Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-02-14
NEVADA'S
PROSPERITY.
HOW IT MAY BE INCREASED
BY REVISION OF TAX
LAWS.
Written by Wells Drury, Form
erIy A Member of the Me-
vada LEGISLATURE.

vouo Legislature
Near Lovelocks 10 Nevada there is |
valuable deposit Of nitre that will be i
worked some day if the law makers of
the State and the Nation ever have !
the good sense to change the laws SO
that operations can be carried on at a
profit.
Surveyor General Gleaves told me of
this deposit the other day, and he said
that Mat Kyle of Nevada had written
to him asking cooperation in chang
ing the legal status Of such deposits
Their correspondence related mainly to
Federal regulations, to be sure, but a
man with hall an eye can see that the
State law is more to blame than any
thing else for keeping this source OF
wealth comparatively idle. So long as
from putting up expensive works the
assessor will keep his hands Off. but if
there is anything doing lie will soon be
nosing around to see how much he can
punish the owners for doing what
everybody in the community wants
him to do.
1t reminds me OF the old story about
the sign in frontier saloon, which
read: "Please don't shoot the fiddler.
He is doing the best he can"
Just so, it isn't the assessors fault.
He is doing the best he can under the
law as it stands on the books of Ne
sada. 1t rests with the Legislature to
change the law. and the law must be
changed or you may IA well give up
hope for prosperity. The old law has
proved fiat failure. Now try some
thing practical. l refer to the exemp.
ton of personal property, according to
the plan commonly known as the Sin
gle Tax.
1t is customary for the opponents Of
the Single Tax to assume that no test
has been made OF the principle involved
in Henry Georges philosophy, but III
this regard such critics are mistaken.
A fair trial has been made and sue
cessful result obtained in New Zealand
So complete has been the success that
the people have shown their satisfac-
ton by keeping the Seldom govern
ment in power ever since it manifested
its good will for all the people by intro
ducing the Single Tax plan in its
scheme for raising revenue. The Sed-
don ad ministration gained another vic
tory last month, the fourth in success
zion, and it is the most sweeping OF
them all. The Government elected 81
and the Opposition 10 members. Tb.
Wellington papers of the morning after
the election designated the event a.
1.-THE Conservative Debacle. The
disaster to the Opposition was not
merely matter Of mum bers. They
lost nearly all OF their capable and ex
perienced members.
The Auckland Star Of December It'll
says editOriallv: ut should be noted
that the Government successes arr
quite as marked in the country dis
tricts as in the towns, showing tina
their efforts to open lands for settle
ment and promote the welfare of tn,
occupier OF the land are appreciated
New Zealand is prosperous, ant
there is no reason why it should no
continue SO if the government pursue
progressive policy, aiming at the ener
getic development of the natural re
sources of the country. Looking
at the complete result Of the elections
we Judge that the people are well salts
fed with the fruits Of the Seldom Ad
ministration. The colony is prosper
Gus and progressing
Here is an Instructive lesson 70
those practical people who say the,
would like to see the Single Tax tric
somew here" says the Hon. Josep
Leggett in recent article in the Sa
Francisco Star.
Prior to the ad went of the B:llanc
Ministry to power is result Of tn
success OF the Liberal party in the ger
eral election in 1890, New Zealand ba
pdSS6O II a SCIlSS VI years VI I'll
deepest industrial depression. Consr
Connolly, speaking OF that period, say
in his celebrated Supplementary r.
port OF 1896: THE people were thol
oughly dismayed and thousands le
the colony: in fact, nearly all VII
could did so,'
Mr. R1ll loI in,
rying the first single tax bill ever adop
ed by any legislative body. This Act e,