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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
JULY 30, 1903
The Philosophy of Freedom
An Open Forun for Single Taxers
The land of every country is the
common property of all the people of
that country,, because the Creator
made it as a voluntary gift to them
Rt Rev. Nulty, Bishop of Meath.
LAND SPECULATION.
(Our friend, J. L. Caldwell of Amar
illo, Tex., Is one of those earnest, In
dustrious propagandists who never
loses an opportunity for teaching a
The items below are clipped from re
cent issues of the Amarillo Evening
Star.Ed. Ind.) r
The following letter, actually sent in
reply to one of inquiry for vacant lots,
is published by permission of the
writer, one of Amarillo's earnest sin
gle taxers. It doubtless ctfnveys his
honest opinion fearlessly expressed, of
the immorality of the law that allows
natural opportunity the land to be
monopolized. It ought to arouse
thought on the important question:
Amarillo, Tex., June 22, 1903. Mr.
: , H , O. T. Dear Sir: Re
plying to yours of the 21st, will say
that I am still owner of lots block
. Cannot say they are for sale.
Bought them for speculation to fore
Etall after corners. I have no earthly
use for the lots myself, but only wait
ing for the necessities of the people
to force them to pay "all the traffic
will bear." If this necessity is still
growing it may be wiser to hold them
out of use a while longer.
If I knew to what extent your nec
essities were crowding you it would
help my calculations. This you could
indicate by making an offer for the
land. You are permitted to make
such offer on the basis of, say one-
1 1. 1 t t 3 X V. 1
inira casn, one ana two yeais iur uai
ance, with maximum legal interest
payable in advance, and vendors lien
to cinch.
Or, should you want the land for
same reason I do blackmail then I
may give you a fighting chance for
a share in the swag. Very truly,
J. L. CALDWELL.
N. B. This proposition is no joke,
but "Honest Ingin" altogether busi
ness. Write again. C.
REPLY TO MR. CALDWELL'S
" LETTER.
The Star,' a few days ago, gave a
letter from Mr. J. L. Caldwell, reply
ing to an inquiry for some vacant
lots that he owns in Oklahoma, in
which letter Mr. C. showed up the
iniquity of the law allowing land mo
nopoly. The following letter, is in
answer to same, showing the writer
regards the matter just as Mr. Cald
well does a legal blackmailing pro
cess: H , Okla., June 27, 1903. Mr.
J. L. Caldwell, Amarillo, Tex. Dear
Sir: Yours of the 22nd just received!
I have not the least idea that we can
trade on your lots. But, will inform
you I. will offer you $ , just "the ex
tent of necessity is crowding me."
But as I am speculating, like yourself,
I do hope the necessities of the people
will force property higher, if, as you
say, you would give me a fighting
cnance for some or the swag.' Truly
yours, B .
CONVERTS TO SINGLE TAX.
Editor Star: People are usually
loth to acknowledge they do wrong
even though the law forces them to
do so. This is one reason why re'
forms grow so slowly. Instead of
condemning bad laws they justify them
in order to justify themselves for be
ing obliged to use the advantages of
bad laws. There is probably not a
citizen, if not most of them, in our
country, but what takes advantage of
some bad law. They have to do it to
live, but it is incumbent on them to
Fay so openly and. above board, in or
der to show up th? iniquity of bad laws
nd bring then into disrepute.
My letter a few days ago in the Star,
In answer to an applicant to buy some
lots I own in Oklahoma, surprised a
lot of goody-gocxiy people who pose
as saints and yet uphold bad laws,
and sin under them every day of
their lives. That land speculation is
can be proven by reference to any
reputable dictionary or encyclopedia,
to say nothing of the Bible much less
common sense.
What wo single taxers need to do is
to attract attention to this unpara
lelled iniquity. This was done, in
one instance at least, as 13 shown by
a letter from the gentleman who
wanted to buy tho lots in question. It
Is in answer to a private letter and
In substance as follows:
H , O. T., July 3, 1903. Dear
Mr. Caldwell: I thank you for your
last favor. I certainly enjoyed read
ing the single tax number of the Ne
braska Independent and will say that
you have made one subscriber for that
paper. You have also been instru
mental in converting me to the single
tax idea. I have given the subject
more study the last few days than in
all previous time. II is a splen
did field for inspection the speculat
ors' finest of layouts. It is owned by
persons in different states, "waiting
ror tne necessities oi tne people io
force them to pay all the traffic will
bear" a robbing scheme. And I am
living right in this den of robbers
who, under existing law, are called
gentlemen. The town would have a
Bplendid future but for this evil. I
have not the least objection to you
printing my letters if they will in
any way promote your noble cause.
Very truly yours, B- .
I have yet several copies of the sin
gle tax edition of the Nebraska Inde
pendent for free distribution to seek
ers of the truth, also other literature
on the subject. All my foreign mis
sion savings for the last fifteen years
have gone into this work for free
homes, with most satisfactory results.
Converts never back-slide.
All blessings and curses of govern
ment come through the laws poli
tics. Hence politics is evidently a re
ligious question, and the person ignor
ing politics can lay no just claim to
good citizenship, much less Christian
ity. Am I right?
J. L. CALDWELL.
(The following sermon was re
printed as a leaflet by the Amarillo
single tax club some time ago and
used for propaganda work. Ed. Ind.)
A SERMON FOR THE TIMES.
Rev. J. R. Henson delivered a very
eloquent sermon at the Methodist
church on last Sunday night The
lesson and text were about the "year
of jubilee" under the Mosaic law the
semi-centennial restitution of the
land to the poor. He said, among
many other things bearing upon the
subject, that he thought that the nec
essities of the times demanded an
other jubilee; that every one should
have free land according to his
"needs," and no more than he needs;
it was his inheritance; it was justice
and righteousness. He cited the fact
that three men owned three millions
of acres of land within a Sabbath
day's journey of Amarillo, and that
millions of human souls in our coun
try had not enough to be buried in,
and were stalking in poverty, and di
vided and scattered from kindred and
loved ones over the -face of the earth,
probably never to meet again this side
of the turbid river of death.
The beauty of homes, the loveliness
of homes, the necessity for homes for
the upbuilding of the race and the
grandeur of its destiny in the security
of homes, were tenderly and touching
ly portrayed. "See," he said, "under
free home privileges the happy reun
iting of the scattered, wandering loved
ones, of kindred and friends, coming
home, going from here, coming from
there, meeting everywhere glaa hap
py welcomes, hearty greetings, joyous
tears, and shoutings and praisings
home at last! The mother and her
storm-tossed daughter, the father and
the prodigal son, brother and brother,
sister and sister, after ruthless part
ings, at home again and the robe and
the fatted calf have seen His salva
tion, the kingdom comes, Jesus reign
tth hallelujah to the Lamb! Free
grace, free air, free homes, free peo
ple! Home, home, sweet, sweet home!
there is no place like home. No won
der it is made typical of the eternal
home around the great white throne.
Brethren, in God's name, and for all
that's good in humanity, let's stand
for free homes on earth, that we may
have a free pass and an abundant en
trance to the one prepared for us in
heaven!"
At the conclusion of the sermon his
hand was grasped with thanks that
again the poor had the gospel preached
to them.
Should the Democrat be furnished
with a full text of this sermon it will
print a thousand extra copies, as its
contribution to the "upbuilding of the
race" under the present call.
"Ah, the mind of man is growing!
Soon the writing on the wall
To the selfish vlJI be showing
That the earth was made for all."
Amarillo (Tex.) Democrat.
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No man made the land; it is the
original Inheritance of the whole
species. -John Stuart Mill.
Soldiers, not lawyers, were the first
conveyancers of land, and blood waa
used instead of Ink. Herbert Spencer,
