The independent., 1903-04-23

country that its bane has unconscious
| ly wrought In the minds of the COM
mon people d grave suspicion against
1 our land system, and this is not con-
| fined to any party politics, though
among what is known as the reform
| element, with its various "isms,
land monopoly is recognized in all its
virility, while the remedy alone is a
mooted question.
| Radicalism and half-heartedness
| cannot agree upon panacea, while
| the half-hearted think Utopia is a
word borrowed from some terrestrial
sphere and want it extradited. Henry
| George saw that the chief barrier to
the early adoption Of his philosophy
by the masses was its simplicity cou-
pied with its far-reaching Utopian eff
fects. 1t is what John of Patmos
saW-the coming of the kingdom OF
| God upon the earth-the kingdom OF
the Prince Of Peace, without blood
shed, without revolution or strife of
sanguinary type, but merely by the
adoption of what is styled by the late
Mr.. Thomas G. Shearman as NAT
ural taxation a self-evident truth.
What is needed now Is the union
of sentiment along this line, rally
ing under one banner. Energy lost
among the "isms" is the magnet that
gives success to the monopolistic ele-
ment, it is the secret Of the power of
the few to dominate the masses.
Your symposium will do very much
toward directing thought and central
izing sentiment along remedial lines
and shall be only too glad to make
contribution to the theme of the
Single Tax" in your May IA number
and both thank and congratulate you
upon the project.
At the recent session of the English
parliament the adoption of the single
tax for all purposes of revenue Of the
realm only lacked thirteen votes of
carrying. This was the first test vote
OF that body on the question and it
has now become the basic measure of
the liberal forces and is stated, by
most reliable authority over there, as
the presage OF certain success when
the parliament shall be again pro-
rogued. This should remind us that
we get our best democracy from the
mother country, fact not generally
accredited by many of our people |
think your sub-titles are too much
split up. The benefits of the single
tax will make little if any discrimina-
tion among the various vocations of
life. The "idler," whether of the
luxuriant or rroletariat type, will be
the only victims of the single tax re-
gime. E. G. CLARK
Syracuse, Neb.
Among the manuscripts received |
Monday to be used in the Henry
George Edition MAY 14) are the fol- |
lowing: "The Single Tax" by Speed
Mosby, Jefferson City, Mo-, treating
the subject from an historical and le-
gal standpoint; The Meaning of |
Life" sermon by the Rev. Heroert
). Bigelow, pastor of the Vine Street
congregational church, Cincinnati:
and number of short editorials by |
A. Freeland, Mr.. Pleasant, Tenn, |
covering the subjects of New South
Wales Experiment" According to
Ability 'The Proper Diffusion of
Wealth." State Insurance-Euual
Freedom" "How to Tax, Texas Oil
Lands" and ''The Irish Land Bill"
E Kenney, Creston, Ia, expresses
his desire to submit an article on |
Progressive Indirect Taxation" hay
ing bearing on the single tax ques- |
tion.
"The Independent, of Lincoln, Neb. |
one OF the ablest and brightest of |
populist papers. announces a Henry |
George Edition for May IA, to be made |
upS of articles by single takers. The
program suggested by the editor in
the issue of the 9th Is most intelli- |
gently conceived. The issue of June
IL is to be devoted to replies. Louis
F. Posts 'The Public" Chicago.
e. G, Clark, Esq, of Syracuse. Neb..
has forwarded manuscript of his con-
tribution to the Henry George Edi-
tion MAY 14), taking for his title,
Ethics of the Single Tax"
F. M. Marquis, Station A, Milwau-
kee, Wis, writes that he hopes to Of
Ter contribution to the Henry George
Edition hY,f Hnac Md ,~asaa4. |