The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-18

there will be no rnors ~. -'<|
All men will be ma. sn(
opeyins the biblical injuss ::
sweat OF thy face shsf ss
instead Of some eatinr X. s ~ \
OF others faces. But ns Gl
ductive that the minim,,S "a n y
living. ~ Hske 6n12|
The Post VIII see 1, 4
labor receives the ret,,sr ~
OF the three factors Of nr ! IN
is naturally entitled ~ -
all three, and would r ~ nm
not for monopoly Of .'ths w
age. Oct Of the returns & N
OF production. labor pas. ~ u
taxes. whereas, all cav. Md
from out the return to nv 1e
land. " - pqn(W n
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another single ~.
To the Editor Of The po.. '-s''
burlington, Iowa, octoh.,
interesting editorial in ~.
your paper on Law ana IN.
subject OF much comment
in one sentence that even 49, NJ
morrah ought to rise in ,ud,s
this generation" The ,u.s....
far wrong, either: for their t'
a time in the worlds histo., ~
borer got SO small a 49,. va
produced or was 30 complst.;s
from MS natural right 10 ~
earth--the source Of all 49, 4
present. 1t is not the Law y
demand that is faulty. n
law that has created a class
for which there is no room I. IA \!
pian-ro place In the eooncr : y
VIZ; the mere owners" AZ Il.
been given legal power "a n,ss
the producer of all wealth--sss Il
itself to land in obedience Il 4. 4
command that each shall am ~
ing from the inexhaustible mn.,.
material with which the earn Ky
before man was invited onto 4
never occasion for a man 4 !, I. -, ~
1ob, In any new" country. wv
lordis1n was introduced, the lsnsi,.,
lock up natura! opportunities-.,rs,
vacant lots and such. We v,,l WI
~ '"N' =. hsz
And Another.
To the Editor of The Post
Youngstown, Ohio. October ii
and demand do regulate x,rn
the supply OF laborers Is greas,r 4.
demand for labores wages IN
When the demand for lsbore. !. 3
than the supply wages will to N
crease, or, in other words. VIM q.
scarce wages viii take care q ~
can also be said with proprisy -
man out Of a lob L N
who regulates wages. The bs4t :,
the only way to settle tia ,abor ~
is by making the demand Tor AZ, 4
than the supply by freeing rstunl 4
tunities to labor, then labor vill I
to employ itself and then emulm.
labor in manufacturing CENTER M.
more than labor can make by snKx
itself. Take any country where lvi
free, and in that country you vIl }
no labor question. When land y. N
this country there were no man vugs
work that could not find emplynsa
now when land is all monopollsed ~
competing for jobs and forciw
wages. The best way to free lsud I \
single tax.
Under the single tax every MN III
the chooser Of his own lob.
The single tax will kill land rp,cul
by taking the annual value d N
stead Of all other taxes. 10 fat =
argumentative proof OF these assctku
the reader read Progress and psse
by Henry George. John r Old
Our Common Heritaxs.
To the Editor OF The Post.
Boston, Mass, October 18Th / I
editorial on Law and Labor m (
said that 1.-The social relation d III
any other country can never DO visA1
righteously adjusted and admIuIsad
every man who is honestly Willing VI
shall be able to live in this comma I
tage, the earth, In reasonable deUad
comfort"
1t is true that the earth is our a.
heritage, and on it we live aud libx
is because man has impiously yiolaa
intentions of the Creator and given '
ownership OF the few that bounty d
which was intended for all that y
from an unjust social ola'
a breeder of poverty, crime. intenpa
and vice. AS long rs we have landlr1
we will have land speculation. which
the holding out OF use OF all those y
forms Of natural opportunities eng
under the general term OF lana.
such a condition lasts We must ha'l
men looking for Jobs than there "
What we need is to reverse suco =
tfon--make more jobs than neo
BY making free to labor the gcG
OF the earth will soiss V
problem. That can be done " ~
natural, just and scientific System
alton. Let all land be taxed q
value, and the monopolists wnc =
out of use agricultural,
and all other kinda o ~
either have to put the same 70 W.
Dloying labor, sell for whatever y.
be obtained or abandon TO tnoe y
put it to use. That would pro,as y
OF work for all men ano ~
each the full earnings Of M n I.
nan would then work for anoInel I.
han he could make by workns y
self ON free land.
The single tax is the me1nos
,ur equal right to the use q
AN be established and maintains.
S the source OF our living ana ~
# all wealth. and the equal I'sa
o its use is now denied because ~
,iples of Jeffersonian democrav NJ