LAND VALUE TAXATION
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PBESS. Sir, —To my mind the greatest menace to prosperity is the universal use> of machinery, which is slowly but surely taking over the production of the world. True, men are needed in its manufacture and maintenance, but their numbers become steadily less as we progress. Considering how much it is used on farms, for instance, surely it would be more fair to tax the land owner according to the mechanical aid he uses rather than the land he owns,' for, indeed, the owner of a great deal of land and small amount of machinery must employ more labour. Splitting up the country into small farms might be a good thing if everyone could be relied upon to work conscientiously and live according to his means; but nowadays, with the instalment system, the knowledge that it is almost impossible to get rid of a tenant who will not pay rent, and a host of other things, simply provoke stagnation. —Yours, etc., STEELE JACKSON'. Southbridge, January 14, 1937.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21991, 15 January 1937, Page 8
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