Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-03
A TRIBUTE TO
JOSEPH FELS
HOUSTON SINGLE TN LEAGUE
ADOPTS TRIBUTE WRITTEN IN
MEMORY OF LATE NOTED SIN.
GLE TAX ADVOCATE.
LOVED AND WAS LOVED
DEMOCRATIC MILLIONAIRE. a
BENEVOLENT EMPLOYER. HAS
PASSED INTO NEW FIELDS oF
Usefulness.

ISEFILNFSS."
The following tribute ~ the memory
IL thc late .I"~rph FeiS. The noted single
tax idNnratc wa> adopted a. a meeting
Of ;hr Houston Single Tax League. held
SUNDAY. March /. The tribute was drawn
M hY u committee composed of II. j..
Ring. \. u. PaStnrizl. and James Charl
tom and signed b, them:
Joseph Fcl~. kind. sympathetic. and
genial. happ, himself and radiaring hap
pinrs> to others. loving and loved. the
great Democratic millionaire ha> pl>.rrl
io new rirl'l~ If usefulness. A life like hi~
ran not have rn.lc'i with the grave. lie
heard and he Needed lhr CRY Of The di>in-
hrrit,i. m The midst nf - much needles.
suffering around ~ on every hand. hi-
hear was too big and his intellect ton
acute ~ find interest and pleasure in =
~ordii pursuit ~ wealth br fame or
power ar social prestige. lie was alwaN>
a benevolent employer: hut. having ac
cumulatcd a great fortune. he asked him
self these questions. WIN Inv u world
ahpHnhing with unused land and umdrvcl
ppcd natural resources u world v%ivifir-I
hN cnn>taHi improvements Inn labor saving
appliances which with an ever a%crrlrr
ting ratio increase the amount nf wealth
which the average worker produces. why
H. il that there H. nn corresponding i'm
-rcn>c in the wages 81 this average work
err With five fold more wealth per cap
ita created annually now than fifty wears
ago. WHY Il. the los IF u inh still - eft
en- u terrible tragedy WIN du men still
1nXinnSlv beg for work in The midst ~
limitlrS~ unused natural opportunities
for work? WIN with This enormous in-
crease ~ wealth should poverty almost
~ ahirrt aud hopeless - ever before
known in history nf the world still
hound and Tester in the Sums If III
great cities Whv are little children still
irnirl the rhilh'S birth right ~ play IN
he sunshine aud under the green trees.
AMI compelled ~ toll long and drcarv
hours IN the darkncS nf mine. aud amid
the roar ~ banging looms And why are
hrnthcl~ still recruited from The ranks
IT III paid AMI starving women?
lie SAW that The present industrial
SySicm con;aincd in IL no promise nf rr
lief i'm the future for its millions ~ sui
frring victims. lie SAW that. though the
hi'iir If thr average worker to produce
AANliN lNN~Ni iF ffNtiAsf~tfl lfti lfiI. M Htlit
irrl fold nr - thnuSand-fol TN further
mud vet more wonderful improvements
i'm labor saving lcvirc~. this would mol
change The iron law of wage. and that
armies of u%ncmnluvcd Scrking work aud
unable IL find work. would then ~ now
rnnrrtc for employment against The en-
rloych and continue i'm the future ~ in
the past ~ dra" wages toward the star
walton noint. while milli0naircS and hi
lionnircS Increased and multiplied
And. seeing these thing Joseph Frls
could nnt rest until hr had also seen the
cause and the remedy.
IIcn~forih nm became the Gnnd Angel
IT the Single Tan Movement i'm nearly
every cultivated country in the world.
This lew unlike manr comfortable well
~ do Christians lid not ignore the teach
ing> nf Jesus Christi and STEEL hi heart
nv all the suffering and sin which flow
from unjust social conditions. lie did
ROT. with cold and cruel indifference. IT,
rnfr the fundamental rcmriv proposed.
nn' ONLY fnr The alienation If the evil.
I'm fer In entire abolition. Nor did h.
shrinking from the Thought ~ doing ms.
iirr. try ~ rn-r hiS conscience hN dnlin.
ont charity lie found me- pleasure inhiS
nlnr~ of r>irntnfinn~ wealth. Acrrpting
t~ifrriilv ihr nrcrcni~ ~ Jesus Christ.
his genuine and hearty love for fellow
mnn wa~ nn limited m hi> own social
set nr bounded hr the iir- M his own
fauiiv circles.
lln WIS u very hHnnr man. No mnmrnt
nf rruni ever defrartcd FROM the rninv.
n:rnt ri a life hnrnfifnliv filled with
WtficrS If %infrr>r interest. Tie PLAYED
The game we'll. lie made "a interesting
lie reapcd ~ his reward u inv va living
which while attainahlr IN MANY. j.
achieved lv Few. From his example W.
are taught that the hest aud hanpicSi
life. ~ we'll a. the nnhlrst ~ III. j. one
which has love for it, handspring. one
in which love for God D. expressed Ia
love fur not in cmn,v words ~
prayer and praise. hni in Burning zcrl fn
help and serve our fellow men. fn the
lighf III such a life how empty and pitt
ful do The lives of the Caesars aud IA
rnlrnn> ~ Kings and cmncrnr~. tho great
Innnrirr> and statesmen. who live FIR