The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-05-23
PROP. ELY AND LAND MONOPOLY,
One ID Benefit and the Other 10 Curse
BONE Argument What Knocks put
mly'AArgument on ihe hehFS
Qeorge pheorg Of hoo'
nlmio Rent
RplToR NEws,DEMooRAT.

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Professor Rly, IN hlh chapter on lana,
also treats of mOnOpOlleh, lie SHOWS
that public monopoliea have proven 70
be q benefit while private mohopolles
have proven a curse 70 inc hAIioh anu
Hs also shows thatprotectlye tarlf y
the father Of private monppollthi ana,
NJ order 10 make this paper short, ] WIN
dispense with a. rything further on TAR
lY or monopoly aud proceed ~ once 10
TAI part of his chapter when treats ON
lnnd, ho.
Professor Ely Rays land monopoly has
bee0me the most gigantic ana dlhhs
tfous OF Rll mOnOpOlieal ana, Whlle he
objects ~ tho land system OF Henry
George. he says that George deserves
GREAT credit for showing 10 the Worll
80 clearly that the manipulation OF
land has become most disastrous mo
nOpoy, Professor Elyh objection 10
the George system rs that II conllsealeh
the economic rent that attaches 70 lana,
and on this have something TO say
Professor Ely condemns private mo,
nopOlies as DIES tstrOus 20 the public ana
claims that land monopoly II tho most
disastrous Of All mOnnp0llra, Ihe eco
nOmic rent that attaches 10 lana 10 Mlht
makea land a private monopoly WIZ.
out lhe economic rent lAud would
not be u private monopoly Tor
there would be- no incentive To
hold land for speculation, Now toe con
Rscate this economic rent for the oene'
NJ of the public, aa George proposes,
would make land a public monopoly,
and Professor Ely himself shows clearly
that public mOn0pOlles have proven 10
hea benefit 10 the public,
our postal system for Instance la one
UluutratiOn. Then why Prof Ely should
obieet To the coulisgauln OF the eco
nomlc rent / think Is not clear, even 10
the professor himself surely not on
ihe ground OF injustice 10 lnud owners,
for the economic rent that makes lana
A monopoly IS produced by the public, u
value that attaches 70 land, IN cunae'
unence of the growth OF society Win
or without the consent OF tht owner OF
the land, Then clearly justice would
favor giving 20 the pupic 'hat Nlllei,
the luhliC produces, Bul lh'te W sun
q more crying evil attached 10 land mo
pOp0ly, when Prof, Ely has perhaps
never thought of, Every individual
0rpt into ihiB world save pcIhlpS
Ndnml n placed here helpless lu the
hands of men, And every individual
DI there H any Uuth ln Christianity
,two lives. "a natural lIig, aud nsplr
.al Uto, Ndw Tie lW. plncrd man
. this earth, WtlI natural
md "a spiritual llie. lHlJ ON This earth
nso n rne hands OF men, everything
necessary 10 feed and lu ulU.lall pot9
tuo wlgTal ana the spiritual ne, Auu
IN order that the individual may not
sink .uIO poverty aud decay uNluUNIy
or spiritually or both tNr lu0lylduH.
must at least have au opportunity lu
obtain thnt which nltnrJ lrll here u
the hands of men lur llS or her use
and benefit. Therefore ! g,aim t1at 10
ia not only the business but the hOundeu
auty of eyery other individual W iM
as lies In their power 10 see that the
distractions that prevent INDIVIDUALS
from obtnining that which nature IN
tended they should obtaiu, be removed,
Land monopoly rs the taking by law
Tor the exclusive benefit of one class OF
men aud their children, that which ma
tnre lett IN the hands Of men, for the
use and benefit OF all men, Aud WhlIe
the child rs yet M the hands of men, the
church, stale or society Cducates the
child IN accordance with the decrees OF
the king, that this Is right, and accord
ing with Gods design And when the
child becomes a man, hls education em'
poyenshes both bis natural and spirit
ual HE, Aud aylrce then completes
the work OF suc,a, disorder and desttu'
ton. A. J,kINTZ,