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WEDNESDAY, DECEMltEK ID, 1888.
IT IH NOW A VOtJNtl OVCOI.NII.
this city, lit tho east side Intersection of
First street. Asldo frotn their Improve
ments tlioy uto of tliu sumo value, and
Unit ihev bo nluced ut ono liundrcd thou-
niiildifhirseuch. On ono tlicio In tho'
Lcezer & Kueblcr,
The 1'orlUiid I'rrmi III I'miir of
Tux.
tfcvcrul dua u-m iu u communication
which appeared iu tho Kast Oiikookian
I tnudo this stutomont:
"The 'BliiKle-tax' is tho coming system
of luxation. I feel the breath of ItH pros
cuce already. "
Hut when 1 wroto thoso words I did
DotfiimKlno that the "breath" 1 felt then
would ho hooii turn Into a veritable ''cy
clone," and that it would coinu from tho
direction of the metropolis of "10 Stnto.
On tho llithliist. intlio morning edition
of the Oretfonlun there uppoared tho fol
lowing article;
A NIKCIIX TAX.
Tlio view of the tax question taken by
Mr. It. H. Thompson of this city. Ilnda
favor with tho lending men of lutelllironco
und inllueneo In liakota. Already a
Hiovotnont Is on foot for tho organization
of tingle tux clubs throughout Dakota.
In llismarck tlio dub has many promi
nent men on Its rolls, and reports from
various poitlons of tho territory show that
thousands havo Joined tho association
that is preparing to urge this reform.
Thin single tax scheme must not bo
confounded with tho Henry ISeorgo plan,
which is u single tax (hat would conlls
cato and destroy privato property in land
and niuko ull users of realty state tenants,
paying full ground rent Into tho public
treasury. JJakota favorH a singlo tax on
real estate und the exemption of all goods,
chattels, money, cieillts und movuablo
tirntiirtVfirnviri'iliMCrit)tionfrom till) lev
iosoftaxua'herbrs. Nearly all tho local and
luunclpul tuxes In England am levied on
really land and improvements llxod
on the basis of their rental value. Tlio
Knollxli nnlltlejl economists uriiilo that
tuxes ou goods, chattels an. I personal
property of uuy kind operate us u re
straint on production und impair the
nlillli.v of u tieiinlo to dovclnt) tiudo and
business; mo English statesmen avoid
every tax on tho processes and w rking
capital of Industry, and aim to derlvo thu
intuitu revenues from levies on the rental
vuluo of houses, lots and lands. Tho na
tional government Is supported by Uxes
on incomes, ou the estato'-t of deceased
pursous and by tuxes ou ltipiors, tobacco,
tea mid colloo, Personal properly Is al
most wholly exempt, with thu excoption
of gold una silver plutu and u few other
urtleles. The lliltlsh .ystoni for local
laxatlou is u "singlo" tut In a hoiimi that
Dakota uudeistunds it, but not Iu the
pleads tor
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liundbomo First National Hank building,
uoi th one hundred thousand dollars; on j
tlio other an old tumble-down frumo not
worth Imullmr awav. Tho street Improve-
I ments inav bo placed at ono thousand dol-1
tiiriiiiKiBilarscacli. Under lloniy ucoigo'H plan,;
'the two h'ts would be assessed at tho
name value, because the whole value of
tho lots, excepting tlio buildings mid tlio
street Improvements, has boon cic
atod by society in mass tho jtcoplo f
Oregon olid Portland In general. Tho ;
stieet Improvements and tho bank build- -
ing uto tlio proceeds ot labor, und suouiu
not bo taxed.
Take another example, up In i auihill
countv. Two farms in tho pruirio lire'
naturally, boioro winio settlements in vr-, Minn i i 1
ugon, ot tlio sumo value, uno senior, ii'rti inr vt unnnn n l'Tin UU
fences his Turin nlcoly, lays tlio drains uu , J.11UL UL k UiiU I ll UUIVU
ovur It, puts on it an elegant houso and , "
uno bums, plants lino orennnii, inanurcs ;
tho soil freely, cultivates Mioronghly, so
that his farm is uow worth three times
that of Ids neighbor, who has put In his
tiinu livliing, hunting and raising a nine
scrub stock. When tho tax gathoror
would como ulong, Henry Gcorgo would
nay tax these farms at tho same valuo,
for iu u statu of naturo tho land won of
tho sumo value, and If society, settle
ments, railroads, mills, schools and
churches have mado theio lundB now
worth twenty dollars at aero, then assess
them both at twenty dollars an acre; but
don't punish this man who has worked
hard lato and early to tmprovo tils place
with fences, drains, orchards, houses, und
rich soil, by taxing his farm at l(K) an
acre, whtlo tho fellow who would not
work, and who set u bad oxiimplo, and
gave no encouragement to labor, and
would not Improve his plucout all. gets
oir with u low tax us a reward for his
laziness.
Itenrv Gcorgo declares, that tho just
dlstriimtlou ot weaiui, "is nun wmcii
gives wealth to him who makes It, und
secures wealth to him who saves it." Ho
would exempt from taxation the farmer's
1 1. ...... I.......... .11,.. I, .a 1,.Vi,.i. In
clearing land, horses, e.itllo und all other
stock, gialu uud porsonal property ; tho
tradesman's store; the mechanic's tools,
stock, and machinery; the professional
umn's books, Instruments, house and fur
niture; thu bunker's money; tho rail
road'M truck iron. ties. bridges, urildlug
and rolling stis-k, and all steamboats and i
ships; and thu laboier's cottage, express ,
wagon and liirntturo, imcuuso an menu
tlilnu'S are tho proceeds of lalsir. Hut tho
land Is thu ulft of tho Creator of tSt world
and Its urtlllclal valuo is not tho work of
anv ono man, but if ss'leiy In gonerttl. iulillini In unit kIvcu with eimti I win- of
Aiid to this general fund In urtlllclal laud i , , rin wwltlv ihmn. , ,.,,..
val les, s ..nothnes called tho i-pcculul vo . "! ,;v, fj iVrint Willi Viiih Isiiie ii
and sometimes tuo "unearned in- riiniiditii novel ly a popular itiiihnr. Anionic
.Mr. tieorgo would it'ivu ino ino wri'ers win uri
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A POPULAR NOVEL
umimt linn Ilenrv tfeonK1 meads tor a
hIiil'Ih t ix." The KiiuIImIi aruue that I vahu
I I ll...... ... .1... ...I ..f 1 .!.-.... lilt '
IIIIHI SIIOUKI COIIirilHIie III lllll nujiinill. .n I i .... i- . i V I U'nlli r II idiill
thogovoininent out of und In piopoitlon I government go for Its suppoit 'ct wukl.- "..titiiV,
to Its own Income, rndnr thu Aiuoileuu tlon. ino land need not no conuncaicti , u,,i,t. iiuiimiui
svslein wo tax the M'lling valuo of the to public uses, altliongli tlmt Is now tro-
.... .i it .I...... I I... il. jI.im il firi.u.iiil UVUf.llil
IIK'I1IIV Ullllll lllllll-l 'll.nv.t. ;iiiumi
when funds uru sold out for tuxes; but uu
lu-sessment on tho "unearned increment"
for leeM than the rental valuo of tho naked
laud, would, in Mr. (ieorgo'H estimation,
be aniplo for tho needs of tho government.
laud. The Chicago Tiibuiiu skutches thu
Kugllsh schumo and c iinmeiits It as fol
lows :
"Fixing tho burden of realty in this
manner tlio Kngllsh umlouvor to leave
productive Industry us fieo as possible
from any handicap or luiodiuicut. Cu
ilal Is luft untaxed so that it may bo used
us freely us MWslblo in ropnslue
tlvo Industries, supplying increased
employment und wages for labor,
and enhancing national wealth. Tho
iiracllcu of levying on lands and exempt
ing capital, chattels, ami goods us far as
practicable, is tho system adopted by tho
grouto'.it commercial and manufacturing
nation, uud has strong reasons to suport
It."
Henry George would fax thu oanur of
land literally into tho earth by reducing
the holder to (ho condition of u State ten
ant. Ho would Hi.b4ltuto for Individual
ownership of laud u common ownership.
Wo iiuoto George ou this point:
"Tills simple device of placing all taxes
on tho valuo of laud would bo in o licet
putting up the land at auction to whoever
would pay thu highest rent to the Klate."
England's scbumo of slncle tax Is to
levy on tho rental vuluo of laud simply
enough tomUotho needed public. revenue,
while George, to uso his own language,
i-onllscatoH the whole rent, leaving to
Hud owners tho shell and taking tlio ker
nel, George would make Kgyntiau fel
lahs and Hindoo ryots of all laud owners.
Till woh voiy pleasant reading to
"slmtlo tax" men everywhere, and when
the Orcgonlau recommended tho Thoinp-non-liakotu
Idea singlo tux men wore us
much gratltled as U thu Orcgonlau had
pronounced Itself In favor of tho Henry
Goorgo Idea. Hut greater gratltlcattpn
uud satisfaction was lu storo for thu
"Bluglo tax" advocates, lho Portland
Nowsof tlio Kith Wirt, eontiilnod tho fol
lowing editorial, which Js it plain und
very Intelligent utterance lu explanation
of the Ilenrv George Idea of taxation;
"tiU: inou; tax hka"
rim Onvoiitan has lieott dUtlnuuihlicd
lu It opiKwitlon to the plan of Us taxation .
proosed by Henry Georgo, and lias"
lost tlio opponuniiy iu uchihiiicu iuo
Ideas of that writer. And so it was u
groat surpilso to the friends of tho single
tux Idea to seo that iuijer como out
yestordav moinitig and approve of tlio
George theory. To h sure, the Ore
gonian takes euro to docluio that tlio
ulm.l.l IllV lllllll Wl itch Mr. Ilenrv Thomif
son lias explained In tho columns of that
i nuir mill U hleb "ilnds favor with tlio
m.!,.,i,.., 'iMluiiia and with viw uumteni
of tho leading men of Intelligence und in
tlucnco lu Dakota," ts not tlio Georgo
plan at ull. Now, it uoivi mane uuy in-1
loretieowhut tho tiling Is culled. Ihos
single-tax rou will sinelljust s sweat,
no matter whether calliHl Henry tiHrgoor
Ilenrv Thonipcou. lho truth is. tlmt i
single-tax udvoeates In t'oitland, taking a
loss .n from tho Greeks before Troy, have
onglnceied a wooden horse, packed full
of Henry Georgo dynamite, right into tho
il I HtovxiiMon.
II I. KiirJ'Miii,
'I'Iidiiihn llarily.
Julian lliovllniriic,
V V. Itoliliixoii,
Kinlli-daliiirliiu.
Jnh" Venio
Win. lllanf.
riioso articles coming so closo togethor
lu the editorial columns of tlio leading
daily pajiors oi ino nuiui uro riKiiiiit.ini,
ami il means that ouco tlio justice of tho
Idea is oitahttshcd. the coplu eu massu
will como out lint-fooled for this simple
and Just system, which Is now labeled
by those who know tho leant about It,
"theoretical," "visionary," "Impracllcu-1
bio." etc.
It Is only justice wo single-tax mon
want, and in thu estubllshmunt of justice i
wo got our reward for our work. Honest
men everywhere should givo enough of ,
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