The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 7, 1896, Page 9

TiHls SAN SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1896. 10 TAKE TAXES OFF IMPROVEMENTS “The Only Way in Which to Bring Back Pros- perity.” SINGLE TAX AS THE KEY So Declared Joseph Leggett to the Mission Defense | Union. HOW IT MAY BE EFFECTED. Removing All Taxes Successively‘: Except a Single Tax Upon Land Valuss, | At the meeting of the Mission Defense i Union last night at Twentieth and Guer- rero streets the secretary announced that | during the past week fifty new members | bad been added to the roll. No regular business was tranescted last | evening, the club listening to an address| by Joseph Leggett, who, by request, spoke | on the subject of the single tax. President Grady introduced the speaker, declaring that his subject, “Taxation,” was one of the most important questions with which as members of an improvement club, re concerned. In the course of his address, which was | listened {o attentively by a larze audience, Mr. Leggett said: “Members of an improvement club | should, of all others, be single-taxers, for single-taxers are sticklers for improve- | mént; so anxious are they that they wish | to take taxes of every kind from all im- | rovements., If tha single tax were now eration there would be no such black- mailing suits as the one which this club is organized to resist. What is it that these blackmailing plaintiffs are after? Isit the | land? No, it is not the land, but tke value | that vou and I and the members of this y bave put into it. “If that value was taken by the commu- nity which makes it there would beno | such suits as these, for there would be no | obj in bringing them. 2 e single taxers are kindly inclined to | all propositions that wili tend toward im- provement, but they believe that the fundamental point to be considered to encourage improvement is the question of | the taxation of land. | “Look about you on all sides and con- | sider everything that is an object ef | human desire. Everything you see is a | I‘roduct of the Jand. 1f you inquire what | nas brought them to the form which | makes them objects of human desire you must realize that human labor, and that only, has brought them to their present form. Our fundamental proposition is that this labor shall have free and univer- sal access to that land. | “‘This, we maintair, i tant question that c declare that the money onts us. | dained that taxes should be paid on all Since then legislative enact- | | goods he merely passes it along and | body who is willing to abolish any specific | tax. | access to the universal storehouse whicn | the one impor- | Trustee over Charies A. Thompson (D.) | Some | by a vote of 804 to 432. sst uestion is the | involved and the contest was exciting. most important. But the money question is merely a question of exchange of wealth. Solve the money question successfully and | you still bave tue few multi-millionaires and the many who have nothing. The difficulty, we maintain, is not in the ex- change, but in the distribution of wealth. Taxation is the only means by which | wealth can be distributed. | “The cause of the present unequal dis- tribution of wealth is that the power of taxation has been delegated toa lew cor- porations and monopolies, and has there- by~tendaed to aggregate weslth in the hands of 2 few. ‘“‘Who have createa the values that now exist in this community ? Have vou,or], | or the Noe heirs made them? No, the | value have been created by all of us. To whom, then, should these values go? By | any system of right or justice they should | goonly to the community—to those who made the values. What a mean makes should go to the man; what a community makes should go to the community. 2 *Our method of reaching our end is extremely simple. We propose to elim- inate the taxes, one by one, until all are gone but the single tax on Jand values. In this State we are Handicapped by the work of the ‘wise men’ who in 1879 or- property. ments have endeavored to make people pay taxes on money, mortgages, etc. It is the boldest, baldest kind of a delusion to suppose that a man pays a tax on money. “Ifa tax is put upon a man’s money of makes the person to whom he seils his goods or lends his money pay the increased tax. “Qf all reforms our fis the least revo- lutionary. We unite and work with any- We voted to abolish the tax on the furmers’ trees and vines; we will vote to abolish the tax that is put on every man between the ages of 21 and 60 because he wears a beard, and so on until all but the one tax are gone. “Necessarily the increased tax will go to the land and its improvements. When we once get rid of the tax upon personal property, the tax on buildings and im- provements must quickly follow. People will see the unfairness of fining a man for putting up buildings, and thus employing men and improving the neighborhood. This is the final logical step in the series which will inauzurate_the single tax, and make men truly free by giving them free nature has provided for man.” PLAINT OF A FRESNO WIFE. Mrs. W. F. Hanke Causes Her Husband’s Arrest for Cruelty. FRESNO, CaL., June 6.—Ex-Supervisor | W. F. Hanke was to-day arrested for | threatening the life of his wife. Mrs. | Hanke has brought suit for a divorce, and papers were served on her hiusband to-day. She alleged cruelty. Shortly after the papers were served upon him Hanke went to his wife’s room at the Grand Central Hotel. He struck her a number of times and threatened to-kill her. After he left the rooms Mrs. Hanke went before Justice St. John and filed a com- plaint. Hanke was arrested and arraigned | and held on $1000 bonds, which he pro-| cured. | While hunting for bondsmen, in com- pany with an officer, Hanke attempted fo attack Joseph Weil, whom he charged with being the cause of his matrimonal troubles. The officer had hard work to prevent an i encounter. Hanke wa3a formerly one of the most prominent citizens of Fresno | County, but drink got the better of him. D e Santa Barbora Returns. SANTA BARBARA, CaL, June 6.—J. W. Taggart (R.) was to-day elected School | Local issues were i L Miss Don M. Cann, one of California’s most beautiful girls, has decided to | adopt the vocal stage as a profession. She is a handsome brunette, quite tall, and has a queenly prescnce. Her hair is jet black and she has large black eyes. Miss Cann is known to a large circle of friends as a songstress of more than | ordinary gifts. Many of them have told her that her proper place is in the East, and she is ambitious to become more than an ordinary simger. Miss Cann will make her debut as a California girl with a repertoire of songs by California composers. She wi!l make her farewell appearance here mext week at Metro- politan Temple with Alexander Black’s picture play, “Miss Jerry.” FOLSOM’S NEW INDUSTRY. of the Union Iron Works, and Senator J. H. Mahoney. Sacramento was largely The Rock-Crushing Plant Started in the | revresented, as were all mneighboring towns. Ui haid L1 .Steveml HEntred At the prison the rock-crusher was Visitors. | started in the presencs of the guests, and SACRAMENTO, Car., June 6.—The | in twenty minutes forty tons of rock was NTO, % . initial step in a move for good road: { crushed into road metal, the plant work- b ing without a hitch. After inspecting the throughout the State was taken to-day | when the rock-crushing plant at Folsom | lunch was partaken of. ‘Iwower-lmuse and prison, a bounteous prison was formally opened. The Bureau | ngce}fhcs'wcre made by fl‘h&:nas l\gcCon& ot Highways and Prison Directors pro- | nell, the pioneer mover in the good-roa vided s special train from this city to con- | enterprise; E. D. McCabe, on behalf of the Professor Marx of Stanford vey their invited guests to Folsom, and | {jpjyersit George T. Marye, regent some 300 representative men of Northern | of the University of (:au?;)m[,; J. California were present. A. Woodson of the Record - Union represented by Mayor | delivered a briliiant address on ““The Stockton was 5 id- | Press of the State,” and “Uncle’’ George Boggs and Superintendent of Streets Bid- | 7 Bromley of: Han : Prauclaco mafe well. Arthar Thornton of New Hope, San | 4/, pj¢ of the day in his address on “Bad Joaquin Cotnty, was also one of the party. | Roads”’; Warden Charles Aull spoke on Sap Francisco’s representatives were | “Convict Labor”’ and L. H. Lang of Stock- George T. Bromley and Daniel E.;Hayes | ton responded to a toast. SUED FOR HIS GROOM'S CARE, Millionaire Walter Hobart Before the Justice Court. A DOCTOR’S LITTLE BILL The Hero of the Horse Show Did Not Recognize the Demand. IN THE COLLECTOR'S HANDS. Served With Summons in the Action 2 on the Day of His Mar- riage. It is seldom that such a small matter as an’ unpaid doctor’s bill gets a multi- millionaire before the courts, but that is just what has happened to young Walter Hobart, whose winnings at the horse show made many of his rival exhibitors green with envy. It was through a distressing incident of this very social function that Hobart be- came entangled with the law and has been sued in the justice courts. While some of his blooded stock was being exhibited in the judging ring one | of tlie horses became nervous over the ordeal ana began lashing out with his hoofs. Harry Archer, one of the million- aire’s grooms, was standing behind the | restive horse and was struck by one of the | flying hoofs and dashed to the ground. A scene of excitement at once ensued, | women screaming and attendants rushing | to pick up the man, who was apparently | very badly hurt. In the midst of the up- | roar Hobart dashed into the ring, and sering that Archer was much injured called loudly for a doctor. Dr. Edwin Bunnell of 21 Powell street happened to be in the audience and made his way into the ring. “I want you to take good care of that | man,”” said Hobart. “Do the very best youcan for him and send the bills to me. Never mind the expense.’” | From a man of Hobart’s financial and | social standing such a rrequest bore more | than ordinary weight and Dr. Bunnell worked Jong and hard over the stricken groom. The nature of the man’s injuries made the case a difficult- one, and he was compelled to remain up one entire night watching at his bedside, besides making many other visits. The man finally re- covered. He assessed his charges at $50, which he deemed to be just and reason- abie, and sent Hobart a bill. No response | being forthcoming he sent a second de- igm;)d, that was as unproductive as the rst. Then, becoming a little 1mpatient, the fee, but was met with the curt statement that Mr. Hobart did not consider that he owed the physician anything. | “We will see about that,”” was Dr. Bun- doctor made a personal demand for his | nell's only answer, and he straightway hied him fo Jacob, surnamed Rauer, who, in his day, has sued dukes, star actresses, lords, millionaires and other notabies, and made known thgt Hobart was in- debted to him in the sum of §560 and re- tused to pay. Nothing daunted, Rauer sent a notification to Hobart that $50. must be forthcoming or a suit would be instituted. After waiting the stipulated period an acfion was brought, and on the very day that Hobart was wedded to Miss Wil- liams, and just as he was bringing her bome to his handsome country resideace, the summons was served on him. Thus far, though but two days of the period allowed to answer remain, he has failed to say why he deems the claim un- just, and Rauer’s chances for a judzment by default are good. RED GULCH DISASTER. A Teamster Torn to Shreds by the Ex- plosion of Powder He Was Hauling. REDDING, CaL, June 6.—A horrible accident occurred this morning on the Redding and Trinity Center road, between | French Gulch and Trinity center, in which | Paul Wellendorff, aged 28 years, of this| city, lost his life. | Wellendorff was a teamster employed in hauling freight between this dity and the | oinnabar iines. He left Redding on | Monday with a load composed in part of a number of kegs of black powder, to be used | in blasting in the mines of Trinity County. | ‘When near Morgan’s ranch the powder | exploded. The wagons were blown fo | pieces, the horses kifled and young Wel- lendorff shockingly mangled. ‘The cause of the explosion is not known. The powder was either ignited from a | cigar siump dropped by the teamster, or else a severe jolt causea the combustion. Wellendorif was well known here. About | a year ago his brother, Will Wellendorif, lost his life in an accident at the Shasta | Lumber Company’s mill, in this county. - EaE s SACRAMENTO SENSATION. | | | Treasurer Dronan of the Pressmen’s Undon Charged With Embezzlement. BACRAMENTO, CAr., June 6.—John E. Dronan, treasurer and secretary of the Sacramento Printing Pressmen’s Union, a substantial labor organization of this city and a branch of the Interna- tional Piinting Pressmen's Union of Norta America, is short in his accounts and a warrant for his arrest on a charge of embezzlement has been applied for and will probably be issued as soon as it can be ascertained that the union is an incor- porated organization. The reported amount of the alleged embezzlement is §210, but it is claimed to be far in excess of this amount. Dronan refuses to produce the books of the union, ulx’xd it isclaimed he has made away with them. 1t is also claimed that when faxed with his malfeasance he displayed a bankbook | with reputed deposits of §125, and that in- quiry at the bank developed that he had but $4 on deposit and that he had falsified the book. A g Friday Morning Olub Officers. LO8 ANGELES, Car., June 6.—The Fri- day Morning Club elected officers yester- day morning between the hours of 9 and 11 o’clock. The election resultea as fol- lows: President, Mrs. Margaret Collier Graham; first vice-president, Mrs. 8. S. Salisbury; second vice-president, Mrs. iank Wiggins; secretary, Mrs. John A. | Walls; treasurer, Mrs. W. L. Graves. The board of directors are as follows: Miss Jennie E. Collier, Mesdames G. Strecke | wald, Eila P. Hubbard, Frank A. Gibson, NEW TO-DAY. That Clutching ‘Sensation at the Heart is almost instantly dispelled by a swallow of Vino-Kolafra, the African Tonic made from Sterculia Nuts. 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