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MARCH 30, 1905
. economic devil who must be chained
while we enjoy the mlllenium. Until
somei other system is devised for fcup-
. plying' revenues for carrying on the
federal government, we need not make
comparisons between the republican
tweedledum and the democratic twee
.dledee. Whether the producer of
wealth is, robbed by one or the other
makes little difference to the victim.
That, he is robbed and" injured by
1 .A 1. . a A - i m mm
tuner is suincient to jusuiy nis com
plaint. One may theorize as to which
. is the leaser evil but either places an
undue burden upon the weak.
"Take land values for public reve
nues, says the single taxer: "that
will. stop the robbery. You. populists
make a great fuss over the money
.-question and the highway question;
but these amount to very little. No
.doubt your argument is good as far
as it goes, but you don't get down
to bedrock. Land is the basis of all
wealth. As population Increases, land
values Increase; the tendency is also
that values of commodities decrease.
Therefore, take land values for public
revenues." .
What the single taxer is trying to
show was once a nice, fresh corpse;"
but it has been wrapped up in so much
mummery that it means nothing at all,
as stated. Pressure of population
causes an increased demand for desir
able locations an increase in the
struggle to secure possession of these
locations. The estimated quantity of
the force of demand for a given por
tion of the earth's surplus at a given
time, is the value of that portion.
Stated in terms of money it is its
price. ,
But how "take land values" for reve
nues? 1 Shall they be delivered to
the tax collector wrapped in tin foil?
Shall , we use a van to haul them to
the public treasury? Can they be sep
arated from the land with pick and
shovel, like coal?
"Foolish questions," retorts the sin
gle taxer; "that is merely an elliptical
statement. Good conversationalists,
like good chess players never play the
game clear down to the checkmate or
draw. They leave something for in
ference. Why, these land values would
be delivered in money, of. course."
In money! Weren't, you dear sin
gle taxer, the man who said, a moment
ago that we populists lay too much
stress upon the money question? Yet,
after all, you can't pay your single
tax without first securing that negligi
ble quantitymoney!
Let us examine your philosophy in
; the light of present day facts... Land
may be subjected to a variety, of u'Ses
and . its value will depend upon-the
struggle to secure its possession, for
those uses. A is in possession of a
gold mine; B, a farm; C, a lot In Man
hattan, upon which stands a sky-scraper;
D, a lot and building at Irvihgton,
wnereat is produced a popular ten-cent
magazine; E, a lot and building at
Brockton, used in the production of
shoes. ; " :". : . , .
The United States "revenues," in
the last analysis, do not consist o
gold or silver disks stamped with cer
tain letters and figures; or pieces o
suK-nuueu paper pnnieu in cenam ae
jsigns; but in the services of men and
' women, and in commodities to be used
by these men and women in perform
ing their respective duties. The same
is true of the "revenues" of smaller
taxing jurisdictions. -
Except, perhaps, in some chemical
experiments, the United States has no
real need for A's product. It may need
oats or corn from B, to feed its army
horses. C's office building produces
no tangible thing which; government
may use. It is not likely to need any
of D's publications. But E may supply
the army with shoes.
Let us now assume that' the annua
rental value of each parcel of land is
$10,000. What happens? ; A alone can
have his product endowed with power
to pay the tax. He can deliver to
the United States mint approximately
Salt Rtieumf
Itches, oozes, dries end
ccales over and over agssn:
local a&nlications do not.
core it because they cannot
remove its cause, which is
cn impure condition of the
blood. The most obstinate
coses have been perfectly
end permanently cured by
a course of
Hood'sSarsaparilla
tho best medicine for salt
rheum in all the world.
For testimonials of remarkable cures
tend for Book on Salt Rheum, No. 2.
CL Hood Co., Lowell, Moss.
232,000 grains of fine gold and have it
stamped, free of cost, with certain let
ters and figures, into, say 500 double
eagles, and with these pay his ground
rent. . . -
But B, C, D and E must each hunt'
up A or his successor and . make
terms with him before they can secure
the all-powerful thing which will dis
charge their respective obligations to
the taxing power. B may have 20,
000 bushels of corn which is needed
badly by the United States army
but it is powerless to cancel the gov
ernment claim for ground rent; he
must make terms with A or his succes
sor. C and his tenants produce no tan
gible thing but they must sell their
services always with an eye to secur
ing A's product. E has "revenues
the government needs but, like A, he
must "go 'round Robin Hood's barn"
in order to pay his ground rent.
I am not unmindful of the fact that
there are other forms of "money" be
sides gold; but I restrict -the state
ment in order to make the principle
clear. Every occupier of land on earth
today is compelled to exchange his
product or services for something else,
before he can cancel a tax levy
charged against him save and except
alone the occupier of gold-producing
land. ' Is this in harmony with the
maxim, "Equal Rights to All, Special
Privileges to None?"
Hardly. And the single tax would
not abolish this Injustice.
Any and every sort of tax is, in the
last analysis, an "income" tax, because
it must be paid out of the income of
some person. The great question first
is: Upon what basis shall we calcu
late what each shall pay? And, sec
ondly, in what specific thing shall the
tax be delivered to the taxing power?
I believe that as every human being
must occupy some portion of the
earth's surface, the fairest way is to
calculate the tax upon the value of
that portion each occupies. In other
words, I am heartily in accord with
the "nice, fresh corpse." of the single
tax but care nothing for its mum
mies. Secondly, that government
should give to each person performing
for it any . service or delivering to it
any necessary commodity, a certificate
showing the quantity of value of such
service pr commodity, which certificate
should be good in, the hands of any
bearer in full cancellation of an equi
valent amount of 'economic rent or
and tax,; . Upon what substance that
certificate shall be stamped or printed,
I care not. Let it be gold, if need be.
But let government buy, in the open
market, at: lowest, market price, what
ever gold is necessary for this pur
pose, just as it must buy oats for its
army horses or timber and steel for
ts warships. It would not take many
years for the people to see the im
mense economic waste in buying gold
for a purpose better subserved by
silk-ribbed paper. -
There are practical difficulties in
the way of solving . the transportation
question according; to the strict single
tax philosophy; but thes can not be
discussed here at this time. What
have endeavored to make clear is this :
The single tax and -a scientific money
system "must go hand in hand to ac
complish justice. ;
V r-. CHAS. Q. DE FRANCE.
New York City, N. Y,
BRIBE-TAKING LAW-MAKERS
They Commit Perjury in Pennsylvania
as Well as in Nebraska
The Arena Magazine, 5 Copley
Square, Boston, is doing heroic work
in assaulting the bribe taking, pass
grabbing lawmakers who are infesting
the legislatures of the various states
These scum of the earth, who tack
"Honorable" before their names be
cause some railroad, corporation pays
their election ; expenses and sends
them to the state capitals to make
laws In the interest of the corpora
tions, get a scoring In this magazine.
They are the spawn of corruption, foa
excresences on the body politic, the
sneak thieves of the twentieth cen
tury.
The amazing revelation made by
Rudolph Blankenburg in his paper in
the April Arena on "Law-Makers Who
Shame the Republic,'' naturally sug
gests the question whether the solons
at Harrisburg are not clearly in the
wrong place. Indeed, a few more such
revelations as the great civic leader
of Pennsylvania makes in the current
number of the Arena may lead to a
change of residence for more than One
called statesman. In his discussion
Mr. Blankenburg publishes a number
of facsimiles of passes isued by the
Pennsylvania Railroad company, some
of them as late as 1905, to legislators
and other public servants. He then
cites the prohibition of the constitu
tion of Pennsylvania, which distinctly
orbids all transportation companies
rom issuing passes to any persons not
their employes. Then he addresses
himself to the recreant legislators In
the following impressive language;
"You, legislators, who accept and
travel on these passes have taken a
solemn oath of office (Art. VII., Sect.
1.) 'that I will not knowingly
receive, directly or indirectly, any
money or other valuable thing for
the " performance or non-performance
of any act or duty pertaining to my
office, other than the compensation al
lowed, by law.' . , .
"Your pass represents money; if it
was not made a free gift to you, you
would have to pay 'cash fares,' there
fore, every time you travel on ' your
pass you are presented by the Penn
syl vania' Railroad with as - many dol
lars and cents as the distance ' tra
versed calls for from regular travelers
"Do you, or do you not, violate your
oath of office? If justice was aggres
sive instead of slumbering, deserved
punishment would be inflicted upon
ypu. You would, as ordered by the
constitution, be found guilty of per
jury 'and be forever disqualified from
holding any office of trust or profit
withia : this commonwealth."
It would be difficult to realize the
value to America at the' present time.
when the people ara awakening to the
grave perils arising from corruption
of their servants by the great public
service corporations and privileged in
terests, operating largely through par
ty machines of these papers by Mr
Blankenburg which are monthly ap
pearing ia the Arena.
But this review is not content with
unmasking evil conditions. Each is
sue contains two or more strongly con
structive papers papers which clearly
point the way out of the present politi
cal quagmire, through methods which
will secure to the people the blessings
of pure and free government, without
the shock of a forcible revolution. In
the current issue, for example, there
are two notable papers of this charac
ter. One has been prepared with great
care by Wolstan R. Brown, ex-mayor
of Passaic, N. J., and is entitled "Mu
nicipal Ownership and eLague Orga
nization." Mr. Brown has filled many
mportant municipal poistion and has
also been at the head of several pub
ic service corporations. He advances
a plan in his paper for the practical
realization of municipal ownership in
a manner that would in all probality
prevent lengthy and expensive litiga
tion, and yet would secure to the peo
pie a prompt enjoyment, of the bless
ngs and benefits of the ownership
and operation of their own immensely
valuable utilities. The other essay
deals with direct legislation as it has
been successfully . introduced and ope
rated in Switzerland. The editorial
department of this issue contains anf
extended notice of the battle which
Kansas is fighting against the aggres-
ion and oppressions of the oil trust.
Indigestion?
I offer all Stomach Sufferer, a Full Dollar's
Worth of my Remedy Free
to Try
Splendid Record
The proud and independent state
senate, unswayed by the railroad
passes in the pockets of its. members
and actuated only by a desire to serve
the people of the state, yesterday made
this splendid record:
Killed a bill to give interurban
street railways the right of eminent
domain enjoyed by steam railways,
Killed a bill intended to facilitate
the commerce of the state by compell
ing the railroads to make shipments
with reasonable promptness. ?
Killed a bill to make railroads lia
ble for injuries to employes regardless
of whether their fellow-servants were
negligent. ' .
Marked for slaughter a bill to stand
for loss of grain while in transit. ;
Fevorably reported by a standing
committee a "bill repealing the niaxi
mum freight rate law. '
In taking these steps the senate has
the cordial support of the three heavi
est taxpayers of the state, the Burling
ton, the Union Pacific and the North
western railroads, and the unqualified
approval of its three most influential
citizens, J. H. Ager, R. J. Clancy and
R. W. McGinnis. Lincoln News.
The most brilliant feat of our now
defunct legislature was the attempt
to prescribe the religion and the medi
cine that Nebraskans should take.
They passed the bill, but the governor
vetoed it. The next republican leg
islature will probably enact a law, rei
quiring a man to appear before the
board of dental surgeons and pass an
examination before he will be allowed
to pick his teeth with a wooden tooth
pick. ; .
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because mine ia no ordinary remedy. Ordinary
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as the cause is there. My treatment may be
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X .4.1- 1 1 . . , - .
JoriimuH always toe ena ortrouDie. -
Stomach trouble is not really a sickness, but a
symptom. It Is a symptom that a certain set of
nerves is afUng. Not the voluntary nerves that
enables you to walk and talk and act but th
automatic stomach nerves over which your
mind has no control. -..
I have not room here to explain how these
tender, tiny nerves control and operate the
stomach. How worry breaks them down and
causes indigestion. How misuse wears them
out and causes dyspepsia. How neglect may
bring on kidney, heart,.. and other troubles
through sympathy. I have not room to explain
how thee nerves may be reached and strength
ened and vitalized and made well by a rem
edy I spent thirty years in" perfecting now
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tain end to indigestion, belching, heartburn,
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a stranger, that every possible excuse lot doubt
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me.
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of the trouble, but the very cause which pro
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For a free order for Book 1 on Dvqr)r,sift
a full dollar bottle voa Book 2 on the Heart
must address Dr. Book 8 on the Kidneyi
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Mild cases are often cured bv a aine-le bottle.
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I. Shoop's
A thing happened in connection with
the beef trust investigation by the
grand jury at Chicago that indicates
that there may be some attempt to
bring an indictment against it. Thom
as J. Conners, Armour's general su
perintendent, was indicted for ' inter
fering, with witnesses. He was ar
rested; on a bench warrant and re-
eased, after giving $5,000 bail.
NO EXCESS CHARGES
on Nickel Plate Road
Its trains are composed of the best
equipment, consisting of through vesti-.
buled "sleeping cars, in both directions,
between Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo,
New .York, Boston and intermediate
points, with unexcelled dining car serv
ice, meals being served in Nickel Plate
dining cars on the American Club Meal
lan, ranging in price from "35c to
$1.00 ; Mid-day 'Luncheon, 50c. i
Train No. 2, leaving Chicago at 10:35
a. m., daily, has through vestibuled
sleepers for Boston, via Nickel Plate,
West Shore and' Boston & Maine
Roads; and through vestibuled sleepers
to New York and Intermediate, points,
via JNicKei Fiate and both the Lack
awanna and West Shore Roads. :
Train No. 4, leaving Chicago at 2:30
m., dealy, has through Vestibuled
sleeping cars for Buffalo, New York
and intermediate points. ...-.
Train No. 6, leaving Chicago at 9:15
m., daily, has through vestibuled
sleeping cars for Fort Wayne, Cleve-
and, Erie, Buffalo, New York and in
termediate points, arriving at New
York City early the second morning.
Rates always the lowest. Write or
call on nearest ticket agent, or John
Y. Calahan, General Agent, Nickel
laie ttoaa, xxo. xm Adams sc., itoom"
298, Chicago. Chicago Depot, La Salle
and Van Buren Sts. ,
P. F. ZIMMER, Real Estate.
Farms, Ranches, and City Property bought, old and exchanged. Some good
farms for sale in the Kansas and Nebraska winter wheat belt. Write today
and tall me what you want or what you have to sell. Give full description.
I will immediately let you know what I can do for you. Reference First
National Bank, Lincoln, Neb, Address;
116
So
10th 5t- Lincoln, Nob.