The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-11-11

cock. generously gave the valuable
property to the city. The Angel
Gabriel. If course, has in his mu-
scum Los Angelo, records Of all
the human beings from. al the
world, that now live and Increase
around the tar pits. This. ~ the
way, is a good time 10 visit
California. and see for yourself why
people crowd there from all over this
country and Europe and stay When
thcy come.
Until recently some old ladies in
London were enormously rich, having
inherited two or three shares Of the
private company thai owned the water
supply Of the worlds biggest city.
40 one could guess what that COM
pany would be worth. Many London
..rs live in wealth because they hold
perpetual leases" at rents never
changing. on valuable London land.
Don'l tell your singlc-tax friend about
thai, or what Britain did to correct
the situation.
Perpetual leases were declared to
be :lgains, public nolicy. so they were
suppressed that is. t.ie owners will
lose tlr right TO renew the leases ut
the old rate two thousand years from
aow. Eu' until the year 1926 the lease
owners will pay fit: 10 a hundred
shillinYs or less a year. and get mod
crn yearly rents rs high rs fifty
thousands pounds. Til. descendants
Of the original lease makers must feel
| like some Chicago gentlemen whose
rranifathcrs forty years ago leased
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/ for ninety nine years.
| Immigration Of first class Europe
an stock into Canada has doubled
within the past year, and will continue
! increasing because Canada is intclli-
! gent. They have some of our know
| nothing, do-nothin.. scc-nothing class,
| but not enough to control the cOun-
try. Canada. knowing that the only
real wealth is an earnest, intelligent
human being, will gather the cream
of Europc's population-as We used
to do, and grow while we stand still.
| At least. Canada, strictly cxclud-
ing Asiatics. is bringing homo
! gcncous population TO our continent
| adding strength to this half Ut I'll.
white world. LIE, US be grateful fol-
that, and delight in Canada's swift
growth and success. We ought really
to have no boundary line, except the
political boundary, wiping out all OBJ
/ stacles to trad and closer friendship
taking all that C"nada has for sale
giving her what she lacks-the benefits
of our quantity production-ane
watching her grow to be AS big as w
!. are. The North American continent
ought to be the real peace league.
/, Gen. Andrews, boss of prohibition
enforcement. says government agent:
must be polite. Even when raiding +.
still or blind pig. courtesy must dom
mate. The trouble is that bootleg
gers. with their automatics, machine
guns and other equipment, make /
hard 70 be Chcstcrfieldian. You nigh
as well expect q hootlcggcr to b,
/. polite with !, hi-jacLcr. I. is rougl
game. and efficiency usually con
sis:s If shooting first.
The people would like to see Ia,
bootleg business wiped out. What
ever their prohibition attitude. the.
10 not want to see the nation put 81
the whiskcy basis that prevailed il
Jcffcrson's day. He thought ligh
beer and wine would supply remedy
This country is trying prohibition
but is not enforcing it. Less enforce
ment courtesy would be acceptable
less bootleg whisky and gin went wit
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