OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Observer, Volume 6, Issue 146, 30 June 1883, Page 232

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

for their pjublieasion^d^ is a :• . '". stranger?' Bus*.fiMJ;;*s|to^ •' We cannpfc i^keiaia m. •.■ 'M> ' '^- B'^^iiM^ '"• ? V!-.' \ \A great' 'rato^i::i«^go^g' o |^*-^diiia^^w^eW i -..' < ' Plymouth, imtilicatmgvsome persons iifinVlipberM .efitf ttefojitey ■;;dayiWiM-a"^e^iy>bom^'; babe in his~poßsesnon s 'lim4,w^b^iß^Qif'^|!,-.Ti£t> l !v Ifo that Bgcluded spot "it sb the^ morning was to gut the inifantiri, the' -charge of jffl " baby '^^^^^.in&^^j^&^f^^i^H , daughter- ofca^eadirig iitifcen ate affair, but with what amount of truth our^H|H| pondent does not pYetenH <» say/ . V 'l^HK*' The B.Mi at New Plymouth M6jses : sMajk& usual style"of adjdurmng'the Court' the other aayP; The;mqr'ning 'train. waa la|ej arid witnesses ;vvere, .' . expected by it'in' an important case, heard '</ in Court. It" being" impossible 'tog o > on witlifithe * caseuntil 'the witnesses arriyea,%is Worship said, ." TliierCdurti ft adjourned untU 10 minutes, after , ,-. the. train arrives."'. This rather 1 puzzled :, the '',' . bailiff -^lio is -a jj { stickler " onj legal -ppT^tiiC', and he .wWjgeard to ojoßery^fsotiovoceJ': "'VSx^||bsing : the train .neYeii.g,yrives^rTO? buratis up-rthe Court •will never sif ]So'.flibtb'"it-be. ' ; ' ; ' It itfneedlegs to?gay that the* following emanates /fromalady/whrfe^dently4no^Tfha|she;is^ : ing o.b,qut. „, . Whe^ef e| the injiji eji)karß.a man's soul, b.e ; ,^e^ |hs/|he^'nisjtieW;J^ . Vonian. . T^e iorbeiir'ro'say \more' "on 'tms Subject at present. We have so little hair left that WeY.\ really can't spa^v^njryinore^ and we know these , lines wilj: b^e^isedjby a^rtain party 'who ; Holds the beA '^eiipon .i^a'VwSriaa^B armoury^— her torigu^in' ! M|r^#^;' b^e^i tlie^editoriai': head. ; We f&ag, '•■^^rjo^ije'tuVJif to -ihe,^ubject vrhen bro6mStiok^oke^i«c,rttbblm^^ and such; likei dqin,ei| ite w^lfj 6ftc;ome ct^ey. 'W% y^>^fcWf M%ae' jripS^poken to at a rec<?hfc^ancejmj tt€sU^% ,^MIg ; a fascinating wid6w'and J fneM%^ ajrj^ at^e^iion ? ''" ' Wtie^{did : dM^^dbb^^ao^^ome ?' I 3 it his usual hoW, r ajmi dpj^usWtids-feeneralij^^resort to bridal(le) : re|oVt^^a%c:#*wi^to stay at horne 1 while theyflytr<)^a^f|^- v /y ■ v ■. GharHaj^vwi^o^lM^/ajanare, ■ Tiu^n^m^bi^ies s^o^lc^ beware; i What % Injbredj^it|i;|ari.jifee f and hear. They foi? di|^tnce v?^ not stay, ' Where, tW^firjli there is a way, <. *' " "^i l^ l6^ ,^ a tfniehV tt^j^- deceive,; '< * • ""^hatyahe s^fes: she c¥fi believei^ - ■ ■ ; When.&wofaa^ f wil^n^]wai,^^ '.-' Jshfu -jjjw w§A ? i6iiMf4 : ifciibb,om «till: : JiS^opue.';''-'-. ;j , '■ - Mypdmdual^jrJi^g^l br : jthe soubriquet of local i^^nTOr^domg^i^/i^^feVoyel* exneriment on a*4pony the other day, which Tev&msone of the frugal .frenchiijaff whovsronte^^Bp^S'lny*-*' 'horse ! >to|.flrj r e_ upon nothing, and "hal^^^- iuccee^ed astt^redueo; the. daily forage to ow?stratr a _day/-- >i wfien' ■ the 'experiment-- suddenly failed owing to thedeath^of the horge. , "Nicks pdny Buttered from tod^U'reme^y wa3 4 pini of:keroßeneforoed. down. the- poor- beast's ti*oat. : Thig killed the, worms, and the hoise also? H© thinks of taking out a patent for the remedy; !Th& ranks of the "Deyil's.own" are,' Surely sufficiently numerous at the present timej without greater facilities for enlisting in that Bervic©.' We are, already overrun with < membe'rs'Til that fraternity, and 'Sir" 'George Grey mu?t be Ja league with the Evil One himself When , he wishes to simplify' the process by which' reßruits may be enlisted; Auctioneers, have- to ■ pay licenses for giving public jaw, and it is sincerely to be hoped that some 1 hori; member; wDlintro* ; duce a bill for the purpose of taxing lawyer's in a. ; ; similar manner; so as to prevent, the Colony; frioni being overrun with them in the same way ,as it is with rabbits and sparrows. • ; : ' V Oatmeal and Jaw. — Mr Thwaites wasjvrecentiy > • having a fling at Scotchmen \ for living >'upon' porridge. An indignant Scot, writing. to the. Star on the subject, remarked that •if Mr Thwaitos would try a twelvemonths' diet of porridge he would at the end of that time 'rhaye more brains and less jaw, but the. stupid printer's' ' devil put it less "jam." An old Scotchman seeing that, remarked that he had trieH honey, treacle, sugar, milk, &c, but he had never heard • of porridge and jam in his life before: „'Wheia the Edinhurgh Review was started it~had; a- r Latia motto, the English of which was "We cultivate ' literature on a little oatmeal j" the "we " mean*' . ing such men of world-wide! renown as 'Lord Brougham, Sir Walter Scott, JDugald Stewart. Christopher .North, Jeffray, &c. . _ , The proprietors of thd'Taranaki News— one of the .weekly papers— came in for a handsome thing the other day. A local appeared in the 1 papeif, supposed to have been spitefully written 1 ; by one of the Civil Servants in the Survey 'Office against a brother official. It was about as stupid land senseless a par. as could well be imagine^ making ; fun, or attempting to doso,out of a gentleman's ■?. name, which the gentleman coiuiclerea tqilte tin ■'■■■ insult, as, in the first place, -he could not^mip his ' name ; and, in the second, there s waa notbfljg very peculiar about it. He, in company :jritii(fi friend,' went io the 'News Office and demahdes',t)io.~ v name of the writer of the par:, which^ was raf^bed, and~ he, considered that, insult was added- tw^ injuryi WorJ followed upon word hot and f uriotis, until at last' blows were struck,! an<i a very ridiculous scrimmage occurred between the proprietors Wd the two victors. There^was'no gWa|.<famage *. done, and thei^pgearance of the p'rinterFQevSs ' on the scene terminated . the v affair, by the i"-'as»' sailantsVbeating : a: hasty retreats The /editorial • sanctum of the ;Nevps ; office has been' desecrated, but as it has no^,b'een occupied / by'a regular m^emv her of. the" Fourtt^]ffißtate : forvg^me,^titte^^ Estate ckarly, cannot- suffer 'in 7 its 'rbtijatitio i a':on , a^s^6unt ; of the\unse^ly^r"oeSs^ v '^^ ;'. .--.' t^Foreign Capitar^Sirjf~B!prJ the^ in^oij^ationdf'^l •:an,thoW: who:';th^nk;,^6:^ ;vetii^;mo|^|rcp||p||pfe ;;missibny..niaktfr!aMew? ; r'jsmlrksi i . ; "fti 4 3^^^

V /-change* .for'jvreal (wealthy It-is an/idol that con-; il^umea' capital, 'and~ defies labour the JsgfaLt fto .capita^. t £o f understand subject, we •must" see that al&l&an&ha act up)to the principle, "Let those; wor£ who can't live without it." ;So this land value, is consumed by gentlemen { * gaupers. JLarid rvalue is, in< a position to. demand Ji tax on capital while there is capital in the country; ,it can deny capital and labour the use - J)f liiiid until the i tax is paid, ; By selling land !we | . flell .our birthright and our only means of exis- j /ience, and give men the right to levy, a tax on. j capital— a, tax that increases in proportion ias capital increases. This tax is consumed by genjgjfiirien paupers, because all the world lives up to ywts income; For, example, the .United . States, the National Debt was increasing, lived up HPto their income. Their imports exceeded their v!>^xporfcslfrpm ,1861: to 1873.;. This shows plainly that nations, likeijihd.icid.uals, live up tol their incomes, and. will.. not produce capital or wealth while they can mortgage. t their lands to foreign capitalists, or even issue fictitious coin by setting ' a value ; on land. Land value is not wealth ; it igfonly the power that gives* one man the right*to " • 'demand .a part of. another's capital. % Any real '■ svealih-^such a.s' houses— can never rise above the price labour demands to replace itlwitha new i>fi». • Land •value, like land- tax, is- a tax on <ja^ital - ; a tax on capitalis a tax oh labbur.-r-it is -' ia tax that consumes capital. It will soon eat : up T machinery in Waikato/ and leave "' tenant farmers, i ■to cultivate with a spade, unless we introduce < folfeign capital -to feed the "monster; ! Land value' is an idol that, can't be taxed, because taxation, makes competition more 1 keen, which raises land ) value, while there is capital fortheomingto meet the demand. An income tax is the only tax. that J ■could-, possibly touch it, but that would, be very ' inadequate. A little reflection will show us that ] if land was free, we all could get rich. "What is 'there 1 to prevent us from .accumulating wheat, sbeef,: .houses, ships, 'and everything man re- .: v <juire.s.- The only thing I. , am, aware ; of is lagd. value. It- consumes capital, taxes induaEpf creates drones and paupers.; it creates aristocra- . .oies.by giving landowners the. advantage in bor- , . jrowiug, and oppresses ,the human race by putting spurious coin in circulation ; it causes idle hands tto walk ! .the Bt»eets, while, millions of acres of land lie unproductive. ; . , . ,