Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-02

], The single tax is founded on alb
solute justice This proposition We
propose to establish on the principles
following; !. Land Is necessary TO the
life OF man. Q Like air and sunlight,
It Ia a bounty Of nature. 3. There is no
process OF law or custom deriving
power from governmental or lower au-
thority. that can july annul mans
right 10 land.
From these rs starting points we
declare the single tax to be that
system for raising public revenues
which win gradually lift taxation or
of all labor products and place it on
land vaues. TN within ten or fifteen
years an revenues shall be derived
from that one source.
Here let us urge our readers clearly
TO understand and TO remember that,
whom we say land value, We mean
value. not area, and that this land
value does not Include the improve
monts on land The single tax does
not propose to touch one cent OF the
value OF buildings. clearing, fencing.
blowing, draining. tree planting, orna-
menting or improving IN any way that
labor has effected on the land. The
single tax declares that all that IL
done by labor belongs TO the labOrer,
ana that TO tax that Is communism,
since II takes from the individual that
which belongs 10 him and puts in into
the public treasury, where IL becomes
the property OF all.
Again let our readers understand
that when we say land We do not
mean farm land, nor pasture land,
mineral lund nor timber lands.
proved land nor Wild land.
we do not mean city lots worth mil
lions OF dollars per acre. nor village
lota worth hundreds; We do not mean
sites for mills and factories. nor strips
OF ground for racetr0cks. viaducts,
aqucducts, nor for canals, railroads or
toll-piltes, we do not mean one Of
these, but we mean all OF them aud
design to include In the term all pos
sble uses to which land can be put
by man. for his private good.
Since land, by nature, belongs to
all men in equal right, exclusive pos
session Of any portion OF the earth's
surface cannot rightly be claimed by
any one man unless fair compensation
be made 10 the balance OF mankind
for the exclusive possession desired,
This exclusive possession would not
be cstimuied nj any value IL every
one occupied ns iuuch lana as he
could nut 10 profltabIe use. But land
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