The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-01-27

the privilege of resting or working on
what he is pleased to call his land.
This may be legal right, but it is
moral wrong.
The Creator. probably intended that
all of the things. which he created
should be equally shared by his crea-
lures. If the living Creature creates
anything it should be his, because he
made 1t, and no one should fbe allowed
to- take the whole or any part Of it
away from him. Under modern -condi-
tions, all things which are made, are
made by individuals, or groups Of in
dividuals, and as such, the things are
theirs, by moral, and ~ SHOULD be by
legal, right. They are not made by
the community and :sthe- community:
as a whole has n o tight TO any. share
In the product. s,Th eAtcommunity only
has right to what ii created by, the
community. Such is Hand value, and
it is a proper subject for public own
ership. Anything which is a. natural
monopoly is also a proper subject for
public ownership, 'ifor,' as one states
man Of. the present day has declared,
"a monopoly in private hands is in
defensible." OF such are railroads,
telegraphs, lighting systems, ETC.,
which are limited in their application.
OF shops and stores, however there
is no limit to the number which may
be established.
Such, in. breif, is a synopsis of the
philosophy of the late Henry George.
He proposed to take land value into
the public treasury, for. public use, by
gradually abolishing all other forms of
taxation, until the only things taxed
would be land values This would
gradually be raised until the tax
would eventually absorb, the entire
rental value, and fuEnish more than
ample funds for the. present expenses
of government, the requirement Of
public utilities, and also for the public
| improvements which are everywhere
| needed but everywhere opposed (es-
pecially.: by owners of large tracts of
| vacant land, which they will not use,
nor sell at a price that any can afford
to buy(, because Of the great increase
! in taxation.
| With the entire. rental value Of land
going into the public treasury there
would be no object in holding land
unless 1t was. to be used; and the price
would fall to what 1t was actually
worth for the purpose to which 1t was
best adapted It would give the, work
ingman a. site on which to build
| home. for the amount that it would
fetch if all of the vacant lots were put
| up at. auction and sold for what they
would bring in cash on certain day
| of each year. He would be secure In
his possession as long as he paid the
tax, which is all the security he has
now, His house and his furniture
livestock and other property, woule
be absolutely exempt from all taxa
ton, because they were the produce
Of his toll. Freight, and fares, an<
other forms of public service. being
publicly owned, would be given to hin
at cost Those. who wished to engage
in large enterprises could co-operat
with others, and do so on equal term
with anybody else. as site privileges
raw material and transportatio'
would be furnished on the same term
to all. This would be- "voluntary,' a
distinguished from "compulsory'' co
operation. which is the philosophy Q
Marx. reduced to it's simplest terms.
The UNUSED portions of the cart
would constantly be appealing to in
dustry., to come and develop them
Men, therefore, would not. work TO
other men for less than. they coul'
make by. working a(either singly. Q
conformity with others) for them
selves. Thus would, they get, and b
f. allowed to keep "theS full product, Q
their TOLL The competitive system
which we have at present, and wffc1
| is so much deplored, would then be
come broad enough to stand on In
stead of against, as we do now. TIL
jobs would 4 3fconstp etc. for the men, IN
/, stead Hof the men for the NJ IBIS. ], III
This phi opflA Is taking root i
Il man places IL ft|h IS and oth her co1ln I
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