Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-12-26

Tor his place, and no man can be
made to pay more.
This tribute is sometimes paid to
the State, when it is called tax;
but it is far more often paid to
private individuals, when it is called
rent.
A. Government grows more COM
pick and does more for society,
rent, increase. Any advantage pos
~ts>ed by one piece of land over an
other raises the rent, and no add
vantage in fertility i ever equal in
value 10 the advantage of secretly
and Government. which j. to say that
an acre of sand at Atlantic City or
Cape May j. worth more rent than Il
million acres of fertile land five hun
drcd miles distant from all human
society. The sixteenth of an acre
Of bare rock in New York city Is
worth more rent than Il thousand
acres of the best wheat land IN
Manitoba.
Rent. therefore. i. the tribute which
natural laws levy upon every citizen
whether he owns his home, pays rent
to another. if he poyS board, or
patrouizr~ the tobacco dealer, OF the
butchcr or baker. a. the ultimate
consumer j. the one who pays the
merchants high rents. \ citizen
gains certain profit IN occupying
certain location. The fact i con
elusive proof that this profit is not
the fruit of his labor. but comes out
of some superior fertility in soil,
some superior opportunity for selling
the fruits of his labor, some superior
protection from Government, or some
advantage of mere position.
Where there j. no land value there
l. mo- rent. The first conner 10 new
district gets his land free. We will
say, the second conner. If all land l.
free. will settle near the first tol
social reasons. To he of help to tn,
first and 10 be helped I'm barn rails.
ug~. well digging. ETC.. until ten. &
hundred. or a thousand settler
locate, which We know means a com,
muuity, a village, u Dcming, An L
la~o. a san Francisco. a New York
The industry and wealth of tn,
world are founded upon land. Nil.
liners. optical instrument makers
glider, and poll>hcr>. are not til,
pioneers of new settlements. Miner
did not 90 10 California or Au>trall,
because >hucmakcrs, taIlor>, ma
chiulsl>. and printers were there
Bul those trades followed the miners
just u they have followed the gol,
diggcr- to the Yukon and the dia
moud diggcr~ into South Africa. /
Is not the -lorckccpcr who l. tn,
cause of the farmer. but the iarmci
who brings the storckccpcr. II il
not the growth of the city that de
rc.op~ the country, but the develop
mcul of the country that makes III,
city.
Eventually all free land j, taken
J- there j. now no free land in til,
older countries and it i, fast bccom
mg q thing of the past IN America
once free land j. exhausted. new set
tiers begin To- bid for the privilege q
ldrmlu. particular piece of land
either To- hire IL on q cash rental. 81
um share of crop, ar To purchase, an,
- purchase price j. only rent capital
i2cd The more bidders lrrntcrs
Tor farm. residence or store. the NOR,
the value and the more the rent.
Those who actually receive rent
or who could receive it if they would
form the class which we call land
lords. Year by year they assess til,
value of the privilege of occupyiu,
their property They can do thu
with au accuracy to which me- Gov
eminent Assessor can ever attain
They have only 10 announce thci
willingness to receive bids. aud til,
bid come in. Nobody runs aftc
the Assessor or to tell him wha
property j. worth. Eycrybody run
after the landlord. To- tell him wha
hi- property j. worth Not lha
everybody tcll- him the truth: bu
he soon finds out what j. the truth
by comparing conflicting statements
The landlord i Natures clcctc,
tax gathcrcr such u method of col
.ccrmg taxes would be- entirely fire.,
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