Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-23
TAXED
Was the Capacity Of the Guests at
the Single Tax Club Banquet
Last Night at the Norwood.


Norwood. 1t was such good time in
every sense that ,he- occasion justi-
fed the holding over into a two-day's
session, as it virtually did.
The company was large one and
those who composed it first assembled,
ladies and gentlemen, in the handsome
parloors of the hotel whence after
general commingling and exchange of
greetings they were shown to the dining
room. Here a table was set that was
sight for the gods and hungry folk
Set in the form of hollow square
extending the length and breadth OF
the ivory tinted room, was a board
which certainly must have groaned to
itself for the weight it bore. 1t was
positively cruel of Landlord Hiatt and
Chef Purdy to so impose en- an inno-
cent unoffending tlble, but its back
tiently until relief came in hungry
human form and put away meath vests
and basques the attractive load.
During all this changing of the load
the almost peerless Marietta Orchestra
rendered a programme which would
make respond in sympathy the most
eXactlng musical ear drum, and make
that member think if it might that it
was being properly treated.
The feast of the Single Tax reason
which followed this putting away of a
meal to music was in nowise a sufferer
in comparison to the exercise preced-
! ing There was talent from abroad
beside several of our local scintillators
in an oratorical capacity. There
was Mr.. Thomas E. Quinn, of Parlers-
burg, who spoke at length on PRO
gress of Single Tax" DR.. f. p Ames,
of Rocl1land, whose subject was Sim
plicity in Public Affairs" Mr.. W. l.
Boreman, of Parkersburg, who told
of the Relation of Labor to Land"
These gentlemen responded happily
and appropriately to their introduction
by the Rev. H. e. Newton Master of
Ceremonies. The distinguished mem
Der in charge also took occasion to
call on His Homer Mayor Richardson,
Mr.. C. d. Webster, the Rev. Mr.. Metz
ler and Mr.. o. P. Hyde. These latter
all home folks-responded in an
agreeable manner properly befitting
the occasion Editor Horner of
Parkersburg; the Rev. E. A. Coil and
the Rev. ]. NJ. Pollen were down on the
bills for addresses, but the fear of a
cock-crow in the East warned the
postmaster to call the meeting to an
end, which he did, and reluctantly the
guests arose from their places heavier,
but not less happy than when they sat
down.
1t was expected that the party was
to sing the Marseilles Hymn, but lack
ing a leader to strike the initial note,
the body failed to give voice to the in
spring musical utterance. What pos
sibilities there were in that assemb-
| lage none knew and but few could
guess There were eighty-one lusty
and possibly husky throats, and what
they might have done to that hymn
would have been a genteel suficiency.
"A feature in table decoration was a
big fruit cake which bore the legend,
Single Tax Club, Marietta" in classi-
cal chocolate script on white back
ground.
Following is the address of Mr.. w.
|. Boreman:
Ohio is a grand old state. In fact
she has the riches and strength of
mighty empire within her borders.
With burst of generosity and un-
selfishness, she, with other northern
states, poured out the blood of her
sons in a great torrent to drown out
the flames of rebellion and to wipe out
slavery from our Union. She takes
great credit for having done so great
part of the tremendous task of adol-
ishing slavery. But was slavery
abolished?
|
easily understood form of slavery. To
own the man himself involves the care
of him and his family, in sickness and
old age. more insidious, deadly
and concealed form of slavery is to
own the things he must use to live.
That is now accomplished by owning
the land and in taking from him all
but a bare living for the use of it.
The essence of any kind of slavery is
to rob the worker of all he produces
but a bare living. You may do it
with chattel slavery, or by the private
ownership of the land he must use to
| live on The latter is the kind of
robbery now practIced in the highly
civilized and Christianized lands. 1t
is sanctioned by the so-called preach
ers Of Christianity who back up the
so-called political economists in de-
| Tending the Institutions of private
ownership of land. 1t is the task Of
| the Single Takers TO teach the people
that all have an equal right to the use
of the earth. We teach that the denial
OF this right is the cause of the great
prevalence of involuntary poverty
with its attendants of vice and misery
amidst great riches.
We advise all men to study our plan
of freeing the land by taxing out the
| mon who Mold the nriVileges tn charge