Oh. well. I merely made that remark as introductory. Will the gentleman let me put this question? Supposing that instead of the present laws which obtain in the South as well as in the North on the question of taxation you had a system of taxation which placed all the burden upon the value of landthat is. land according to its valueand relieved from taxation all improvements of every kind. all forms of personal property. would that not result in such an enormous influx of population into your se6tion of the country that not only would the immigration from Europe all go there. but you would practically denude the Northern States?
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