Instead of being an argument against it, it is realty an argument for it; and for this reason.
Do not let us be taken in by this miserable plan in which nobody realty believes.
I realty do not think that that is right.
The real grievance is, and always has been, the difference between realty and personalty.
They have not only imposed this fresh tax on realty—and these very considerable ad- ditional burdens upon agricultural realty, but they have gone further.
There are 17,000 cases where, owing to the passing of property at death, a valuation of freehold or leasehold realty is required.
It is unequal as between the same classes of property, and it is utterly unequal as between realty and personalty.
In 1894 an attempt was made to put the same duty on personalty and realty, but relief was given in the case of settled property.
