The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 71
Reprint of speech on the 'Single-tax', delivered in Auckland on November 18, 1893
Contents
- [title page]
- Political Address by Mr. Edward Withy, — At St. George's (Hall, Auckland, November 18, 1893. — The Single-Tax
- [introduction]
- Mr. Withy's Address
- What the Single Tax would do
- Early Settlement of New Zealand
- Land Monopoly
- An Initial Wrong p. 4
- Further Results
- Large Estates
- Evil Results Cumulative p. 5
- Quack Nostrums
- The Profits of the Landowners
- Who Created the Value
- The Borrowed Money p. 6
- Added a Part and taken all
- An Absurdity
- Something Wrong
- A Significant Point p. 7
- Betterment Schemes
- The London County Council
- Land Distinguished from Labour Products p. 8
- Schemes that have Failed
- Perpetual Leases
- Another Fault
- Ground Rent Produced by the People
- The Tap-Root of this Evil p. 9
- There must be an End
- What they ought to have done
- How to Hark Hack p. 10
- Why Alter the Assessment Basis
- The Crux of the Matter
- A Hard Case
- Land Booming p. 11
- One Great Difficulty
- A Gradual Reform
- Another Twitting
- The Wage-Earners p. 12
- The Upper and Nether Millstones
- A False Issue
- Labour Legislation
- The Unemployed p. 13
- A Bright Prospect
- Conclusion
- Questions p. 14