The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-11-29
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bono Good Heading Tor Thinkers.
EDITOR News DEMOCRAT! Would
the single tax or George system, II
adopted rob people OF the land they
have bought and paid for, A this
seems 10 DO the main point In tho CON
%tfOy6ray, II requires careful eOnaldefa'
ton. Prof. Bemia, seems 10 antag0nlze
tho system on tho ground OF iniuhtlee,
a. destroying tho value OF the land
Under our present social system land
has q double value, u productive value
and a speculative value, lu prOduos
tive value IL given II by nature and
regulated by 10 location or the adyan'
tagea II offers 10 Others 10 labor Ia the
production OF wealth. The single tax
system would not Jensen, but aa we are
prepared 10 show, would increase this
productive value OF tho land. And ~
the system does not propose 10 inter
fere with land titles present owners
would not lose the productive value OF
tho land. Aud In Justice this IL all
they can claim for land. Tho apecula'
tive value OF land would DO destroyed,
aud Justice demands that II should bp
destroyed. Space will not allow me 10
detail this injustice, auilce that u
causes land monopoly and pseysnta oil
auch 40 cannot buy land from enjoying
their natural rights, which IN injustice,
aud injustice can only DO cured by JUS
tice DO that ever 30 severe, But IL may
be asked, II the speculative value DO de-
atr0yed how 10 every one 10 receive tho
rent OF his share OF the land, or what
land value will the government tax,
The growth Of society will necessarily
give an additional value 10 the produc.
Tive value OF land, This might then
properly bG termed the competitive
value. As II would commence the In
slant two mon wanted the same piece
OF land and would Increase m more
men wanted II, THIS value ~ created
by the Increase Of population, and aa II
Ii created by society, we claim II Justly
belongs 10 society, With our present
system when society adds n value 20
land, II increases lt8 own burden. Ifa
lot OF land Ia worth $1,000 to-day, 80
clety 10 expected 10 pay 800 for the use
of IL. II society increases tho value OF
that land 10 $1,000, II must pay 5000
10 uae II, and tho more II increases the
value Of land, the more II must pay for
Ia use, independent OF any thing the
owner has done 10 increase It's value,
80 that justice ID decidedly on the side
OF single tax. Professor Bomls says
farther on, that the system is q good
one, and II Henry George would not In.
gist on enforcing II 10 Us full limit Vt
the start, no would favor II, Now,
Henry George Is not tho originator Of
this system, although no has given II
prominence, he iB only q disciple OF
such men a. Arch Bishop Multy, Of
Ireland; John Stuart Mil, Her.
bert Spencer, OF England; Quesnoy
Condorcet and Mlrabeau, OF France,
Thomas Jefferson, Carlyle and others.
And IL the people OF this country saw
NJ 10 adopt the system, Henry George
would only BIO one among millions TO
say how II should be started or increas'
cd, Judge Underhill could not see how,
II you taxed land 80 that II q rich man
could not hold II, apoor man could hold
II. The object would DO 10 get land In
such a condition that neither would
want 10 hold more than no wanted 10
use, while the probabilities are the rich
mar wouldhold the landof much value
aud be taxed accordingly, while the
poor man would hold the land of little
value, and be taxed accordingly. Both
would have what they wanted and nei-
ther DO burdenod. W. W. Clark claim.
cd that as the Government started the
system on the ground Of e%xpedlency, II
would DO unjust TO change II, Reason
would suggest that whenever any gov.
eminent or individual exchanges Jus.
tice for expediency, they must be los
ers, for justice Is always the more expe.
dent aud demands that the injustice
be righted. Our Government adopted
n system Of protective tariff for expe.
diency, which has destroyed the llber-
ties and happiness Of unnumbered
American citizens, is making million.
aires by the thousand and paupers by
the millions, aud promises fair TO de.
stroy our free institutions.
A, j, KINTZ.