Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-08

Let IN 70 500 n some " them Will not
profit by the experience which has
proven 90 successful in New L.alandi
ana instead Of selling the lint cut
fight, selling the bifthflght Of Eentr..
lions 10 come, aud allowing the owner
10 appropriate the value cfeaiei by tht
growth Of the community, keep 70 ioi
the equal use aud benefit NJ ALL al
allow IL to be u.ei by any one whO vii
nay the rent, the Tenant 10 have exc
cluaive possession ~ long ~ he pay
the rent, which n to be aBsesseI
tnKcs are now assessed rad Ia 10 be- o.
nearly ~ possible, tho actual feuta.
value o. the land "a olusiyo OF improve.
ments, In effect a perpetual lease
tuUIoct 10 m annual fevaiuati0n,
The poorest land In use should h.
free Of rent or tax M long ~ thcic ls
other lAnI equally IA good open 10 tho
use u any one who will use H., AM
only When increased demand Tor land
has forced r0iucers 10 resort 10 poorer
lands should the better lau1s ur
charged rent ,qiai h the udyaulngc
they possess over the poorest LAM 10
use.
Ls. Congress rcpraisll the land laws,
aJ1llsh the general land Office au1 nu
~ branches, after disp1uus NJ pend
!ug business, discharge the employ tH
anu surrender the mana emuut ni the
land question 10 the states. Indian
reservations auI suuh tracks Ne u H. dc.
slrabis 10 reserve ~ national public
tnfHa should, Of course, frmulu ~ La-
tional control, tut oil lands which nfc
10 be open to tue usu u' the people
.E...s.H. a - sss..Nss af.f.. saWufH..I
Tho state VI Texas anu tho original
states have cUHtr0l u all the land
within their borders, and why shI ild
not the rest Of the states have the same
privilegt2
Why should tho people be- buriened
with taxation f0r the support Of tnis
worse than useless department VI gov
Orumru way should price DO
charged Tor the use " natures bUun-
ties which are lying idle because o.
thor very suprfabuudauct2 Should
Tie government bu an hily OF tho spec
ulntDr In holding land out OF usc
until tho demand becomes 10 great
that men will phy price Tor IT, ust2
IL may DO objected that tue cessi0u OF
the public LANDS 10 the states would ho
conleffing special privileges upon
lands Ia different states IA unequal.
Hut the value Of the public Janus D.,
Insignificant. Land has no value
until the growth VI population creates
demand Tor a.. The entire receipts
of the government from the sale of
lanes Tor tho last Thirty years have
been only little over one hundred
million iollnp, aud the average fJf
the last i've 81 .rf Ices thsn i've mill
lion dollars uuf year. IL h estimated
that the annual increase u land
values OF New YORK Guy alone Ia
tniry million GOllau Ter huuum
Does not tuis show conclusivcly that
II u population that makes land
yalues2
II tue question al issue Ia merely
the question Of the crssi1n of the aria
lands, the g0Od.ioruothing lauds, tue
rugged rocks and the patched ie-ef.s,
II is scarcely worth the pTiuter'- iuk
shat will DO used IN ita discussion.
such a halfway measure would
accomplish nothing useful. And "
when tue lands are coded TO the states
they are 10 continue the policy Of
selling them a. fast ~ pose Die, OF
giving them away 10 tyndicnics, o.
under Eny Of tho nimsy devices that
arc supposed 10 limit their acquisition
TO "sctuai settlers only,n this case will
not be- a bit better. The question will
not be- settled right until a system Il
adopted that VIII recognizes the equal
right u all 10 tho use ~ the earth.
WALLER BRYANT.