The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-03

aHs who gets the best pays the most;
ard hp that enjoys private holdings Of pub
lie things renders reccrrpense 10 the pub
lie commensurate TO the privileges he en-
joys
This was the keynote OF an address de-
lverssi by Dr.. E. r. Longstreet. OF Bos-
ION. Mass at the Third Avenue theater
last night DR.. Longstreet IS engaged. to-
gsther with his fellows in the cause OF the
single tax in a crusade in this state. Last
night the opening gun in campaign Of
six nights was fred at the Third Avenue.
In the body of the house sat an audience
OF men and women numbering about $40.
There was a large percentage OF women.
and these listened as closely as did the
men to everything DIR. Longstreet said. Il
may be parenthetically stated that the
average single tax proragandist. il he fails
20 convert a man. will endeavor 10 enlist
the sympaehies OF his wife. or. failing that,
Of his sweetheart, sister or mother.
DR.. Longstreet IS a short, thickset gen.
tlernan OF considerable ability as public
speaker and skilled in the arts of the plat
form orator. He speaks f'uently and with
appropriate gestures, frequently inter-
spersing his remarks with quotations from
the classics and with anecdotes His lee
ture last night was preliminary In char
acter-a sort OF single tax overture--.p a
series OF addresses extending up TO and in
Guiding Saturday night. Admission was
free, except that the management followed
out the single tax theory that he who en-
joys privileges pays for them A few OF
the choice seats in the front of the house
were reserved and small price asked for
them. General admission was without cost.
DIR. Longstreet handles industrial and
economic questions from a point of view
different from that OF the average re
former. While he declares that a change
in existing conditions must come he en-
courages the belief that il will be brought
about through the ballot and such peace
eul means. To him the single tax offers
satisfactory remedy for all economic
woes of mankind. In presenting argu-
ments 10 support the doctrines of Henry
George. DIR. Longstreet brings to bear
logical arguments, always presented in an
attractive, interesting and forceful man
ner.
In the middle of his address. which was
entitled Social Pressure. DIR. Longstreet
drew a picture of an ideal home. with all
mankind as happy family. Each con-
tributed his just proportion TO the COM
mon expense and each received an equita-
bic division of the benefits. He laid stress
on this. that the portion received by each
member of the human family should be
equitable. not equal, SO that he who OBJ
tanned the best paid the most and from
each was demanded that which he was
able to render according to his opportuni-
ties and capabilities.
In quite a dramatic manner he de-
scribed two types of humanity. the
working man. with bent form. poorly
clad. his toilsome life showing in his
drawn countenance; and the richly clad
monopclist. plump. elegant and care free.
He declared that the first produced the
wealth of the land and that the latter
enjoyed II.
In closing he recited Hugo's description
Of the final struggle between Rome and
Carthage, the former representing the
working classes and the latter the mo-
nopolists. Or. Longstreet does not be-
lieve In war between labor and capital.
Judge Benson presided. Tonight DIR.
Longstreet's subject will be Elements Of
Political Economy"