Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:14:29 -0500
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Subject: How Property Rights Saved the Pilgrims
Coalition for Property Rights
How Property Rights Saved the
Pilgrims
November 20, 2007
It is the Coalition for Property Rights' Thanksgiving
tradition to offer our members a direct link to an outstanding article written
by Tom Bethell of the Hoover Institution - "How Property Rights Saved the
Pilgrims," which can be viewed at
http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/3507051.html. If you are a new CPR
reader, or official member who has never read this enlightening piece, please
print a copy to read and share with friends and family. This year, CPR is also
offering up "a second helping" of property rights: a condensed CPR summary
which we hope you also enjoy and will forward on to your personal
e-networks."THANKSGIVING FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS"This season, Americans should give
thanks for the foundation of our national prosperity: private property
rights.If you are not familiar with the documented history of Plymouth Colony,
whose settlers we now call pilgrims, you might be asking, "What do property
rights have to do with Thanksgiving?Both the Plymouth and Virginia colonies
were founded as communal settlements with collective-interest economies in
which all workers received equal benefit, regardless of individual labor or
output. These early settlements floundered and experienced massive starvation.
In one firsthand account, the "starving time" was not attributed to any
"barrennesse or defect of the Countrie" which boasted plentiful fish, game,
fruits and nuts; but surprisingly, to a lack of "industrie."Amazingly, the will
to survive did not prove a sufficient motivating force.Investigators sent by
investors in England quickly identified the collectivist arrangement as the
primary source of the low morale and productivity issues.
To solve these problems, private property ownership rights were established and
the rest, as they say, is history. As Governor William Bradford of Plymouth
Colony explained in his now-famous passage on private property in Of Plymouth
Plantation, it was decided to "set corn every man for his own particular...And
so assigned every family a parcel of land...This had very good success for it
made all hands very industrious."By 1623, just 16 years since the first
Jamestown settlers arrived, all land holdings were converted to private
ownership. By 1750, private farms were predominant in New England. By 1775, the
American economy was a hundred times larger than in the 1630s. The colonists
enjoyed a higher standard of living than their parents or grandparents. Their
per capita income of $60 made them among the richest in the world at the
time.The high standard of living we enjoy today is also direct result of
America's historically strong protection of property rights. We study history
to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.Ironically, in America today
private property rights are being eroded at an unprecedented rate. A national
movement is underway to replace our private ownership system with a
neo-collectivist system where government will own or regulate all private land
for communal benefit. Instead of simply talking turkey and football this
holiday season, consider discussing how property rights saved the pilgrims and
made our nation the most prosperous on earth. For this incredible blessing, we
should indeed be thankful.
The pilgrims left us with an important lesson we should remember every day of
the year. If we allow these important rights and freedoms to wither away, we
do so at our own peril.A SPECIAL THANK YOU!This week of thanksgiving is also a
perfect occasion to say a very special "THANK YOU" to each of the individuals
and businesses who support CPR's work to protect and preserve property rights
throughout the year. We sincerely appreciate your faith and financial
encouragement. With your help and support, CPR will continue to give property
owners a strong voice in Florida!* If you are not yet an official member,
please visit www.proprights.com and join TEAM PROPRIGHTS today!CPR BOOK
REVIEW"How Capitalism Saved America," by Thomas DiLorenzo is one of the
outstanding background resources used to prepare this week's newsletter.
DiLorenzo's book is a "must read" for anyone who desires to learn more about
the historic role private property rights have played since America's earliest
days or who simply wants to better understand the driving forces in America's
economy. To special order a copy, call Jim at the Urban Think bookstore in
Downtown Orlando (407-650-8004). Be sure to mention you are a CPR member!Reader
responses welcomed! [EMAIL PROTECTED] SaviakExecutive DirectorCoalition for
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Telephone407-481-0834 Faxhttp://www.proprights.com/
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