Word: ownership
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Question of State Ownership...
Question: Should individual and corporate ownership of land in the United States be limited...
Question: should individual and corporate ownership of land in the United States be limited...
...Gladden took the middle ground between an extreme theory of individualistic ownership and that of communism. The community still retains its right to the land it occupies and when private ownership injures the general welfare the state should recall its lands...
...closing, the lecturer laid down four propositions: The land belongs to the people; communal ownership has never proved economical; private ownership under national control seems the best thing for us; if the state ever recalls its lands it must compensate the individual owners. We may learn so to co-ordinate private enterprise and social co-operation as to realize the divine order. - Extracts from Springfield Republican...