The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-07
|Tnoy ron THE HOME.
|.,,eut Appointment by the
Hoard Of Managers.
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.,,eut Appointment By the
Hoard Of Managers.
kditor Of Tho Post.
Uniformed by private letter from.
~ the board OF managers Of the
I,ufsderate Home have quite re-
! ated the position Of matron for
|,tution, and that Mrs. e. II. 3.
has been selected by the board
I,ischarge Of the manifold duties
ew Office. 1t is a position that
,aen needed Mt the home. and
,u,ate tho management and tho
thereof upon the selection Of the
I'd Long experience in a similar
~ the Texas deaf and dumb
together with her goodness OF
bright and happy dispositions
nualifies her as the right person
Fight place. Her heart will be
rnrk. for she gave son to the.
SCI" a bright and dashing young
q lost his life while serving in
regiment to which the writer be-
throughout the civil war Mrs.
vas In active sympathy with the
Confederdcy, and her hands
rcely ever idle. She knit socks
garments for our soldiers, and
ways assisted In their comfort.
keen her at the bedside Of the
wounded, and have mysels, when
upon a bed OF pain, been the re-
her tender care and motherly
hrrett Ia q daughter OF Adolphus
Who came to Texas in 1927 and
Nacogdoches. He was q mem
|e Texas congress. in the days of
bile. and at the time of his death
In the Third State legislature.
rett is sister of Mrs. T.. w.
ceased, also Mrs. Rcsine Ryan.
voice the sentiments OF all old
bto soldiers who know Mrs. Bar
b / say all honor to Colonel
3helley and his colleagues ON the
tho appointment of this noble
b be matron of the Confederate
Will Lambert,
Dick Bowling Camp, U. G. v.
Dor and the Single Tax.
tiitor of The Post.
Texas. August 3.-In the Texas
lmn of The Post of the issue of
slant the Dublin Telephone gives
ution of hard times: Produce as
possible and consume as little
e." whereupon The Post replies:
(uld be o. K. If every man got
bare of what he produces. There's
not receive all they produce. La
fd to the natural media lin Gco-
bnd), produces all wealth. Those
3r must support everybody--.he
the halt, the blind and mentally
armies, navies and police, land
franchise grabbers, possessors OF
Is or special privileges. the
bd the State, all are maintained
for labor produces all wealth.
Il is considered that less than
he potential labor of the country
ed, that restrictions to labor arise
hand and that the above enumer-
|ses receive the lions share OF
pr does produce, is 1t any wonder
r, the producer of all wealth, Is
pays annually for government,
%; ground rent and royalty for
rhpn ftnohnr and
p0; TO protected manufacturers on
L tariff $500, 900, 900; dividends on
railway stock 100000, 900: divi-
watered stock OF municipal fran
Fveral hundred millions; ground
wners Of rural lands $10O, 900, 900
Q tributes aggregating over three
liars annually and. the list Is net
The hundreds Of trusts built
the above monopolies and spe-
leges, bleed the people of hun
millions more.
odigious tribute levied upon labor
& up a nlutocraty. Two hundred
men like John d. Rockefeller and
Astor could buy up the United
Rome fell 1900 men owned prac-
of the known world. But we are
ow as the Romans.
Elgle tax on land values would
these parasites, who in social
are of no more utility than the
~. 1t would give to labor what
says labor does not get-natural
e., the full product of labor. None
e by the involuntary labor of
very man woulS be obliged to
own living, to render service for
lstead OF some standing between
tho storehouse of nature aud
pll upon their more Unfortunate
Inc tributes noted above, large
nay seem, are a mere baratel c
10 the potential power OF wealth
winch is now lost to laGor be-
Tue margin of production, on ac-
estrictions and special privileges,
io'ed SO far from the centers OF
ss remarks that there are a
~ people thinking on the sing 4
We To-Day who called 1t rot sew
ago. AS an illustration of the
.he single tax idea, the radical
nonaon, with membership ex-
u'oVo' have recently come out for
~ ana are insistently urging it
lioeral party Of the United King
VIII make the fight in the i'm
london county .(5,6oo,O 900 popula-
ieli campaign on the issue OF the
u Iahd values, with every pros
ieeess' A. Freeland.
i,ton Growers Convention.
altor of The Post.
Texas, August Al have Just