A SOCIALIST AND A SINGLE-TAXER IN THE NEXT CONGRESS
A Socialist and A Single-taxer In the Next Congress AMONG the new faces that will be seen in the next Congress, there are I whose appearance in the House of Representatives will arouse nation-w...
...I did not ask anyone to vote for me...
...I also deeply feel the responsibility...
...New York District...
...In short, 1 go there as a representative of the closs struggle between capitalism and the proletariat...
...Led by Mr...
...I did not make a personal campaign 7ior a campaign for myself...
...I always asked our readers and audiences to vote for Socialism and for economic freedom—to vote against trusts and trust rule...
...With the election of these two men to Congress, two large and important groups of thinkers will have direct representation—the Socialists and tha SUntile-tttxers...
...However, I understand that I am simply a means to a great end, and that the working class of Milwaukee, by sending me to Congress, dignified itself and is making history...
...Harry" George is the son of the famous "single-taxer," Henry George, whose plan for abolishing poverty and equalizing opportunity through the taxation of land values is the gospel of a great army of citizens, not only in this country but also throughout the world...
...The working class of America—the great masses of the people— were until now without a representative in Congress...
...Ber, will represent the Fifth Wisconsin district...
...Berger, the Social-Democratic party carr the city and county of Milwaukee, and Berger himself was elected over his progress Republican opponent by a narrow margin...
...A Socialist and A Single-taxer In the Next Congress AMONG the new faces that will be seen in the next Congress, there are I whose appearance in the House of Representatives will arouse nation-w interest...
...Berger is the leader of the Socialists in Wisconsin, and one of the ablest champi of socialism in America...
...Congressman-elect George is also a champion of the land values taxation idea propounded by his father, and although elected on the Democratic ticket is a democrat with a little "d...
...Mr, George, the Seventee...
...1 deeply feel the honor of having been selected as the first representative of the Socialist party and of the working class to the Congress of the United States...
...Berger said: "I was not a candidate for office in the usual sense of the word...
...I always asked a vote for the entire ticket, which represented the working class...
...The only party in the world that represents the working class is the Social-Democratic party, and until now there has been no Socialist in Congress...
...I will bring a new view point into Congress—the view point of the toiling mass...
...What his attitude will be in his new position is indicated by an interview published after his election...
...As for me, I will do all in my power to justify the trust reposed in me...
...They are Victor L. Berger and Henry George, Jr...
Vol. 2 • November 1910 • No. 47
