Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22
FORTUNE TO STOP FORTUNES
Although Rich, Joseph N. Fels Does
Not Believe in Riches.
MAY TALK TO THE AID CLUB
Reiie'"s In = sinHIe Tax system SIM
Her 90 that Advocated By
Henry GeorEr-Donor Of
FCls Fuud.

Among the prominent name. tina. the
hIstiers NJ the Ad club have down on their
slate for addresses fs that Of Joseph NJ
F'l' the millionaire soap manufacture.
= no has sworn to devote the remainder II
his life and the bulk OF his fortune TO
the propa cation Of the Henry George doc
trines
Mr. FEELS is a Hebrew and an American.
He was born IN virginia aud is about IS
years old. The matter Of n few Years.
however. makes VERY uttle difference with
Mr. Fels who s active and ever on the
alert to father any one Of his many en-
terprises In conversation ne Is quick and
animated. dividing your thoughts and taxi
Ing the words out OF your mouth before
they are uttered
In speech he Is terse and epgrammatic.
and in fact some OF his epigrams are as
famous OF those OF James j. I'M II in
tend 10 spend my fortune" once Fels said
In such a way az to make such fortunes
az mine impossible"
For the, last six or seven years FeIs
has been living In London. always return
Ing to America, however 10 spend the
winter. Last year he took Tom Johnson.
mayor Of Cleveland back to England with
him
the man responsible for the election Of
Lloyd George. Mr. Fels was in charge
OF the financial end Of the campaign and
gave II his undivided attention and the
full Of his wonderful business acumen He
is now rewarded with seeing taxing
scheme that somewhat approxlmates the
singie-tax system Of Henry George with
good chances Of being put into operation.
.@.'- Donor of FEELS Fund.
He IL the donor Of the FEELS fund in
America, fund Of $4,000 a year that has
for its sole object the extension OF the
doctrines OF Henry George. like fund
was established by Mr.. Fsls In England
and in practically every oiviussd nation
Of the world. The commission in charge
OF the expenditure OF the fund includes Lin
coin Steffens, the well-known Boston
writer Most OF the work accomplished
by the persons in management OF the fund
has 30 far been done in Rhode Island and
Oregon.
statement of his. onos made before q
Chicago club to the effect that no man
could amass millions without being a
robber, won for him q great deal OF no
tortety. Mr.. FEELS was asked n he did not
then count himself as a robber along
with the other big fellows
There is a difference said the million
sire. while the others are spending their
money 10 perpatuats the means by which
they got It, I am spending my fortune in
an attempt to make such means impos-
sible in the future"
Several years ago Mr.. Fols made the
Jews of the world a great offer. II was
his proposal to buy a place somewhere in
the world large enough for them to emit
efats to and form a nation OF their own
SO far. at least, nothing has come Of his
generous offer
Mr.. Fels was secured for the Nd club
through the good offices Of Laurie J.
ouinby. the printer. who Is friend of Mr..
Felss He at first accepted an invitation
to come sometime about the middle OF
sFebruary but later developments point to
postponement and a possibility Of the
date being cancelled altogether. A letter
received from Mr.. Fels' manager states
that Mr.. Fels, who is now making a tou
OF Canada. has been so fatigued by the
work and 80 delayed by bad connection,
due to the weather. that he may be forced
TO cancel some of his engagements in or
der to set back 20 London by the middl,
Of March.