Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-07
Claimed to Be a Remedy for
IdIeness and Suffering. j.
ADDRESS OF DR.. HUSSEY
Convention Of Woman's National
Single Tax League.
OvERPRODUCTION IS DENIED
Banquet to Be Held Tonight-Ses-
sions Opened Yesterday and
Will Close Tomorrow.

Under the single tax law We VIII not
behold the spectacle of men standing idle
while in need OF the necessities of life.
And being out OF n job will not lac
cause for the victims OF despair To Kill
themselves
This statement DIR. NJ u. IIussey OF
East Orange y. j.. made today in an adj
dress before the Woman's National Sin
gle Tax League in convention al the New
Ehbitt House. How the Single Tax VIII
Make Markets was discussed by DIR.
Hussey. She said in part: "Inmcrited
suffering among the poor. reckless cN-
travagance among the very rich and
ceaseless struggle among those between
these extremes mark our civilization as
well as those of the past As all wealth
is created from land by labor these de-
plorahle conditions must he caused by IN
equality in opportunities 10 produce
wealth or by injustice i'm its distribution.
and are In fact the result OF both.
Under the Single Tax.
Under the single tax Law there will be
no overproduction. Nor will We behold
the spectac,e men standlng Ide wnIlc
In need of the necessities of life And
being out OF n job VIII not lie a cause
selves Neither will the labor market
have to hc supplied by children. and ia
nurseries. whore mothers leave their
babies to go out and toii for "A pittance,
Will become thing OF the iast
And there Will he no more tarin wars
or nations lighting for the markets of the
world When taxes are removed fro al tn,
multiple forms OF wealth there Will bc
more to divide between the buyer and
seller. Give every nan a FAIR fe.a and
M n In will IN
market.
Miss Grace Isabel Colhron ans.hcr
speaker. asserted that here Was n sacn
thing as ''overproducti, n She said TINS
term was confused wIth ''una.r ronsuap-
,ion,' which Is the cause Of All 49, a .s.al
panics, trade disputes and commerc.al
wars.
Woman and the Law.
Following the open ng pay or Mrs. Nan
nette =. Paul, Ill. -, began the second
days sessions by reading a paper oii
Woman and the Law in wnich She
urged that all immigrants coming into
this country be instructed 10y womea 10
treat our laws with reverence.
Miss Charlotte Q. Schetter said that
mankind had first obtained the privilege
OF Tree thought. that free speech vas the
next privilege and that free acton WAS
now demanded by public opinion.
The MOI ming session closed with an ad-
dress by Prof. Thomas L. VIII on Con
servation."
The delegates will attend banquet this
evening at the New Ebbitt at which the
following will make brief speeches Rep
resentative Scott Ferris OF Oklahoma,
Mrs. ella NJ. Murray. William ID. Mac
kenzie, Miss Grace Isabel Io.boin, Rob
ert Baker, jackson II. Ralston anu
Charles F. Nesbit. The sessions Will end
tomorrow.
The Lot Of Married Women.
Mrs. Ella NJ. Murray Of Vancouver,
British Columbia. In an address last night
before the convention declared that the
lot OF many married women is little better
than that OF a slave. Some wives work
all day and part OF the night for merely
something to eat. q place to sleep and q
few clothes.
Many married women" she added
serve In the capacity OF nurse, valet.
waslermoinan, .ook, dishwasner and
what not. Her field of existence IS linn
tied to the home. She dare not go out
into the world. She knows nothing OF
how people do things on side the mily
circle. Do you believe this is the proper
life for a rational human De.ng TO liver
l do not. l call IL q spec.es OF slavery"
Unequal Assessments Charged.
E. W. Oyster. at last nights session.
said that the District assessors have for
a long time levied % per cent more taxes
on the poor than on the property OF the
rich.
THE grind has always been on the poor
man and his family" said Mr.. oyster.
''The rich have never had just amount
OF taxes imposed upon them. The poor
tucked away in the slums of Washington.
Living in novels not fit for the IN ai..st
animal, contribute to the greater part of
the public taxes"
" hen the convention opened yesterday
afternoon more than forty Il legates froal
all parts of the United States were pres
ent. Mrs. Charlotte .. Schetter, prcsi-
dent Of the asso, citation. appointed COM
mittetis to arrange convention details i'm
mediately after the opening prayer had
been rected by Rev. Edwin Evans.
Mrs. Kate Il. Freeman made the only