The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-03-01
PROGRESS AND POVERTY.
A DE> CIPI.E or sFErRY GEORGE
FAs cRS THE &INt.lfI LAND TAN.
FtP cites Herbert Spencer and John
stuart Mi.i as Having Endorsed II Sim
liar SyStcEt.
Especial Cor. to STATE CHHoNIcLE.l

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Trade and TAXATION are rapidly gaining
! ground in all parts Of the country, from
/ Maine to Texas, and California; as well
as in Great Britain. Ire}ard the Canadian
Dominion, Australia, and on the Cont
nent of Europe There is no gaiusaying
these facts Mr. George himself, is a man
Of extraordinary powers, as writer and
! speaker. aud his numerous works-espe
cially his ''I'rcgress ana Poverty which
! has been translated into all the modern
/ languages nave made = profound impress
sion upon the world. Although an abso
lutte FreeTrader, and not mere Revenue
1 Retnrmer, he Eave IN earnest and encr
/ gttlc support to Mr. Cleveland during he
4 late Presidential cHmpaI@n and VOL Tor
him thousands of votes among the labor
/ ing classes. 10 him and to nla able and
numerous cO-laborers is due The fat, that
almost everyW here, there We're l'emocra
tic gains in the manufacturing districts
The Fundamental land theory maintain
I'd by Mr.. George, that the land rightfu!ly
belongs to the whole people, and that its
absolute ownership should not BE granted
to individuals. is not new and is not bis,
except by adoption. Indved. il is said 10
ne very old. and that it was the practice
OF Nations in the earliest times. Herbert
Spencer, the eminent English philosopher
! in his SOCIAL STATISTICS states the pr0po-
sition thus:
Given a race Of beings having like
claims TO pursue the objects of their de
sires- given Il world adapted to the graft
ticatlOn of those desires, "a world INTO
which such beings are similarly born, and
! il unavOidaGly follows that thcy have equal
l..t of +b,,n .tl.,,s fraado,o - ~ an ,h..t
ha vii. ,,ro,.idnd h.. ;r,f,.;,,I.,1. ~ fha
n.,,,aI trnoa6-,, ~ c+h<.r ;, ..o,t, ~
,;a,,, fr','+, ,i.e ,..rli, rl, -i,>.'.+i
faN[i,-, ~ III ,,.1r,+ rn,il.,.} - ...i,I..
III nrLt.rs ti...sna lii..ir-y Ana @.ouy..r..,.-
II, it is manifest THAI 10 one, or par, u
them may use the earth ia such Il way -
to prevent lie rest from smil..iiy using ii: +:
.,,-eiu.t that to 90 this is 10 assume greater.
freedom ti3an the rest. md c3nseuEelIt,y
to Break the law. Equi,v. hl1efore. doe
not admit + opertv III Land For if ONE
portion of The eaIth'S ~arface NAV Just y
become The possession # Ill ndN.dud
4 auI NAV be held bv him for his sole Use
ana benefit, as a thing /. sliet he has an
exclusive right. then otne; q. .rtions Of the
earth'S surface may be 81 At Ia: ana event
uaily the WHOLE oftte eartho surface may
be 80 held. and our planet may tuu- lapse
altogether into priNat" hands Observe
now the dilemma 10 which this leads sup
posing the entire habitabIe globe 70 be 50
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IT, : Js''''1 .i r. + -.
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+tai,. 49, bl,,r.4 "a :.
ot, .ts,l - - dr,,,. s
& ;..e.. .+,;,..i. -
t'l'o' 80 - = 49, 49, =.
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: tb' '''i,+ i,+.ir ~
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MI. spencer proceeds 10 ;r- It my il
the tps"lu' E lndlNldudi ownership oi l"hd
be allowed. '5hen is his 05tc2 ~ Leeds
justified IN warning of tourists from Ben
N@cDnpm, NE luke "f Afh". III ci"-.hG
Glen itlt, fhe Duke of BLeclcl-A IN "eHy
lhS .t>'S 20 tne tree hurcn, "hd ne tIht
OF utArriand, III baLl>hln9 the tii-htaud
er9 t. make room for sheep VA. L. II tAt-N
have such a right, then 1t would heFroper
tor the sole proprietor or tnA hihgdom
a Jersey or GurnNeE, for example 10 I'M
pose j'!>t what regulations be nlgitt choose
on its inhabitants TO tell them thai they
should not live on his property unless they
possessed certain religion, spoke a p9rtl
Guitar language, pad him specified reve-
ru", adopted an autholiZd d tre~~. and
couformed 20 all other cont.l1ohs he n ght
see III 70 make.