Freedom, the Panacea for Poverty

William Lloyd Garrison, Jr.

[Reprinted from a speech delivered in Chicago, Illinois, September 1891]

To me, as well as many others, the lessening of poverty and the raising of wages, which the George idea promises, was an unwarrantable prophecy, and in my letter of sympathy to Mr. George I said:

"I do not believe that your plan is the panacea for poverty."

"Nor I," he replied, "but I am sure freedom is."

Since then my faith has grown and is growing in the efficacy of this measure. It is the handmaid of freedom.