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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1892-09-16
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ibeilt. y9is Dem Serrn 9aosttsn uno
oem &eitertcrporal oas Yu!psr bt!om,
men. psiB man niht.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1892-09-16
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mails rebt ih6n!"
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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1892-09-16

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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1892-09-16
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S5ou ldHsii ssinat gum SsulcI.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1892-09-16
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The advocate., 1892-05-11
Washington, April 30, 1892.
THE RQUITY OF THE SINGLE TAX.

THE EQUITY OF THE SINGLE TAX.
To the Editor Of THE ADVOCATE.
From what source should nation de-
rive its revenue 80 that 1t will fall equit-
ably upon the whole people without in
terefering with the natural right of free
dom of exchange? Before a nation had
an existence, the people had no need for
revenue. If the establishment of ma
tlon confers no benefits upon people,
it is unworthy of support and tax for
its needs is an imposition. If greater
pesce and prosperity are enjoyed by
people, the outgrowth of good govern
ment, then It's revenue should come from
that which it was instrumental in pro-
ducing. Good government secures to a
people liberty and security of property.
This not only stimulates increased in
dustry, but men flock from other OOun-
tries to enjoy these blessings, greater
wealth Is produced. Men and their pro-
ductions are the only wealth nation
has. This increased immigration and
production causes land values to rapidly
advance.
Before governments were organized
securing to persons liberty and security
of possession, land had either no value
or but little value, and that only In some
locations. Now land values are COM
munRl production, the more dense the
population the greater the land values.
Every individual In q community is a
factor in the growth of land values,
whether he owns land or not. The pos
SCISSOR of corner lot on Broadway, New
York City, with a revenue of s59Y0O0 q
year from it, would starve to death, if he
had to depend upon it for support, II the
million and half of people should move
away.
So land values are q commercial pro-
ductlon the -outgrowth of good govern
ment. What the community produces,
The advocate., 1892-05-11

monopoly is king, where plutocracy Is
worshipped in church and state, and
where trusted trusts-not In the Almighty
GOd-but In the almighty dollar doth
rule; let parting glance be cast upon the
once radiant face all besmlng with smiles
that, In former time entrsnced the Re-
publican beauty Of Kansas! Think Of
that dlsinterested, truly patriotic citizen
-averse to all Office holding-Cyrus Le-
land, jr, chanting the praises of the
beloved Ingalls,, and the courteous, gem
tlemanly and ever suaVe, Morrill,, who
would serve as governOr Think of Col
D. r. Anthony, and his fellow nestors in
journalism, the chaste Commissioner Sol.
Miller and Col. Arthur G.. Stacey, still in
voking aid from the gods in behalf of
that eminent political moralist, John
James Ingalls,, who was, has been, but
now verify is not And, consider the
personal interest that the editor of the
Leavenworth Times has, in his brainy,
anti slavery, pro-monopoly cousin, Hon.
George T. Anthony,who as commissioner,
is seeking to railroad through nomina-
tion to congress! And think with earnest,
solemn thought Of the personal and poll
tical courtesies, that the fleeting editor
of the Off 3isl state paper Is steadily be-
stownig upon the historic, whilom United
States senator, and the present dlgnifed
and honOred chief executive Of the great
commonwealth of Kansasi But how
time would fail one In the attempt to
faithfully narrate the glorious, harmoni-
GUS unlties that dwell within the hal
lowed breasts Of the Republican states
men, Hanback,, Higgins, Hudson, Humph
rey, ct aI., of the sometimes referred to
$4,000 Republican majority" in Kansas,
and the bright, glowing prospects of
Harrison and his main Republican con-
tingent, United States Senator Bishop W.
Perkins, on whom the mantle of the late
P. B. Plumb temporarily falls!
UnoAannkNv. Av.wRl 1000
The advocate., 1892-05-11
'GTON EDITORIAL CORRESPOND

mouth OF the Mississippi, which Ia ut
this time eighty years In the American
slsterhood-the commonwealth of Louis
lana. The national administration
brought to bear everything that was
available in the modern methods Of Re-
publican campaigning, Ia Clsrkson,
Dudley, Quay and Wanamsker meth
ods, and, in addition thereto, the federal
patronage, which dying administration
Is using with the energy of despair. AS
q sequence of its exhausted protracted
efforts, it wheedled 80 per cent OF the
voters of "llttIe Rhody" into Its columns;
while In the pelican state, where there
are two Republican parties, one wing OF
this once powerful party had 1874 per
cent. Of the popular vote, while the. other
one reached 64 per cent. OF Its vote.
Rhode Island, with population OF
345,5O6, polled OTIS votes in 1888.
Louisiana, whose population iS 1,11S,-
587, cast at Its last election 175, 1856 votes;
and 1t has presumptively abolished It's
"lottery" moloch. At the last national
victory of the Whig party the Taylor and
Fillmore electors had 2,4S7 majority in
Louisiana, and majority Of 9,403 In
Rhode Island. In 1852, when the Wings
were absolutely done for, Franklin
Pierce had 1892 majority in Louisiana,
and 465 In Rhode leland.
In the centennial year, by dint OF the
superhuman efforts Of the visiting
statesmen, James A. Garfield and John
Sherman, the Hayes and Wheeler cleo
tors were returned with 4, 400 majority
In Louisiana; the majority was 1914 In
Rhode Island.
Purchased nominations by Republican
candidates.; unparalleled purchase Of
votes, through Doodle, liquor and office,
Is the administration history Of Rhode
Island politics at the opening Of the
campaign In 1892. In Louisiana, Attorney
General Miller, Of the Harrison cabinet,
is Its visiting Republican statesman Of
1892; the national administration, with
out any consultation Of the law making
power of the nation, dumps $4,000 into
New Orleans from the federal treasury,
as peace offering to placate the injured
Italians, and then has, as its crowning
halo Of glory, the defeat Of Mayor
Shakespeare. In the list of general ey-
penditures, connected with an admins
tration "secret service fund.-" this might
take its place with that other peace offer
Ing item Of an outlay Of $3,0OO,0O0-a
mere bagatelle-as an avoidance OF actual
martial conflict with that mammoth (?)
South American republic Of Chill, where
personal interests Of American statesmen
In the fertillzlng guano beds, are, for the
nonce-as to open vlew-put In their
little quiet beds to rest. But to return
to the matter Of administration strength
at the opening of 1892. Rhode Island,
with all the sweat Of Republican brain
and wealth, barely succeeds in electlng
three state officers out Of FIVE, at the poll
ing places; while, In the halcyon days Of
Republican glory, the party masaed 71.9
per cent. of its glorious voters into the
fold of the Republican shepherds. Now,
In Louisiana, out Of a state senate Of
forty, there is not Republican "ln It."
In "My Maryland" where the admins
tratlon is in minority of $4,000, 1t has
fourteen Of the 1T members Of the legis-
The advocate., 1892-05-11

ing energy, in maddened enthusiasm,
over the glorious honor Of being defeated
candidates for the sundry offices, ranging
all the way from the honored Office Of
road oVerseer to the glorious one of
president of the United States! Were it
not, In q measure, history reapeating
Itself? Thoughtful men and women,
absolutely out Of the swim, might pause
to wonder and weep at this wonderful
American exhibition Of political sacrificed
The promise of baked meats and ex-
hilirating fluids, and the possession of
gaudy, lucrative offices, made to the will
ing ear, but, oh, how most cruelty to the
anxious, expectant hope, how cruel to
the victim! And yet, and yet, the
senseless whirl moves on with almost
majestic pace, and the shameless and
vsrdant Office seekers, seemingly forget
fnl Of the painful, stern lessons Of actual
history, rush on with an unaccountable
madness, each to chase his favorite
phantom The great and good presi-
dent of the United States, so excessively
bowed down with the burdensome cares
and exhRuSting labors Of state, ventures
to leave the responsibilities Of govern
ment and move himself southwark from
the capital to engage In the sublime
pastlme Of shooting ducks in marshy
Wales, and, perchance, may be unmindful
Of the earnest, pathetic, solemn admoni-
tion, "Dont kill the birdsp For the
spell seems to come upon him as he
melodlouSly exclalmS, 20, carry me back
to old Virginia; to old Virginia's shore"
and, thus to give quiet rest to his dis
turbed mental 'perturbstions, he moves
himself off on an expedition of snipe
hunting, seemingly oblivlous Of his care
worn expression in November, 1892, as
he holds his elaborate bag!
The presidents secretaries, Messrs.
Elkims, Foster and Tracy, go to and fro
to the city of Gotham, they hastily sum-
mon together the financial msgnates Of
the money centers Of the old and new
world, and the millionaire bsnefciarles
Of the patriotic (O american Protective
Tariff League" and they most emplor-
ing exclaim to their fellow workers In
political inlquity, with an individual,
rather than collective appeal, as one of
old, "Help, help US Cassius, or we sink
into the utmost political oblivion, yea,
into the very bosom Of destruction!"
And Warner MILLER, who, in the graphic
language Of our most devout chief magis-
trate, is stu clearly "outslde the politi-
cal breastworks," seems won't to ex-
claim, "A fool and his money are soon
parted, one delusion to me sufflces, no
more of 1888, 1 most kindly thank you,"
and so he fees to Puget Sound, to more
fully develop Nicaragua canal schemes,
hoping TO get back In time to the Mime
apolis convention, where he will not ex-
pend much of the filthy lucre TO witness
the fleetlng show. Frank Hiscock and
Tom Platt virtually say to the presidents
constitutional advisers, "You should have
sense enough to know that Harrison
and Morton electoral ticket by no posi-
bility can carry the empire state, yet, il
you think we do not understand by this
time whstwe now say about New York
politics, why just wait until November,
and we can turn another large FaSsett
like as we did in the FIotper Vlctory!"
The advocate., 1892-05-11

that which she was instrumental In pro-
ducing-not land, but land values. This
is wherein the equity of the single tax
lies. Jefferson said, "The land belongs
in usufruct to the living"
Under the single tax on land values
every individual would contribute to the
support of the government, whether he
owned land or not, because it is COM
munal production. Land monopoly
would be destroyed, as all speculative
value would be frozen out, and land
would be owned to use, not to speculate.
In most cities and agricultural communi-
ties, the inferior land would have no
price, or very low price. 1t would be
virtually free.
A tax upon land values is the only
tax that cannot be shifted. This Is due
to the fact that land monopoly drives
people away from land, the single tax in
vltes them to the land and opens up Op-
portunities for labor. Land would then
be held for use, and not for speculation.
If man attempted to add the tax to the
rental he would be answered II will not
stand that for l will go elsewhere, as
everywhere landlords are looking for
tenants, they now desire to put their land
to use, it no longer pays to hold it for
speculation, or I'll 60 and get piece of
inferior land for myself and by industry
make 1t fertile, and be independent, and
my own landlord" Neither can the tax
be added to the productions unless under
the single tax production were decreased,
but this would be impossible, for the in
creased demand for labor would set all
the tramps to work, and the productions
would be vastly increased, and the COM
petition for market would make 1t ab-
soluteIy impossible to shift the tax and
add it to the price Of productions.
The single tax would cheaper i'm
proved lands and open up opportunities
to secure homes, and offer premium
upon industry. For no matter how fine
man might have his home, his barn,
fences, orchards, cattle, horses, imple-
ments, Carriages, in fact everything
his industry produced, would be free
from taxation. His tax would be based
upon the value of his land exclusive of
all his improvements and personal prop
erty. The farmers tax would be much
decreased, and all he had to buy would
be free Of tariff tax. The common Ia
borer in the city and country would
profit In the same way, whereas now Mr..
Shearman of New York, q recognized
authority, says they pay Is per cent Of
their income in indirect taxes. The tax
on all valuable business sites In our
cities would be much increased, but not
to the encouragement Of business. Rail-
way right of way franchises would bear
an increased tax.
There is only one other way to raise a
revenue, and that Is by taxing industry
that is the productions of labor. But to
tax industry is to discourage the produc-
ton of wealth.
A government has no moral right to
tax the productions of labor because ain
the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread" 1t follows that commodities ex
isted long before governments were or
ganized, hence no part of the revenue Of
q nation should come from tax on the
sweat of mans brow. 1t Is sacred and
.1ba6ataa ,,Ovarnr,anto
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-15
ON TIE DIAMOND.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Games Of base
ball we're played to-day with the following
results:
At Mobile-Seven innings Mobile a.,
Chattanooga !.
At New Orleans-New Orleans 10, At
lantas
At ouisyiile-Louisyille o, st. Louis 2.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-15
HUGGED LIZZIE KELsBR
Without Her Consent, and Now Pierce
is Under Bonds to Keep the Peace.
From the NetU York Sun,

Without Her Consent, and Now Pierce
Is Under Bonds to Keep the Peace.
From the Ne,O York Sun.
PLEAsANTvILLE, Aug. 12.-Charles
Pierce,a well-known and prosperous young
man Of Absecon, a village near this place,
was brought here to-day and placed under
$500 bail to keep the peace on the complaint
OF Miss Lizzie Kelser handsome young
woman, also Of Absecon, who charged
Pierce with having taken her out buggy
riding, and, while in the vehicle, putting
his arm around her and hugging her.
Miss Kelser was highly indignant at the
mannerEin which Pierce had treated hers
and avowed that he had to pay dearly tor
every kiss he had stolen from her lips.
When Pierce was arraigned before Mag
istrate Lake to-day the stutfy little court
room was crowded with interested speeta-
tors When confronted by the fair COM
plainant Pierce hung his head and wore a
very sleepish look.
The case was freely discussed by the viii
layers before the court proceedings began,
and there was a good deal of sympathy for
Pierce. The elderly male inhabitants OF the
villags openly ad nirted tha5 they had done
such things themselves when they we're
young men like Pierce.
When the case came 10 for hearing Mag
istrate Lake was considerably nonplussed.
He Anally concluded, however, that Charley
Pierce, in hugging Lizzie Kelser, without
frat gaining her consent, had done wrong,
and he placed Pierce under bond to keep the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-15
CURIOUS, If TRUE.
Some Strange stories That Are Told In
Australia.
From the Kapunda Berald

Australia.
From the Rdpundd Herald
We bad talk the other day about
haunted houses and other eerie things. l
was interrupted at that time, but iull in
more important news enables me to get off
my mind two or three other ghostly things
For example: AS 1 rode along in one of
the suburban tram cars l pass cottage
wherein strange thing happened awhile
ago. Nearby lived an old man who had
received many kindnesSes from the true
hearted mistress Of the cottage, who took
compassion upon his necessity. Early one
morning this lady woke in great alright.
She had dreamed that the old man was
calling her in frantic haste TO come and
help him. She looked at the clock
and noted the time. It was 4.30.
Later on the lifeless body of the old man
was found in well. The medical opinion
was that it must have got into the water
at about 4:30 that morning. That was their
independent testimony before they had been
told OF the curious experience OF the woman.
The distance of the well from the house
made it impossible that she could have
heard the old man cry, IL he really did cry.
How, then, can one explain the incidenta |
might relate other facts similar In their
nature, all showing that there is in the
world more mystery than we have vet com
20 S-@~e~~-A~ Law SoSA 40i ho"CN0As 0hhpNSc-
sary.
/ will mention one other peculiar event
which happened less than year ago in this
colony. A lady, wife OF a gentleman in an
influential position, ohanced to meet at a
party one night a person who had great
reputation as an amateur soothsayer. 80,
just tell me my fortune, " she said. jocularly.
"Pd rather not" replied the fortune teller,
after looking steadfastlv at her for little
time; Cpd rather not 1t would discomfort
you terribly" The lady urged her request,
nevertheless. Then" the soothsayer con-
tinued, "I'm sorry to tell you that l am
afraid that 10 three months you will be a
widow, and that in six months
YOU will be mad" The lady
told her husband, who soon fell
III and died, while the other part Of the
prophecy was 10 some extent verified. /
have called this incident peculiar, but there
is in it, at any rate. some direct connection
between the cause aud the effect. The man
during his illness would certainly be de-
pressed by the thought Of tue prophecy that
be could not recover, and the same fact
would affect his wife. Imagination, which
IL more potent than medicine. was set 90
work against the couple. That not only
explains "a mystery IN some degree, but IL
illustrates the need Tor imaginative people
20 10 careful how they handle occult sub
leets.