Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-02-20
NEVADA'S
PROSPERITY.
HOW IT MAY BE INCREASED
BY REVISION OF Tx
LAWS.
Written by Wells Drury. Form
. erIy A Member Of the Ne
vada Legislature.

No. ..
The mere fact that Colorado sent "a
State Senator al. the way to AUSTRIA
lasia to study tho tax laws OF that
country ought 20 attract he at, 3ntion
of law makers all over the country.
The conclusions Of Senator Buck lin
touching this matter are worthy of the
highest credencc. am personally ac-
quinted with Senate: Bu:lli1 and
know him to be able and upright. The
Hon. Joseph Legge., in an article in
the San Francisco Star o! recent date.
continuein@ bis review o. NJ. Iiucklin's
report says:
AS to the practical working OF the
system OF Land value taK2t;Gn, Mr..
Buckln reports: ''i'in Operation of
the Au3tralias!an land value TX ha.
always been satisfactory after - effects
were once known, as Is shown by the
following facts: There ;ia- boec no eff
fort to repeal it, but. on the contrary,
has been extended az improved: as
sGbl d. III has Guido mo bp'f1blOh III
any degree, in any colony OF locality,
all opposition to it ceases, and it is then
accepted even by the conservative
parties as Il permanent institution: the
people OF the colonies never vote against
it nor against those who are identified
with the principle established: it has
extended from colony to colony, and
from state to municipal affairs, after
trial OF numerous other revenue
schemes. And he add-: My con-
illusions are, after careful observation
and the most minute and panstaking
examination Of all data which could
procure, that the Australas,an land
value tax is the best fiscal measure, and
the greatest fiscal success. ever ad opted
by any country or comnunity.'
Some of Mr.. Bucklin ; facts are very
striking. He says: The excess Of ar
rivals over departures for the three
years since the passage of the land tax
bill were, in the New South Wales
), l59, while in the ad joining colony Of
Victoria, which had about equal popu-
latiOn and resources, but did not have
the Australasian system of taxation,
the emigration exceeded the inmigra
ton by so, 4O3.' OF New South Wales,
he further says: There has been in
crease Of cultivated lands Of 9o5. Sc
acres in the three years Immediately
following the adoption of the land tax,
being an increase of more than fifty
per cent. over the entire amount pre-
viously in cultivation in the colony.
Crime of all kind has largely decreased
since the adoption of the law
The numbers of registered unemploy
ed for the four years proceeding the
adoption OF the tax law were $500,
II, l45, 1873, and II, O62: for the three
years following its adoption the mum.
bers were s, 49,, 4, 49,. aud g. $40 And
this notwithstanding the fact that the
last three years were years of unpre.
colony.
In New Zealand, for the four wears
preceding the adoption Of the tax, the
49,
excess OF emigration over Immigration
was II, 1S9: for the two years immed
lately following its adoption the exces:
OF immigration over emigration wa
1880.
From 1891 to 1898, the cultivated
lands of New Zealand increased 3. 522
Q9l acres; sown grass lands increased
3.21S. j0l acres: and the value Of i'm
provements increased $50, 600, 600.
The great bank panic vi 1893. which
closed thirteen Australian banks, will
liabilities of 1915, $40. O7O, did not clos
single bank in New Zealand or Soutl
Australia. in which the land tax was il
operation.
Mr.. Bucklin incorporates in his re
port letters from the Prcm.iers of Ne;
Zealand and South Australia. from til
Labor Secretary OF New Zealand, fror
Hon. Geo. Fowles, NJ. F., OF Auckland
and from the Town Clerks of Palmer
ston North, New Zealand, and of tn
Brisbane and Townsville, Queensland
all of which strongly confirm the cor
c,usions reached by him as to the eff
cacy and popularity of the land valu
tax ia those colonies. The report is
mine Of the most valuable informatio
for the American people. Yet it is Ell
tirely safe to assert it is mine tn;
will not De worked by our enterprisin
American daily newspapers, certain