Show SINGLE TAX IN WISCONSIN The single tax is receiving unexpected unexpected unexpected un un- expected support even in states at one time looked upon as extremely extremely ex extremely ex- ex conservative Hero Here is Wisconsin with a constitutional 7 amendment presented to the Voters by the legislature of that state as follows The legislature shall have ha power to authorize counties 7 1 towns cities and villages bri by br i vote ote of the electors therein ta tu i from taxation in whole exempt i or in part desi designated classes of V i c- c Y i V Vc r property but the value alue of such property exempted by any county coun COUII- ty shall be included in the as- as assessment assessment as as- tf a and d equalization for fory y state taxes and the value of y such property exempted by an any i y town to cit city or village shall be included in in- eluded in the assessment an andi and i equalization for cit city and county 7 taxes One of the papers gives s this I history of the amendment A Democratic farmer who as asa s a homesteader in a community t which regularly gave Republican I. I lican majority platform f r ran on a t whir consisted solely of his hi's J amendment On it he won the F Democratic primary nomination and land carried the election in the county by majority making lr eo a a. change of 1200 votes His amy amendment am am- j- j y in the assembly was fn fathered hered by a Republican committee com com- fr j and the passed assembly by a a. vote of 08 to 20 In the Renate senate sea sen ate the vote first taken was a tie but b t on reconsideration it carried I 1 by Y 20 to 10 w k q Tl The Ie ques question t. t IOn 0 of f exempting t. t mg improvements im Improvements im im- a from taxation is now now the chief political issue of Wisconsin Wis Wis- r F and one effect of passing h. h the amendment already has lax i. i been th it big land s speculators j who ho have been bee holding for a n arise i rIse rise are now trying to sell to actual actual ac- ac settlers s i The progress of the Wisconsin 1 campaign is bound to attract national national na na- attention Single taxation tax tax- ti's has been experimented with in four American cities but x Wisconsin is the first commonwealth commonwealth common common- f. wealth in in which it has been r made made an issue The result if 1 t- t the amendment carries ies and if it proves successful will win be even I more ore far far reaching than any other 1 of Wisconsin's reforms British Columbia has haR a single j tax and excellent results have be ben n obtained |