El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-07
READER of this column is dis

A READER of this column is dis,
! n pleased with some faTorabl,
4 \ comments made on April II o.
the methods of the Associated Char
tiles
What reason is there" he asks, fol
such an organization to exist in our
great land. OVERLOOKING with opulence.'
! There is no reason for any form of
charity to exist in America if the
| people of America possessed the TO-
/ cused will-power to demand the rights
/ of every soul born into earth, of the
/ use Of earth, sun and air But IN
! til the people do unite and demand
/ such privileges there must be an or
/ ganiZation for the distribution of mon
ey to aid the poor.
And there is not one particle of COM
mon sense in abusing this society
which is doing the best ii can, under
great difficulties, or of blaming il for
the lack of cooperative methods
among the people.
The discontinued reader says no one
is doing anything to bring about a
better condition
That shows how little he knows
what is being done
The Single Tax organizations (Which
hold the one great solution of the
prOblem) are doing wonderful work
and producing wonderful results Jo-
pist. VINO is devOting his life and his
money to efforts to help bring about
justice Tor human beings, has settled
down TO the conclusion that it can be
done only in one way, and that way
by putting into execution to such ex-
tent as is possible the principles and
precepts of Henry Georges philosophy
Of taxing land values. and nothing
else.
Has Demonstrated the Efficacy of His
He has obtained use of idle lands
IN America and England, and has
practically demonstrated the efficacy
of his ideals.
Readers Of the Editorial Section OF
the Sunday American viii find a full
account of his experiments in England
And those who wish to know all about
the experiments here and abroad need
only TO write to the Joseph Fels Single
Tax Society, Philadelphia, Pa, or New
York, and send stamp for mailing
pamphlets.
Five hundred gardens, composed Of
one-eighth of an acre each, are sup
porting live hundred families right IN
the precincts of London through the
influence of Joseph Fels, and he is
hard at work convincing the owners of
thousands on thousands of acres of idle
land all over England and elsewhere
that by giving the use of these lands to |
people who are wanting to make them
fertile they will reduce the pauperism /
of the country.
When the experiment has become /
universal the force of public opinion /
will compel a change in our laws and /
render it illegal for any man or cor !
poraton to hold idle land. while /
masses of people are herded into Sums /
for want Of opportunity to till the !
land.
II will be more than illegal. it will |
be Improbable to hold land in this
way, once the Single Tax value is
placed on it. Not so many years since /
there was a loud cry of the impracti-
of the Single Tax idea
But in British Columbia and Van /
couver it is being found practicable
The British Columbia Royal Tax /
Commission reported last winter re-
commencing the abolition of the poll
tax. the tax on personal property OF
all kinds. the increase of the amount
of income exempt from taxation and
the substitution for these taxes a tax
on land values. The commission start
ed out PTejudiced against the land val