Show SINGLE TAX MAY IiA Y BE USED TO WIN WAR WARBy WARI I By International News Service WASHINGTON July 28 SIngle Single ta tax tar taras pas as now been brought into the fore- fore round of ot the long list of ot Ideas put orward In congress to help win win- the war ar ar Senator James Hamilton Lewis he tie Democratic whip of ot the senate has hasa a measure designed to levy a aleavy eavy leavy federal tax upon all unused lands throughout the United States not merely as a means of helping to raise the e enormous revenue needed for war but also to force Increased to stimulate food tood product ion on Senator Lewis' Lewis proposal would levy L federal tax upon unused land ent to the local and state taxes now vied upon such lands He estimates hat t the tax would yield fully a a. hun- hun fred red million dollars to the federal gov- gov annually and would help to meet the deficit caused by the he recent cent prohibition enactments of ot The single tax methods Is one of I any nany methods proposed to make use of I he vast t areas of unused lands I ranY the country particularly InI in i I he West Senator Borah of ot Idaho has urged the federal govern- govern ent to push th reclamation and of millions of ot acres which he I believes could product foodstuffs far farn n excess of the needs need of ot this country d the allies and solve the whole problem of ot food shortage Discussing his plan and pointing out outs ts is s numerous advantages Senator ewiS said The proposal as to 10 o the thet ax x t Upon the unoccupied and uncultivated lands as tendered by me is for fore he e purpose of forcing the uncultivated ands and of ot the country to be cultivated Mid And to bring forth food to the people I pf f our country and for the soldiers of oft t ur lur armies That which is not cult cult- will now bring bringa a a tax upon the asis that my proposal provides equal Ii o a hundred million dollars and will take ake ke that tax off Incomes and make up 1 the deficit created by the operation of the prohibition enactments It will also prevent lying Idle vast acres of lands throughout the country depending upon the rise of ot values upon adjacent land that is cultivated by the industry of others This proposal will apply to country and city alike and will force the immediate improvement of lots in the city and the cultivation of all land In the country I |