The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-20

.h,o of,ense Tor people 70 exchanges their
= sin and fruits and cattle where -
sAall profit them most AZ long a. nur
man beings anywhere on the globe hun.
rer and starvc there Is congestion ana
had distribution, but. no real surplus OF
food. lsy value = farmer is much less
Land owner than he is capital iss ana
laborer. hut the owner of the small lot
on the corner Of Washington and Court
streets. upon which Sears building
stands. is land owner indeed Juss
try and estimate the number OF farms No
could get in exchange for that dimin-
utive piece Of land know 70 pesser
ILLUSTRATION Of land values. Bound'ess
acrcs weighed in tho balance OF one
CITY lot, and the acres kick the beam.
The twenty-five cities Of Massachu-
setts. while they cover less than per
cent. Of the area, contain ~ per cent OF
the land values Of the State. Boston
alone contains As per cent Of the land
values Of Massachusetts, and only ~
47ths Of 1 per cent Of the area Under
the single tax Boston would pay at tho
present valuation 40 pes cent OF all the
taxes raised in the State. At present ~
paws IS per cent. Threequarters OF sn
average acre along Washington street
is worth Is much as all the land In
Southboro. The owner Of the $l9,5o0
building at the corner of Washington
snd Winter streets, standing on $i22,-
500 lot, would have his tax increased
heavily and find 1t profitable TO erect
better building, but Fred l. Ames would
probably pay loss tax on the corner OF
Court and Washington streets than Will
be levied under the present system.
(For these facts am indebted to Mr.. &
H. Howes. Of Southboro. Mass
grant that under the system we ad.
voc61s speculation in land would cease,
as no one would desire to possess 1t ex-
cept to use it, nor would it profit any
one to do 10. 1t would cease to be an
Investment No capital would BIO locked
up in 1t, and vast sum now Imprisoned
would be set free for productive pur-
poses.
Imagine that land ownership had
never existed in Boston. That all land
was accessible to him who wished to use
it by simply paying its yearly rental
value. That no landlord, rs now, stood
ready to gobblo up in rent the profits OF
labor. That each tenant were secured
legally IN his possession rs he possibly
can be now in ownership, had no fear OF
taxes, direct or indirect, and that no
barbarous custom houses interposed an
unnatural barrier to free trade. That
the wage Garner, allowed free access to
the opportunity Of land At present lock-
ed up from him, instead of begging for
work As now. were free to employ him-
SELF Would mot Boston be better than
Bcllamy's dream Of it, and that without
the sacrifice OF individual independ-
ence? Then there could be no excuse
for idleness or poverty, except through
personal fault or misfortune, and not as
now enforced BY cruel laws which
breed evil conditions. TO able bodied
people seeking work or charity, We
would say. go and employ yourselves.
Human wants are il1imitable. Oppor~
tunity is opened for all who will use it
The profdts Of labor can not then be
Alchai frov, ~. 1.hc~o- No.-r,,o. -
-. s-o LAOS ="
o"ciaAs VIII lnteriere WAN our eAcnang-
ing freely what we raise or make Tor
something else that We want. uniyer-
sal inbercnange means increased human
Satisfaction ana an intending demand
Tor WORKERS Inerefore' the more work.
efs the more wealth.
no wonder that MI. George seeing
what may oe wrought with no miracle,
simply by striking on the fettefs of law
ana CUSTOM gained new reve;ence for
the Creator OF the earth, amp looked
upon the ,'unearned increment" OF land
as the divinely appointed source Of rev.
enue rom which perfect society could
support Itself IN peace and prosperity.
SupposinR we compare the three part
ners winch produce al wealth Land
Capitai ana Laoor-aud sec what sort OF