The herald., 1896-06-07
SINGLE TAX MOVEMENT

The single tax means the abolition of
all taxes on industry or ON it's products,
and the taking for public purposes, by
the taxation of land values, irrespective
of improvements, of that fund arising
from the general growth and develop
ment which constitutes the natural,
just, and sufficient source of public rev.
enueS.
To tax labor or it's products is to dis
courage industry and decrease the gen.
eral wealth.
To tax land values is to discourage the
greatest of monOpolieS which prevent
industry and lessen the general wealth.
1t will render it impossible for any one
to exact for his private benefit a toll
from others for the use of those boun-
ties of nature to which all have the
equal right of use, and compel everyone
holding valuable natural opportunities
either to utilize them by the employment
of labor or permit others to do so.
IL VIII thus open opportunities of work
for all, and will secure to each the full
reward of his work. AS result invol-
untary poverty will cease; the greed. in
temperance and vice that spring from
poverty, or the spread of poverty, will
disappear, and reasonable equality of
condition, born of the equality of ac-
cess to natural opportunities, will take
the place of an increasing monstrous
inequality.-San Francisco Star.
The following paragraph is from the
New York Times: "One of the most in
teresting political campaigns of this
bustling political year is that which lis
going on in Delaware where the disci-
pies of Mr.. Henry George have set
themselves the task of carrying the state
Tor single Tax" This is not a cam
paign of fanatics by any means. The
single tax movement is led by men of
business and men of wealth, heads of
large commercial houses, and the
speakers sent out over the state COM
mand respect by their personal charac-
ter and standing as well as by their ar
guments. The purpose OF the campaign
is to secure control of the legislature
and so be able to put into opera tion a.
law concentrating all taxes upon land
values. An object lesson in Mr.. Georges
theory would have great educational
value for the whole country"
The Toledo. O., Union has published
a three column report of the Campaign
from which the following paragraph is
cut: There is scarcely a limit to the
number of odd and interesting features
and incidents that have been developed
put the hottest and most exciting days
OF the Delaware war" are yet to come
The state is literally alive with single
tax men, who are indefatigable in their
efforts to convince the people, by pub
lie speeches, personal intercourse and the
distribution of literature, that the way
out of the wilderness is through the
single tax path. Whether right or
wrong, their success in winning con-
Verts has aStOnished everybody. Some
of the most active and jealous leaders
in the movement are wel-to-do busi-
ness men, prominent in the commercial
circles of Wilmington, Philadelphia and
other contiguous cities"
The San Fransisco Examiner has en-
larged its sphere of usefulness by giving
space in it's columns to a series of arti-
cles on the single tax proposition, said
articles being written by Joseph Legett.
The world moves We expect to see the
day when the big dailies will be con-
verted into forums for the discussion of
public interest regardless of the opn-
ions of the editors. This is step in the
direction of popular education that is
worthy of commendation. Liberal ideas
are certain to overcome narrow-minded
bigotry when given q fair field in the