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Survey. 31 : 520— Ingersoll. Chas. H. "Present Status of Single Tax." 

 American Magazine, 72 : 335 — Nock, Albert Jay. "Why Nature's Way is the 



Best." 

 For Student Teachers. 



George. Henry. "Our Land and Land Policy." 



Atlantic Monthly, 113: 27-37 — Johnson, A. S. "The Case Against the Single 



Tax." 

 Atlantic Monthly, 112 : 737-lG— Garrison, F. W. "The Case for the Single Tax." 

 American City, 9 : 58 — Root, Chas. T. "Not a Single Tax." 

 Outlook, 105 : 115 — "Progress of the Single Tax." 



Literary Digest, 48 : 478- — -"Tendency Toward Single Tax in New York." 

 Independent, 71 : 299 — Arden. "A Modern 'As You Like It.' " 

 Annals of American Academy, 58 : 222-7 — Uren, W. S. "Single Tax." 

 Annals of American Academy, 59 : 148-56 — Hall, B. "Taxation of Laud as a 



Remedy for Unemployment." 

 Survey, 32 : 55-0 — "Houston's New Taxation Plan." 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE CITY BEAUTIFUL. 



1. The City plan. The features that make for beauty. (See City Planning.) 



2. The water fronts. 



a. Treatment with plants and shrubs. 



b. Bridges aesthetic. 



3. Entrance to city. 



a. Stations attractive. Architecture. 



b. Plaza or esplanade. 



c. Plants or shrubs along railroad track. 



4. The houses. 



a. Frequently painted. 



b. Fences removed or screened. 



c. Yards planted with grass, flowers or shrubs. 



d. Shacks and partly burned houses removed. 



e. Premises free of rubbish. 



5. Streets. 



a. Clean. 



b. Paved. 



c. Houses set back to give effect of wide street. 



d. Underground wiring. 



e. Billboards removed. 



f. Trees ; kinds ; uniformity on given street. 



g. Effective lighting, 

 h. Boulevard. 



6. Parks, playgrounds, squares, plazas. (See subject treated elsewhere.) 



7. Market place. 



8. Historic landmarks presented. 



9. Natural features preserved. 



10. Art. 



a. In public buildings. 



b. Monuments ; statuary. 



c. Private buildings. 



11. Vacant lots. 



a. Gardening. 



b. Removal of trash and rubbish. 



12. The use of Arbor Day ; city beautification. 



13. Smoke prevention. (Treated elsewhere.) 



