SINGLE TAX FOR ALBERTA.
"Air. Sifton, Premier of Alberta, has introduced ft Bill providing for tiio immediate adoption ov tho single tax principle by all new municipalities that may now lie forming, and that may henceforth be formed, and its. adoption, within seven years by , all municipalities now existing. . " "Tho eingle tax, as expounded bv Mr Henry George, its foremost advocate, implies the abolition of all taxes save -i tax levied on the value of land,"' savs tho London "CliTOiiiclc." "No tax would full on buildings or. improvemente. It is claimed for such taxation that it would dispense with ;i whole r.riny of gatnerors and remove existing burdens on industry and thrift. Taxes on hoiiros ' iiiachiiiery, trade,' camtal on savings, decreased- houses, .machinery, mid- tradebut the taxation of land values, lie ;ir.'ni<?<i' could not doeifnto land. On the other hand, it makes it more' <\asily available sjnoe owners would not, , hold it for ii'issible futui-o increaeos in price." '
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1356, 6 February 1912, Page 6
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158SINGLE TAX FOR ALBERTA. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1356, 6 February 1912, Page 6
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