Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-10

4fItf Al proposes 70 pflck 30 un-
I'm the main. and the one that
n.fiipts to prick is still substantial,
N isoild and practically imper-
4 w his criticism. / said New Zea-
~ lpted the single tax and 1t had
der salvation. | should have
A Nat her adoption was In only
y form. Judge Webb's showing
w |uaul Ccrnolly's report demon
fery clearly that II ~ only a
ftial application OF the single
IL tciple. II has exemptions, and
I'1iffd" feature that are variations
i,tle single tax II Judge webb
IA single tax platform he VIII
'aN the single tax rate Is not one
{ ftcrenseH as the amount owned
tif lax payer grows larger" which
principle OF the Income tax"
ikfIf which single takers oppose.
lal. see that the single taSer calls
'ti en "to contribute TO the public
N n. not IN proportion to what
NJ toduce or accumulate, but In
l1fHon to the volue OF the natural
u Entities which they hold. II
"A compel them to pay just AS
III br holding land idle as for put
f'fs 20 It's highest use" Now In
fiffits adoption In New Zealand |
7my mind the wonderfully bene-
N Fleets which oven this imperfect
IN sion OF tho doctrine had pro-
Judge Webb recltcs that "thc
4{tx has. 80 far, produced album
M VENUE This II far more thnn
XIII said of our present miserable
iNA He says that the party In
Gliding 1t has been returned 10
by large majority" This indi-
That II Is good for the masses
i've considered themselves bless
"a IT, MANY immense estates are
Ing offered to the government at
lxable value. and others are be-
a mp into small farms and offer
"a sale" Just so. These apeculu-
M Gods bounty TO men find their
i.g grip relaxed, AS IL ought to De,
~ II never Will be while taxes are
VI from the proceeds Of toll and
he permitted 10 hold what they
,jinnde and 10 pocket profits that
lttnever produced. "Cut up into
HARMS" eh2 Come to the shrewd
foondholders of Hin county, Tex
NY to assess their forty-dollar per
land AT fair valuation, and
l4hem render It at $40 or sl2, and
lihcm what they viii take for II
bar them say they haven't "A foot
( d for sale" as | have heard them
x the past few years and you VIII
itiw the land Is not cut up into
f,fnrms in Texas where 1.-THE single
" has no lighting ground says
Webb II seems then that even
tnperfcci, halfway application OF |
llnglc tax In New Zealand has had
Meet that It's advocates claim for
X has produced abundant revenue.
has destroyed speculation In
has opened homes to the masses,
d mas restored prosperity 10 the |
8shoui the globe.
y has vindlcated In every particu-
D far as the test has been made
claim OF the advocates OF the
81.
Ike Webb says at must soon ex-
pf its own operation" This Ia an
finding assertion. When the large
hga shall have been sold Into The
y OF small owners" how does the
rcnch the conclusion that they
be entirely or largely exempt
tnNntlonG" The reverse Is true.
ismnller the farms, lots or other
8 In which lands are held, the dem
vlll be the population, the greater
Social development, the more val
y the holding OF lands; the higher
taxation on land values the more
dant the revenue 0hus wholly de-
4 from lamb and the freer labor,
more easy exchange, the greater
raj prosperity, the fewer million
the more impossible Involuntary
'rtyl Al these will follow the
Ting" "But n connHcation OF the
erty OF the wealthy land uwn 80
Judge webb, and adds "a law
Bring George Gould, John u. Rookie
4 and n half dozen other million
4 to pay the taxes OF this govern
Il for the next two years would not
Essentially different In principle"
n Judge Webb has placed himself
The unreasonable position Of de-
ing Gould TO be IN favor of having
'self taxed IN this way for that pur-
\ In a former article the judge as
ia that Gould was deeply Interest,"
Or the success OF the system" And
vas the prudent one OF the Wander
J. probably one OF the half dozen
fred to. The Judge though probably
took the facts as 20 the predictions
hese two millionalres At least the
II when called for never was pro-
I'd Coniiscntlonl Conhscation OF
ii? OF the lands OF bondholdera?
re is no singer taSer, so far as /
+ knew, that wOul disturb any
iholdcr In the possession OF any rood
and, We propose for the people 20
{ only what the people create. and
ntain, 4. e., the annual value OF the
l. That very value. which under
tent conditions, IN nearly all eoun-
4. landowners are. and havn been
for centuries. This Idea
wrong TO the landowners " the
u stupendous fraud of the ages,
N your attention, dear judge and
r reader, for u moment to the mii-
= Of tifinherited, who, AS tenants
homeless laborera. have for gem
lions been by their toll creating
values that have been "conflscated"
She mlllionalres. Who created and
, maintain the values In our great
81 and our rich agricultural dis
tsp Did the six per cent of people
D own New York give the values to
Ir iande or aid the % per cent OF
ers who own no lands? ! repeat
80 questions because | want to8em-
size them. wish TO have them
seotypcd IN the minds and burned
, the conscienccs Of the people. l
At Judge webb to answer them II he
+. Anu n ne cannot ! want the
sses 10 recognize whit single takers
q long seen. that they cannot be an
red save In RECOGNITION OF the sim
tax. The condition OF the masses
their Treatment by the land
nopolisis ~ analogous 20 the pre-
lment In which Dean swift shows
renowned traveller. Guiiivert to be IN,
~ having rendered the most stu
Gnus services TO the people of Lllli-
In capturing and delivering To them
entire navy OF their enemies.
A. 49,.