The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-05-13

la Dor aA o nlLu mum lEAFer SD A-lA- lta
reality they got no economic rent
which is but q scientific term for inter
est upon the value of the farm
ann uut- however au advocate or de-
PENDANT of land monopoly. nor do ] pre-
tend To deny that land owners, ass land
lords. through the medium of rent.
absorb "a very large proportion OF the.
residual Increment" OF met product of
the nations workers, but do contend
that the fact that very many men man
age to pay rent for valuable lands and
Yet aguass enormous fortunes lu ua's-
ness, proves that interest and profit also
are factors that absorb an undue pro
portion of labors product We have
seen that almost une-hatt of thc value
of the grain crop OF the nation ls
absorbed by tlctors other than rent .
I hold that use and occupancy sH H1uiL
De prerequisite conditions 20 the
legal ownership of land and
that the rulc should 1c enforced upon
the hypothesis that no one man can 10y
any possibility occupy more than one
place, at one time the discriminating
J graduated lcumulutivef task being levied
I upon vacant lands and lands occupied
I by others than those who glalusCu its
ownership. The single tax would
I license capital to- occupy ns many luca-
] tious OF sites. for wealth accum uIatluE
] purpose as 1T was able 20 improve amt
I the tax or rent would be paid 10y the
HHaNDaa people N.aN
/ istiC Occupiers or users of locations
. simply paying their proportion ass COM
| sumers- An taxes and rents levied up
. on or collected from income producing
] businesses are shifted on 20 consumers,
] patrons and customers and the chang
F. ing of the name to the single taxi
/ would not change this ineEorable and
] iumutable law.
/ A graded income ta1 would just as
I surely and uHerriugly take "a fair pro
/ portion of economic rent as would the
/ single tax Limited, " while it would also
/ take the same fair proportion of all iu-
] comes derived through the medium OF
/ interest and profit. Being graded and
/ levied on net incomes it could not bG
l shifted, and If a net income of $1,000
/ was exempt from taxation, the incomes
] that would bs taxed would be '-u1-
| earned Increment
] our single tax friends should disabuse
/ their minds of the falIacious idea that
] economic rent is the only form of uu-
7 earned Increment. AN interest Is uu-
T earned in-cremeuJ-so also ars all
] profits in excess of "fair wages 20
/ Interest upon fraudulent bonds
. and dividends upon fictitious capi-
/ Utilization arc not only Uuearneu
] but are stolen Increment So much
moro powerful are they in their evil
/ poteutiality than is economic rent that
the land of the nation which thirty
/ years ago was owned I'm fee simple, free
of eucumbrauce by tEe masses of tins
/ people is now burdeued with billions ut
dollars of mortgage iudcbteduess, while
an immense quantity of it has been sold
under the sheriHs hammer and is now
the property of those who accumulated
wealth 10y virtue OK the operation of the
/ factors interest and prOnt.-treurE O.
Ward, ia Iopeizs Advocate
TENNESSEE WAKING UP.
A rev Extracts Prom che ssa-hyiIIo, Tenn,
weekly roller An Independent Up
in your issue of the 9th inst. on The
Lesson Taught" you say eff neither OF
the old parties viii promise relief when
out of power OF enact laws when iu
power, then tho future is hopeless ass to
them Both of the old party leaders
act in concert and according Go the viii
of the piutoarats, and the time has come
for the people TO assert their power and
rights iu "a way that wiE ue felt"
Thank God for the patriotic sentiment
contained therein. Two years ago IE
this seuuto toriaI district, gve run one mau
for senator, "a republican, and as there
{ was u0 opposition we elected him
grand triumph of might over right
Our political bosses, iu their zsal
/ to struuulc an independent move
ment of the people and keep
down third party. decided
D aNHaN one aasan -a-trlA=- AAH..a We Na.a.A
] thousands of democrats, s8-culleLr and
yet the party was SO poor in principle
? 7 that no one could bC found who was
willing 20 hoII that banner aIoft and
I go down fighting for the right shades
of old time dCuDgracy- Where were
your principles i'm 1902 Sleep Dus
grand old humbug, tha1 art not for
, gotten but YOU can deceive uH no more
. Therefore ] call upon the independent
voters of Polk, bradley James. Nc
/. Mimi and Monroe, who favor placing O.
o. second party iu the field on the Oaalu
, demands, 20 write me at once giving ms
? authority 20 call convention iu July,
{ at Athens, for the purpose of placing a
. senatorial candidate ian the field and
such other business as may come before
said convention Address me at once
at Syestvaterr Tenn Box 5l-
MoSHoE.
.A CALL FOR TUH PEOPLES rkErT-
Z Please insert iu the next issue Of your
b most excellent paper the fliiowiuug
{ . call viz=
TO enc Peoples Party Clubs oE gVeliIcT srru,
ty aud ali those friendly 90 tle reform move
= You are respectfully requested To sa-
! lect three delegates from each club, and
. where you have no club select three
I from each magisteriai or civil district
B and send them Co Dresden ON the hrsi
q Monday in May to organize Central
; come before 1t ina perfeetiug the organl-
p zatiou OF the district and county CON
3 gressioaal district and any other bus
D iness for the good OF the party Do thi-
Q and oblige your many friends
s. j. THACETIf, ssc'y.
e PEOPLES PARTY CLUE--
We beg space iu your columns To rs
q port the proceedings OF the People
z Party club, which was organized here
b recently. Twenty-Five having expressed
70 a desire for such a club we at once pro
e ceeded % elect officers, Thomas Shea
b I acting as chairman Uru tenn. He was
s elected president of the club, with ~.
s n. Kidd. secretary.
p The following resolutiou was offered
{ and uuaEimuusIy adopted;
We the ulder1i-1ed voters 1f rGg s-Ile eLee1l Oh
- | civil district HlTdEulu county Lelu- have
% thls day. rl1 g5t1 or March lslZs organized a
. ua1pIr'l party club ana pledged our energies
our fortunes and our tlhleuuas 90 tla same
j. uufurfIlF our nag Go lha breeze and pia1Tiua
ras Ii