Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-13

object he has in view. LAM
cannot be made "commOn prop
erty" without destroying privat
ownership. Those who hol'
the title now must be induced
to part with it either by pur
chase or force, and as purchase
is not prepos: d, is the only rem
edy left.
Now it is manifest that pres
| ent owners will refuse to relin
quish, so long as it is profitable
to hold. So long as the tax plu'
the expense Of taking care o
the land is less than the advan-
tage of the use plus the aPpricI-
alton in value.
1t is furthermore manifest
that owners of the soil will e1-
haust every expedient to get
back the tax, and relieve them
selves from the burden of tax
alton, by advancing the rental 81
land, and increasing the price OF
the products Of the soil. Ii the
owner is taxed he will exact
more rent, and the tenant will
advance the price Of farm pro-
duets to escape the burden, and
consumers will be the real Suf-
ferers. The owner will not yield
until the expedient Of advancing
rent fails. Clearly, therefore,
rent must be absorbed and the
power of advancing it exhau ted
before land can be made ''vOm-
mon property"
1t is also manifest that when
ever Iandholding becomes un-
profitable, whenever the tax,
plus the expense OF taking care
of the land is greater than the
rent plus the appreciation in Value
Of the land plus the power OF ad-
vancing rent, no one will care to
occupy or cultivate the soil.
For in this case it wonld absorb
the rent, and part of tho wages
of labor to pay the tax. In
short, landholding must be made
Improbable before present
owners will surrender its pos
session.
Who will care to hold land or
perform labor in cultivating the
soil when it is no longer profit
able? when indeed it involves
loss?
Another feature of Georges
plan is worthy of observation
before proceeding to discuss its
feasibility, justice and practical
results. In appropriating rent
by taxation, George proposes to
abolish all other taxes. Land
alone is to bear the burdens OF
Government, all other property
is to be exempt. He says at
page sos: .Now, irsemuch as
the taxation of rent or land,
values must necessarily be in
creased, just as we abolish other
taxes, we may put the propo-
sition into practical form by pro-
posing to abolish all taxation SAGE
upon land rGlues."
Not only are all needed rev.
enues TO be raised frOR taxing
land values, but the eQuicGlent Of
all rent is to be taken by the Co.
ernment, Hhether needed for req
ealte purposes or not"
The income arising from the
use of land, no matter how great,
is to be paid into the public
treasury and constitute a fund
for the payment of public ex-
perses.
alt will be necessary" he
says, where rent exceeds the
present Governmental revenues
to commensurately increase the
amount demanded in taxation
and to continue this increase as
society progresses and rent ad-
vances."
Finally, after appropriating
the land, after destroying pri-
vate ownership and vesting the
title in the Government for the
common benefit" it is pro-
posed to grant to iadiridudls the
erciusiye right to occupy. use aud
inproce the land Withoalt Hnait0-
ti0n as to time, and acithout re
sty'iction as to quantity.
Whoever is the owner or in
the possession and enjoyment of
land at the present time, and
wishes to continue or enlarge
such possession and enjoyment
or sell, or transfer Or bequeath
it, can do so freely and without
limit. ton.
Whoever wishes to appr~pri-