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What reason can you give for a tax on motive power from coal which is not equally strong for a tax on motive power from water, unless it be that one is “black” and the other is “white”?
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner questions the fairness of taxing coal while not taxing water-power, pointing out a potential bias based on perception.
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