Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1912-08-08
The Single Tax Amendment.
BY RuSn II LIMBAUGH

hF"h '" ''Nh' " uh'sNibi VI ltHlnt-
diaIc and far-reaching importance.
Political campaigns always bring
forth issues Of vital civic interest
but none have ever demanded more
careful. intelligent and profoundly
deliberate consideration than the
one which confronls us nov. This
question calls ON us to throw off
party affiliations To release hide.
hound pariisanship and with an eye
single to the public welfare To an.
Swor yes or no on a proposition
involving the interests Of every citi.
zen Of Missouri This proposition
aSks us TO accept a scheme devised
To supplant an aged institution aud
eventually revolutionize our entire
policital and Industrial system II
is the inele tax.
The plan itself is simple An
amendment embodying the single
tax scheme has been proposed and
submitted To the people and If this
amendment Is adopted the scheme
will be Immediately launched into
practice This means that lole ex.
Ccpt land owners will ever be re-
quired 10 pay taxes All Of that
great number of naulaudholdrrs will
h eNcmp, from the payment Of
taxes aud the past that they are
now contributing In the form Of
taxation will he made up by those
who own land
To make an intelligent decision
un this question rs every other
public issue. IL is necessary to probe
the device to its dephts, 10 truce It's
origon. growth development aud
determine from these standpoinls
whether ig IS txpcdlent and just 10
all concerned And let us be fair In
making cur test Let us not be
guided by individual class or section
al jenlnusly Let us not Condemn
the measure herausc we are told
that IL is socialism III US not
pronounce IL rs n general evil until
We know the facts about It. In
faif unseliish judicious sense. let us
all clearly understand whether the
single tax will or will not bring
about trtter and more just results
than our present system Of taxation
Ii In our investigation We find truths
that are against us let us not turn
hlck. We must decide. Let us
decide night
Before We attempt TO discuss the
SEtiNS hf ASfltI6IAS W. ttfC NlAlAAC AdA
let US first trace the oriEon and
history Of the theory itself About
the middle of the.nineteenth century /
great German socialist, Karl Marx.
published a book which created
worldwide attention. This book
was called Capital" Ii marked a
triumphant climax in period of i
bitter denunciation OF the early
political economists Al that time :
industrial revolutions was changing !,
the course OF human achievement !
and civilization was departing from
time-worn paths TO new courses OF
advancement Capital and labor
were at an extreme point OF bitter o
enmity. Each party was extremely
jealous Of the other, Orthodox re- v
formers brought forth grave accusa- u
tions against capital and pathetic U
grievances Of labor Even the great u
English philosopher Thomas Carlyle,
called political economy The Dis 0
NAL Science" and expressed his be- II
lief in labor's eternal helplessness, 0
The industrial world was in del j
uee OF turmoil and looked impa- u
tiently for champion to unravel y
all the mysteries, "
The work on Capital" by Marx II
was received with much enthusiasm a
i'm this hour of interest The major v
teaching of the book was that Capt. u
tai absorbed all the benefits of u
progress. Marx took the stand that &c
the poor were being robbed of their III
just rewards, for the rich received NJ
NIL the income that the combined Ia
| population produced. He believed Ia
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