Word: xl
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...impediment in the way of municipal reform: Dr. Parkhurst in New York Evening Post, Sept. 19.- (a) Arouses the lower classes against sound government: Nat. XL, 67.- (b) Throws the vote of the drinking population into the bands of Tammany, Nat. XL, 67.- (c) The law was passed for purposes of blackmail: Roosevelt, in Forum XX, 1.- (d) Destroys public respect for law: Nat. XL...
...exigencies of the case can be better met by other methods.- (a) Local Option, Parkhurst: N. Y. Post, Sept. 19; Nat. XL, 67; Boston Herald, Sept. 28, 29, Editorials.- (b) More liberal legislation, Mayor Strong in Public Opinion XVIII, 101; Forum...
...PEABODY and R. C. RINGWALT.Best general references: Single Tax Debate in Amer. Journ. of Soc. Sci., No. XXVII (Oct. 1890); Edward Atkinson in Century, XL, 385 (July, 1890); Pol. Sci. Quar. III, 1 (March 1888); VI, 625 (Dec. 1891); Forum III, 15-28, 433-442, Extension Dept., Public Opinion, Oct. 25, 1894; Horace White in Pop. Sci. Mo. XXXVI...
...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, XL...
...Country poor will be weighted down by increased tax. - (2) City poor will merely be assessed by the state instead of the individual: Pop. Sci. Mo. XXXVI, 489. - (c) Tax has no basis in history or in practice. - (1) When it has been tried it has failed: Century XL, 385; Seligman in Jour. Soc. Sci. No. XXVII...