The Portland daily press., 1900-10-18

1using. Say II you would give chance
to the laboring people Of England to get
at the game preserves, there would be no
trouble. II you'd give the poor people Of
India chance there would be no call for
money to support those people. Do you
know that they have been sending all
this time from India millions Of bushels
Of wheat. The single taxer believes that
God has given the earth to humanity. I
know that sometime we are accused OF
being hairbrained. Say, I would be will
ing On argument 70 leave to any i've men
that there IS no need OF a protective tariff
in this country. I used to think so and
when boy used TO declaim and write
essays on this IN gr eat shape. But now
don't. Justice would regulate is. I
have been stumping out in Pennsylvania
the last few weeks. 7 met one young chap
out there who had been IN the habit Of
addressing Republican meeting on one
night and Democratic meeting on the
next night. One night he began to ad-
dress the wrong meeting. He managed
to get out betW cen cabbages, rotten eggs
and old shoes besides losing his job.
daughter We don't need soup houses
in any city. They are worse than " ar,
pestilence and the jaundice. The people
don't need charity They need justice.
Why did those poor miners out in Penn
sylVania strikef Because they had no
coala No, they couldn't mine all of the
coal out insthree thousand years. Coal is
selling in this city at S. and 50 ton, and
the dealers say they can't pay any more
wages because OF the exorbitant rates OF
the railroads. But they are only paying
TO themselves and these are poor abomi-
nations OF faslehOOds. Why did they
strike? Because they had few dollars
ahead? No, there was not a mothers son
Of them but was In debt to the COM
panies stores from SO to $50 a head. 1
shink that God stored that coal up there
for the benefit OF humanity. We've
learned what mines mea n and the most
Of US have earned what ore means.
There is something else besides the flag
that is ours. The single takers say that
man, when honesty takes possession Of
the earth is entitled to it. But the man
VINO gets 1t by Inheritance and sells it at
the end of i've years for twice as much
ought not to be compensated. Something
has been said about John Wanamaker
selling his property for an enormous
profit and that this was mixed up in
church affairs. know Mr.. Wanamaker
well, and he is magnificent man. He
transferred his property as the law allowed
him to do,
We intend to give every man an equal
chance. Most OF the wealth OF the mil
l1onalres IN this country consists in
special privileges. You could destroy all
Of the bonds and stocks In this country
and you wouIdn g destroy single portion
OF the wealth OF the country. How much
did the Portland Railroad company pay
for It's privileges here? How much did
the Boston and Maine pay for coming
hereY Not cent. Tbs man who build
his cars and railroad ties ana stations is
entitled to 5hems but he is not entitled to
anything else stand tonight without
the fear OF any body as the exponent of
5nese principles. We shall see the star OF
the coming kingdom and we shall share
the brotherhood OF man,
Dr. McAInster was accorded more ap.
plause as he concluded.