Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-10

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meant 81 ~ single taE-aasneiy, snas u !,
T IaI Gnornp'a proposition 70 levy al
49,. ,,,hn land that nothing b to b
tarad which e the product OF human
lebor that houses. bcnds-perscnal Pro
perty d evsfy kind, IN Z word-are 20 De
sre.nnt nom taxation. and the entire
bnrthep Of supporting the Government Is
A. - thrown noon the landowners; that
/. III worth $4,000 and having upon Il .
AZ ooo house would be assessed at the
same price as lot Of equal value adloin-
inr Il and having upon 1t no house.
We were afraid when we peuned those
s.stamants that somebody would charge
I'd with having misrepresented the ono OBJ
;a.s ~ the advocates Of the single tax-to-
III. the transfer Of all taxes TO the land.
But we were thus spprehensive without
due cause for here comes g letter from Q
member of th. National COMMITTEES OF the
single Tax League of the United States, IN
which letter he says good many things,
hat does not. we are glad TO say, charge
frat we have misunderstood the objects OF
the organization which he champions. Not
one word Of Democracy appears IN this
letter. It is all intended TO boast OF the
strength Of the single-tax movement.
In fact, Mr. wrTExm's letter Is rather q
threat as to what the single-tax men are
able to do than anything else. Here IL Ii !
TO the Editor af the Dispdteh;
In Sundays Issue Of tho DISPATCH, In your ar
ticle entitled "slngle Tax %. Democracy" you
loudly proclaim thst Democrats are nos heo
traders and dcnounce as singie-tax men for
being such. Porhaps you would do wen % TO
member that the founder Of Democracy, Thomas
Jefferson, wss free trader when he said "free
commerce With ali nations" &C. You would also
do we'll to remember that tho most brilliant VIC
tories won by the Democratic party last Novem'
her were won In those districts where Its candi-
dates were out-and-cut free traders, and who
demanded not tariff reduction, but tarin abolt
ton, Az instances cite Warner Of New York
Harter and johnson Of Ohio, Simpson Of Kansas
and Halyorscn and Castle Of Minnesota. You
would also do well TO remember that the atten'
tive ear can catch and the watchfnl eye can see
along the western horizon the indications OF a
coming storm, and before reading us single
takers out Of the Democratic party for our JEFF
y
had better think moment and consider the
danger of the third party that on February ~
1892. win unfuri it's nag. You may need oui
help then, for IN nearly every community In the
United States we have been useful to the Demo
cratic party and can be so again. We have seve'
raj congressman, several presidents OF State al
iances, several mayors OF cities, and many mem
bers Of State legislatures, and In all literary eco
nouric, labor educational, and political circles
the single tax has many able and conspicuous
advocates. Very respectfully,
EUGENE wITHERs.
We claim to be Just such free trader al
Mr.. JErrrRsoS was. We can conscienti
ously repeat his words, Free commerce
with all nations" &C., in the sense in which
he used them. He also said, "We are al
federalists." Theoretically every country
ought to enjoy free trade. In fact, few o.
no countries enjoy it. Even England
free-trade England, as she is sometimes
STYLED, raises an immense revenue By
means Of well-framed tariff. We neet
not argue this point. There are not
thousand voters in Virginia who woul'
be willing to abolish all customs dutie
and levy an additional tax Of two hundre'
millions of dollars upon the land.
To prove that Mr. JEFFERSON was not
Free Trader after the HENRY GEoRGl
school, but boosted that the revenue OF
our Government was collected on the sea-
board and frontiers, we quote from hi
inaugural address of March 4, 1905, a
follows
"The remaining royenue-on the consumption
Of foreign srticles-is paid chiefly by those VIII
can afford to add foreign Injuries TO domesti
comforts. Being collected on our seaboard AM
frontiers only, and incorporated with the trans
actions Of our mercantile citizens, II may be tn
pleasure and the pride OF an American TO ask
what farmer, what mechanic, what iaborer, eve
sees tax-gatherer Of the United States :
We are not at all alarmed by our CORE
spondent's array of single-tax advocates
On the contrary we are glad to learn tina
they are such feeble folk" His lette
will, we think, interest our readers. The
win learn from it to just what sort OF me-
Governor HILL addressed his recen
latfar