The Washington herald., 1911-02-08
CLAIM SINGLE TAX
LAWS BENEFIT ALL
No Hardships Accrue, Assert
Speakers at Banquet.

Claiming that single tax Is the only
just solution OF the ills Of present day
life. because 1t does not inture any one.
is boon to humanity in general. and
that the idea of single tax is the mod
ern Interpretation Of the Golden Rule,
Miss Grace Isabel CoIbron sounded the
keynote OF the sentiments OF the visit
ing delegates of the Woman's National
Single Tax League at their banquet
last night at the New Ebbitt House.
Laws should be enacted for mans
benefit and not to harass him." she
said. Charity is humiliating. philan-
thropy is patronizing. and socialism is
paternalism. and the only way to bene-
fit the needy is py the enactment of
single-tax laws. This will be a benefit
to all humanity and will not be a hard
ship on any one"
Says Women Suffer Most,
Charles F. Nesbit spoke on the equal
ization OF wealth and what 1t would mean
to the country at large. and William D.
Mackenzie spoke on direct legislation.
Mrs. Ella M. Murray. in a spirited ad-
dress, said that under the present law
woman suffers most. and has practically
no redress. She argued that under single
tax laws the country would be greatly
benefited. and the women would share as
much Of the benefits as the men,
Jackson H. Ralston gave an address in
which he outlined the work Of single
tax agitation during the past few years,
and the big strides that had been made
in bringing 1t before the public. He told
particularly of the work that Is being
done in the West and predicted that
within two years many Of the large
cities Of the Northwestern part Of this
country would be operating under single
tax laws.
Addresses at Morning Session.
At the morning session Prof.
Thomas E. Will delivered an address,
in which he said that the advocates
of conservation in its many phases
would not see the end Of their goal
until the economic conditions in this
country were changed. The advent Of
a system OF single tax in this country
would be the means Of equalizing the
distribution of wealth. he said. and
be the means of putting wealth in
the hands Of the people who earn, and
no waste would be possible. Prof.
Will is the former president Of the
Kansas State Agricultural College.
Mrs. Nannette B. Paul. a member Of
on the programme yesterday morning.
She took for her subject woman and
the law" She spoke along the lines
Of law and the development of Chris
tianity. and urged all women to master
these civilizing influences as the best
way of eventually entering the sphere
for which women were intended.
DR.. Mary D. Hussey, Of New Jersey.
spoke on "How the single tax will
make markets." "The single tax" she
said, will make every worker able
to buy the things he needs, and when
this Is the case all the goods pro-
duced at home will be used at home,
and we will have no need Of tariff pro-
lection or reciprocity treaties"
The last session of the convention viii
be held this morning at 1890. The pro-
gramme Of the session is as follows:
Reports of committees and action
thereon, resolutions, unfinished and new
business, election of officers. and adjourn
ment.
A luncheon will be rendered to the
delegates this afternoon at the New Eb-
bitt House at 1:30. and tomorrow evening
at o'clock q musical entertainment will
be given in the public library. One or
two addresses are also on the programme.