Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-13

4.tShh4uu4 Ag ailliaA4AAuu - AAAt tAt
single tax is Just, ana our presrnt sys-
tom Is unjust, that the single tax will
bless mankind, the present system has
cursed. does curse and will continue to
curse mankind 50 long as II Is tolerated.
All iacis that sustain these propositions
are affirmative as ! understand the
case.
Ally opponent, In reply to my last.
opens with wit, humor and ridicuie.
These are convenient, but light and
harmless weapons. the ready resort Of
a disputant who finds that the more
deadly shafts Of truth, the facts in
the case" are against him Judge
Webb says the single tax is based on
mere assertions that beg the ques-
uon," This ] deny The doctrine is
based on indisputable facts, facts which
neither he nor any other land monop5-
list, except Huxley has ever denied so
Tar as / know. Huxley assumes the po-
sition that men have no natural rights:
hence no rights save such as society"
chooses to grant, a position the utter
folly OF which has been shown BY an
unanswerable pen. 1 deal with the
ideas OF Judge Webb so far as my dis
cussion in these papers is concerned.
His assertion calls FOR reiteration OF
5ome OF the innumerable facts" not
''mere assertscns' ~ BALD assump-
lions" These facts are. for instance:
!, God made all men and endowed
them with equal rights.
2. He made the things that are nee
essary for the LIE health and well-be-
ing Of these mem such as air. light,
water and land.
3. He gave these blessings. these
bountias to men to All rp.n without
charge and In sufBrIent arno,,nts To
subserva eye,.v want Of eS-sr,, nan maj
ever was or ever will he horn
That the want and poyertv TINT
have s9 aadi, lnrraass1 WIN Irnoysi-
edre and nrt have resulted not from
ann nfTgarllinaes of nniura mr. nuy
innsrfacfione In G,d,z lave hui from
NAME vtoiatloms If those laws
r 1,bs+ 10 s--,ss..g, .,,d r,Ist als,s-
trnus ~ tl,os, ,,i,l,tI5ns is tho rnonopo-
iig1f1,s, ~ is,,1 a'r,a a. ,,I,,as g, ,orti1-
nf no rs,t r1T,,r o,.sr Pho balance TO
I.vy triIrfe an t-eir tai t4l-e from
tr,,r, All a., f-,,ps n ,bsir lob1r save
Largi,. o,,,,,,b -, i,,sr, no., ,Ii,., ,,5
rcpraducjrg tbsIr Nina IN he tho ner-
pst,,ai borss1,cn - tbo iondlnrss
,rbst a. oggr i,r5 10 ~ oTyn any
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tb,Is LA t,r h,,, nnt ~ ~, lava
IIanoe COW ;rs,iy he o,iisd on n, nav
a. ~, ,,ge - ~. 'bS,,ens gsrcas ditcb.
and other inproycmcnts ON land. for
tbev arc naJs Inv man. while the hare
land is a rirt of nature TO the race.
Q That I'm nr nntlona that allow
land monop5ly. the lands have passed
into the ownership OF a smaller and
smaller per cent OF the people, and the
result has ever been and will be to en-
rich few and to lmpovcrlsh and en-
slave the million. This, too. notwlth-
standing advancing science may in
crease a thousand fold the powers OF
labor 10 produce wealth.
10 That In the lhltcd states IL W.u
be In no distant future as Il is now 10
Tie nations OF the oll world VIZ rue
vast masses whose amor proauees an
the WnaI ~ WIN I'VE Only on terms pre-
se,lN.l ny tne Ne'L'hE Ivw' ln l.',I,
IL Is mlcn thhl way now N tho5e states
OF me Union where we ilhu Inc greatest
acc I'M" ~ 20 lois OF "VA''l, ..,, 80.
IL, 4hHt tie SlNsle NJ "yu,,t ~ ~, :
lhe We'bhl on t1e i'l al uIs,' lesF
W"eIt 'a"u rs VI ne ,t'gVi - PV.
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tilay sttllp VIZ s'..is =. anu
u'asruce our present sSS'eH''
Il. II would py taxing Tor pubhc use
thht Nalue WhFch aUdches 10 iahd py
reason OF me CROWN OF the community
make the holdlng OF Iahd unprohtanle
to The mere owner and profitable only
TO the user. II would thus make It
Impossible for spectators and monopo-
ISIS TO mold natural opportunities un-
USED or only haIt used and would
throw open 10 lapor the illlmitable
he!d or employment which the earth
oiters 10 man
Nvw, | nave repeated these aiiirma-
i've propositions ana numbered them
LOT the convenience or my opponent
Nlu ASK MN Afe they 5ulhclehlly az
nEh"l!Ne Nls0 ohallense MN 10
inspect uhem eloseiSi 70 point out any
one OF them 10y NUMBER or repetition
Is untrue or IN any sense doubtful.
70 snow wherein any one OF them Is
ii'stS IA Us "sser,loh or bald IN