FRIDAY, JANUARY 17,1890. ' .i': The .Single Tax Craze*

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3412, 17 January 1890, Page 2

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17,1890. ' .i': The .Single Tax Craze*

The? : tax craze lias (it last intfaded New Zealand;.and: ;Petoiio 1 hasconio to the front iirtlieAYelliiigton'district'' with'a'public meeting, twliich has affirmed tlie single' tax principle and enrolled members in a' single tax socioty, •. The fundamental principleof tbis new. gospel appears to be that as all. land values are created by tlie people they justly, belong to them and should therefore bo made the sonica of all publio revenue. Tiiis seems: a plausible statement but there! is a vaguo indefinite touch about that old;Btookpl;raseA peoplt which lerainda us somewhat of'.a< meeting of a few enthusiastic people in America half a century ago which, after vesting all property in ' creation: by formal resolution in the people wound up by a motion carried im con that the particular individuals present at the gathering were..Me people* Our Petone friends forgot to dofino who the people mre.: at their late meeting but we may; fairly assume that the, persons'to be despoiled were not included in Jhis : deaigiiatiOn but ■ the ; persona ,to he benefitted, their own noble. solves, were: to ■ .all .practical • intents // and purposes ike people. To. declare that the people without * any ■ diatiiictron creatolfind values is aboutas accurate as it would'b'e state that the.apiarian tribe makeJboriey,''.''The; literal trrth'' 'is.lhat thfebusy'bee makes tlw liohey and/the lazy drapes .coiisimw it aiid' ■no' doubt, thfl jatter. ;if .they are'< sufli-' pjSlitly intelligent to disoiieg .'public in. their, community puld contend lliatthey are tho people and. that tlie lion6>; Uel6'ngs; to fh^ni; Wo would; point. out ' Jp ..the, 'single. tax advocates that the human bee who creates land -value, by,his enterprise and irtdustvyis'on>a-very different footing to the two-legged droiie wlio is ,a ( drag on tlie cdmmunity, : and whole; presence, impairs|ii'd destroys thp yalue of the sljigle tax crazfe States, and is the last, expectant'of the eriMsiastid. author gf .''jPro'gre'sjS and^Ppvoi 1 " ,'fiii ablb","' e ,hiari: who. jjs or'.majiywild. tbfl6ri.es,.- fjio jdea .•• pfy. all,, taxes from land'and none froni liibor will'be ail manywofkiiig' men; yvho do not look very deeply into ; a' ; sehome, [Mew was a time in the early history of this colony when the condition our Peioiie fffeiifb desire Jo Jwnpbout aojually existed; tjiere were no p'ustoiji duties and the working D)()ti w&s.frpe from taxation. Cut was he betterjoff then than now? Then ho eaniea half a had-uo taxes j! bPK;li^4fh| H k'day, (axea. pglg t'ak I .auv^q^tiie /in' abolinl 'brtd-'-ifut"'- all Uurder land/ffiey.willM,wages (jomipiy rjii), A Tly)y ; may. taxes, but tI&Y cannot teeg up wages. The v . inetttalot'Tflwß l t)f'fSjibal 1 "econihiy take an irresistible course, and allitl}£agitators; in>:the iw'drld' are:: pdwerUss to prevent the rate of wages falling if 4h|g^er&l|rospe||t^ ttf tUo wuittaai'tyia '

irrational change,. To curry out tlio every oiyner.of land in-: tho- colony. • liaVo to pay awriy about a third ' o|tlie produce'of.lus estatii'in direct'' tasiitioif, tind probably live men out of six could hot'afford to'do this unless ' wages wore cut down to half a crown , sfaji and then very many of them ; jrojild probably sooner turn laborers .'jii? eatii th« half-crown . instead- of losing]t-on- land which .was ,;so severefy?- biuidicapped. &■ few cithnk's WpW-sdaVliiig 4 tbo Petbde-' laborers tlmt,'ir neW 'curth can'"bo . created by relieving thorn of all taxation, .but if, the operatives who constitute the major portion,of the Fetone population consider carefully the effect which such a revolutionary Bchome would - havp on the standard wages of the oolpny, : they, will dissolyo the single taxi society ; rnucli more speedily tiiaii tiiey have formed it. ;■.The working man... in • these colonies is. better.. eff4h'an, the,wort ingmau in almost any .part, of the civilised world, lie ciin -keep his family in .'comfort'and "save' inoney, If ho does-notjmow wlmi-he -is well o| :md .wants to' abolish; certain duties lot him lalk .to some of the early settlers who once had to live on halfa-crown a day and lie' will got from; them, in five minutes than he could' obtain from Henry- George - in a twelvemonth. The Petone ,working man ■ must be very thick in the headif he cannot seo that the. effect of a single tax will bo to inci'ease the number of 1 laborers in the community, and to decrease-Jhe number,of t employers, and that .tiiis m'oaps an inevitable ( fall in wages... Hon. must not drep : 'tliat.i the; full, will f riot/afaijet them ; because" tlieir employment lies ,in . .workshops and-factories, for tbo fall • would be.general-in every occupation, • whether connected'with land or having'no immediate, relationship with ? it. 1 The ' Petoiio: Wo'ollen ' Factory, would, probably bo the first institution, to' feaoiii.tha half-crowu . standard of wages, if it were fortunate enougli to survive the-abolition of all protective duties,

'-The Rov W- bliU'/n', will exchange'puljiiis oiv Sunday next with tho Kov D. Fulton, of Mustorton. Tho usual Baturday'ssaleof furniture p'rodiico. - poultry, and sundries will bo held'at Messrs towos fc.lorhs'room? tomorrow." ' '• ..

A rewaid is offered in bother colilran for a bay puny mure, which has boon lust;; \ ■? The following sugkslivo advertiso r ment appears in a Dimedin paper'' my wife having left ihyhtmib the third, and to bo/ hopod Inst, tiinp, i will not be roaponsihlo for any debts, contracted by .her or any other. v , •. Great propatatuuiH- ai'o being, made for tho forthcoming torchlight procession" on Jnbileo niuht in Masterton, '.Tho local fire bri«udeß aro showiiig prr6.it enthusiasm in the matter and have already in hand over ciglify toroli'es". ] Messrs Lowes and lorns" haVe"on view at their rooms mi estendin? cottage dining table which h.u 'ft ereal • adventago over those niacin op tho old tele-" Bcopo principle. Tho leaves in this case slide under-the top, by. this-moani avoiding the trouble of removal. . 'The tabl?. can bo extended to double' its original size or to half as large jawte The idea is a ■ novel one and iB tho invention of Mr \V,' Whitt, maker of this town. . '

Lord Napior nf .Magdala and Lord Oaifns have both fallen victims to influenza. The former was close upon four score years of ago and tho latter twonty liino. The epideiuio is reportoj to bo abating throughout England. 'lho following team will ropresont Carterton on Saturday in tho cricket match to be"played on the.. Mastorton Park Oval;— Messrs Acocks, W, 11, King Boechoy; Oorinoll; Darroch,' ' Mercer, Nicholson, Moid, lienall, Tumor. Eniorgancies;—T. flnthbono, Aclieson, Slovens.

To provont misunderstanding vo have boon requested to s'ate that nll ciiildreii umta 14 years, whether tboy attend school or hot, aro entitled to the railway .concessions, and frco admission to tho Park ou Jubilee' pay. , '. f.< i Mr C. J. Higidns, the Ekotahnna carrier, .notifies that lie runs a parcel delivory to Alfredtou twice a wook, and undertakes cartiiig and gonural carrying all over tho district. Customers may rely upon proiupt.attcntion, civility, and lowcharpes. '''

The p»riny p'osfiigu systom lias now come into oporaiioii jii HitllBrio the miiiipiuiii rate for letters has boon per ouripo. The biisincsa of of tho Postul.. Dti pavfcmei it haahcrcused wonderfully during the. last for years,, and it is conßi'dttred tlmt the innovation referred to'can'be miule with safety. ' The marriage of, Mr 1 IMues WaVren Of Tiraumea iahd' Hiss Lizzie Bidwoll was celebrated oil Wedmsday at Pihauton, tho ;resiileuce of the bridp's fathsr, The Rev \V. E, Pnige perfbrined tli'e ceremony in the pretence of a large and, fashionable gotlierinf. The happy pair le'i for Najiier in the 'afternoon tor tlic liontiynuioil. : ■■.) ; > Aj ;K(!utot'B.tfli!graln front Bombay, dated November 27, states'that a sowar nf tho Ist Bombay Lancers, stationed atDeesa, ran amuck and shot dead Colonel' Arthur It.iloyland, eotiimancT ;ant of the .regiment, and two .native officers, Colonel Hoylahd ;haa Been thirty■ one yoara'^sevvice. 'He took, part in the Afghan' War in 187&-80 as Brigade-Major'and as Deputy Assistant QiiartemiasteriOfeiei'iil; and'was ; iu; tho' march to Oandalur' with the force tindiir Majiir-General Tliayro. Ho wiis'inon v tioned ill the despatches 'nnd received a medalj. ((Jolonel Heylaad aervdd-nitli the■ iZhob,Yalley; Expidition in. 1884,. and with. the ; Burmeso Expedition : ill 1886, being, slightly ..wounded.,:m an engagement on December 12,.. For,this service lie received the medal and'ciasp.

• ! ln 'it'- reconily." published written by# fltirmau'a'cioiitiflt/tiid author 'deaorjbes bxporiniehta <iarlied 'out 'by Jrini with- a-yiejy to, Jjloisonii'ng is Miiuenial to. the divoiij,.' irieiit of potato 1 tubora; IW'efforts''i)T Hid plsiit to "pi'dvido fa* its reproduction by' ujeaiia ot b'eeds'sfeeVivitbreorilt' in 'ni coiTesponding weakness. in the root growth;' And tbe'siae aiid iiii'inbera'qftho 1 tubora.. Tho.exphrjmentß ..ciu-ricfl but'oirii number of plots Af aimiiat'api(, every condition beingf exactly tes'amelOn one' plot- the* plants \vere allowojl .to Bloom as fheylited; tfie bioomsof tlie other plots were out off at different tjineg.- j Tho ;!crop,! ihafciiliad not been topped ivas s9,worst yield,,, and t]io bej| crop was' tW one' that jiad' b'eoii pre.voufed frqito,; topped ; tliat jvura q£t|ie, la(est 'the plant's growth were not so satis-' factory as 'iu'(he: case of \tl)o qrops frequently topped'of, The theory that climatic a great deal fo dp jwiljii'the yield bf'.jib'tJito&' : jias ; <)f lafccfyears received cpnfitpiatipn, dryness and abundatice- 'of tjfnamne being found to induoe much bloom, while a M sky eeemß morelavbrable 'tothTiomation of tubers..v, .

At the Exhibition lliHe Meythjg.yci'. tordny puvate ,Blano,; Mnstertoiy won: £1 iu the Exhibition Match nnd private Oates, Carterton, £lO, Itrst-prizoliu tlio Auckland M,itcli'3ooydß, j -B.ugh.Gallagh'erj -was .brouglit ibefore 00l Itobflrtsj R'Jf.i wiib attempting to commit suicide un 28th December at Eketahiinu by cuttiiig his throat.Ue wnaroniar.dod to Wellington Rnol to bo brought up again on Tliurajdaynext atj/p,ui. v -•

The": Hon. Mr "Wateyhouso. Ins from r ho' jius beontaking'tlic w'uicrs-iiu very much improred' Slate' of health. Bo has decided to Jive at Torquay for.the winter, and has already taken a fumisliod liouso there,

' Tho buainesa transacted at tho. School] Committee, meeting laat night won of-a purely, formal character, there being, no reports owing to the holidays. A lotter ; was received, from,the Secretary o? the. Jubilee Committee; asking: the School. Committee,tosecu're tho survicea of the teaclmra to assist in takmg.charije.of tho rhildron oil Jubiloo Day. It was resolved to roply that the Committeo fully concurred in tho,proposal,,,but must retor the applicants to the teachers themselves, as,they were on,their holidays, •It was resolved that the privilege granted some years ago to tho. Eire Brigade to use the school bell foralarms should be: continued to the Kuripuni Branch Municipal Brigado. . .This concluded Iho business.-

' A scene which is not absolutely new to habitues of tho'Wellington Magistrate's Court, says tho Times,was oha'cied intbat chamber yesterday,afternoon, the parties being his; Woiship the'magistrate, llr Edwards, and Mr Jullicqe. • A: question bad arisen as to tho suflioioncy of astato,. Mont ol claim po(in by Mr Edwards as comißol for'the plaintiff,, Mr Edwards assured tho, Court that tlio particulars would bo.a'mplo in Supremo Court j and MrMiobe, waivinsj.the papers, in the air eniitomplufiusly, assured the Boiicli that audi particulars would be scoutod out of the higher, Court, The case having been previuiiily adjourned atMiJcllicou's request, Mr Edward) asked whether, that being. ,50,., for,, dofendint could now demand further parti culars. His Worship ( thought he could, but Mr'Edward',' preaaiiiV' for a ruling, pointed out that lie was in a position to compel' the Court to tulo, His -Worship observed, in: answer to an iliierjoctKin, by Mr Jellicoo, that Mr EdwarJ'i ipma'rk.was not uiade..in : a personal ; or offensive way, and Mr Edward's .added/that one could, of course, cimipol the Supreme Court, to eivo a ruling, ami it was in tltat ' sense, that ho had ns»d the words.. Eventually his Worship* gave iijs'.opinion iu Mr. Jellicos's favour in tlila instance, but declined to-giro a general ruling. A liltlo later on Mr .jellicoo referred to counsel on the other side'as "(joiini down on his knees." .Mr Edwards at, fitioo rosoand urged'tho Bench' .not to allow facetious .remarks of this kind to be' made but to insist upon c/iunapl coining themselves to the liniits ; of ordinary- pr-jfea-iuual courtesy. His worship entirely agreed 'that amusing and facetious remarks should bo witheld, "if j'woiVto lot oil' allthogowl jokes I think of myself," ho said, "we should not get on veiy. fast." " We should be very solemn here. " said Mr Jellicoo—" nothing but solemnity." By adding to tlio increasing bickerings the numerous occasions when the magistrate and air the partios of tho caso/ wiiaiovor it bo, ara talking together and at tho samo time, one may yet'a fair jdea'of tho progress made with civil business at tho Court..

;,) JVk have received by tho ship Turakina our last shipment ol.oarpent3.and'l.inoloums tor the present season, at Te Aro'House, Wellington,

Tubus comprise tapostry.caipots in some of tho best dtßigns and colorings \vo have ever beßii alile to show, at a moderate price Viz., 2s lid par yard; and also some bordered tapestry stair carpets, /or h lid and ,2s Ud pet yard, at To Avo House, Wellington, 1 We have also'opened out a very nice lot Of linoleums of medium and best qualities; and in design! exclusively our own, from 3a dd to 4s p"-r yard. The patterns and co'oiings' of-Hlvse are really exoeltont, being a now, departuro:.froin the, ordinary humdrum designs bo commonly shown in tho trado, and will servo to in tintain tho repulali.ra of tliO' department at To Aro House as boing the m'ist enterprising and artistic in this c'ty. Wellington. , ' '.'VVK W.iuld also invite suecial attontion ~tO:ii Bffiall lotof wali.ut oiirtain poles, with ends and rings complete, in black and gold, black and piiip, niahogaiiy 1 and pine, pin'o and black. The sizes ami pr.ces of these are-for 4 foot C inches. 7s Od; 6 feet, 8s; 5 feet (i inches, lid; and 0 feet, Ds Od;' at' tho Wholesale family Drapery, Warehouse, •Tc Ato.Houso, Wellington.' ' " '- Y(s have every facility'in our.carpet department for enabling customers ; to choose with to thoinsclves. Two main advantages not attainable elsewhere,', being, light'and. room, are to be found in perfection at tho Wholesale 'Family Di apery Warehouse, Te Aro Hou6e Wellington.—Advt.