Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-12-26
lCOnlinned from pnge twnl

IoT no personal returns, 40 luX-puy-
crs OathS, no exposition of private
affairs. We see every day that Ma
turc or Science, or both, condemn
present methods of raising revenue.
Tor 1t /, sclf-ryident that Nature ha
made II impossible 70 execute mstN
a statute which i, III is nature un-
Just.
Land II necessary To- existence.
food slulI>, minerals, raw material.
for manufacture. Land i, the stand
my place, the work ~hop. the store
house of production aud labor Stop
harvesting crops, aud all mankind
would di" in - season. 10 whom the
ownership Of land is given. H. hin
Is given virtual ownership of the
men who must. live upon il.
God created the land Man Great
"s nothing, he simply change, the
form Of things. Nature entities =
man To the product of hi, labor and
skill, Int he can not create land, nor
rcproducr even fine tmt.., ot,m ~
soil Man i. entitled ia III, ,,pno,,.
"n land, bat believe Nature con
drmns private ownership If land fla,
same n air and sunshine. If q mpp
cultivate grain, h. acquires a right
of property in the grain hi, labor
brings forth. But he can not obtain
n similar right Of property in The
sun which ripcucd it. The sun. air.
water and land are continuing lift
"l tod I" all generations of mrn.
When land is all taken up. the
laudholdcr, can set mp superior
claim to life, diclaling the term, on
which non holders shall work for
them. This is more noticeable in old
rr countries where all land ha- been
privately owned for generations. and
~ population increases, laborcr-
. ''INlUllllN Ull'l'InlV fbfU bIlrT Tor
nm opportunity 10 exist. The in
rrcasing wealth of the landed aristo-
Gratis. and the crushing Of life ont
Of the peasants, was Romc's down
fall m the words uf n tribune of
the Roman people:
Men of Rome, Won mr., called lords
Of the world. vet have mo- RIGHT to -
uuarc foot of lis soil. The wild
beast, hr e their dcp,. but the sol.
dlrrs of ltaN have only wafer and
air"
p,1,,t. iii. - lamb ho. h,d i.
or,bortv IN c,,orc., rrorJ o,l
p;,ir, Rich, ,r KIM Somo prcr;.l
,,,I.. dat. ho,l :, William fl, ror
uurror. bnt under Henry VII, in the
fourteenth century. commou Inn,
began tn he mrloscd thr marc
Between 4. d. 1900 and 1900, no les,
than 1000, 900 acre. of common
land, were mclosrd, 600 600 acre,
being iurlosrd since 1919. MI piyru
hv concessions from the Crown. In
France. the largest land distribution,
and sale, were made during the Re
yolulion, but at the rlo~r of the Re-
voluljon there still remained No..
OOOOO0 acre of common laud-.
which have since been parccl,d out.
In fact. a very large portion Of the
area of most European countries
was held in common in Frpdal days.
Perhaps We might say the North
American Indians. or the ~ayagc> uf
Africa were not bright enough Ia au-
propriatc the land and parcel it ont
To n select few.
In England now onr-lcnlh Of the
people own 90 of the land. Til,
terrible famine in Ireland was due
to the crushing of the farm peasants
by the English landowners. And
We u know of the immense land con
ccssionS in Mexico aud that the re
volion against President Da2 had
n, a reason the restoring of the land
to the people.
I'm America ", all know of the biz
tl ,l tho, Hill. ,,., L,,.