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whole with one language. one body
of institutions, one code Of laws. one
democratic form or government. We
ought to be- the greatest people. be-
cause we have the, greatest possible
opportunities. But what are W. do
ing to rise to these opportunities
We have Instituted a condition by
which few own the country. a few
here, few there: practically control
villages. towns, Cities. counties; and
almost whole states. We. have land
lordism greater than. anything con-
ceived In Great Britain 81; 8 Germany
or IN the Orient. We have the great
est landlords that have ever been
seen. Should we meet, this condi-
ton, should we apply taxat on to land
values so j as to break down land
monopoly and throw open the SOIL 81
our country t.. our fast-growing pop-
ulation. a prosperity will come such
as win dumfound mankind and give
TO Amel1ca the, glory of carrying
civilization. to- a point higher =stthan
ever reached In the destinies s:of the
race. (Applause.) u (. ,. J. ss:.: s.
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him genius who could make iron
and steel, and. he had the Pennsyl-
vania railroad behind him, with the
same kind of secret contracts or un-
derstandings that Rockefeller: had
about that time with the railroads
for the carriage of oil: Carnegie not
only had orders for rails, wheels,
bridges, and other structural iron and
steel, but he had special rates for the
carriage Of finished and unfinished
products to and from mines and mills.
By reason Of these rates he was
enabled to underbid all competitors.
Much Of this Is told by Mr.. Carne-
gle himself in his brief biographical
SKETCH But in his most recent book,
PROBLEMS Of Today" he describes
inexact terms and with precise in
stances the greatest factor in the
production of the great com inations
and great individual fortunes. He
says it lies In the monopoly of land.
1t was by holding a monopoly OF
the Connellsville coal fields, the best
cokine coal in the world, and sub
sequently by possession Of practically
all the best or most available iron
and steel ore In the country that the
United States Steel corporation re-
ceived material advantage: over all
com petitors, sufficient, at any rate.
to force gentlemens agreement
with competitors here, while the tar.
if shut off competition from without
The Anthracite Coal Trust.
Take the Anthracite Coal trust ii
Pennsylvania. It possesses practical.
ly all of the hard-coal land Of that
state. Nature has put into eastern
Pennsylvania q great deposit Of hard
coal. It has been the business OF
the anthracite railroad companies
beginning with the Reading railroad
years ago, to get possession OF these
deposits BY .purchase,by long lease
and by contract for the carriage 81
the coal. These railroads acting to.
gether have in these ways got con,
troll Of the hard coal OF all eastern
Pennsylvania. The purpose he's no
been to mine coal. It has been, rather
not to mine coal. Their purpose
has been to limit the output and t
ANO.S ~ sAAO Jul COe14-----IOn9VMOT1
only part Of their land, a small part
and to let the remainder lie idle, q,
though It did not exist, ana 20 keel
others from the use Of It. Why coul(
they do that? There was no tax upoI
it,, no penalty on their doing It. TIL,
law does not discourage it: nor doe
even public opinion. People do no
realize that 1t could and should 5,
stopped; that It could be absolutel,
DESTROYED by the simple process o
taxation. The law OF Pennsylvania
REQUIRES tar on the market value s
that land. The actual practice 10 no
to assess at the market value, which
would be asssvaluable mineral Land
The. practice = to assess Il - inferio
agricultutal land Then. the tar Up
on that pfsppste ously low luatiol
. 10y & srsaa 60 IT, rsal
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= THE ROAD TO FREEDOM


. Why should we in this country
not go. to land values for all our re-
venues? We get part there; why not
all p Abolish the tariff and other
taxes on production and increase our
present taxation on land values. If
the older countries find it. good, if
the newer parts of the; world, Aus
tralia: and Canada, find 1t good, why
should not this country find it good?
Is there in any part of the world
az greater, more damaging, more
flamning kind of land monopoly than
in this country? Can you find in
any part of the world landlords so
great, so mighty? Where will you
find, among the peerage of Europe,
dukes or earls or counts or viscounts
SO powerful from their landed pos
sessions as are simple citizens of our
country?
!. Core of Steel Trust Monopoly.
"A steel trust has vast possessions
Those possessions form the very core
Of its monopoly. An oil trust has
great landed possessions-vast pos
sessions, Of which it chooses to use
oAAy q 'oAAAe"AA ReSA - SAA~SSAAA6 OH LILO
rest off from use by anybody. You
will find the roots of most: of the
trusts in land monopoly. Why not
apply the single tax? All the revenue
raised in this country-federal, state,
local-amounts in round numbers to
$2O,0O0,0O0 900: a. year.. The ground
rent roll of the country probably
approximates four thousand millions,
SO; that there Is an; ample source of
revnue for all needs. ::-"..":
Comparison With Imperial Rome.
Land monopones such as find ex-
ample only, if there be any compari-
SON whatever, in the Imperial days
of Rome, exist here. The great War
wick, the king-1naker, could 60 to
parliament with 500, diverted men. But
simple citizen, a Carnegie or any
one Of large, number that any bf
us might name, could; if he chose,
have not 800 but 6,O0O-we might
say, in some instances, 60,000-re-
tainers, should be chose 20 go abroad
in such a style. ). - j.
Whence comes all this? Primarily
from ownership of the soil. That il
4 the very essence Of these monopoly
fortunes. Given a condition where
the few own the: soil that all others
there must use for their subsistence
\ the.rfew are the masters OF the many
Cause Of Carnegie's SUCCESS.
Mr.. Carnegie was born In Scotland
+ He came to this country and worked
as boy In cotton mill In Allegheny
City, Pa. Then he worked as q tele.
f graph operator In Pittsburg, acros.
the river; then as an employee OF the
Pennsylvania railroad. later as It.
NJ Pittsburg superintendent, and from
u that position, with the Pennsylvania
railroad to back him, he stepped gu,
$50 into the, manufacture, Of iron . and
steel He could not make
y ton OF iron or steel. But he l,at
two things: He had assoc ated VIII
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Educate ChiIdren In Swimming in
Life Saving, and Methods Of Re- K
10 r@s$az;.r@ TE.g 6USC1C0ClO0.. 80 q

| / ]. IN one year-1 0o-fhere were
5.S87 deaths by drowning, exclusive
Of suicide. In the United States, This
WIS more than were due to appended
til, almost 90 many as were caused
by railroad accidents, and more than
twice as many as were caused by
mine accidents III the year 1909.
a large percentaSe Of these drown.
Eines IL due: to criminal social ignor-
sance, M. .*. ....s# 81
The most important preventive
1neasure iss education-educ in
swimming; In life-saving and in me-
Ethods of resuscitation.
s Resuscitation5 Is so simple thing
|that it can he learned IN few min-
utes, and yet 1t Is, doubtful II more
ti.an one person IN thousand under
stands It. 81 IS .z.ss
Know1ed9e,of this kind is more Inn
poftant than information about bugs
or botany. 81 I
Entirely. apart from it's usefulness
N preventing dfowniug. swimming
hasa wholesome effect upon the
body. a prominent educator urges
the substitution Of swimming for
Q8nC1u8s IN Inc 8luI0feSt OF mOkut1ty.
Every ltigh school should be- pro-
y1ded with q winning pool and all
hikh# school pupils should receive In.
structions IN SWIMMING. Nfe.saN1ng
md srssuscitAtion 40 . regular part Of
their educate - ~
swimming pools should Be built IA:
I'll p1AyKroudds and bath houses Ia;
|cone1sted nel6 hborho Dc.
Conn Inst uctors should be IN
charge of thess pools and instruction,
could be carried on In . thorough.
sYafsmatic manner. S ! - ssss.
pscialA stress should be sIsid upon
|lit6.saylns drill and resiscita lion
pslaetiee Tor ehe oidsr boys 5
Moreover stl1Sly issis danger from
dtosshlng docks. wgaafves ma
batting beechel placards explaihing
rrss4scitation should be posted lnsSuch
assNAy that they Will 10 protested
from the waathet, ana whore even
.'hsswho RIMS may read, s5assz.
Human lie Il 900 precious to- Do
sastificed to ignorance needlessly.
Milwaukee Jonrn1l sssss 5s=aSs
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coal barons go practically without
taxation upon their holdings.
But If we were to make an abso-
lutte market value and put that upon
the tax books, and then increase the
see whether the Anthracite trust
could hold its lands idle or keep the
price of its coal high. It's purpose
then would not be to make scarity
in output in order to put up prices
and keep down the wages of labor
by limiting opportunities for employ
meht. A heavy tax upon the real
market value of these lands would
compel their use. Their use. would
mean more demand for labor. The
price of labor would go up in the
hard-coal regions. Because of the
larger output of COAL the price Of
coal would go down.. Consumers in
the United States would get cheaper
coal. Laborers in the coal regions
would have higher: wages, shorter
hours, and God knows their little
boys would not have to work in the
breakers or their little girls 20 into
the silk mills to help get the family
subsistence. (Applause.) ~
The CaanOns Of Taxation.
Now, Mr.. Chairman, have been
very much interrupted, and 1 want
to make just few connected OBJ
servations before close. I want to
explain that I believe that this single
take would meet better than any other
form OF taxation the four canons Of
taxation. It is the most equal tax.
1t falls upon men according to the
natural bounties they have In their
possession. The man who has little
pays little. The man who has much
pays much, so that it Is the most
equal kind of a tax. ~ ~ '@&2 y 81
Then 1t Is certain. It. is not inter-
! mittent and wavering. It falls reg
ularly, so that all dependent matters
can be arranged accordingly. @'
In the next place. It is direct: II
can not be shifted. It stays where
1t falls. There can be no addition
of this tax. to the value OF the. land,
The landowners are getting as much
as they can get. now. they are not
waiting for taxation to put up the
price Of their land. On the contrary
| any proposal to put a tax on values
Immediately causes q disbursement
on the part of some owners who
have idle lands, and the tendency Il
for the price Of land to 60 down
This tax can be seen. It is not the
| kind Of q tax that falls and no man
knoweth how much OF where. There
/ lies the land and there lies the value
1 and there falls the tax
! And then It is the most economica]
tax in its incidence. It lays no burden
beyond the revenue received from Il
= is cheap in, the collection. This
tax is not like q tariff tax. THAT
falls upon things coming into the
country. To the extent 81 tie tai
ana the volumne Of the things &C
imported lis the revenue that goes
Into the public treasury. But the
tar on imports enables an increas
"a the price Of similar commoditie,
Imade in this country. There is moi
q cent sof revenue frol this. home
production. IN the case 81 the q,
on Laid v tho slnpra tie q.
Che L. tho specuh ion, ma. thsrs,
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fore, the 1bwer the price Of land. SO
that r In 4. application, it is the most
economfcal Of all taxes Nv -: :
The Great Industrial Questions
But, Mr.. Chairman I do not stop
after all is said, is fiscal question:
T want to direct attention further.
It relates to the great Industrial ques-
tions of our country. This land tax
does not mean merely q better way Of
raising revenue, more economical
way, q more direct way. a more just
way. It means far more than that. It
means the opening to the use Of la
Dor and capital the vast quantities
Of land now shut off by speculation.
There Is no real scarcity of land
anywhere. There is no scarcity even
in the city Of New York with its
great population With all it's great
tenements. with all it's swarming hu-
n1anity-and within certain blocks
there are four and five thousand be-
ings-I say that witt: all that congNe-
ton, the most concentrated popula-
ton. on the globe, It has been com.
|
side the corporate limits Of the city
to give to every head Of family from
e-eighth to. ,one-quarter Of an acre
Of good ground. I am not proposing
to divide tho land. I am explaining
that there H. no. such thing as q
scarcity Of land there. There is land
enough, but most Of It 10 held out OF
use. Great areas arc vacant on the
outskirts, ana you can go along
Broadway and Fifth avenue, the
greatest and proudest thoroughfares
on the whole hemisphere. and find
vacant lots, and one and two story
shacks and shanties where there
ought to be imperial buildings.
Tax Out the Spectators.
Why is this? Because the penalty
OF holding land out Of use is 80 slight
that men can pay the small tax and
yet owning to social growth and
social Improvement, and the: conse-
quent increase In value, realize
handsome profits by the speculation.
Some men acquire fortunes In = short
time by simply getting hold OF piece
OF land. sitting down, and letting so,
ciety do the rest si2 5sss
This Is 90 lin every state; 1t ID 90
IN every village. town and hamlet
Of our country It IL 80 throughout
the agricultural regions; It is 90
throughout the mineral ana timber
regions. Apply this tar and you tax
out the SPECTATORS. you tax In the
users you produce q new order In
the United States. ..3,
20 Our National Heritage. @5 #
We, Of all the peoples Of the world,
ought to be the most advanced. We
have drawn from the nations 81 the
earth their best IN Drawn, their best
y heart and hope; not the old, not
the diseased, but the young. plastic
with youth. ready to mold themselves
into our conditt Ions. They have pored
IL. AZ to the land of promise, their
many hoods and produced tho rich-
cot mfngling that ever rave the life
fluid 70 new country. Soon we
shall I. number = & hundred min Ions
scattered overs vast teI1iiotry more
varied 81 soilt ana clilaatl than hal
sysF bsfore bsens ~ of
nAtiol ls.zll III
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using cup OF cold I water, then
dfainatIs s7'thealiauor remaining should
be reheated and strained. The pork
and onion may be placed in the oven
until the soaten IS cooked and the tat
aried out, II ffssits Is desired to avoid the
zodpr. Thsspafboiiing OF the potatoes
much improves them, preventing any
bitter taste. The crackers should be
softened in sold milk before adding
to the chowder.
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THE FRIENDS BACK HOME.
All the world " full .of snnsliine,f
And my path or life is'swest, -: !
When the fragrant flowers of ffiend

All the world II full OF ssnnsline,}
And my path OF life isswest,
When the fragrant flowers OF friend
ship Z. .54.. . s.s,Z s.: So s.E. s sz
Spring in beauty round my test;
But too oft the blossoms Wlth4E, s
When misfortnne's breesss blew. s
And my heart AZ filled With Hunger
For the days Of long aso
For the dear deli khtful places 81.
Where my feet we're wont TO ruan.
And the old famillar faces go -
OF the friends back homo.
There is naught Ia. fame Or pleasure
Can the weary heart sb4xails
Like . mother.s sweet cAreSsss
And q fathers lDvins smile:
Or tho clasp OF friendly finssfs
i. That your pulses leap e feef;s !. RS
When you know behind the 4reetin6
ts e q heart 90 true 40. steel CO. ,sss
All the idols have cherished
Long have crumbled into dust,
And I want to, hear the voice s 8
That my l1eait can truly trust.
Oh, ,tRould seem 4 bit 81 Heaven
II my eyer. once more could SO
The kindly, kindred faces
have kept Ia memory! 80
They are lined with many anlr66
They are. scanned with, toil ana care,
And time has left IA burrows
On the hrovvs ct once zero aiaif;:..
But to me there 4 none "a loVAlS
Underneath starry dora ~ -
1As the old familia sfacss
OF the friends bsck llpipei / ss.s Is
lJISIx r. nALIoNx1
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with all powers and rights granted to cor
porations with a capital stock Of one hun
dred dollars par value each, which shall be
paid for when subscribed; all corporate
powers to be vested In board Of directors,
composed of three stockholders, who shall
be elected at a meeting Of stockholders to
be held as soon as this act Is signed and
passed and whose successors shall be elect
ed on the first Monday Of June, 1912, and
annually thereafter; Immediately after its
election said board Of directors shall select
from their number a president, vice-presi-
dent, and secretarytreasurer, who shall
hold office until June 1912, when their sue
cessors shall be selected by the board of d.
rectors to be chosen in that month. and all
vacancies In Office and board shall be filled
by the remaining directors and at its disso-
luton this corporation shall be liquidated
by its president.
This act shall constitute, also, the orig
inal subscription list Of the corporation, as
signed
Thus done and passed, in my office at the
city OF New Orleans, on the day, month and
Alphonse ]. Cuneo and James Thriffley,
competent witnesses, domiciled in this city,
who sign with said appearers and me, no
tary, after reading the whole.
Original signedl Earl A. Bernard, 20
schi, shares. CWitnesses) Alphonse ].
Cuneo, James Thriffley.
J. b. RossER, JR., Not. Pub.
I, the undersigned recorder Of mortgages
in and for the parish of Orleans, hereby
Of Incorporation Of the ozark Land CO.
was this day duly recorded in my office In
book 1851. folio :.
New Orleans, July 9th. 1911.
j. B. RossER. JR., Not Pub
419 Hibernia Bldg
aug 10 II "a 81 sep 1911
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CHARTER
OF THE GULF STATES LOGGING AND
TIMBER COMPANY, LIMITED.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF Or
LEANS. CITY OF NEW
ORLEANS

BE IT KNOWN. that on this, the 14th day
OF August, In the year of our Lord one
thousand, nine hundred and eleven, and of
the independence OF the United States one
hundred and thirty fifth, before me, Mark
Mayo Boatner, notary public. duly COM
missioned and qualified In and for the Par
ish Of Orleans, State Of Louisiana, and in
the presence OF the undersigned competent
witnesses, personally came and appeared
Edward Nathan, Clarence E. Fettis and
John ID. Eddy, all OF whom reside and are
domiciled In the city Of New Orleans, State
of Louisiana, who declared that availing
themselves of the general laws OF this State
relative to the formation OF corporations,
they have covenanted, and do by these pres
ents covenant ana agree, obligate and bind
themselves, as well as such other persons
as may hereafter become associated with
them, to constitute and form themselve
into a corporation and body polite for the
purposes and objects and under the ar
ticles and stipulations following, to wit:
THE NAME AND TITLE of this corporation
shall be GULF STATES LOGGING AND TIMBER
COMPANY, LTD, and by that name II shall
have and enjoy succession for a period Of
ninety nine (99) years; Ii shall have power
10 receive, accept, hold, purchase, acquire
possession, lease, improve, cultivate, con-
vey. mortgage and hypothecate, In its cor
sonal to borrow money, lend the same, and
to give and receive security therefor; to is
sue bonds and other evidence Of debt, and
to do and perform all things not prohibited
by the laws Of this state referring to corpor-
atoms.
THE poMrcILE of this corporation shall be
In the city Of New Orleans, State of Lou
siana, and all legal citation shall be served |
upon the corporation as provided by law.
THE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES for which 4
his corporation Is organized and the ma
ure Of the business to be carried on by
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BE 1T KNOWN, that on this twenty-ffth
nineteen hundred and eleven, before me,
John Wagner, a notary public In and for
this parish, and in the presence of the here
matter named witnesses, personally came
names are hereunto subscribed, who de-
clared that awaiting themselves of the laws
Of Louisiana relative to the organization of
corporations, hereby form themselves, their
associates, assigns and successors into cor
poration for the objects and purposes and
under the stipulations hereinafter set forth,
which they do adopt as their charter, to
wit:
ARTICLE I.
The name and title Of this corporation
shall be "MAILHERS AND COMPANY" and I'M
der said name shall have and enjoy corpor-
years.
The domicile of this corporation shall be
in the City Of New Orleans, Louisiana, and
all citation and other legal process shall
be served on the President, and in his alb
senee or disability on the Vice President,
and In the absence or disability Of both, on
the Secretary Treasurer. Said corporation
shall have power to contract, sue and be
sued; to make and use a corporate seal, the
same to break or alter at pleasure; to hold,
receive, purchase, sell, rent, convey or mort
gage, under its corporate name, property,
both real and personal to borrow and lend
money and to execute notes; to make rules
and bylaws for its government, the same
TO alter or amend or change at pleasure,
and to do all things necessary TO carry on
its business.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which this
corporation is organized and the nature OF
the business to be carried on by ii, are
hereby declared to do general business of
plumbing, gas and heating and sewerage
to buy and sell all fixtures and materials
necessary to carry on said business, and 70
do all excavations necessary; and to gen.
orally do regular plumbing business.
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ARTICLE VI.

All the corporate powers of said corpora
ton shall be vested in, and all its business
and affairs managed and directed by board
Of three directors, who shall be elected an
nually at IA stockholders meeting to be held
on the first Monday of September in each
year. commencing with the first Monday in
September, 1912. Each subscriber shall be
entitled TO one vote for each share of stock
standing in his name. TO be cast in person
or by proxy, and a majority OF the votes
cast shall elect. The directors shall hold
office for the term OF one year, and until
their successors shall have been elected and
qualified. The directors shall elect a presi-
dent, a vice-president, who shall be general
manager. and a secretary-treaSurer, from
among their number. In case of a vacancy
occurring on the board from death, resigna-
tiOn or otherwise, the remaining directors
shall I'LL the vacancy until the next cleo
tion. The board of directors shall have
power TO make and establish all necessary
rules and bylaws for the government of
said corporation to regulate the transfer of
stock. and enforce the payment Of unpaid
installments of the stock subscription; TO
appoint all such other employees, clerks,
agents. Overseers and representatives, as in
their judgment may be necessary for the
conduct OF the business of the corporation,
and to fix their compensation. They shall
have the right to discharge or release any
employee at pleasure. The duties of the
various officers shall be fixed by the bylaws
of the company.