The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-25
DINNER WITH A FEW HOBBIES.
nor STUFF THINKERS GATHER
IN HENRY GEORGES MEMORY,

The twenty-hfth anniversary OF the pub
lication Of Henry Georges book Progress
and Poverty was celebrated last night by
dinner at the Hotel Aston, attended by
about $50 men and women, most OF whom
cherish q hobby of some sort. Among
those who paid s. apiece to join In the
celebration were a few Socialists the nrct
free silyerito in the form OF William j. Bryan
himself and advocates of almost every
brand of reform yet discovered. from the
single tax down to the simple life. Three
Cent Tom johnson was billed as speaker
but he didn Prrive.
1t wasn't very dressy' dinner Alost
of the men came in business suits and many
/ of the women didn't have their party irooki
I on, but they all seemed to enjoy them
Z selves. Evidently they got what they
/ wanted when the speaking started.
Between courses Toastmastor Hamlin
I Garland raped for order and read letters
/ praising Henry George and his work. Some
I of these came from the Rev. DR.. Lyman
| Abbott Edward NJ. Shepard. Amelia T.
! Barr. George Bernard Shaw. Thomas W.
Higginson, Gov. Joseph W. Folk OF Mis-
soui1, and DR.. Albert Shaw who was down
for speech but was confined to his home
by illness.
THREAT FROM O. BERNARD SHAW.
George Bernard Shaw wrote
What Henry George did not teach you
YOU are being taught now By your great
trusts and combines. IA 70 which I need
only say that II you would take them over
as national property "a checrfully as you
took over thu copyrl gifts OF all my early
books you would md them excellent insii
tutious. quite in the path Of progressive
evolution and By no means to be discoura Red
or lett unrcsuIated as il they were nobody =
business but their own.
II is great pity that you all take America
FOR granted because you we're born In 1t;
have taken nothing American for granted.
find | know ten times a. much about your
country YOU do yourselves, and my am
by coming over some day and trying TO do
for your Young men what Henry George did
nearly quarter OF q century ago Tor me.
RAILROAD Fable FOR SIMPLE MINDS.
After Edward Markham had read one
Of his poems on The Deathless Dead,
Ernest Thompson Seton told three fables
which he thought were appropriate for
Henry George audience. The frst was
called The Cure Of the Gulper.'
In land not far from here the farmers
suffered because their horses were so small
that they were unable 70 do the work re-
CURED, one day a philosopher imported
a l. 900 horse power "eulper. a inonstrous
anmnl that took the place OF the horse and
ut first worked willingly and well More
Gllpers were obtained But as time went
on lNeN grew ~ uU ana tueN lNIuuillttI anu
finally dangerous, so that anyone who got
IN their way and opposed them was crushed.
The community became downtrodden
by the GIpers. and how TO curb them be-
came great question until naturalist.
who knew that every beast has a foe that
tames it. imported a smaller animal, with
a long horn in its hack and an eye at each
end And Whenever this animal was led
beside tho G Ilper the monster became
tractable and even afraid. So that when
ever the @ Ilper showed signs OF becoming
unruly, It was only necessary for the farmer
to pretend 10 call the smaller animal in
order to siibdue him.
MY children, do you not recognize these
anilnals?T asked Mr.. Seton The Gulper
is the greedy, crushing railroad and the
little animal that scared him into sub
jugation is the trolley car
The trust busters nearly hurt their hands
applauding this story. Mr.. Seton told
two others.
HOME STORIES or HENRY GEORGE.
Henry George, Jr., told of the struggles
and privations his father went through
while writing Progress and Poverty
He said that Mr.. George was forced TO pawn
his personal effects to continue the work
and that publishers were 20 cold, when the
manuscript was presented for their APP
proval that they demanded that tho author
defray the cost of making the plates before
they would agree TO get ont the book Ali
and Poverty" he said have been printed
in several languages.
Or Richard Burton. speaking on The
Books Influence on Literature was in
terrupted by applause when he referred to
Russia as a well nigh God forsaken coun-
try" This was in discussing the works
Of several Russian authors.
BRYAN SPEARS
Mr.. Bryan was down TO speak on EQUAL
Opportunities He said in beginning thut
he did not know when he had attended a
meeting where the atmosphere seemed so
20 pulsate with enthusiasm n at this. On
The subject assigned TO him he said
Those who DENY the rights Of children
born into this world to equal opportunity
ought TO be prepared 10 give defence
for inequality. I am prepared 10 give no
such defence. ! know Of nothing so valu-
able as edunl opportunities and Govern
ment which protects its people in the pur-
suit Of happiness and guarantees them the
proceeds of their toll
MIR. Bryan said 1t had been n source of
instruction to him to hear tho speakers at
This meeting and he was in a distinguished
company He spoke Of his visit to Tolstoy
as the greatest day Of my life and said
the greatness Of Henry George was not
founded on hi= thoughts. but on his heart
This, said Mr. Bryan. brings me to
what seems to be the dominant thought
Of the day. that II is the moral problem in
attracting attention as never before. Moral
truths are touching the people There
is nothing permanent that does not in
volve moral principle. Beneath every
economic question is a moral question,
and the former question is never settled
until the the latter Is permanently dis
posed Of
4 fear the plutocracy Of wealth. fear
the aut ocracy of learning, but thank God
for the democracy Of the heart ] believe
we can see that we are entering upon a new
era | believe we can Spe a revival of the
shirt OF brotherhood | think we can see
II in all the land-in this land and in Euro
mean countries. but nowhere can we see a
clearer evidence of it than in the home of
Tolstoi.'
As il is love for mankind that had made
Tolstoi great, so it was love, Mr. Bryan said,
that had brought Henry George fame.
II 90 from this meeting encouraged
with what ] have heard, with a heart
stronger for the work whichslieS before us
and with firm hope in the ultimatetriumph
of right. and am grateful 10 you for Civ
ing me the opportunity TO do reverence
10 one Of the great men Of the world
SOMEBODY NOT ALLOWED TO TALK.
Just before Mr.. Bryan was introduced
a man in the back Of the room jumped up
and demanded loudly the privilege Of the
floor.
President Garland.
Then somebody else demanded that the
man he heard.