Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-31

AZ In agriculture and In mining, 10
In tho towns for factory and business
sites the land concentration makes tor
higher burdens. Some concrete In
stances, vouched for ~ Mr.. II. h.
stockman, who has naAe study Of
the question. Win shew the result
"The obvious cseatoF Of land wealth"
said that ca1ny 0ootehman. Andrew
Carnegie, ~ not the individual. but
the community" Mr.. Baliour. IN an
address IN tho house Of commons.
said: '.The value Of al land. any
where, just % the value Of railway.
wherever 1t may b and By whomso-
ever it was made. By the state or BY
private iAdividuals, the value OF this.
~ well a. of every other kind Of prop
erty, depends upon the community"
But to whom does the uneornod incro.
Lent 60?
Unearnsd Fortunss for Landlords.
In fifty years the ground rent Of tho
town OF Burton-on-Trent increased
from $4,000 to $36o.000 An absentee
owner. the marquis OF Anslessy. -
landlord receives this rent His local
taxes or rates arc $3.50.
Shefaeld, one Of the greatest manu-
featuring cities in England, IL owned.
in greater part. by the duke Of Nor
folk. A dry goods merchant in that
city held lease on land at SIS .
year. Seven years before the lsase
would have expired the duke granted
q renewal on condition that the ten.
ant surrendered the unexpired part of
the lease. paid $3.50 . year rent In
stead Of SIS. spent $1,000 In improving
the building and continued to pay al
the taxes.
A large part Of the ground upon
which Londons buildings stand 10
owned by certain rich peers. Land =
not sold by them. but leased or rented.
The renter erects. 1t his own expense.
such buildings ~ hs needs, and pays
all the taxes. When his lease expires
he must pay the increased rent which
his own improvements make possible
70 charge. or else move. abandoning
his own building. Some recent sales
show the almost fabulous price which
the absentee landowner receives when
moro favored sections.
What IL Great Britain to do about
It? Democracy. which IL. or at least
should be, the policeman and the part
ner Of industry. II already In the Uni.
ted Kingdom doing something and
plans to do more. Let we'll enough
alone" no longer satisfies. much less
let bad alone, lest the change bring
worse"
National Ownership Makes Headway.
Three general plans OF land reform
have been seriously considered. and
each. to q degree. has been adopted.
The three plans are naturalization
Of the land. the small holdings policy.
and taxation. Twenty years ago the
great Gladstone said: III the time
comes when tho British nation finds
that the land should be nationalized.
and It IL wise to do It, they have .
perfect right to do 80" Nationalist
ton. which means tho ownership By
all the people Of all the land. Is open
~ talked. Indeed. It 10 put into prac-
teal effect to . degree In government
purchase and ownership In the land
purchase acts. That striking form OF
naturalization known - the single
tax. which brides itself on being eft.
fected without compensation and BY
the confscation by the state Of eco
nomic rent" has many strong advo
Gates. Rent being . value created BY
the whole community, say its support
err should belong to the whole com
munity. All economic rent. the rent
Of the actual land apart from the I'm
provsments. IL unearned increment.
The single takers would connscate not
the land to the state. but the rent.
Compulsory Sale and Leasing.
Another form Of land naturalization
IL considered. thouRh not seriously.