Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1888 — A Question Henry George Did Not Answer. [ARTICLE]

A Question Henry George Did Not Answer.

Henry George delivered a lecture in his hearers to ask him questions. They did; but the question asked by Mr. Martin Drennan was not-answered. This was the question: “The gentlemen whose principles you so ably advocate have put brick on the free list. The weekly paid to britfkmakers in England are $3.54. The weekly wages paid in the United States are $11.86. Now, if ship owners find it advantageous to, carry brick as ballast, and as the cost of loading in England and unloading in New York would be no higher than the cost of loading at Haverstraw and unloading in New York, what would be the effect on the wages of brickmakers and the brick industry in America?” Mr. Geooge did not answer the question, but he said: “What we nee> I most is cheap brick and not b'rickmakers.” The following table shows the Democratic majority or plurality in Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee in the three latest Presidential electioils; ___ 1879. IoSO. 1884. 31 27 6,141 Virginia ... 14.561. 11,148 422 Tennessee 43,600/ 20 5.4 ’ 9.108 The advance in manufacturing industries in these States in the past few years will give the Republicans more strength in them than they had four years ago, when the Democratic majority was cut down to , suctf small fig ures.' If Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee are not doubtful States just now, what are they? 1 A Contrast. Levi P. Morten, during the great famine in Ireland, in 1877, contributed FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS of his own means, and sent a ship-load of provisions to the starving poor of Ireland. Grover Cleveland contributed TWENTY DOLLARS to the Charleston earthquake sufferers in 1887. Her Usefulness Past. ..jj Pbiladelph* Reeord. Blinks—-Hold on! What’ your hurry? Jinks—Nearly driven to death. Half a bushel of letters to answer this morningand no one to help do it ' “What has become of that pretty girl type- writer you had?” “She’s no use anv more. She went and goLmamed. . ~ “You donjt say so. Whom did she ’marry?” “Me” &