| Frequency | Monthly |
|---|---|
| First issue | June 1902 |
| Final issue | June 1919 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Land Values was the monthly newspaper precursor of the contemporary magazineLand&Liberty. The periodical started life in June 1894 asThe Single Tax, changing its name toLand Values in June 1902.
The first issue ofLand Values announced that:
"though the name is changed to suit the requirements of the present political situation - a situation the paper has done its best to create - we leave our readers to judge whether we swerve from the principle and policy hitherto advocated, namely, that the value of the land is the reflex of the presence and industry of the whole people, and that it should betaken in taxation for public purposes".[1]
The paper inherited its one and only editor, John Paul, from its predecessor publication, in turn passing him on to its successor. Until 1904, Paul and his associate Fred Verinder had responsibility for publication, after which responsibility passed to Paul alone. In that same year the paper's proprietor, theScottish Single Tax League, passed its ownership over to theScottish League for the Taxation of Land Values (both organisations Glasgow-based). The SLTLV in turn, in 1907 - signalling the publication's move to London - handed proprietorship over to theUnited Committee for the Taxation of Land Values.[2]
In its seventeen years of publication, ninety-six issues of the periodical appeared (nos. 97 to 300, in twelve volumes, vols. IX to XX (part)). In 1919 (its twenty-fifth year from launch ofThe Single Tax) the publication changed its name toLand&Liberty (incorporating Land Values) - with the suffix dropped in January 1924 - the new title to "bring it more into line with the new forces and aspirations making for social justice and freedom. The name changes, but the principle and policy argued for a quarter of a century remain".[3]
Land&Liberty magazine continues to be published by a successor of the UCTLV.
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