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(Untitled), 10 Mar 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/38/8-12

Scope and Contents

Letter from Arthur Witley (13 Westbourne Road, Huddersfield, [Yorkshire]) to WSC (House of Commons) regretting that WSC's recent letter in the Nation "betrays a tendency towards State Socialism". Gives his view of the distinction between a Radical and a Socialist and follows Henry George in advocating a system of taxation which distinguishes between value created by the community and that created by the individual, and the nationalisation of "all natural monopolies" such as transport services and utilities. Points to experience in New South Wales [Australia] and New Zealand to show that the taxation of land values rather than the setting of a minimum wage and working conditions is the answer to unemployment and poverty. Signed and annotated typescript.

Dates

  • Creation: 10 Mar 1908

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Language of Materials

English

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