Show THE SINGLE TAX MOVEMENT BY fly ELii tE r R WILCOX Copyright 1907 Any law which tend tend- to build up apart n a part of an any Ol organism at lit tho i pon e c o otho of tho whole I Is a n s law luu and an any law which tends to enlarge t or enrich i a 11 port part of or a community or social org n nat u at the expense of un any other part J 1 n a dangerous v. la Society Is an nu or which must progress Tess as ns a whole or pertell per per- tell na us a v hok and mul In the struggle Jle which goe goc on between een the several In Interest Interests In- In terest the thc Inu to he be a good gool od am and wholesome law lau mu t e the thc jut t balance rho Tho moment it h begin begin- ln to o criminate In fa favor or l' l of one interest Il t nn and against another that moment It IL la he- conics comes lad bail luw The lows laws ns as S thc they are today make r The They should be he so modified that lint anarchists cannot c- c cI exist t. Irom I From Tho The Public bile A number of people knowing m my In Interest Interest Interest In- In terest In the Single Tax Philosophy and m my belief beUer that It could and would solve all the tho industrial problems of ot the tho day have asked me to state what had hall ever been accomplished by any Single outside of much talk In order that I might give only onh facts which could be corroborated I wrote to Mr Frederick C Cyrus TUl Leubuscher president of ot the Manhattan Single Tax club for tor statistics Mr 11 Leubuscher her was one of or the men who stood with Henry George In his first campaign in jn and subsequently subsequent sUbsequent- ly h wrote the history of that campaign Here Is what Mr Leubuscher says In reply to my queries What liat Has Been none Done I III well weB recall that Mr George was the first public man that brought the attention of ot the people to the merits of the Australian form of ballot After Af Af- Aftel AfI I tel ter that the question was taken up all allover allover allover I over the tho country so that now practically practically cally e cr every tate slate in the union has adopted that ballot Among the tho sin sin- gle who ho secured this reform In various states are arc Joseph Dana Miller editor Single Tax Review and J J. J R R. Abarbanel In New Jersey L L. R R. Custer Custer Custer Cus- Cus ter In Indiana Judge LevI Lev South Dakota Hon S. S S.-A. S. A A. Stockwell and Clive T. T ErIckson 1 Minnesota ota The Tho Initiative o and referendum has been adopted In a number of or states largely through the efforts of or single single- Among others you will find Dr William T T. T JIm Hill of or Missouri Rev Herbert S S. S elow Bl-elow of oC Ohio and the late Thomas G G. G Shearman of or Brook Brook- J lyn n The Torrens system of or land titles doln doing awa away with the present cumbersome cumbersome cumbersome cumber cumber- some and expensive method has been advocated ted more largely by tax sIngle ers than b by an any other class It has been adopted In Massachusetts l where James n R. R Carret Garret was nas Its foremost ad ad- ad He latel lately wrote an article In Moodys Moody's Magazine l on the subject In Inthis Inthis this thIs state It Is being advocated by Register A. A J. J Boulton and Deputy of Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- Register Gustav Gusta Thompson lyn ln both of or whom are sIngle Pass Anti-Pass Legislation Of or course you know ex Congress man Robert Baker and what he has done His stand against legislators accepting passes from Crom railroads ads at first met with derision but now has been adopted not only by the national government government government gov gov- but b by nearly every state government go What Is not so well weB known Is the fact that he Is the tho father of or home rule in taxation in New York state You know what Tom Johnson has done on the two-cent two fare tare question which rate has been adopted by 15 states Some 15 years cars ago while a n member of congress he Introduced and brought to a successful Issue a bill providing for the separate assessment of land and buildings in the District of ot Columbia While on the subject of separate assessments one must not forget Hon Lawson Purd Purdy now nou the president of or orthe the board of or tax commissioners of or Greater New York As secretary of the Tax Reform association ho he i drew and had passed the bill that In New NewYork NewYork York City land and improvements be separately asse assessed d. d The Tho result Is that taxation on land largely largel Increased while that on the poor mans man's home homo largely decreased and the tax rate fell from about to 1 50 Our friend WhIdden Graham than whom there Is no brainier or wittier man fought for years to have ha congress congress congress con con- gress remove the tax t. on alcohol used In the arts and the last congress repealed repealed repealed re re- re- re pealed the tax with the result that the price has dropped Working for theThis the thc Masses This Is but a partial list of or many things done by the single and but a prelude to what they are workIng workIng work- work Ing lag to accomplish But nut even the few Cew items given above must conclusively prove that the followers of or the Henry George Industrial philosophy are alive all and at work Man Many women as well wel as men are arc Interested In the tho work and tho the Womans Woman's Single Tax club o of New York Is active and alert There Is every reason why women should be Interested In tn this topic because because because be be- cause it bears directly on marriage And marrIage ought to bo be womans woman's most Important consideration in life Ute An Any condition of or a 3 country countr whether rel religious or political which has a tendency tendency tendency ten ten- dency to make men hesitate about es establishing es- es homes is a false and dangerous dangerous dan dan- condition for the race and a aU all L good women should work together to overcome o it IL Monopoly 1 which causes U i CS the tho earth arth air nil and anti sunlight to b be controlled by a afew afew few fow people compels thousands of oC men in every city to forego the privileges of home life Ufe It causes tho l thousands of at women to he hesitate when marriage Is suggested and m maternity tc c contemplated nt So If there Is an any p possible project under discussion that can give ghe the masses of oC Intelligent Industrious people people peo peo- pIe In the lan land a prospect ct of or more room more light and more more air antI tho the courage to marr marry and rear families families fam fam- illes surely H rely all women should lend an ear and a In this discus dIscus- sion slon I 11 y the Hie Trust I 11 Many well known rm-n rm In New Ne York ire are devout believers In the Justice of oC the tho single tax movement mo It Is not always possible for such men to be he active workers however owing oving to the trusts tr For Instance two earnest single tax- tax ers of oC New Now York Yort are salaried editors on periodicals owne owned by capitalists ts who are arc natural enemies of or any movement which threatens destruction of or the trusts and monopolies These men have families to support and while they could not ho hired to L write In favor of the system they despise despise despise de de- de- de they are deprived of at the opportunity to write in favor of or the one the they respect The They are arc simply forced to write rite not at all nil on the subject They express themselves freely however however how- how ever vcr outside of or their editorial work and rid they give the cause strong trong vIbrations lons of or thought currents President t Roosevelt Roosevell r recently sal said The mineral fuels of or the tho Eastern United tailed States have already passed Into the he hands of large private owners owner and those hose of the tho West cst arc are rapidly follow follow- ing ng This should not be he for such mine mine- rat resources belong in a peculiar degree degree degree de de- de- de gree to the whole people This Is the single tax doctrine the tho land for the people popl c. c Louis Louls Post of The Public says Railroad ad street car telegraph telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone elt city lighting and city water supplying privileges arc are among the most valuable uses to which land Is put puL Yet there are those who think only of or farm acres when the Importance Importance Importance Import Import- ance of at the land question is 15 broached The Thc They talk taUt of or coal mines as something apart from land which the they associate only with a team of or horses cows COW pigs and They never think o or of business sites HItes which In the tho heart of or a great city are arc veritable gold mines t to their owners For further Information sen send to th the Manhattan Single Tax club J Now New York and literature will be he for for- warded |