THE TAXLESS TOWN
An articlo in the London "Mail" tells of the taxless town. Not only docs tho town ol' Orson, in Sweden, impose no taxes, but there is no charge for telephone service. schools, libraries, or the use of the city railway.
"All this is duo to tin wisdom of a former generation who planled trees on the available ground, wi;!i the result that during the pust thirty years the town authorities have sold !>,OIK),0(10 dols. worth of young trees and timber, while judicious replanting! liavo provided for n similar income in tlio future."
Mourmalon, France, goes still fuvther. The communal land provides onough timber to allow eaeli person a small annuity. If theso things liavo a moral, it surely is—plant mora trees and conserve the forests.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 265, 5 August 1919, Page 8
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128THE TAXLESS TOWN Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 265, 5 August 1919, Page 8
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