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The advocate., 1895-01-30

there, and Of Shawnee county because
their county seat is there. Did nature
or society create this $4,000 of price
valueH In 1856 the United States re-
ceiVed just 10 cents for this lot.
That you ha 1e not thought out these
questions clearly and fully, is indi-
Gated by your constant habit of getting
on both sides of them. Do you not
surrender your entire position when
you say: "Our coal and other mines
are now monopolized and operated for
private gain" Coal and other mines
are land values, and so is oil, natural
gas, timber, stone, marble, and all
other deposits of natural wealth. But
the aggregate value of these deposits
of natural wealth is very much less
than that of land with merely location
value in and near large cities, at rail
way terminals, manufacturing sites,
etc , yet you seem to consider only the
lesser of thetwO classes monopoly.
The real monopoly of railways and
other public utilities consists almost or
q"ite entirely in their exclusive right
of way over land, streets, alleys, ETC.,
and the monopoly of mines in the right
to hold them isle at profit, by the tax
being very much less than their rental
value, or average yearly increase in
price value. Could mine owners lock
out their hands to reduce wages if the
tax while idle was nearly or quite equal
to their profits when working the mine
to its fullest capacityP Or would the
California millionaire who owned the
lot next north of the Central bank
building have refused $4,000 for it,
thereby reducing the size of that build
ing one-half, depriVing labor of en-
ployment in building it, and the city of
that additional wealth, if he had been
compelled to pay even per cent.
upOu ITO JuCn ACuboA f6luOg
Upon what possible grounds do you
make a distinction in principle be-
tween mines and other equally or more
valuable landsP If the monopoly is
more valuable in any class of lands the
rental value tax will be higher on them,
but why not apply the same principle
of even justice to alp Why still
have one class favored at public ex.
pense? Your theory that when the
millennium of reconstructed socisty
arrives we shall be exempt from the
operation of natural law, and that the
way to bring on this millennium IS to
yearn for it in an indefinite way and
not rashly confscate the landlords,
special privilege, is not sound argu-
ment against the justice of the single
tax.
fully agree with you that govern
ment should be greatly simpliied and
cheapened, and l believe the single.
tax will have strong tendency in
that direction. The worst feature now
is our indirect system of taxation, by
which few, if any, know how much and
when they pay tax, hence are indiffer.
ent to the extrsvagant and corrupt ex-
penditure of public monies.
Your assumption last week that the
single.tax will produce excessive reVe-
nue., is not in harmony with your as
sumption of the previous week that it
would compel reputation of bonds
and public obligation. Where are YOU
The advocate., 1895-01-30

of land, which may, and often does,
by reaoon of growth of city, make
the one lot fortune, or of city grow
| ing upon or near the forty acre tract,
or a mine being discovered upon it,
make its owner very wealthy at the ex
pense of the unrequited toll of others.
Your theory that small owners should
be compensated certainly, but probably
not large spectators in real estate, is
based on a misconception of the nature
of the single tax, and is equivalent to
saying that only large gangs of slaves
shall be set free, but not where some
poor man owns only two or three of
them. You seem unable to apply
principle of justice impartially to all
classes of people.
You also seem to forget that your
propositions in reference to both land
and taxation do not involve any
change whatever of the present system
except, possibly, a larger number of
landlords, which would render any fur
ther reform far more difficult to obtain
by having increased the strength Of the
landlords interest. Having many
small landlords instead of a few large
ones has been thoroughly tried in Bel.
gium, the most densely populated
country of Europe, and it is total
failure there, the ten.acre landlords
living in luxurious ease from the unre-
Quilted toll of the landless poor, while
the latter are subject to numerous and
burdensome direct and indirect taxes
to eat up their scanty earnings.
Moreover, your plan does not elimi-
nate that worst bane of industry-spec-
ulation- getting something for moth.
ing through unearned increment, or
appropriation of land values produced
by all, to benefit only the land owner.
Did we not originally have in the pre-.
emptiOn and homestead laws the very
thing you set forth as your remedy for
land monopoly? l referred to these
laws in a previous article, but you have
remained silent upon their failure to
do what you still expect to do by exact
ing similar laws. You say you prefer
your indelniteness to the single tax in
its certainty, and all the Lord Soul
leys and Astors will also greatly pre-
fer it. If am not greatly mistaken in
reading between the lines of your talk
against cOnhscation, the single tax is a
more thorough and radical reform than
you are willing to indorse. A very
prominent republican politician and
office. holder lately said to me, "that
from the standpoint of equal freedom
and equal justice to all the people the
theory of the single.tax was absolutely
unassailable, but he did not believe it
possible nor desirable to treat any pub
lie question from such a standpoint" )"
Could you not initiate his frankneSs to
the advantage of this discussions
You say the slnge-tax is not essen
tial to secure mans natural right to
place to live and work upon the
earth, but you have as yet shown no
other method, much less a better one,
of securing such right, for reclaiming
certain forfeited grants and specua-
tive tracts to be given to other and
perhaps smaller landlords is in no
sense a change of the present system.
Mere glittering generalities about an
The advocate., 1895-01-30

powerless to abolish, and it must 60 to
either the landlord or the public. Diff
ference in fertility, location, water
supply, accessibility to markets, ETC.,
makes even farm lands vary in rental
value, and a lot on Broadway or Wall
street is more than a thousand times
as fertile in wealth-producing power as
lot in Lawrence or Topeka, ald a
coal or other mine is often thousand
fold more productive than piece of
Shawnee county hardpan. These are
facts of nature, and must be dealt
with by the natural laws of mathe-
matics, and not by indefinite senti-
mentality.
You say that natural right should
not be taxed, and that l will find this a
hard snag to get over, hence l infer
that you would raise all public reVe-
nues from a tax on the exercise of un.
natural rights. Do you think the
power to exclude all mankind from the
use of an unusually valuable piece of
land natural right? l think it a spe-
cial privilege which should be given no
man without due compensation to
those excluded.
A little further on 1 find you propos
ing to raise revenues by taxing patrons
of railroads, telegraphs and other pub.
lie utilities, from which l infer that
you do not regard travel, transporta-
tion and communication as natural
rights. Why should travellers and
shippers customers be singled out for
taxation? Such taxes vary in no re
spect from the present system of tax
ing labor through business, and are not
a tax on monopoly, nor special privi,
lege, but on production, while the sin
gletax on rental values is strictly tax
on the special privilege of mOnopoliz-
ing valuable land.
Yes, l do claim that whatever can
be mOnopolized should either be taxed
the full value Of the monopoly, as in
case of land, or operated by the gov
ernment or municipality to give SER
vice at cost, as with railroads and
other public utilities. If air could be
monOpolized, it would be, and then it
would become necessary to tax the
out of existence. Both land
and air have value, but becaure air
cannot be monopolized, it has no price,
and because land can be, it does have
a price, distinction you overlook in
considering them as equally proper
subjects of taxation. This, in cOnnec-
tion with your denial that society gives
a monopoly value to land, convinces
me that you have never seen the differ
ence between value and price. A
thing may have the greatest possible
value, as air and water, but no price,
because none can exclude others from
their free use, but even air and water
have a money value when others can
be denied access to them by some priv
ileged person. All the land of the
American continent had the same in
trinSic or use value before Columbus
discovered it that it has to-day, but it
then had no price or commercial value,
while to-day it is 90 per cent. of the en-
tire wealth of the nation. When l
came to Kansas in May, 1854, land had
all its present value, but no price, for
it was free to the first taker. COmpe-
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met with the warmest approval of
the opposing counsel and combined
good law with the spirit of fairness.
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Memorial Day.

Memorial Day was observed in Lo-
gan with appropriate ceremonies.
In the early afternood, a procession
of children, carrying flowers, formed
in the streets, accompanied by the
band and attended by the G. A. r.
and w. R.C., Soldiers and Citizens
proceeded to the cemeteries, and
placed the flowers on the graves of
the departed comrads.
After the decoration of the graves,
the company gathered in the Opera
House Hall. Rev. Wright Of the U.
B. Church offered prayer.
DIR. Holmes of Columbus delivered
the Memorial address which was elo-
qnent and earnest, ard highly appre-
ciated.
The business men observed the hol-
iday. The town was full of people
from the'country, and the day passed
off without accident or incident to
mar the sacselness' Of the occasion.
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the oil we'll. Here it is proposed to
establish the power house and gel
water from the well as also in emer.
gency from the river.
The Kanode Hill, north of the
cemetery has been selected for the
basin. 1t is the highest Of the
surrounding hills, three and one half
feet higher than the oil well hill and
seventeen feet higher than the Bowen
hill, is accessible, and makes the Gem
etery a station on the main pipe line.
1t is proposed to buy several acres on
the summit for a park. The ceme-
terry will be supplied with water for
a drinking fountain, and for watering
the lawns. A low rate has been de-
termined on, and an abundant supply
of soft water will be at almost every
door.
The Trustees have given the matter
thoughtful intelligent attention, and
their course will meet the hearty en-
dorsement Of the people of Logan.
The work of digging the trenches
will begin as soon as the contracts
are let, and forty or fifty thousand
dollars of money paid to our indus
trious Logan working men will make
our old town put in new life and be
herself, the proud and prosperous
Queen again.
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Buckeye Park Opening.

The opening of the new Buckeye
Park to the public on Decoration
Day was a pleasant event, and red
letter day with all who had the good
fortune to attend. -
On account of the intense heat,
and the local home memorial SER
vices, the attendance was not as
large as the attractions merited.
The lakes with toboggan slide
are the special attractions, and Of
fered an entertainment for bathers
only to be secured at the Lakes.
The Editors aud families who en-.
joyed the courtesies of the occasion
are loud in praise of the kind recep-
tion and the pleasant attention from
Col. Fisher and his able staff.
1t was not possible for the Com
modore to attend but his ranking
associate in the Marine Service, An
tonic Barleon, Mariner of Gander
Creek and proprietor of the good
ship Rachael, was desported in gal
style with all the liquids the Park
and parkers afforded.
A Reception will be given the
Admiral in the early future when he
will portage his Rachael on bis
shoulders, and launch from the to.
boggan in the Lake.
The event will be properly adver.
tised, and the wonder seekers can
have opportunity of witnessing
aquatic feats that have no parallel
on this earth or the waters rna1er
the earth.
The Management have our thanks,
in adva nee, for invita- tion to be pres
ent and make speech.
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THE GUESS MURDER TRIAL.

The trial of Ed Guess for the kill
ing of Charley Dicken, last April, al
the Brick yard near Logan, occupied
Friday and Saturday, the jury at 8
o'clock Sunday morning returning
a verdict of manslaughter.
The penalty is from one to twenty
years. The defense made a motion
for new trial and the sentence has
not yet been given.
Court will open on the 10, when
the matter will be disposed of.
The trial was ably conducted, Mr..
Vickers assisted Prosecutor Price,
and Weldy and Buerhaus were attor-
neys for defense.
The trial developed no new facts.
The testimony was substantially the
same as given at the preliminary
trial, which has already been publish
ed in the Sentinel.
In substance-A young man carries
a revolver. He comes to town and
gets drunk. Going home he meets
man, bad words pass, a quarrel, a
fight, shot from the revolver, a
dead man.
The State claims that Guess was not
justified in using deadly weapon
in the fight, and that the killing was
the reckless act of desperate.
The defense claim that the man
killed was the aggressor; that he
crowded the fight, and that the pistol
was used only after the accused was
in great bodily harm from the assault
of bis antagonist.
With substantially the same testi-
mony presented by each side, the
lawyers give a very opposite color
Ing to the two sides of this, as there
is to every case.
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COLUMBUS
Zeal EState.
Ideal Investment property.

l have given years, with excellent
results, to the subject of investing
sums, large and small for others;
and those who want bargains, should
see the elegant variety of ideal in
vestment property, l am now offer
ing in the edge of Columbus, at
prices that will double and treble
within about three years.
This property consists of lots, ad-
ditions and acreage which pays its
way in rentals, and always finds a
Ready and Rising market, should
you want to sell.
/ want a ''hustler" in Logan to So
licit for me; and those having friends
desiring to invest, should write me
for particulars and plates.
j. S. RICKETTS,,
Room 5Columbia Blk. Columbus. O
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Complimentary to Judge Slough.

The Columbus Dispatch, paper
not at all in political sympathy with
Judge Slough, pays him the following
handsome compliment for eminent ju-
dicial conduct during the Elliot trial.
"The rulings Of Judge Slough, be-
fore whom the trial of Patrick j. El-
liot is being heard, at Lancaster, have
been most impartial, and the business
like manner in which the wheels of
justice are4kspt- moving augurs we'll
in many rsspseta 1T has been fire.
quently said that the taking of the
case to fairfield county would cause
an enormous expense to Franklin
county, bM tRow appears that hasty
judgement wasttaken in forming this
opinion. While it is true that extra
expense will be caused by the pay
mept of mileage to- witnesses, the ex-
pense possible under the circumstances
will be greatly curtailed by the pre-
vention Of delay and the resulting
shortnessCotf the. hearing. Judge
Slough is'emphatic in insisting that
due resPect:shall be paid the dignity
of the court, and that all its rules
shall be followed to the letter. In
the beginning he announced the Gus
toms of the court, and since then has
used every effort to expediate the
hearing by their enforcement. Some
grumbIihgGswas evident at the outset,
but when it became apparent that the
court was sincere and impartial, there
was graceful aequiesence by attorneys
on. both sides. Unusual progress las
been made in the case, and the credit
rests with. the court. But while
much ground has been covered it is
not to be inferred that it has been
poorly done. On the contrary the
examinations have been thorough,
while devoid of that delay which 50
frequently annoYs. The course which
the court has thus far pursued seems
destined to secure to the accused his
constitutional rights Of fair and i'm
partial tAal. Every act thus far has
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The Public Fountain.

Now that the Water Works ques-
ton is current, we have q scheme to
present.
Give us a Fountain on the Market
Lot for the working people.
The rich can buy water and
sprinkle their yards and pavements,
and have it flowing in their houses.
The poor man, the working people
can have no such home comforts, but
Logan can give them Park and a
Fountain.
All day long the sun beats down
and burns on his shanty. A glare of
heatcomes up from the bare yard and
stiAeing dust from the neglected out
streets and alleys.
The days work done, he goes home,
tired and care worn. lie feels the
need of an hours rest and recreation.
He walks up the street, halts in front
of the Court House to find the few
benches, which have been filed all
day with fly blown loafers, still occu-
pied by the same old lazy. lousy lot.
He can get no seat, no rest. He
walks on the street to find only the
door of the saloon opening him well
come. He is dishearted, discouraged.
Is it a wonder he rails at laws and
government and officers in public
trust.
Now when we are at it, looking to
the pleasures of the tax payers, would
it not be we'll to consider the comfort
of the workers.
Let us have drinking Fountain on
the Market Lot. This spot has for
many years been an eye sore in our
town. a filthy garbage common, dis
gusting dog kennel. Let us build a
fountain and surmount it with stat
ute Of soldier. A dollar or dime
even from each pensioner would be
enough to build a monument that
would ever stand testimony before
the eyes of the children, to the patriot
ism and the valor of the Fathers.
The Ladies of Logan, if encouraged
by the Authorities can contrive many
ways in which the corporation cost
would be lessened. Our Amateur
Dramatists would give us plays; our
Band Concerts; our liberal citizens
would give private contributions in
aid of the Fountain.
Let us have Fountain and convert
the dog kennel into Park. Plant
trees and flowers. Provide seats where
the working man and his family can
come of evenings, and enjoy the City's
gift. have peace and quiet, not dis
turbed by barking dogs nor crowded
by lousy loafers.
Give us a City Fountain.
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Half fare to Columbus June II

Half fare to Columbus June 18
Columbus and return June 18th
half fare.
Buckeye Park Excursion Sun
day June 9th.
so cents to Buckeye Park Sun
day June 9th.
Buckeye Park, Sunday June 9,
SO cents round trip.
Sunday excursion to Buckeye
Park, June 0, SO cents round trip.
Half fare on Sunday to all
stations via Buckeye Route until
further notice.
We publish on outside the Reg
ulations for the Cemetery. The mat
ter vii. be of interest to all our
readers.
MFR. McGraw and wife, of Wash
ington G. H., are visiting friends at
Haydenville. Mr.. McGraw was a
resident of Logan about thirty years
ago.
Commencing Sunday June 9th
the c. H. V. 81. Ry. will sell Ex-
eursion tickets at half fare from and
to all stations good for one day
only.
If Prof. Frank Myers don't soon
take hold of the weather, there will
be a convention called. This fool
ishness with the Sous wind has gone
far enough.
Grand Band Concert and other
amusements, first Sunday Excursion
since the improvement. Go and see
the finest park in Ohio, only 5Ocents
round trip on regular trains.
Last Monday the thermometer
registered 104 in the shade. The
government thermometer has shown
a maximum of l01 for Satur-
day, Sunday and Monday. This is
the hottest weather ever experienced
here.
"A piano in the School House is
a very pleasant attachment, and all
right. But fountain in the Park
would give sweeter music in its ripple
of water. We have the piano for the
now lets have the fountain
for the parents.
Col Weldy with very able
staff of aquarians left yesterday for
weeks campaign against the 'muske-
toes of the Licking Reservoir. When
the company returns, they will bring
a few ice preserved fishes and lots Of
well prepared lies. The fish are
promised the printer, the other, the
corollary, SO to speak, are for the
pnbEc.
Tomorrow is the day upon which
Edwards is sentenced to hang. His
attorneys, Weldy and Buerhaus, we're
granted leave by the supreme court
10 file a motion for a new trial.
The granting of leave suspends the
execution. If upon hearing Of the
motion, new trial is refused, the
Supreme Court will then name the
lay for the execution.
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Program of Logan High
Y School, June 1895.

Inyocation-Rev. J. E. Rudisill.
Oration-The Roaring Forties-
Mary B, Acker.
Oration-Might Makes Right
Alonzo D. Green.
Oration--Little Weavers-Mary w.
Stinchfeld.
Oration--The True American
Martha L. Bright.
Oration--K Know what is Right and
Then 60 Ahead--Earnest P.
Rauch.
Music.
Oration-Stars of Earth-Jennie y.
Mccullough.
Grafton. Mans Genius for Power
John l. Henderson.
Grafton Artist of the Beautiful
Clara E. Kanode.
Oration-The Meteor of the North
Lucy B. Rochester.
Oration-The Five Boxes that Rule
the rld.-Mary E. Juergens-
mier-
Oration-Histrionic Waymark- Rob-
ert r. Wright.
Music.
Oration-Vanity Fair-Dwight M.
Wright.
Modern Miracles Marga-
ret Z. Best.
Oration-Pandora's Box-Bertha
". McManigal.
Grafton TRANSPORTATION Grace
Fickell.
Oration-Lucile-- Estella Hall.
Oration-The Larger Hop Erred
]. Bright.
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The Water Works.

The preliminary work has about
all been finished; the money for
the Bonds at hand, the surveys COM
pleted and the estimates made.
On Monday DR.. Probst, Secretary
Of the State Board of Health, and DR..
Hoover Of Columbus, visited the city,
and took samples of water for chemi-
cal analysis.
Two test wells have been sunk on
the lands Of the Oil Company, near
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Sale of Real Estate,

In pursuance of an order of the Probate
Court OF the Hooking County, Ohio, l will
offer for sale at public auction on the prem
ises on the 9Th day of Jnne 1895, at q o'clock
7. Nj. the following real estate situate in the
County of Hooking and state of Ohio, and
known and described as follows, to wit: The
North West quarter of the North East quarter
and the North East quarter OF the North
West quarter of Section Thirty-one (3I)
Township Twelve 12), and Range Eighteen
llSl, containing Ninety 1907 acres more or
less, appraised at S5S5.
Terms OF Sale-One third cash in hand
one third In one year and one third two
years trom day of sale with per cent inter
est on deferred payments. Said deferred
payments to be secured by mortgage ON the
premises sold.
John g. KrinN,
Administrator de bonis, non of the estate
of John Brehm.
v. c. Lowry, Attorney for Plaintiff.
May 9-iwks
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MUSIC LESSONS. will
commence giving lessons on the Pi-
ano and Organ; also form a class in
Harmony. Amy one wishing to take
one or all of these studies should
call on or address,
ANNIE E. PIERCE,
North Walnut ST., Logan, Ohio.