Mr Ewin}?ton proceeded to explain what' land nationalisation and single tax are, and remarked that the Hon. John Ballance's scheme differed from Henry George's and Dr. Alfred Russell Wallace's inasmuch as Mr Ballance would give compensation to the owners, which the lecturer approved of. Mr Ewington objected to Henry George's proposals on the following grounds: — (1) Thab it would be unjust to deprive present landowners of their values which they paid money for or fought for ; (2) Thab the repeal of all our duties won Id ruin our manufacturers and agriculturists. Seeing that over 2,500 odd manufacturers employ about 2,700 hands who earn over £2,000,000 a year wages, 6ingle tax would ruin them by forcing free trade on New Zealand, unless other lands followed suit; (3) Thab the private ownership of land is not contrary to natural justice; (4) Thab it would destrojr personal incentives to thrift and progress ; (5) Would prevent settlement of the land; (6) Would be unjust to the farmers and landowners to tax only them, while all persons, including rich men with gas shares, bank shares, and large sums out on mortgages equally enjoyed the benefits of population and good govern ment ; (7) That it would be a mere change of landlord from the individual to the State ; and finally (8) would be actually taking away, as His Holinees Pope Leo XIII. has truly said, the hard-earned stored wages of the industrious working man who pub his eavings into land.
I Messrs D. Graham, J. J. Boak, Nicholls, j, and Edmonds spoke \in opposition to the * lecturer's conteation.
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(Received June 17, 9.45 a.m.)

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