The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-09-11
SIN Y AND /. :! b GEES.
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BY , Cottier..

In the Cleveland citizen , s& f. 4 Il = &
The relation Of land values to wages
and high cost " living are mot under
stood BY wage.earne \ as tit siss svery
important tliey should be. sss Nj. "a. @
s Labor unions as. organizers, have
never entered q protest against being
robbed ~ 8 psff, Cent zotlf afl' me pro-
ducts OF labor ana cap itaai both (capf-
tai is labor lone And be1ongsi to lai-
Dor as d part Of its self hut continue
10 strike against that part 81. labor
called caplxaf1i6 20 lstaiSbtffe e. With it.
self as to whjeh Bart 7Jfllabao 5fa wffl get
the most Of theass4 per cent that has
not already been stolen front both
through site Values Of land. !
4 Labor ana capital Z {tw;h1ehi lire both
labor and are In The same boat, THAT is
robbed by sitS values; OF lahhd) abso
lutelyf ignore ittdS fobber 6t5k7 SS66h per
cent. Which II &; only RS bgrs eSf the
products s64 1abt65afr and s6lca lled Capt
tai, but iaal aftefitfonfi II ibeiiig paiae and
lots Of money and ensrrEiys Il used soverr
q division.,~efsa,theA-p products Of. their
labor ta tha + NJ vs4u hogs hare mo-,
taken from them. T,%-@%
The electors Gan, STOP, Tie srrobbery
BY: votingsto take site values tor. pub
lie use, and its costs nothing for each
eIector intst1is, 4state > has from two
hours to tone-half-a day to vote with
out being docksd for the necessary
time to so1to the pol 50; it, can be
conclusiYelXsi shown. that site: values OF
land are the only power behind which
all schemes to- rob labor " can get,
.oits relation is very vital to
wages and cost of living, which Will
remain high in proportion to wages SO
long as the, site value hogs, have the
power to say how much labor, must
give up in rents; interest and profits
for the use Of the earth (which be-
longs to each generation alike and
the right TO leeislat e fhereon) or get
Oft the earth:sssssS. -
1t does not make any difference If
wages are high for more is spent. busi-
ness is better, more labor is employed,
and every advantage to the community
gives the site value hogs power to
raise rents of all, which again raises
prices Of things; and labor continues
to get a smaller pei cent of the wealth
it produces, and pays all the cost of
government out Of it's share of the "a
per cent, while the site: value Hogs.
who; haveo stolen 66 per cent and do
not pay anything except what is
charged up and collected from labor
are the winners.
Site values are created value. and
are not. the product of labor, and to
take them for public use will be taking
nothing from labor, ara at the same
time, will relieve it Of paying all cost
OF government, graft" included, that It
now pays, and s'stil1 have IS per cent
more Of. what lit produces.
Labor applied to and produces ali
wealth, and. allswealth is the wage of
labor. and belongs to it. Money, So
called capital, Is measure Of wealth
and cannot -bes tYSsalth> itse'f, ana tner.
should 1bee nc, diyisifon 81 wealth with it
except for Whaff, advantage it's aid gives
t t. iasS5 iRSs aaa e
cry that: aids in Producing wealth: =:
All: wealth Produced by the aid q. Of
tools. or machinery produced by labor:
also belongs to labor that produced it.
Money, machinery, tools, etc, are
not wealth. they are labor in the pro-
duction Of wealth, and all wealth be-
longs to those who produce it: 60
site values are not wealth and,
therefore do not belong to labor. or
ste hogs, either::. But site values do
belong to the community, which create
them and to take them for community
use Is absolute Justice to all concerned,
for each gets what belongs to. each,
and there is no ,ro- berry of anyone,
but absolutely ali equal chance ON the
industrial field, as we'll as on the poll
tical and religious field. -.
No one should ask more than this,
but the site: value hogs do. *
1t is only necessary for wage eafners
that are electors to know the exact
relation of use value of sites to- wages
and cost of living and something will
drop in the political field that will
stop the site value, robbery, which is
the father Of all injustice in the in
dustrial field, :wmch-swould clear up
the political field. and bring peace and
happiness in alfac6mmunities, which
all desire. t4s.-s:a ). 2,zr>.,
49,. HE KNEW. r..
r: The train had stopped at little
rural community and the gentleman