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Page 679
They maintain that a freeholder owing a £ 100 worth of land isno worse , and extracts no more from the community than a bricklayer with £ 100 in the Savings Bank . They seem in this to be confusing private monopoly with private ...
They maintain that a freeholder owing a £ 100 worth of land isno worse , and extracts no more from the community than a bricklayer with £ 100 in the Savings Bank . They seem in this to be confusing private monopoly with private ...
Page 680
the possible use of free land or cheaper land elsewhere . The advantage of the peculiar position or condition determines demand and fixes rent . The owner gets all he can . He can get no more while there is the alternative of a ...
the possible use of free land or cheaper land elsewhere . The advantage of the peculiar position or condition determines demand and fixes rent . The owner gets all he can . He can get no more while there is the alternative of a ...
Page 685
The men who own the land round a growing town , land which is wanted for houses and factories , and who , instead of putting that land to the best possible use , withhold it and let it for grazing at agricultural rates until their fancy ...
The men who own the land round a growing town , land which is wanted for houses and factories , and who , instead of putting that land to the best possible use , withhold it and let it for grazing at agricultural rates until their fancy ...
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