Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-09


81 definitely settled that Prince
(iu ll. and Princess Margaret are
going to live in that part Of the royal
palace at Stockholm which was once
occupied 81 the family OF King
Karl x :E#..s S.s=
& DENMARK.
II The tax reform which was intro
a q ICED in Denmark a couple of years
ago Is proving q good deal of a dis
appointment. The: main change was
that NJ an income tax was put in place
Of the old real estate tax. Practical
experience has already proved that
the change benefits the owners of
large farms, while the burdens Of
taxation have become heavier on
small farms and on the workingmen.
IN some instances the holders OF
small farms are paying double or
even treble the taxes that they paid
under the old system. 1t turns out
That many shrewd owners of small
farms foresaw the failure of the new
system. The tenant farmers of Sial-
Iand held a convention at Kjoge in
l9O2 and passed resolutions stating
that the tenant farmers do not ask
for special favors in the line of legis-
lation, such as the adjustment of
the old land tax; that the taxes and
duties on the necessaries of life ought
to be abolished; and that the neces-
sary public revenues ought to be
raised as taxes on the value which is
given to the ground, not by the in
dividuals working it, but by the de-
velopment of the: community in which
the ground is located. These resolu-
tons contain nothing new to those
who know something about the sim
gle tax theories of Henry George.
The hackers of the Kjoge resolutions
were too few to exert any influence
upon the rigsdag when the general
tax reform; was introduced: BY this
time, however,. very many bright
minds are. busily engaged in plan
ming a new revision of the tax laws,
and the Kjoge resolutions are looked
upon as evidence: of true statesman
ship among the humble tenant farm
ers of sSjalland.| One of the most sig
nificant features of the new tax re-
form movement is that the new Left
list party has incorporated into it's
program the demands of the tenant
farmers. Those who are responsible
for the Kjoge resolutions have amply
demonstrated their firmness. They
have just held their annual conven-
ton at Roskilde, and every one of
the 100 delegates voted in favor of
endorsing the Kjoge resolutions.
T. The newspapers are justly com
| menting Oh the astonishing fact that
a sprinkling of tenant farmers could
nave the: foresight which now, after
a. lapse of three years, is being as
cribed to - the authors of the Kioge
resolutions. A Swedish daily closes
an article on this subject as follows:
The tenant farmers of Denmark
have given us many pointers on a
proper tilling of the ground. Now it
looks@as if they are to be our leaders
even in political matters
The convention of the Danish Won
ems Union, which was held at Aal-
| borg, sent the following resolution
to the Fredrika Bremen Union in
Stockholm and the Norwegian Won
| ems Union in Kristiania': 1--WE, Dan
| ish women assembled at the annual
| meeting of the Danish Women's
Union, representing twenty-eight dis
tricts in all parts of our country,
send Swedish and Norwegian women
our sisterly greetings, and express
our strong conviction that you are at
one with as in this, namely, that no
matter what controversies may arise
between the nations, war between the
three Kingdoms of the North is an
impossibility. No one feels this more
profoundly than do the women. We
are excluded from a direct political
influence; but the more strongly do
we demand that the words of moth
ers, wives and sisters be heard here,
where the future happiness of the
entire. North is at stake" When the
resolution was . read the national
hymns of the Swedish union coun-
tries were sung. T.