The independent., 1903-05-07


tors figured upon the cost of making
it "a pages, in the event that suffic-
lent good material could be had to fill
that many. Adding so per cent to the
weight of paper used in the regular II
pages, 80 per cent to the postage. COM
position, ETC., it was found that if TO-
900 extra copies were taken at S1.00
per hundred-$l00 in all-the add.
tional hundred dollars would pay for
the increased cost in the regular edi-
tion as we'll as the extra copies; but
that the increase in size could not be
made unless the ten thousand extras
were taken.
Up to Wednesday noon the orders
for sample copies, accompanied by
cash, foot up few cents over $50,
with something like a thousand more
spoken for. The quality Of the manu-
scripts now hanging on the hook land
enough for 50-page paper too) in
sures paper that ought to have wide
circulation. 1t ought to be "a pages.
And it can be "a pages and widely cir
culated il every single taxer to whom
marked copy OF this issue is sent,
will order 10, %, so, or 100 copies.
Better have them mailed in single
wrappers from this Office and thus
save postage. 1t will cost you one
cent to mail copy of the paper-we
furnish the paper and mail it at one
cent a copy. Send in your lists as
early as possible. so the wrappers may
be written and ready for Immediate
mailing.
Suppose we take a look at the con-
tents OF our Henry George Edition. At
the outset, the wrappers in which it
will be mailed carry this legend in
large type, red ink:
HENRY GEORGE EDITION,
The Independent, Lincoln, Neb.
A biographical sketch of the great
single tax philosopher by his son,
Henry George, jr., will appear on the
first page.
And then-but the exact arrange
ment cannot now be told-will come
IAN Oyershadowing Curse" by Ralph
Hoyt, Los Angeles; Concerning Min
isters," by Rev. August Dellgren, Min
neapolis; "The Fairhope Example,
by J. Bellangee; "How the Single Tax
May Be Adopted by Lawson Purdy;
Some Objections Answered." by E.
B. Swinney; Questions in Basic PHI
osophy," by j. e. Turner, Dayton;
THE Natural Tax" by DR.. Edward
D. Burleigh, Germantown; Women
and Economics" by Florence A. Bur-
leigh; Single Tax and Socialism" by
J. B. Sharpe, Pittsburg; "What the
Single Tax Is," by George L. Rusby,
New York; "a Dialogue" by J. l..
Caldwell, Amarillo, Tex; applied
Justice by George J. Menger, Pal
myra, Mo-. "a Correspondence" by
F. Burgdorff, Cleveland; a number of
pointed editorial paragraphs by A.
Freeland; Ethics of the Single Tax"
by E. C. Clark, Syracuse, Neb.; Self
ishness," by John R. Waters, New
York; ITO Solve the Race Problem"
by William Riley Boyd, Atlanta;
Cannot Be Shifted" by P. w.
Schwander, Houston; A Question of
Iorals," by E. T. Weeks, New Iberia,
La. "Who Will Be the Losers" by
George B. Rounsevell, Cuba. N. Y:
'How the Farmer Would Fare" by
George Cartwright, Toronto; '.Hab.
its and Customs" by Judge Joseph
Hall, Capitap, N. NJ; did God Or
dain the Single TAXI" by C. F. Shan
drew; same title by Robert H. De-
beck, Woodfords, Me-; What the Sin
gle Taxer Sees" by Prof. James H.
billiard; ITO Prevent Poverty" by
Bolton Hall; :Land Speculation" by
P. Cullman, jr., Chicago; "Will De-
stroy Speculation, - by William S.
Ram, Buffalo; Possession But Not
Ownership" by John B. Howarth,
publisher of What's The Use?" Una
gazine), East Aurora, N. Y; "The
Railroad Question" by w. H. Roe
buck Toronto; can Experiment in
Taxation by w. A. Douglas, B. A.,
Taxation" by w. A. Douglass, B. A.,
Toronto; Anarchy and Socialism,"
editorial paragraphs, by w. Fl. T.
Wakefield, Mound City, Kas; Single
Tax and the Farmer" by F. T. More
land, Portsmouth, o.; "How 1t Will
Affect the Wage Earner," by John r.
Spencer. editor of Justice" Waco,
Tex; "The Dreamer" (poem), by A.