Word: unjust
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Compulsory arbitration is impracticable. - (a) Arbitration must be voluntary: - Forum XVIII, 15 (Sept., 1894). - (b) Attempts at compulsory arbitration in states have failed: Cummings in Quart. Jour. Econ. I, 497. - (c) It is unjust in its working. - (1) The decision can only be enforced against the corporation: Nation LIX, 376 (Nov. 22, 1894). - (2) And not against the men. C. D. Wright in Pub. Opin. XVII, 842 (Nov. 22, 1894). - (d) The decisions would not be respected. - (1) The commission would not be a court, but a mixture of court and administrative board. - (2) The personnel of the commission would...
...Land values are the best subject for taxation: Ricardo, Chaps. 24, 32; Henry George, Progress and Poverty. - (a) Society may justly appropriate land rents. - (1) Rents are due to the development of society, not to the owner's activity. - (b) Taxation of land rents will prevent unjust enrichments from land investments. - (c) It will prevent speculation in land. - (d) It will lead to the more effective use of land...
...unjust one. - (a) Not universal. - (1) Whole burden placed on a small portion of the community. - (b) Not equal. - (1) Professional men would pay practically nothing. - (2) Farmers would over pay: Pop. Sci. Quar., VI, 625. - (c) Not thorough: Jour. of Soc. Sci., 37. - (1) Unearned increment on hand is taxed. - (2) Other forms of increment escape: Century...
...Immediate removal of sugar duty would be unjust to domestic sugar planters: Price in Cong. Rec., XXVI, 4719. - (a) They will be deprived of government aid. - (b) Time should be given the industry to become adjusted to change in tariff: Memorial of La. planters in Cong. Rec., XXVI, 6583. - (c) Immediate removal of government aid would strike a heavy blow at the sugar industry: Price in Cong. Rec., XXVI...
...This Income Tax is unnecessary and mischievous. - (a) Unnecessary: D. B. Hill in Cong. Rec. June 22, 1894, p. 7825. - (1) Revenues are increasing. - (2) Expenditures are decreasing. - (b) Mischievous. - (1) Class legislation: Bourke Cockran in Cong. Rec. Feb. 20, 1894, p. 2818. - (2) Unjust territorial distribution: J. A. Hill in Qy. Jour. Economics VIII. 437 (July 1894). - (3) Discriminates against personal ability; against temporary incomes...