The sun., 1919-06-24
CANADA'S LABOR UNREST
=. IS CALLED REVOLUTION
Assumption of Governmental Powers by So-caled
Strikers Spreads Daiy-Action of Winni-
peg Police Is Explained.

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and this increase may. with probably
equal Justice, be also called unearned.
So much for the value side The OBJ
ject OF appropriating all or part OF this
value. however, Is not to deprive the
owner OF 1t, but to relieve other classes
who. 1t Is maintained. should not be re-
quirad to pay taxes from their earn
lngs, so long as wealth which is not
accumulated by individual effort Is
available for This purpose. II all such
Values were not required for the purpose
Of revenue, presumably they would not
all be appropriated; II they were found
to be insufficient other sources would
have to be utilized besides-that is, the
single tax" would not be feasible
1t Is likely that In most countries,
however. the adoption of such q basis OF
public revenue would render unneces-
sary all other sources. including, In
Canada, the protective tariff and the In
come tax. But the former serves an i'm
portant economic function by creating
an artificial market for goods of home
production. while the latter acts In O
mild degree toward redistribution of
wealth. In opposition to the special tax
on land values. therefore the land
bwner. who stands to suffer In the first
instance. is Joined by the manufacturer,
who views with some anxiety any such
possibility and by class of social re-
formers who aim to effect a Anal read
iustment of wealth through an increas-
ingly progressive income tax coupled
with large succession duties.
third objective is that such taxa
ton could scarcely be made retroactive,
Land values Of the present could not
with justice be wiped out, and the best
that could be done would be so to
n n in ms
owners Of the benefit OF future I'M
earned Increment Even II II were con-
stdered desirable to eliminate the pres
emf site values such elimination would
haze to be brought about over a long
PERIOD In order to protect mortgage
ho!cers and. in some degree. land own
ers themselvs.
Canadian Mineral Resources.
The mineral resources of Canada
have scarcely been touched as yet. The
greater part of the Dominion has never
oc"n prospected. Even in the older dis
!r'rts very little development work has
beer done. The Canadian Geological
Survey and the Mines Branch OF the
Department Of Mines have done valuable
exploration work. They have a number
or very capable men at work and their
reports are OF great value in forming an
estimate OF the minera, resources OF the
Dominion. but the country Is 80 va 81
that they can thoroughly examine only
small portions OF II and at best they
they can do little more than describe
surface Indications.
Tie real value OF mineral dsnosits
can usually only be determined by costly
development work which must be left
to the enterprise of capitalists. In the
past Canada has lacked capital, and
this mas retarded the development OF
mineral resources However n has
been established beyond doubt that
Canada has In the Province of Ontario
the most valuable nickel deposits known
70 exist anywhere In the world: that
th@ largest asbestos mines known are in
the Canadian Province Of Ouehec M
p' esent supplying the greater mar, ~
the worlds consumption Of asbestos !:
that the amber mica deposits OF On.
tAflo and Quebec are very extensive
ana are the only large supplies OF This
mineral known to exist outside of Cev-
ION. while Canada already ranks third
among the silver producing countries
or the world, the output Of silver for the
las' hVe years being l57,122.362 ounces.
VaIued at sS8,705,O72. The production
valued at Sl5.2SS.S24.
Canada has always been n nroduoo.
OF gold, The smallest OUTPUT In anv
one year since confederation was In
is92' when the production was "a 995
ounces, valued at s9O76Ol. The larees,
production in any one year was 1880 600
ounces. valued at s27,9OS,l5S. in the wear
1900, when Klondike gold mining
reached its cllmsX. In 1914 the pro.
duction was 77aI7s ounces. valued AZ
sl6,9SS'O0o, the value OF gold produced
In Canada in 1914 being t6s5,oO0 greater
than the value Of silver produced.
The total production of gold In Canada
for the forty-eight years from 1867 to
1914 was l5,S54,493 ounces. valued at
s916.760,1l0.