LAND TENURE AND THE LABOUR LEAGUE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12860, 8 May 1905, Page 6

LAND TENURE AND THE LABOUR LEAGUE.

TO THE EDITOR. •Sir,—Under the above heading in your issue of May 3. alter Mr. Thomas Allen has described some of the hardships of a pool' settler, he invites "Political League prattlers to go out into the wilderness and gel some experience, of laud" Let me rsic Mr. Allen why the man with a large family, clothed in flour bags, is forced to work upon land "which is not much account" and where. " they can't live on it':" Is it not * fact that, between them and Auckland there are thousands of acres of good unused laud that would maintain them in comfort and decency? Is not tins land held by speculators, who will domain! more than its using value for the privilege of occupying it? By our cursed land system we allow the eapi* talist to buy up the land, which these poo* settlers require, and so drive them into th« wilderness. We give, them the choice of two evils, cither to let their daughters live in freedom, clothed in sugar bags, or bring them into the town lo toil for the city land-1 owner. If Mr. Allen reailv wishes to improve tho condition of the thousands of set" tlors who live in a similar condition took protege, let him assist us to take (lie taxex off the goods they need, and the improve* merits they make by their own labour, and help us to collect the revenue from the lane values.—l am, etc. F. M. King, lion. Sec. National Single Tax League.