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SUGAR PINE FoRESTED LANDS IN
OREGON AID CALIFORNIA.

in large or small quantities, viii be
sold for interest only, for five years,
! the purchaser agreeing to protect
the lands from all depredatiOns. The
'a forested lands OF the Central Pacific
q Railroad Company aud the Oregon
a & California Railroad Company EN-
"A brace the best and most accessible
AZ timber land 10 be found on the Pacific
50 Coast. They offer special induce
"a mentS for speculative inveS tment.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16
SINGLE TAX.
{. j. Buell. Makes Il Reply to MIR. Don
nelly.


nelly.
TO the Editor:
For nearly 10 years l have fondly sup
posed that l was a single taxer My rea-
son for this was that | was convinced
that under the present system the plain
people are paying most of the taxes while
the millionaires go practically free; and
the United States census comes to my aid
and tells us that the farmers are now
paying about half the taxes, while they
own but one-tenth of the value of the
land l though the single tax (being tax
on the value of land would necessarily
make those who hold the valuable land
and become millionaires off the rent they
collect, pay about nine tenths of the taxes
as they ought. l though that the farmers
and smaller home owners would be reliev-
ed of much that they now pay thus max
ing it easier for them to get and keep
their farms and homes. L proved this by
all the available statistics and reasoned it
out that if you take any county like Clay,
for instance, and cut off the taxes on per-
sonal property and buildings and distrib-
ute the amount thus cut off over all the
removed from the holders of land with
personal property and buildings on would
fall on land now held idle, and only part
Of it would fall back on the improved land,
thus making the taxes lower than now
and on vacant land higher than now.
So in the cities, l thought some of the
taxes taken off our homes would fall back
on vacant lots, and only a part would fall
back on the lots where the homes stand.
Now, really, it seemed to me, it would
T.,
SCISSORS office and got the figures. and
found that my reasoning was correct and
therefore | thought | believed in the single
tax.
But now comes Mr. Donnely and tells
us with a of his hand that we are
all mistaken, that the single tax will make
the farmers pay all the taxes and leave
the rich land owners of the cities, mines,
forests, absolutely free. He says it and
reitera tes it with emphasis, so, of course,
it must be true.
And so | find that l am really not a be-
lever in the single tax at all-Mr. d. S
single tax. No; l don't believe in Mr.. u. S
single tax at all. because it is a sham and
a fraud; but | have just as much faith in
the real article ever.
Mr. Donnelly says that three-fourths Of
the value of real estate in cities is in the
buildings and improvements. | go to the
assessors books and get the facts, and find
that about one-fourth is in buildings and
improvements, while three fourths are in
assessed value of the bare land Then l
look again at the facts as shown by the
assessors books and find that only about
one-third is in personal property and i'm
provements, while two-thirds or there
abouts are in land values. Then l wonder
which | must believe, the assessors books
or Donnelly's statement, and then vague
suspicion comes over me that maybe Mr..
D. did not have time to look up the facts,
but made them to order as he needed
them-same as he writes novels.
c. j. BUELL..
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16

will fall where land values exist in exact
proportion to the value. The agriculturist
is the owner of the least land value and his
tax will become lighter than now. And
why? Because; as we favor the Spectator
now by taxing him lightly, land values are
everywhere kept away above the normal
level The single tax will reduce them SO
that in most farming districts the working
farmer will be substantially free from tax
alton. He is unjustly burdened now Tor
the farmers wealth is exposed to daylight
and the assessor gets it.
Land will not be crushed into valueleSS
ness. The capacity of land owners for get
ting wealth from land users without re-
turning an equivalent will be crushed. The
power of the land owner to mar the use
fulness CT labor and block the progress of
civilization by asking enormous tribute of
nOn-land owners for the privilege of using
the earth is the thing that will be crushed.
Land values will still be here. They will
still measure the difference in the produc-
tiveness of locations, and the exact advant
age the holder of atoms has over his
fellows, and each holder paying into the
public treasury the value of his holding
equality of opportunity will be firmly
established. Land values will also measure
the exact needs of government and COM
munity for revenue and make a firm basis
for stable and perfect currency and wipe
out the robbery of bonds and public debts
And why not? Who makes land values?
The public. Who makes the value that
comes from the application of labor to the
earth? The laborer. In common justice
should not each get the value that each
creates? Or shall the specter of vested
rights and the winding sheets of parchment
deeds ever stand in the way of justice in
taxation? GEO " WELLS
Chicago, JAN g.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16

Axtel, the famous trotter, dies in Ken
lucky.
Nebraska settlers commit suicide rather
than starve.
A New Hampshire bank cashier is found
short and kills himself
The wife of Senator HansbrOugh of North
Dakota dies in Washington
A bill for international arbitration is in
troduced by Senator Sherman.
Debs' attorney applies to the United
states supreme court for writ of habeas
corpus and other things
English investors it is declared lose
SS,G0O,OOO through the swindling opera lions
OF Pierce of IanktOn, S. ID.
An A. p. A. protest against Carters cleo
ton to the senate is sent to the Montana
legislature and returned unread
Ex-Gov. Mellette, of South Dakota. one of
the bondsmen of Treasurer Taylor, says he
never expects to see the gentleman again
The French cabinet resigns, being defeat
ed on a question involving the relative
rights of the chamber Of deputies and the
courts.
Thomas P. Smith is appointed assistant
commissioner of Indian affairs. James Nc
Laughn, so long Indian agent at Standing
Rock y. D., becomes Indian Inspector
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16
AN INSULT.
An Ungentlemanly Slur on Mrs
Lease.

To the Editor:
Somebody has stolen 5000 sheep from a
Wyoming ranchman. Mrs Lease passed
theft."-St Paul Globe.
Now, Mr.. Editor, | submit in all candor
that the above is unbecomng a gentle
man and the great journal from which it
is taken; but at the same time, is in en-
tire harmony with very much found in the
of this state. While not directly charging
Mrs Lease with the theft the sly cur
accomplished his dirty mission, by asso-
ciating the name of this estimable lady
with that vile act. Notice how adroitlv
he did this, Mrs. Lease passed through
the state several days before the theft -
Clearly implying that she might have
planned, arranged, instigated the act
just as Fl. Hayward did the murder of
Miss Cling, although he was distant from
the scene of the murder. If the writer
thereof thinks that such tactics will win
strength to his side, he must have very
poor opinion of the character and temper
of the people. 1t may be assumed that
such political tactics this is what has
made once grand and patriotic party a
rotten stencil in the nostrls of decency and
average honesty for so many wears and
brought it where find it today-on the
verge of national diSintegra ton With the
Democratic party for long years success
mas been its shibboleth even to the extreme
OF the vllest and most unblushing frauds
IN the black catalogue of crime. All along
its tortuous pathway from jackson to
cleveland, one truth stands out in bold and
unmlstakabe characters, that the Demo-
cratic party has achieved success only by
means such that if it's leaders were dealt
with according to the rules of strict and
impartial justice they would today be be-
hind the bars; and when we consider the
history of this party from 1850 to 1865, it is
not highly complimentary to the honesty
and Intelligence of the people that it ever
had another lease of power: and but for
the recreancy of the Republican party from
the teachings of Lincoln, Seward, Chase
and Sumner, it never would have elected
another president. So long as it had a
solid South as true and loyal to Democracy
as the needle to the pole, it kept up the
hght. But causes have been at work at
once destructive to this order of things
and this is what hurts. The Peoples party
has made them squirm. Tired of Demo-
cratic jug handle politics, the monOtony
long since became painful, and now that it
has resulted in making permanent inroads
upon this solid vote, they are mad down
to their boots. Hence their hatred of the
Peoples party. Had Mrs. Lease cham
piOned the Democratic cause instead of the
Peoples the Globe editor would have ex-
hausted his vocabulary of adjectives ex-
toling her to the Skies 1t is a trite old
aphorism that birds of a feather flock TO-
gether, and so all the most objectiona BILE
elements of the transatlantic world as
naturally gravitate to the Democratic partv
as air to a vacuum or ducks to water But
thank God every Northern state has re-
pudated the vile old organization and the
solid South is thing of the past SO that
the wheels of progress will not much long
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16
SINGLE TAX.
Opposition to 1t Founded Upon Mis-
understanding.
st. Paul, Jan. 2.

TO the Editor:
Opposition to the single tax reform
generally comes from misunderstand-
ing its scope. Such is the case
with Mr.. Donnelly. who condemns the sin
gle tax in your issue of Dec. II. He claims
sit would remove the taxes from railways
banks, etc. and pile them on agricultursts
When he makes this assertion he forgets or
ignores the admitted principle of the shift
Ing OF taxes. Taxes on wealth in course of
production and exchange, though paid by
the party upon whom they are laid in the
first instance. are shifted from party to
party as the wealth is transferred until the
consumer pays them in the end, and pays
with profit added. Hence, taxes on the
rolling stock and Improvements and capital
of the railway are paid by the public in in
creased cost of transportation. Taxes on
bankers capital if paid by the banker. are
shifted by him to those who borrow his
capital. AS a matter of fact, bankers cap
1tai mostly escapes taxation. But taxes
upon the land values owned by railway
companies cannot be shifted ard if their
improvements and actual capital were ex-
empt and the land value alone taxed the
result would be better accommodations and
less cost of transportation and if the tax
should be raised to the limit of this land
value the railroad would be forced to put it's
real estate and right of way to the, very
best use and give the public the very best
service at the least cost. Nobody ever
heard of landlord raising the price of n
vacant lot because the taxes were higher
and nobody ever knew of a purchaser nav
ing more for Il town lot because the taxes
on IT were high. Even Mr.. Donnelly would
nave common sense enough to know not to
bid UP on vacant property if the taxes were
10 increase to the full value of the lot and
increase again whenever the value OF the
lot increased. The land value in a vacant
lot ana the land value i'll improved lot
STANDS upon the same basis, and increased
taxation on such land value would not en-
able the owner to raise the price of the
vacant lot or the rent of the improved lot
The price and the rent are fixed by the de-
mand. and the demand corresponds to the
density OF population and the necessities of
people for the use of the land. The land
owners are squeezing every cent out of land
users now that they are able to Tpay and
live in decency. and population increases
and the necessities of people for lard TO Use
increase they will be forced to adopt a less
and less comfortable style of living. take
less WAGES and comply with the demands of
the land owner. This is true if present con-
ditions allowed to continue.
As to the agriculturist. land values do
not correspond to land areas. The farmer
with large area of land away from pop
ulous centers owns small land value, and
the millionaire the railway kings, the do
anestic and foreign SyndicateS, who own
the greater part of the lots in our populous
cities, the bulk of the iron, coal, gold and
silver mines and the valuable timber lands
are the people who own land values.
The single tax is an ad valorem tax and
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16

rake known the fact that the churches and
not the homes are the proper places for
the conduct of burial services, and that they
offer the entirely free use Of said churches
for funerals.
6. That so far as they can they should
secure places Of burial in st. Michaers
Cemetery, where a grave can be had for "a.
Tor those unable to pay the $40 or $50 charged
for single graves in large public cemeteries.
The members of the committee conclude
that suitable funeral may be provided for
less than $40. Copies of the report will be
sent to all the clergy in the diocese, asking
them to take part in united effort to
bring about the much needed reform.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16
ATTACK ON MIR. DONNELLLY.
A Correspondent Gives His View.
on 1t.

on 1t.
To the Editor:
Allow me through the Representative
not only in my own behalf, but in behalf
of all honest and patriotic people, to thank
your level-headed and justice-loving cor
respondent, E. w. B. Harvey, for his arti-
Gle in your last issue in defense of ex-Goy.
Donnelly.
Were it not patent to all intelligent peo-
pie that such vile attacks on the "grea
commoner, are inspired and paid for by
the Doodle of the great monopolsts whom
this noble champion of the peoples rights
has been for years fighting, it would seem
strange indeed that any one having any
claim to the respect of even himself should
be found, especially in the region where
Donnelly has so unSelishly labored to do
So
first make mad is trite saying and well
exemplified in the case of this indefatga-
bic worker for the elevation of the race
The milionaire's gold has twice driven him
from the political to the far larger arena
of literary life, in which capacity he has
done, and will do again, tenfold for the
cause Of the people he could have done in
political life with such vile surroundings
l have but one objection to Donnelly' 8
political economy. He fights the "single
tax of Henry George. This is simply be-
cause he hasn't ''seen the cat" yet | trust
Brother Buell. will make him see it,
V. FELL, NJ D,
Nashville, Tenn,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16
STAND FIRM.
Good Advice From an Appreciatfve
Reader.

Good Advice From an Appreciattve
Reader.
To the Editor:
Why men burdened with debts and taxa
ton are SO Indifferent to their own protec-
ton and rights are the farmers in some
sections of the state is surprising. We are
robbed on everything We use except binder
Irvine, and if we fail to keep that organi-
zation up we will soon fall the prey of the
merciless trust. Great Scott! farmers of
Minnesota, stand by the Alliance at all
hazards. Don't let the only barrier be-
tween you and monopoly fall through your
own apathy. We can not expect to win
unless we make an effort. Do you want to
be compelled to pay Is or 20 cents per
pound for binder Irvine through your own
Indifference? If not stand by your Alli-
ance. Let it die and your plant at Still
water will soon come to naught. 1t costs
but a trif1e to sustain it and it benefits you
many dollars every year.
United we stand, divided we fall At
the present time, 1 know, it is hard to get
money, but, nevertheless, there are few
men in any community who cannot raise
20 cents or even a half dollar if their
hearts are true to mutual benefit and CO.
operation. !
There are men in this county who voted
the Republican ticket believing we were
going to have good times if they got into
power. With some of them their faith
seems to be on the wane l can not see
how any man who earns his bread by the
sweat of his brow can expect good times
from the Republican party unless he is
totally ignorant of its record in the past i
Our only hope is through agitation and
education; through the reform papers,
books, pamphlets. l am inclined to think
there is considerable Indifference on this
point as we'll as the Alliance. There
are thousands of men in this state-and
without doubt in every other One-Who
take a reform paper or two, who, after
they have read them, leave them kicking
around the house and they are destroyed
If they would take the interest to pass
them out among their friends and neigh
bors, it would be like bread cast upon the
waters. 1t is a good plan to file them
away for future reference; but in these
times, when so many are unable to sub
scribe for such a paper l think it better
policy to SOW them broadcast LAS We
SOW, so shall We reap" If this was put
into practice in the next two years,
believe it would be the means of turning
thousands from darkness unto light. Ye
editor may not approve of this method
believing it would have a tendency to
prevent increase in subscriptions
though it might have an influence in tina,
direction, it would necessarily be of short
duration, for when they had grasped the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth, they would be bound to sub
scribe. 1 believe it to be an excellent
advertising medium for the paper, and al
the same time it is sowing the germs OF
Rally round the standard, rally good and
strong;
Make the people waken as we march
along;
Fill the air with freedom, inspire the souls
of men,
That shackles may be broken and justice
reign again. j. Z. c.
Barry, Dec. 81 1894
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16
THE CZAR'S BODNGl ARD.
Regiment Which Saved the Life of
Peter the Grcnt in Imfn ncx.

1t NAV have been observed by readers
| that a mos, prominent part was takes in
| the funeral of Ger Alexander III. by the
Preobrajnski regiment, which since the
| day Of ?, ter the Great has been tnC be'!-
| gu I'll Of the 2nircior, and, in consequence.
the crack regiment OF the empire SAYS the
New York Journal
1t Is we'll known that stormy time pre-
ceG, ! thc accession Of Peter the Great to
the thro-t. He was prosecuted from his
very infancy ny r. sister, Sophia. who
acted as regent and Only ecaped miracu-
lousy from death. The hired assassins OF
his sister We're about to kill him on the
altar Of Moscow church where his
mother had placed him having fled thither
from the Krenlin. when a number OF
young noblemen snatched him away and
carried him to place OF safety. -Four years
later Sophia, fearing TO have him killed out
right, decided to try To end his days in
other way. She sent him to Prcobra jinsll.
a village % or more miles from Moscow.
Fifty young noblemen were sent as his com
paniors. with the understanding that they
were to try to debauch him much as pos
sbe. She hoped in this way he would be
come unfit to reign. But she disap-
pointed.
Peter had taken with him an officer
named Lefort, French adventurer who
had served in, the Belgian army. Lefort
true to his military instincts. formed a reg
imcnt at Preobrajinski and began to train
officers. Peter and his friends soon became
deeply interested IN the military exercises
and gave up the life which Sophia had
wished them to lead. Peter studied hard
and passed from grade to grade. just as his
comrades. w.!o became extremely attached
to him. When he decided to proclaim him
self emperor later It was they-thc Preo-
brajinski corps-wh;ch stood by him and en-
abled him to do Sophia then sent her
soldiers to sieze him, but the Preobra jinski
repulsed them, and the ambitious princess
had to renounce the throne.
All the emperors since that day. mindful
of the fidelity of the Preobraii nski corps
have kept up the regiment ana made it
their body guard. 1t has thus the proudest
traditions in the Russian army-and has al
ways lived up to them
Remember.
To take Il p stal card and send to
Mr. Robert Z .kford, 3)6 Boston Block,
MINNEAPOLIS, the names Of such per-
sens. either Populist or otherwise, who
would be likely to subscribe for the
REPRESENTATIVE, and we will send
them sample copies, free of charge.
and be obliged to you beside. That is
the way to push the Peoples party.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16
Take Notice.

When you have finished reading
your REPREsENTATIvE hand it to
your neighbor, Gf lie is not a sub
scriber) and let him read it. He may
after. Spread the light all you can.
If you know of leading man any
where not Populist, but who is open
to reason, send us his name and %
cents, and we will send him the paper
for three months. This will cost you
about one-fourth of cent day and
it may do great good to the cause
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16
Close Up the Ranks,

10 the EUltOr:
Enclosed find check for 81 to apply or
account for Representative. 1 will get
some subscribers for the Representa- tive in
the near future. Tell the boys to close ur
the ranks; no struggling; no single plank
platform; room enough on the Omaha
platform for everybody. We gained a
magnificent victory in the last election
Over $1,000 in Minnesota that could not be
fooled or bribed. Enough seed for big
crop in '96. We smoked the hypocrites and
traitors out of their holes from Maine to
the Gulf; trust the people; they will save
our republic. The plutocrats are palsied
with dread over the entire country.
CokatO, Jan. s. A. G. SEXTON
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16
january -.

Col. John L. Merriam is dead
Iowa has spirited train robbery
January wheat, 543sc. Silver 59s4c
The bill to codify the pension laws pass
eS the house
Bill Cook, the Indian Territory bandit,
is finally captured.
Count Herbert Bismarck may become
German minister to the United States
BY reciprocal arrangement, Canada re-
moves the duty on United States shingles
and wood pulp.
1T is believed the Debs case will not be
considered by the United State supreme
court before April.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16
Nashville, Tenn.
A Query.
To the Editor


Dear Sir: l saw in the Minneapolis Jour
nal a few days ago cuts Or pictures of two
dogs chained together and trying to get at
two sausages placed ON a platter in opposite
directions. They could not get the sausage
while they were pulling in different direc-
lions, but the picture shows that when they
both pulled one way they ate up all the
sausage and licked the platter clean. Did
the Minneapolis Journal intend to show to
the people that the Republican and the
Democratic parties were the two dogs that
should swallow this country sausage and
all? An old fogy farmer can't understand
this, though l have been in this country for
20 years. Do you know? ------
A CITIZEN AND REPUBLICAN OF 1870