U?e Nebraska. Independent
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OCTOBER 20, 1904
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The Philosophy of Freedom
An Open Forum for Single Taxers
Ask Your Candidate
" Editor Independent: If there is so
much corruption in our present party
sstem of government, as each party
charges against its opponents, then ask
your candidate why he does not support
the method of direct legislation by
means of the referendum and the
initiative, so that the people can vct3
on measures, irrespective of party af
filiations or entanglements? When
people can vote on measures on their
respective merits, then bribery and
corruption will have lost their effici
ency and consequently will cease.
If the gerrymander is such an evil
as the politicians represent, ask your
candidate why he does not support a
system of proportional representation
by the grouping of constituencies and
the Hare-fc'pence system of voting,- so
that gerrymandering will be an im
possibility and there may be some
chan for representation according
to-the beliefs or desires of the people?
-,4sg ask your candidate why he dot-3
t iot saya wnrasw nnr present
'method of taxing industrjF-grw
rifijil fa said ahnut th tavntinn nf th
deal is said about the taxation. of. the
companies, a matter of no great con
sequence; but the taxation of indus
try is of the first consideration for the
'welfare of humanity.
If "your candidate does not know,
. then call his attention to the .follow
ing facts: - ( v
i The land speculator escapes all the
time with a single tax on the value of
1 . the land, but the settler who clears a
" fara and thus converts barrenness into
fertility first pays a land tax-then a
clearing tax, a fencing tax, a house
tax, a barn tax, an implement tax, a
drainage tax, a tax on his orchard, his
well and on every 'other improvement.
The better he does for the country the
worse the country does for him. The
man who gives a life of toil to" im
prove and enrich the country is taxed
c? we tax dogs and "whiskey as though
he were an evil to be suppressed,
while the man who makes no im
provement, who adds nothing to the
wealth or prosperity of the country,
is treated as though he were a bless
ing to be encouraged and supported. By
placing taxes on industry and thus
keeping down the taxes on -the idle
land, we discourage the improvement
ve place a penalty on the employment
of labor, . we encourage the dishonest
way of gaining wealth, we thus1 often
enable speculators to gain fortunes.
Thus, by our taxes we divert one man's
:evr53CSaSl?, -man's barn. We
fatten the bags.. anisr?A&hi
We do worse than that, if worse is
possible. Let a towa-grow and' with
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EleMache
every increase of the population there
inevitably comes an increase in the
value o the land. The best lot in
this city has reached a value of ?4,C0J
per loot frontage, equivalent' to' $1,
40,uuv per acre. A hundred years ago
this land had no value but with every
addition to the population it has kept
advancing to its present figure. Year
after year the people have been paying
a higher and higher figure for the op
portunity to do business on that site.
ii,v;y "decade, the obligation of : the
people has grown . larger and larger.
The more the occupants have paid the
more they have had to pay. Thus as
the owner of the land grows to greater
fortune occupants are crushed down
and kept down by' an obligation in
creasing at such a rate that it matters
not how much men. improve their
methods of production, the mass of
the toilers must inevitably be kept
close to the home of penury. From
this system of taxation come booms
and bankruptcies, inflations and de
gressions, extortions and spoliations,
r'rao'UUi1' ciiwuijuii auu uuauui,0
over
tlomWmXWf!rJi33 J,nehOUSe of in
dustry is blighted with - :kttt?fmm"f,
ciety is thus split in twain, one part
must toil like slaves to do everything
for the maintenance of the whole. By
thus placing men. in unjust relation
ships one to another, the one part,
degrades, despoils and impoverishes
the other part. We lift extortion into
the palace and crush honesty into the
hovel, and thus render our civilization
in one most, important respect a la
mentable failure. . ., w.
" Ask" your Candidate to let party "dif
ferences have a rest for a little while
and give some heed to this, the su
preme question of the day.
. Ask him why it is that while New
Zealand, Australia, British Columbia
and Manitoba have done something to
relieve industry from its excessive tax
ation, the' government of Ontario so
progressive in other respects, has not
taken, the 'first step in this reform. : ;
Ask your candidate further why he
is silent as a tomb-stone as to the
iniquitous law which allows; land of
two acres and more to be assessed as
farm land. In this city a number of
very wealthy men own about 800 acres,
assessed at an average' of about $700
per ; acre, equivalent to less than $2
per foot front, while the land occu
pied by the laboring classes is as
sessed from $10 to $30 per foot. :
Every candidate should be asked
what his intention is as to this ini
quitous distinction; the'rich man's'
jStaxtRsa&Jpw- the :poor man's cot
tage ' taxed 'toHibjFjra
The assessment act allows any mu
nicipality, if confirmed by a two-thirds
vote of the electors on the roll, to ex
empt any manufacturing establishment
for a 'period of ten years from taxa
tion. This law means that the indus
try inside four walls can be exempted,
but the industry outside the four walls
must be taxed. Ask your candidate
why industries should be thus divided
in the arbitrary fashion, so that some
may be exempted, as all industry
should be, while other industry must
be taxed. -
... The same act allows the exemption
of buildings erected for the storage of
ice; but if a building is used for the
storage of dry goods or groceries or
of a family it must be taxed. When
the assessor finds two men erecting
buildings he asks from the first: "What
are you going to do with this build
ing?" , "To store ice," replies the man.
"God bless you," replies the assessor
"good and wise citizen, great shall be
Lyour reward. You shall escape tax
ation.':' It is the ice houses we want."
To the second man he puts the same
query, "What are you going to do
with this building?" "To shelter my
family, oC course." "Oh, oh," replies
the assessor, "you should not do that.
We must tax "you. You should not
have , built a home. You should have
built a refrigerator."
Insist that your candidate shall ex
plain why homes should be taxed and
ice houses be exempted.
Let two men come to this city each
with a hundred thousand dollars. You
ask the first what he is going to do
with his money. "To establish an in
dustry." he replies. "I will employ la
bor, erect buildings and every work
ing day produce something to add to
the prosperity of the country." Very
well, then the law replies: "Accord
ing to your improvements shall you
be taxed. You ask the second man
what he Intends to do and he replies:
"Mv intention is to get some land and
bold it till the increase of population
adds to its value and thus I will gain
riches without producing riches."
"Very good then," replies the law,
"your taxes shall be kept' low." Thus
the law piles the -taxes -on Industry,
thus discouraging production and en
couraging extortion.
Do not fail to ask your candidate
what he intends tQ do about this ini
quitous discrimination. Does; he pro
pose to continue the laws that quench
prosperity and encourage adversity?
or will he favor a law to remove taxes
from improvements? Or allow muni
cipalities local option in taxation?
, . ; ...... x J. B... yiNINC.
Cleveland, Ohio. - i
New South Wales' Experiment
That tariff is not essential to
progress, the recent history of New
South Wales conclusively shows. In
1896 that colony adopted progressive
free trade. Duties were to be gradu
ally reduced over a period of five years,
when, in 1901, only those on tobacco
and liquors should remain. The de
ficiency in public revenue was met by
a land tax, a crude and partial appli
cation of Henry George's plan, supple
mented by an income tax. . ?v
The effect was startling. The de
cennial census of 1901 showed great
gains in population for the free trade
colony, while her sister colony, Vic
toria, separated only . by a river; and
'.mine a highly, protective tariff had
actually'7osTriiihe -capital of
the former colony, gaineu lfl&$uptv
30 per cent, while Victoria's capital,
Melbourne, had gained but 3,000, 'or a
trifle over one half of one per .cent.
For every vessel docked and repaired
in the protection colony, there were
seven in her free trade rival, and there
were four times as many deep-sea
ships in the harbors of the former col
ony as. in those of the latter. The cen
sus also ' showed one third more" men
engaged in manufacturing industries
in the free trade colony than in the
colony enjoying a protective tariff.
Wages averaged a little higher in, New
South Wales, while the cost of living
was one third less. This was equiva
lent to more than 50 per , cent greater
wages. .. .,. :. v! 4 j ,s .; :
..The farmers flocked across the "river,
content to pay the land tax, knowing
when they paid this tax they got off
much cheaper fhan in Victoria, where
everything they used for consumption
or, for the farm was heavily taxed by
the tariff of that colony. The ' pro
gressive element of New South; Wales
is. now demanding, as a further in
stallment of the land value tax, that it
be increased to ; three pence in the
pound. When it is considered that' up
to 1891. Victoria had the greater pop
ulation," these results are seen t5 be
phenomenal. No wonder the pluto
cratic; agencies worked to secure fed
eration of, the colonies to check, the
growing contrast But it is probable
lfeihf4iiijfieayen.in New South
waies wan leaveu iKTmrtemjaon.
wealth. ; '-' 4 . . T'"
So. long, as America has a tariff at
all. there will be interested neranna
seeking tariff favors. All tariffs are
robbery. The only difference is in the
degree of the robbery; and equity ad
mits of no degnee. One robber party
is enough.
A. FREELAND.
Mt. Pleasant. Tenn. r;
The Voter's Duty
Oh, voter, what is your duty, and what
uu juu nay i
Will youl sell for a pittance 'your
power and right? . ...
Or let others control you? Just xlo
as you may
But never join boodle or ring in the
fight.
If they give you a dojlar, they make
hundreds thereby. '
If they vote you as partisan, then some
one will sigh, ; i
For "rings" and corruption can never
be trusted
And no evil thing, by them, will be
busted. ;
Now voter, just think, .it's all up to
you,;- ,
Be careful and honest in whatever you
do,
Your country is calling you now! into
view.
Your ballot, is gone, and oh, at great
cost
If ringsters corrupt you, or by them
you re tossed
Into bad-wagon, and then surely
bossed.
Now vote for the people and vote for
yourself,
And keep clear of boodle, corruption
and pelf. ;
Horace Wadingham Calhoun.
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