New-York tribune., 1902-06-27
SINGLE TAX CONFERENCE
TEN STATES REPRESENTED BY WOMEN
AT ANNUAL MEETING OF Ma
TIONAL SOCIETY.

Women delegates from ter States and three men
gathered yesterday morning at the opening session
Of the Womens National Single Tax Leagues sec
oad annual conference. IL the Tuxedo ~ the
right oe the president. Mrs. John s. Crosby, was a
bust oe Henry George. behind which hung a satin
banner with the legend. He Lived for Men"
NO liberty without the single TAX an eNprcs-
sion Of one Of the speakers the keynote Of the
meeting The venerable Rev. Father Mclaughlin.
q. New Rochelle. the FIRST speaker Of the morning
attributed arrival to the fault OF the ran
roads and corporations. which. he said are lndlf-
fe-ent to the waiting. patient multitudes who
strain their eyes Intellectually for coming trains
S1cn oppressors will be brought tenn when the
single tax mfllennial comes. Father Mclaughlin
is laboring under the worst apDrehcnsiona for the
future of this country. The present situation, he
said is not whit less grave than that of the days
preceding the Civil War. He described America as
only theoretically great and theoretically good
and asked tmpressively. What are we coming
.o?" People of all sorts and conditions. he be
ueved should be educated in the principles of the
single tax
Eociferous applause greeted Father Mclaughlin s
statement that Henry George would in the future
be the most prominent character in nineteenth
century history.
4 motion to change the name Of the organization
from the Single Tax League to the Land Values
League met vigorous opposition, and was lost only
one AYE" being heard in its favor. The advocate
Of the measure argued that the term single tax
il obnoxious TO a large class Of people and said
that the proposed title had been adopted in Eng
land and Scotland with good effect In reply one
or the members thought the association by any
other name would be equally obnoxious, as the
opposition is 10 the cause. and not to the name
Enother calculated feelingly, But We love the
name single tax and Henry George loved IL
A member from Washington said that lana
values" would be mistaken for real estate enter
r-ise and woman from Brooklyn thousht II poor
policy TO change the label OF any Well known pfo-
pTietary article. -, :. . ,,,-- +,1Ix
told her hearers that the worlds work IS no less
woman's work than a mans work Sfe atcLie.
the tendency OF Women's clubs TO discuss "iIaI
should do Mems societies are heN Ct Hedi -
The worlds work is mans work, ana me
worlds work is just truly q woman D VIII,
She charged the organization TO be honest ana
not to talk platitudeS She defined eloQuelice as d
very nice way OF saying nothing -, ,..,o
Mrs Jennie L, Munroe treasurer OF the le'lt Ie'
the need of wOmens orSalllZat4ol4S- MS
Nunroe lawyer, and in the law DIVISION OF the
General Land Office in Washington she IS vice
ion and the only woman who is a member OF
that society. -, ,.c,,a
Miss Bessie DRyer. yice-president OF the league
read the presidents report. Miss DWyer mas JuSt
law She was the first woman TO be appointed to a
mace in Library Of Congress, and Is eN-lft-Sl-
dent of the beneficiary association OF the library
of Congress and Vice-president OF the washington
local Single Tax League - -.
a committee of viii report this morning on
the resolutions drafted by them yesterday oppoS-
ing the government policy in the Phllppnes- ,,.
a. fhe evening meeting Bird ). Coler, MISS
Crosby and Henry George, jr, all made addresses
: uiauO solo by Mrs. Henry George, IT, a NoCaI
solo hy Mrs Frances Anable and a violin SOLO bl
Carl Xenih interspersed the weightier numbers OF
the programme - J., 81. 7ooo d, -,