The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-30

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impaired to the site by, location: that is,
by, the proximity of other people. So. II
two men have, equally Eood locations and
ope makes more money than the other.
that is none Of our business either And il
man lets his lot lie idle and sunimproved.
we don't reduce his rental half or a.
third. according to. the. ordinary; custom Of.
lax gathererS. He. has to pay just as much
for It as If he were getting full value out
Of .i + /. consso,.nc. .t,.rs o,. no lot. held
out OF use in Fairhope. The .compactnes5
with which the village is built up strikes
any person familiar with the appearance
Of new towns in the West, in which miles
OF city lots stretching over the prairies
are held at fabulous prices. II has been
estimated that the four cities Of Tacoma,
Seattle, Portland and Spokane Falls. with
within their corporate limits enough city
Of London. Paris, Vienna and serlin.
The prime advantage Of Fairhope at
present for the poor man seeking home
Is that he has to pay nothing down for
Z his land. This. combined with other adj
ket in the vicinity that Mobile land specu-
clear Of Fairhope: Land in the immediate
acre since the founding OF the colony. ow-
ing to the superior. advantages OF, being on
colony land. This is. hailed by single tax
: system in discdurasing land speculation and
leaving the land open to the people.
a. salient advantage in the development
hope. Wealthy single takers in the North
loaned the money for this, to be repaid out
Of the earnings of the boat. The colony's
Ave by seventeen feet Of nfnety-three tons
and It belongs TO the association It gives
direct and exclusive service between
lage an immense advantage over other
Residsnts at ether points can save time
by driving to Fairh0pe to take the boat.
the better service is an attraction to sum.
mer and winter sojourners, and that all
brings business to Fairhope. The boat has
she has paid for herself she viii Be- a
source OF profit to the association.
ADVANTAGES OF FA1RHoPE.
Such advantages as Fairhope possesses
over surrounding towns may. reasonably
be credited to It's system Of doing busf-
ness. It owns Its own pier, the only town
on the bay to do 80. 1t owns its own water
system, q very unusual thing anywhere in
80 small town. It has a school term Of
nine months. instead Of three or. four. like
the surrounding towns. TT owns. public
building for fyceum and social purposes,
which houses a free library Of over 1900
volumes 1t has Two conmodions free
public lighthouses.
The construction OF the boat having been
assisted by friends probably should not 81
reckoned In. although this assistance was
given solely because OF the Fairhope policy.
which insured the boat becoming 4 public
utility. ~. ~ : TiF'F7
Fairhope has big programme Of public
for all sorts of open air amusements,s par
ticulariy water sports &.
Should the day ever come when mo more
public impfovementA,ar are needed there would
be an even rebate Of rentals to every ten
ant. There Would Be no reductfon.o OF rents.
as Il Is the principle 81 the 6iuGle takers
to take the full rent. value. But there
would be an actual and equal distribution
Of cash, thus giving the. man In thespoo
location on the well Known single-tax prfn-
| cipie that the land belongs equally TO al
and mo person should Be allowed 70 enjoy
If. II ID asked why any private landlord
could not haye hnilt mp such 9 tenant cpm.
En- that case AL the profits which 50; "a
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