Land and Freedom, 1927, Vol. 27 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Land and Freedom, 1927, Vol. 27In paying his tribute to the founder of the movement the chairman (mr. Hobbs) said he looked upon Henry George as the greatest reformer since the time of Christ. Although his enemies had not crucified him they would gladly have destroyed his work. He blazed a pathway of intelligence through the injustice from which mankind had suffered for many ages. His works shone as a beacon light, warning the people of the social dangers around them brought about by the curse of land monopoly.The Assistant Secretary has also helped a good deal in taking charge of the work while the Secretary (mr. A. G. Huie) conducted a campaign round the country, the biggest he has yet undertaken. He travelled in a motor car which was presented to the League by a friend some time ago, he delivered speeches at all the leading towns along the route, which he mostly reported himself, the reports being generally published by the local press. On previous country tours he used to hire a hall, arrange for a chairman, and engage a bellman, but he soon found that he could get a better crowd at a good street corner without any expense except that of advertising the meet ing. Everywhere, of course, he sold the Standard, renew ing subscriptions and getting new ones. He would have done still better work as a propagandist had he arranged beforehand with someone in the towns he was to visit to distribute tracts and other literature free and sell the Standard while he was preaching the word. This should certainly be done in connection with the next coun try tour.However, it was a great success. It lasted about twelve weeks, during which time 46 country towns were visited and addressed, 2186 miles were covered by car and 1385 by train, a large number of the 68 newspapers published in the districts visited were supplied with reports while others supplied themselves, over 500 new subscribers were obtained for the Standard in addition to nearly 300 renewals, and more than 500 copies of Henry George's anti-poverty addresses delivered in Sydney were sold - altogether a very memorable tour.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.