The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-09
All other prOperty.... 2,819, a
Elevators and warehouses. 1,78l, &C
.$5S,24S,64O

telephone, telegraph and insurance
taxes, was $1,575,OOO. Deduct from
this sum $46S,OO0 and we have left
81, COZ 900, of which about two thirds
would fall upon the farm lands and
one third upon the town lots. Put
this together aud we have the follow
ing as the burden the Single Tax
would put on the farmers:
Two-thirds telegraph and
taxes. .................... $7o5,367
TwO-thirds of other state
taxes not derived from
lands. ........ G71,334
$f,376,7Ol
Add the tax now paid by the
land owners. 10000
$l,s4s, 7O1
The total number Of acres Of lands,
exclusive of town lots, (sce p. 100 same
| report), is 90, 342, 758. Divide this by
16J acres each and we have 1S3,3S7
| pieces Of land. of which probably 12o,-
600 are occupied farms, and the re-
mainder wild land, pine lands, min
cral lands, etc. This would make each
farm pay $14..5 for the state tar alone,
where now it pays SO 65. But this is
but a part of the story. This is the
state tax. But the total taxes, state
and county, school, etc, amour ted in
1891 to $l3,670,O1O.67. Ct is more now
while the state tax in 1893 was 81, ,51o,-
600; leaving $12 ,O95 900 for taxes which
do not go to the state; and yet, under
the Single Tax system, all this would
be piled upon the occupants of land,
and it would probably bring the tax
per farm up to 800 each. How many
farmers would have to relinquiSh
their farms if that burden was piled
upon them? They have all they can
do to hang on now? And what poor
men could take their places and sue
ceed where they failed?
But, say the Single Takers, the
farmers would gain by having the
taxes taken off all their personal
property. l find that the following
list covers the property which can be
supposed to be especially the property
of the agriculturists. We charge the
farmers with all tie horses while
many are owned in the cities and
villages.
Agricultural machinery. S 1868 SIC
Cattle 1858, 9St
Horses, mules and asses. -. o1,164 3U4
Snecp. .................. 40 to;
Cows. 5,5S2. l4l
Oxen. Observation-Disclosures. 6t5,244
Hogs. 7Ss,47t
The Auditors report of 1892, shows
that the average rate of taxation was
PIG mills, and this would make not
quite $500 for each farm of 100 acres
; Deduct this from the 800, we have
shown that would be added to the
taxation of the farms by the Single
, Tax, and we can see that the result
would be but little changed.
But it is altogether useless to argue
this question farther. If Henry
, George had lived in the West. instead
of in the city of San Francisco, he
/ never would have suggested such ;
remedy for the grievances of the peo
pie. He saw that the workingmen O.
the cities had no chance to obtair
cheap homes, and he thought to tai
the city lots into valuelcssness;-fo
getting that his poor clients woul(
have to pay the crushing tax which
rendered them valueless: and tina
he was inviting them not to the joy
of free home, but to the ass umptioi
of tremendous burden,-the entir,
, support of society and government
; He was loading down the men he pro
posed to benefit. He was like th'
; Cinnamon told Of in Charles Lamb
story, who for one hundred year
burned down their neighbor's house
) to roast the pet pig belonging to th'
family, and the whole country wa
lighted up, night after night, will
contlagratons; until some brigh
genius suddenly happned upon th'
s, startling and marvellous thought
that you could roast pig withou
burning house, And SO with th'
government, il it really means to pro
vide poor men with homes it can do S,
: without piling all the taxes on tn,
land. which is to constitute thei
homes, and releasing all capital from
, it's share of the public burdens.
Let the cry go out:
FREE HOMES FOR THE FAMILIES.
Free from debt, free from taxes
free even from the foilies of tn
owners.
Y 1t will be big, long fight; but i
y will win in the end, because it i
based on right and justice and wis
0 dom. 1t will ensure the peace Of tn
= republic, because it will make us
0 nation Of land owners. and they ar
6 always the natural protectors of LAY
e and Order. Then none would b
+ tramps but the idle and the viciou:
A line should be drawn around tn
mothers and the babies, which tn
/ ferocious greed of humanity canno
3 pass. They have, at a town in Ger
: tral America, bathing place on tn
} sea coast, fenced in with stout pole.
and while the swimmers are disport
l ing themselves in the tropical wave.
troops of sharks come up and site
u their noses between the poles, but ca
g go no farther; and there remain, glal