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Page 677
... and to grow more fig - trees . Tax wheat , and bread becomes dearer — the
eater , the consumer , pays the tax . ... Therefore the natural inference is that if
land were taxed land would become dearer . Yet it is not so , because land is a ...
... and to grow more fig - trees . Tax wheat , and bread becomes dearer — the
eater , the consumer , pays the tax . ... Therefore the natural inference is that if
land were taxed land would become dearer . Yet it is not so , because land is a ...
Page 684
We claim that the taxation of such unproductive wealth would , in fact , penalise it
, and force it to become productive , thereby increasing the supply and reducing
the rent of land and minerals , which are the raw material of all industry .
We claim that the taxation of such unproductive wealth would , in fact , penalise it
, and force it to become productive , thereby increasing the supply and reducing
the rent of land and minerals , which are the raw material of all industry .
Page 765
On the other hand , what was to become of all our social well - being if our
material prosperity became undermined ? " This country must remain a great
Power or she will become a poor country ; and those who in seeking , as they are
most ...
On the other hand , what was to become of all our social well - being if our
material prosperity became undermined ? " This country must remain a great
Power or she will become a poor country ; and those who in seeking , as they are
most ...
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NATIONAL | 560 |
The Future of Tariff Reform By J L GARVIN Editor of | 571 |
To General Picquart on his Appointment as Secretary | 632 |
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