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Show I t HENRY DEMOR ST LLOYD, FRIEND OF j WAGE-WORK' RS. WHO DIED LAST WEEK j I . ---. WW ' v'-yr'-"'"-.'X i DEATH OF HENRY 0. LLOYD. Long Known aa a Devoted Student of Economic Queatlona. ll-nry M. I.loyd. a devoted atml'-nt of economic (ineHtlona, died of pneumonia pneu-monia at Chlcaico la-it week. Mr. I.loyd wn widely known, not only In Hie United filnten. but In Kiiropo, na Ilia friend of tho wane worker, nnd aa an authority m all mnttera pertaining to tho toller ami bla welfare. Ho waa born In H'H"-villa. H'H"-villa. N. J., near Nowark. Mny 1, 1H7. Ilia father waa Itov. Aaron I.loyd. a rlergyinnn of tho Hutch Iteformrd church. A brother, lioinoreat I.loyd, kiih a relebrnled playwright In hla day. Henry I). I.loyd received bin enrly education In New York city. When a young mnn ho studied In Columbia Co-lumbia ('nlverxlty. and after ha waa grailunted ho took a law course; In 1X1111 ho waa licensed aa an attorney. luring the next threo years Mr. I.loyd waa aialataut aecrolary of thn American Free Trade League, organ-lied organ-lied by William Cnllen llryaut, David A. Wella and other fnmoiin men. In lull Iho young man waa aNo actively engnged In orgnnlxlng the YonnR Men'a Municipal Iteform Aanoclatlon. which contributed Ita ahare In tbo do-noralltatlon do-noralltatlon of Iho notorloua Tweeil machine. In that ram algn Mr. I.loyd prepared a manual for votera. The title waa "Kvery Man Ilia Own Voter, and tbo pamphleta wore dlntrlhutcd In every aoetlon of New York cltyVvd helped tn open the eyoa of the cklfwa to tho marhlnntlnna of Tweed and hla gnng. Mr. I.loyd Ihon went to Chicago. In I S73 ho wn married to a daughter of William Ilroiia. onca llculonnnt governor gov-ernor of Illlnola. Aa a ChlrnKoan Mr. Lloyd continued lita work among the people. Through imiKitxIun nrtlclea, leclurea and pi-r-Honal Inln.ra among tho manHoa ho came lo be conaldori'd an authority on aoclologlcnl quest lona. Several erH ago ho went to New Zealand, whore ho remained alx monthn atudylng economic eco-nomic comlltlotiH. Ono remilt of thla trip bh a hool. enli led "A Country Without Blrll.ea" Ho waa also aent by the Allied Trndca I'ulona of the United Htutea to represent them at tho International congrcxN In Heme. Hwlterlanil. A few montliN ago Mr. IJoyd waa usntlate counsel with Clarence Harrow before Hie national arbitration commwiloii-Tho commwiloii-Tho mlnern' rlghta wero advocated hy Mr. I.loyd In a apoech which w warmly prnlaed. He waa n producer of many booka and treattNcH. "Wealth va. Commonwealth" Common-wealth" nnd "Making Itreud Hear" are among tho rrenturoa of hla bralu. Ho was a mnn of considerable means, a ph nsnnt personality, and had the reputation repu-tation of being a forceful orator. |