"the Unearned Increment."

tíome montihs ngo a debate was arraraged between Hon. R. G. Horr, formerly a Miv.higan congroMKttau now a wtdely-kOOWD Tribune writer flnd a gHted lecturer, and Henry George. Tfoe delcate Mas held at l-jyracuso, X. Y., und wa.s íairly eondacted in tihe presence of over 2,000 people, of ■wliom 600 or more were friends of Mr. üeorge, and carne expectlng to isee lúa opponent used up. The sinitle'tax advocate opeoed by an argument for "the unearned increment" as thc beata for his theory of tiaximg oniy land. Wfai lie closed Mr. Horr carne forward and said : "I have a lKok eutitíed 'PrOgl'WW and Povcrty.' Did you WrttC tliat look?" Th author aiiswred, "Yes," and Horr contJnued : "I fiud sometiliing in that book wÏLich eurprises me. On ita title page is an inscription showing it eopyrighted by Henry George. Did you copyright that book ?" And again its author saif : "Y'es," the audienee waiting curiOTisly to ee what all this meanit. "Well," said Mr. Horr, "it Is a well wTltten book, althoug-h I do not indorse ate vieww, and it íh fair that your labor in it sliould be paid. I aboqM ay $3,000- yes, $5,000- wae due you for your work as it author. But your publishers 8ay tJiat over 200,000 have been printed and eold. Now, you did no work in printing, pushing, nending over the land or selling it. You just sat Btill and raked In from your copyright some $30,000 or $40,000 of 'unearaed lncrement,' which 1)J' that copyright you compelled your dealers to pay yon and now you Boy XhnX nobody but lajdowner.s ishould be tnxed tor such increment. I am greatly wurprised!' The audiwice laughel and wlioute( long and loud, the two hours were fillcd with the tolks of the two de debatera, but from this opening to the end Hcnry George was a usfd-up nvan, if the actions of the hea-ren ani the ovation of the throng crowdlni anmnd Ii. (i. Horr at the close were any standard of judument. tince thet Mr. (ieorge has not met Mr. Horr ii debate, probably never will. Tlw.' desk wliRh Jefferson DuviH usod wlion hc was B memlter of Che Uaitei Wtates senate i still in tbe Benat ttiamber. Henalor OoCkrell, of Mis bout!, uses it iiow. it is related tlva (liiiinjí tbe Civil war me Union soldiers, wihen the desk was iKintcd out to tlicin, tittempted to demoliwh it wit h thoir bayoneta. One of the attendants haetened to interiore, askinji. Wlva.t tire you doims ?" 'Breakiag np Jeff Davis desk," the soldlers answered. cm ility made another stal) with iheir bayonets. "It is not Jeff Davis' lesk," Nvias tbe answer. "It is property of the government, and if you don't stop right away you will goto jail." Tluea the soldiers ceased, but the ngly holes made by the bayonets in th polished mahogany teil a imite but eloquent Ktory of tb pasaions of 1801. If Judfr. i;rc.-li,un ha.s political itoh bad enough to leave the bene where he niatttrally lKilongu, to tak o position In Cleveland's eabinet, h vril make no great scratch of it.