Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-27
OSBORNE OUT FOR
GOVERNORSH|P ON
MOOSE PLATFORM
Advocates Single Tax as Par
amount Issue of Coming
Campaign.
WOULD ABOLISH PRIVILEGE
AS SOURCE OF SLAVERY
Favors Equal Suffrage, Initia-
tive, Recall Of Officials and
of Decisions.


ernor.
In his formal statement he makes
his principal stand upon fundamental
reform in taxation. He advocates
the gradual establishment of the sin
gle tax in New Jersey.
He favors, also, the initiative, ref
erendum and recall; the recall of ju-
dicial decisions, the short ballot, a
constitutional convention based on
population. equal suffrage, gradu-
ated inheritance tax, the fixing of
public utility rates on basis of the
value of physical property. and legis-
lation regulating the employment of
women and children in industry.
In summarizing his platform, he
says.
II propose that the Progressive
party shall undertake to destroy priv
ilege in every form and abolish in
dustrial slavery"
Osborne's Statement.
II announce myself candidate for
the nomination for Governor at the
Progressive party primaries.
II take this action at the request
of many of the strongest leaders of
the Progressive party IN the hope
! that the party will stand for definite
laws to improve living conditions
{such as the exemption of buildings
from taxation and public ownership
of utilities) instead of for mere sur
face reforms which alleviate but do
not cure.
THE fight is on in the Progressive
party to determine which of these
policies the party shall adopt. 1t is
not a fight between individuals, 1t is
a fight between those who would
abolish slavery and those well-mean-
ing persons who offer remedies for
Improving the condition of the slaves,
but refuse to attack slavery itself
The challenge to the craftsmanship
of this generation is to seek out and
destroy the causes Of the undeserved
and increasing poverty among the
people who do the necessary work OF
the world. am convinced that, II
we abolish privilege by law, we can
tablish conditions under which
every normal man can, by reasonable
labor, support his family in decent
comfort.
1.-THE problem of the ages is privi-
iege-slavery was privilege. The
essence of slavery was not the mere
ownership of mans body, but the
right to take away from him all the
fruits of his labor, except bare sub
stance. Millions of men and women
work hard, do their honest best all
their lives, and are not wasteful, but
are without hope, because all the
fruits of their labor are taken from
them except a bare substance-thls is
complete slavery. Millions other
men and women who have more than
a hare substance are unable to save
for the rainy day and live in the
fear of want, because portion OF
the fruits of their labor is taken away
from them by privilege-this is
partial slavery
Destroy Privilege in Every Form.
81 propose that the Progressive
party shall undertake to destroy
privilege in every form and abolish
industrial slavery.
"Priyilege operates in the following
wavs to enable the few to take the
earnings of the many: Appropria-
tion by individuals Of the increase IN
land values created by the COM
munity; the private ownership Oh
railroads and public utilities; all in
direct taxes; defective banking and
money laws; and the patent monop-
olv Some of these forms of privilege
can only be abolished by national
legislation; the others can be abol-
ished in New Jersey by state legisla-
tion. This is our task.
.sI propose that we abolish all taxes
on personal property dncluding
household furniture, machinery, mer-
cbandise and live stock) and all i'm
nrovements on land, such as build
;nps. and that part of the value of
farm land produced by labor--clear-
ing. ditching, fencing and cultivation.
This Is no experiment; the system is
in successful operation in Vancouver,
yicto.ia and other cities and towns
of Canada.
"Tris will encourage owners or
land to build and improve (the exist
ing system fines them for making inn
nrovements by increasing their
taxes) and will put an end to the in
eouaNties of the present absurd tax
:,1g system, which penalties honesty
end rewards tax lodging and eva
sion. The attempt to locate and tax
nersonai property has been tried for
more than a thousand years and has
always failed The taxation of Sc
-.4:oe ;c da1i1,la tqxatiOn
II VIII Compel improvements.
: "This policy will so heavily increase
the taxes to be paid by the owners of
unused land, that no one can afford
to hold land out Of use for specula-
.ion. This will bring into use vast
areas Of idle land, now held for spec
u1ation, and make it much easier to
oct land for homes, or farms, or fac
tories. Then thousands of immi-
erants. who come from the farms in
i.urope. and, under present condi-
tions, are forced into factories and
sweatshops. thereby increasing the
cor,petii,sn for such jobs and tending
n lowering of wages, will go to the
land. This will build UP the country
inetead of the slums; will lower the
coat of living by increasing food pro-
auction. and will bring about cleaner.
healthier conditions, by reducing the
measure of population in our con-
rested cities. This is the sure way to
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