement, and when it had
quIeted down Mr.. George returned to Cal
ifornia and settled down to learn the
pr nting business in earnest. Shortly
alter attaining his ma jority Mr.. George
married Miss Annie Fox. lie continued
in the printing business for some time
and then graduated into journalism. He
began on the Oakland Transcript as a re-
porter and within six months was made
editor oil that paper. A trip made to New
York in 1S68-69 was for the purpose of
securing telegraphic news for the same
paper, with which he was still connected.
Upon his return IN the latter year he be-
came editor of the Sacramento Reporter,
but LETT 1t when it became uncongeniaL
About this time he wrote his trst
pamphlet, entitled, Our Hand to Hand
Policy" This attracted considerable at
,ention and resulted in his ultim atelv
writing his famous work, Progress and
1ONeTIV.
In 1871 Mr.. George and w. NJ. Hinton
started The San Francisco Post. which
then sold for a Jenny. There were no
copper coins In circulation in this city in
those days, but Mr.. G orse got over the
difficulty by purchasing several barrels
and exchanging them with the newsboys
Tor nickes. His paper was a marked sue
cess and he only resigned from his posi-
ton when, about four years later, he had
Misunderstanding with the other stock
holaers about how the paper should be
run.
Mr.. George was originally a Repub-
lican, during the slavery days, and tinaliv
joined the Democratic ranks in 1872,
when he was chosen 10 represent Caiifor-
MIA in the National Democratic Conven-
tion which met in Baltimore. He STUN ped
the State for Tiiden in 1876 and proved
himself as able and ready a speaker as he
was gifted writer.
he was appointed to a small political
otfice-inspector of gas meters-by Gov
ernor Irwin, which gave him leisure to