Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-09

, TO his property from the Increase Of
| the town and so on without making
any special contribution to the rate foE
| The benefit of the community?
| And The agent, as the mOuthpiece
of the champion OF the oppressed
| ratepayers, answered Il do
| Very few people IN London Know
1 even the names Of the owners Of the
land ON which they live vet nearly
The whole OF London is the monopoly
Of few families who draw enormous
revenues under the London leasehold
system. They hardly ever sell any OF
their property outright. They seldom
build themselves.
ERECTED BY OTHERS.
The vast majority OF the buildings
which stand on their estates. ms IL, the
been erected by others. They grant
leases, varying from 20 to 30 years up
wards, at the expiration of which time
the property with all it's Improvements
thar have In the meantime been
wrought upon II becomes theirs again
outright. a great ground landlord Will
for instance, lease slum property for
building purposes. AT the end of 20, 30,
or 40 years. he or his family gets II all
back, transformed into fine residences,
business offices or shops. In the mean-
time he has been extracting a handsome
ground rental from the property and
the occupants OF the buildings have paid
the rates
The extent OF the princeIy incomes
obtained by the ground landlords from
their London estates IL is impossible to
ascertain accurately as there are no
returns made ON the subject and the In
vestigations OF public bodies are not
welcomed. But 1t has been estimated
by An expert that the Duke of West
minister gets s750,ON0 a year from his
$500, 900; the Duke OF Portland 100000.
and Lord l'oTtman 100000
ADVANCED RATES
The rates in London have Increased
during the last 30 years from s20,000,00O
per annum to s50,0O0,000 per annum or
$50 per cent. but no part Of this In
crease has been borne by the owners of
the land, the value Of which has IN
creased in equal proportion during the
same time The owners OF the S1,060.
900 900 representing the value Of the
buildings OF London pay rates amount
ing to 45.OoO.OO0, whereas the owners
of the 81, 900 OOO. 600 representing the sep
arate value of the land contribute 10
the state only some 81. 100000. In other
words, on the property worth In build
ings $1,000 900, 100000 is paid, while on
land worth 5000 900 the payment is only
about $1,000,
WILL NEVER PASS.
A bill Is to he introduced in parlia
ment for the taxation of site values az
apart from the buildings standing on
them OF course bill to tighten the
burden OF the ratepayers by taxing this
source OF enormous wealth, which Is
shared mainly among arlstocratic fam
HES will never pass az long as there
I is a house of lords which, ms one Con-
servative speaker tho other day de-
vOutly thanked God for, has not the
fear of The electors before his eyes"
But radical house of commons IL
pledged 10 put that fear into II. and
then things are likely 10 happen which
may cause his grace of Norfolk to feel
more genuine sympathy fop the raIe-
payer
Il lucky house, They have always been
noted for hanging ON to whatever they
could get or parting with II only for "A
good price. Thomas Duke of Norfolk,
led the English NJ Flodden Field when
tho King OF Scotland was slain For
that he was granted the 'augmenta-
ton" TO his Goa OF arms OF Il demi-lIon
pierced through The mouth by an arrow,
and S2b a week. The dukes dropped the
half oH the Scottish lion long ago bui
the s2S was regularly collected until
few years ago when the present duke
compounded with the government by
accepting lump SUM
HAVE CRIMSON RECORDS.
IN their day, he Towards have fig
lred In some terribly bloody records.
Scarcely generation of the early
branches OF the family failed to supply
either q victim Ia the headsman, or "A
Mretched prisoner 10 the tower dun
gcons. They have gambled for the
crown and paid the penalty, Three
times the dukedom has been under at-
tanner, but they have always managed
20 RET II back, Sometimes they have
balanced matters by removing lesser
fry. Twill your grace lake wine with
mo asked gentleman OF a former
Duke OF Norfolk with whom he sat az
dinner. and added ''1here is a connec-
tion between our families with great
pleasure. sir answered the duke.
Though | do not Know what the con-
nectl0n Is" why he MAS answered,
syour ancestor Lord William Howard.
hung up three-and twenty out Of p on
my family, and yeu must own that WAS
q del"
GAINED by MARRYING.
The Iiowards have gained far more
nv marrying than by fghilng For CEN
t,,rios they have mated With the rlch-
MI and nobIest women OF their times,
w a. sunIclently aItested by many cadet
lines Of high estate. Their exalted here
diary positions are now practically
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