The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-15

NJ their current market value, while FAR
! mers throughout the Union are paying on
! 33 to 10 per cent on theirs. besiues tu's'
The farmers are made TO pay on their per.
sona property. while these men Oh great
wealth Invariably escape this tax.
Taxation is the chief instrument OF
tyranny. II disctiminates and makes NIL
lionaires of idlers and paupers OF workers,
Ii brought England's people TO poverty ana
! rags. and then Il brought Charles 70 the
/ headsnans block. II reused the plundefeu
] and starving French peasantry IN 1919 anu
/ drenched Paris Ia blood; 1t rcyolutlonized
| America In 1875, and now in its cold, ner-
| CHESS greed. in It's lying perjuries and us
| cankerous corruptions, 1t Is enslaving the
/ millions Of farmers and workers, and VIII
soon undermine the prosperity OF mer-
chants, manufacturers and professional
/ men leaving the monopolist in possession
| of the wealth created by all.
! Land monopoly Is the fruitful parent OF
! all other monopolies. For its destruction
! there is but one remedy That is, TO cease
all forms of taxation except that upon land
! values. This value is created by the whole
| people; 1t belongs of right to them and
| can be rlghtfuly taken by them for pub
! lie use. In taking the rental value or
bare land the single tax will take not one
/ cent from any man that he has honestly
earned-lt will only take fcr public use
a fund the public or community has itself
created and which would cease to exist
! II the community should depart or perish.
| In short, the single tax is not a tax at oil.
It Is only fair price which each would be
called on to pay for the advantage he
would enjoy in the possession and use of
that site the value OF which the community
and only the community--creates, nam
tains and grants to him. ]. G. II. Buck
Liberty. ms Viewed by MncauIny.
TO the Editor OF The Post.
San Antonio, Texas, May SIN Macau-
lays essay on Milton we find the follow
applicable to the distressing conditions
now confronting us in the far away
islands of Asia-untoward conditions
brought upon us by military, financial and
political influences for their own Interior
purposes. And wei What can We say
when challenged by the jeering natlonsg
We, who as people, have heretofore
proudly posed before an incredulous world
as the chosen champions of universal
liberty; the ostentatious opponents of the
rights of self government; that to secure
these rights governments are Instituted
amongst men, deriving their just powers
from the consent of the governed"
Macaulay says: "Ariosto tells a pretty
story OF a fairy, who, by some mysterious
pear at certain seasons In the form OF
foul and poisonous snake Those who in
jnred her during the period of her dis
guise were forever excluded FRI m participa-
tion in the blessings which she bestowed
But to those who, in spite OF her loath-
some aspect, pitled ard protected her, she
afterward revealed herself in the beauti-
fu! and celestial form which was natural
to Fer accompanied their steps, granted
all their wishes filled their houses with
wealth, made them happy in love and VIC
torious In wlr. Such a spirit Is Liberty
At times she takes the form Of hateful
reptile. She growls, she lisses, she stings,
But woe to those who in disgust shall
venture to crush her! And happy are
those who having dared to receive her in
her degraded and frlghtful shape, shall at
length be rewarded ny her In the time OF
her beauty and her glory.
There is only one cure for the evils
which newly acquired freedom produces
and that cure is freedom! When prisoner
leaves his cell, he can not bear the light
of day; he is unable to discriminate col
ors or TO recognize faces. But the remedy
is not 10 remand him into his dungeon
but to accustom him to the rays of the
sun. The blaze OF truth and liberty may
at first dazzle and bewilder nations which
have become half blind in the house of
bondage. But let them gaze on, and they
Will soon be able to bear It, In few
years men learn to reason. The extreme
, violence of opinion subsidies. Hostile the
cries correct each other. The scattered
elements OF truth cease 20 conflict, and
begin to coalesce. And at length sys-
TEN of justice and order Is reduced out Of
chaos
MANY politicians of our time are in the
habit of laying It down as a self-evident
proposition that no people ought to be
free till they are fit to use their freedom.
oil &c .trdV nv nf hG N
old story, who resolved not to go into the
, water until he had learned to swim! II
men are to wait for liberty till they be-
come wise and good in slavery, they may
indeed wait forever"
You will please pardon this obtrusion
upon your time and attention. You under
stand the situation, I approhend We San
Antonians have, perforce, to go far from
home TO find. in the field Of journalism,
true exponent of that democracy which
was in the past the creed and faith of our
fathers. Mac.