THE FALLACIES OF ANTISOCIALISM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14357, 29 October 1908, Page 8

THE FALLACIES OF ANTISOCIALISM.

Sin,—l do not claim, as Mr Braithwaite (locs, to have mastered a subject, before discussing it. «iTid I ixsrcoivo that, Mr Braithwaite's multifarious readings, as detailed by him, have not enlightened him on an aspect of political cconomy due to bo learned by tho veriest tvro. ITe claims to have exposed and confuted the fallacy that all wealth comes from the land, and cites Gainsborough's picture as his argument. What a farce .to call this work of art, beautiful though it be, worth £50,000. The luxurious dilletanto who gives such a 6um is putting a. meretricious and fictitious value thereon. And go nearer the root of the matter and inquire where this £50,000^ cam? from? How was it produced? Every )M'-nny oairie from the land and from nowhere else. No one but. senseless, selfish people (and the advocates of Socialism or fiinsrlc tax comprise many such) can withho'd a commensurate from talented inventors and discoverers. Neither this class nor the workmen, without whom all their genius would not avail, should fail to recognise their interdependence. Still fact, bedrock :fact. will remain despite all sophistry-All comes from land.—l am, etc., Fact, No Fiction".