add to the value of land and the power which its possession gives. Everywhere, in all times, among all peoples, the possession of land is the base of aristocracy, the foundation of great fortunes, the source of power. As said the Brahmins, ages ago— “_To whomsoever the soil at any time belongs, to him belong the fruits of it. White parasols and elephants mad with pride are the flowers of a grant of land._” FOOTNOTES: [43] Systems of Land Tenure, published by the Cobden Club. This Memorial Edition of the Writings of Henry George is limited to one thousand numbered copies, of which this is No. 4 MEMORIAL EDITION OF THE WRITINGS OF HENRY GEORGE VOL. II. THE WRITINGS OF HENRY GEORGE PROGRESS AND POVERTY AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSE OF INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSIONS AND OF INCREASE OF WANT WITH INCREASE OF WEALTH THE REMEDY II [Illustration: Colophon] NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY AND McCLURE COMPANY 1898 Copyright, 1891, by HENRY GEORGE THE DE VINNE PRESS. BOOK VI. THE REMEDY. CHAPTER I.—INSUFFICIENCY OF REMEDIES CURRENTLY ADVOCATED. CHAPTER II.—THE TRUE REMEDY. A new and fair division of the goods and rights of this world should be the main object of those who conduct human affairs.—_De Tocqueville._ * * * * * When the object is to raise the permanent condition of a people, small means do not merely produce small effects; they produce no effect at all.—_John Stuart Mill._ CHAPTER I. INSUFFICIENCY OF REMEDIES CURRENTLY ADVOCATED. In tracing to its source the cause of increasing poverty amid advancing wealth, we have discovered the remedy; but before passing to that branch of our subject it will be well to review the tendencies or remedies which are currently relied on or advocated. The remedy to which our conclusions point is at once radical and simple—so radical that, on the one side, it will not be fairly considered so long as any faith remains in the efficacy of less caustic measures; so simple that, on the other side, its real efficacy and comprehensiveness are likely to be overlooked, until the effect of more elaborate measures is estimated. The tendencies and measures which current literature and discussions show to be more or less relied on or advocated as calculated to relieve poverty and distress among the masses may be divided into six classes. I do not mean that there are so many distinct parties or schools of thought, but merely that, for the purpose of our inquiry, prevailing opinions and proposed measures may be so grouped for review. Remedies which for the sake of greater convenience and clearness we shall consider separately are often combined in thought.