The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-03-08
SINGLE TAN THEORIES,
I 'cntcs Of the Bill to Allow New Castle to
Vote for or Against single Tx
Dover March Z, 1895.

III mas Oeen BngResteu tnat the Leglela.
ture shcuid invite Conference" to visit
Dover and try II The key could not be
| found so that the deadlock may be opened
anu United States Senator chosen When
the roll was called to-day every member
| was IN his place and voted and the same
| grand old result was obtained.
| Girls OF touder years will be delighted
to know that IL is sweet Is when they are
| mistress OF themselves as the law was
| passed to-day raising tho age OF consent
TO ~. The effects OF the chunge from 10
10 IL Will be watched with interest. vii.
| mington IL has Eeen asserted, has bsen
den OF ruinatlon for young girls OF 10 and
| ~ years oil age and now unprincipied
parties who took advantage OF their ages
will have to keep sharp look out.
Ihe Senate passed the Senate bill to
! deerease tile capital stock OF the Econom-
| ic insurance Company OF America incor.
| porated at the last session OF the Goner.
al Assembly, from $500 COO To 800. 900 and
making other changes in the charter asked
| for by the corporators.
| Harold Suhdell OF New Castle. this af
ternoon presided at the meeting of tine
advocates OF the bill to allow the people
| oil New Castle, the right to vote at the
| coming election for or against single tax.
| He eaid that In New Castle II piece OF
property owned by the family OF Senator
| Gray had been purchased in 1858 for 5000.
| In 1883 it sold for s3200 In that time 1t
had not leen improved at all. There are
nv" tWo houScs bullb tub lHtl anu
there Inns been an Increase OF S5S In taxes
| on that account
| A. Ii. Stephenson, OF Philadelphia. sntl
that thnre were but two systoms of taxa.
lion. one OF them taxes everything; the
single tax system taxes one thing and
that Is land and according to its value
he present system is not satisfactory.
| Much depends on The assessor. He do.
1 sesses property US he sees fit. In some
cases he assesses property for one.ienth
II ~ ts.ks
| centum OF its value.
| 1t is claimed that the single tax system
| Is the correct one because land is the very
thing Which depends for Its value on the
work OF the community. Every tax pom
house Ia line upon industry. II you
| tax houses the fewer houses you have. IL
man Improves hts house now he Is taxed
an additional amount for It, A single tax
system dlsconrages the man who impedes
the progress OF the town. 1he sooner
land is built upon tho better II is for tho
Town. II taxes are placea upon land
aloae you tax man as much for vacant
lot as for one upon which house was
| bullt. IL this Is done the mnu who owns a
vacant lot will build upon It,
1t isunjust to allow one man to hold q
| vacant tot and profit by the industry OF
those who improve the lots adjoining.
1his Is new system, but 1t Is not alto.
gether new. IL has been approached in
Australia and New Zenland. aud because
l
the only country not suffering from tnan.
2lnl depression. All TINT tho people OF
New Castle ask is 10 be allowed to vote on
this question for themselves.
III. .. hetzel OF Philadelphia said he con-
sldered that the bcst kind OF government
was the kind which is administered by the
| people. The great battles Of civilization
have heen fought over taxation. II any
one has right to say how New Castle
shall Ie taxed 1t should be the people of
| New Cnstle.
Every man who does useful work Is o
| workinRman. The great fight to-day ls
apparently between capital and labor. But
| tho great hight Is not these. They depend
| upon each other and they are ftiends. II
you tax capital the eonsu mers pay 1t. II
| house Is taxed the renter pays It, II you
tax shoes the man who wears them pays
the tax. Pile up as many taxes as n man
may, the consumer must pay 1t. What Is
| causing dissatisfaction among labor is
the Indirect taxation. The community
which places taxes upon rental value of
land solves the labor problem. Every
system of taxation 10 conilscatlon. Few
men would pay tax OF any kind II they
Is collected out OF the renter.
No man In the community should be al
| lowed to get som ethlnR for nothing, This
| ls what man does who allows his land to
munlty improve 1t. There are but three
classes OF persons in tho country. The
capitalist. who invests his money in ma.
chinery; he does something; the laborer
| who works; be does something; the land
| lord does nothing but collect rents Land
was created and given to all tho people.
I IL would be socialism, but this system
can he used to readiust taxation.
Tho speaker believed that the town OF
| New Castle would be improved by adopt.
+, Ing the single tax system
NJ. T. Daunenterg an / Howard E. Staats
OF the City Council eume to Dover TO day
and asked the General Assembly to allow
tine Washington Fire Company s20n0
yoar additional for lis chemical engine.
| In the House today tho following bills
were passed. 10 re enact an act to establish
| a board of education for New Castle: to
incorporate the Ursuline Academy of Will
minRtontas amended); to lay out new
public road In Allspllion hundred
The following bills were read and refer.
ed:
To transfer the lands OF Joseph r.
whitaker, ETC.; to amend chapter6f2 vol
ume 10; Senate bill to transfer fern Of
Helen NJ. stout, etc.; to protect hah in
Appounlnim mink hundred; to amend chap.
ter 65l volume 10; to divorce Anna May
and Thomas j. Roach Senate bill to incOr.
porate Delaware Baptist Union; Senate
bill for therelief Of school district No.
IS5. In Sussex county; Senate bill 10 Inv
out new public road In Gumboro hun
dred: to change road In Little Creek
hundred: to change name of Robert ],
lRylor; to incorpOIate Enterprise Circle
b. OF T.; to Incorporate Mona Iron and
Coal Company; TO incorporate National
Advance Building and Loan Association.
The Senate passed the following bills
House bills supplemPnting tho act to
establish tho Wilmington and Brandywine
Cemetery; to amend section 5.chapter GIL,
volume 10. Laws of Delaware (0dessa
school bit); senate bill to change the
nome of the Washington Steam Fire En-.
gine and Hook and Ladder Company, No.
pornte ii. d. Wright Company; to incor.
porate w. B. Clerk Company; to ircorpor.
ate tho Goldey Wilmington Commercial
and Shorthand College; to supplement-
tho charter of the Economic Insurance
Company OF America; to amend the
oharter OF the beaver Dam Ditch Cnm.