Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-01-07

given TO one Is well as another, and to
each one rs much as he can per.
sona,ly use. Beyond this no one has
right TO 60, because he would infringe the
rights OF his fellow men in the earth, be-
cause the soil is the source Of oil human
supplies, without which man cannot exist.
AS well attempt to live without air as food.
But there are only four ways Of Obtaining
food-eisher from earth BY its cultivation
by begging it-by submitting 10 The
will Of an employer who can make it
profitable TO hire him-cr by speculation
out Of the toll of others. To obtain food
by begging is disgraceful. TO obtain it
by toiling for another man is an un.
fortunate servitude forced upon the toll.
sr by monopoly. To procure supply by
speculating in The labor of others, is TO
take from ihem that what they would
keep, were there no monopoly.
Ii follows, therefore. tina, the only hon.
est, rational and jus, method of obtaining
the necessaries OF life, is to perform some
useful service, whose fair reward will sup.
ply al wants. To make a living and o
fortune by land monopoly, whether it is
rented or rises in value is TO get living,
and make money without earning it-as
much so as to beg it.
The earth is the original source of all
wealth. The earth was no, made bv, but
for man-for all men, 1t is the great
instrumentality by which labor is made
productive. A wrong, therefore. in its
appropriation, extends itself to all other
pursuits.
No one can live but on the productions
OF the soil. No one can be truly free nm.
less he be king over his own acres. Free
of all charge was the earth given TO all.
and free of charge should i! be settled in
limited qusnliies by all. No man could
make it prof able TO monopoise land if
many Of his fellow men were moi denriv
ed OF their natural right in the earth. Il
Is because many are deprived that a
lew can become rich. The connection
OF every man 10 the soil is as intimate IN
his existence as is that of The helpless in.
ian' TO lis mothers breast. The mother
could be as just ani human in dashing
the infant from her arms, as is the gov.
ernment in cutting off any portion of her
SUBJECTS from the soil. The only differ
ence IS that in one case it is death. while
IN the other it is death or slavery--s;arv-
vation or suhjection to the will Of apo,ber
man for work to keep him alive. He
must beg for master to keep him from
starvation.
But under a just Land System, sarvi-
tude would not be matter of monopoly,
aat of choice. No one would be com.
PEELED to submit to the will OF another.
No one would be necessarily homeless.-
All could have their own homes and
full supply Of all wants, and not PAN
per would be known except among the
most unfortunate-those who are totally
disabled.
% How has Land Monopoly operated to
enrich the few, at the expense of the
many! Suppose that in the settlement
Of Richlsnd County, there are four who
came first. One had money to purchase
10000 acres, another 1000, third 100,
and the fourth, whose parents could give
him ne money, could purchase no acres.
Suppose all go 10 work and perform an
equal emount Of labor in improving the
country Ten years pass. and the land
is worth ten dollars per acre. How do
those iaborers now rank in worth9 He
Who bought 10000 acres is worth $lOO,.
0oo-he Of 1000 acres is worth SO 900
---hs of 100 acres is worth $1,000, and
the setler who purchased no land, is
worth nothing, although he has done an
equal amount Of work. This is most
glsring inequality and injustice, in the
ACQUISITION Of wealth. He who does as
much work, and wastes or expends no
more, ought to have an equal amount.
And yet we see that one gels sloO, 900,
while another gets nothing but mere
subsistence. .g
Had the county been settled on Land
Reform principles. each settler would
have 100 acres, free Of cost. All would
work for the improvement OF the coun-
try. and as far as the rise in value Of
land is concerned, all would share equally
in the reward. there would be no poor
people. no ignorant people, no vicious
peoples An the whole county. There
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