The United States should establish a system of shipping subsidies.
Brookings, p. 107: Briefs and references.--Robbins, p. 189: Briefs and references.
=Ships, Free.= _See_ =Free ships.=
=Silver= (currency).
Any further coinage of silver by the United States is undesirable.
Brookings, p. 90: Briefs and references.
_See also_ Bimetallism.
=Simplified spelling.= _See_ =Spelling reform.=
=Single tax.=
Is the economic system of Henry George sound in its general principles and conclusions? Does poverty increase with progress? Is the private ownership of land wrong and productive of evil? Should there be a single tax levied on land values? Matson, p. 212: Briefs and references.
A single tax on land values is desirable. Ringwalt, p. 202: Briefs and references.--C. L. of P. Debates: References.
A single tax on land would be better than the present system of taxation. Brookings, p. 120: Briefs and references.
Taxation of ground values. Askew, 1906, p. 104: Briefs and references.
Taxation of land values. Askew, 1911, p. 140: Briefs.
Taxation of land values only forms the proper basis of taxation for the purpose of local government in the United States and Canada. Speaker, v.
7, p. 439: Synopsis of speeches, and references.
=Skepticism and progress.=
Has scepticism aided more than it has r.e.t.a.r.ded the progress of truth?
Matson, p. 488: Briefs and references.
=Skepticism and superst.i.tion.=
Which is the more baneful, skepticism or superst.i.tion? Rowton, p. 230: References.
=Slavery.=
Is the decline of slavery in Europe attributable to moral or to economical influences? Rowton, p. 225: References.
Was the overthrow of slavery in the United States effected more by the influence of moral than of political forces? Matson, p. 85: Briefs and references.
=Slavery and intemperance.=
Has slavery been a greater curse to mankind than intemperance? Matson, p. 538: Briefs and references.
=Small holdings.= _See_ =Allotments and small holdings extension.=
=Social equality.=
Askew, 1906, p. 87: Briefs and references.
=Social reform and the church.= _See_ =Church, The.=
=Socialism.=
Askew, 1906, p. 49: Briefs and references.--Askew, 1911, p. 212: Briefs.--Gibson, p. 180: Briefs and references.
_See also_ Cooperation.
=Societies, Secret.= _See_ =Secret societies.=
=Society and solitude.= _See_ =Solitude and society.=
=Socrates.=
Ought Socrates to have saved his life by a different defence or by escaping from prison? Matson, p. 89: Briefs and references.
=Socrates and Plato.= _See_ =Plato and Socrates.=
=Solitude and society.=
Is solitude more favorable to mental and moral improvement than society?
Matson, p. 534: Briefs and references.
=Sophists.=
Have the Greek sophists been unduly depreciated? Are the opinions and practices of the Greek sophists incapable of vindication? Matson, p.
421: Briefs and references.
=South Africa.=
Should natives be compelled to work? Askew, 1906, p. 199: Briefs and references.
=Southern states.= _See_ =Secession.=
=Spelling reform.=
English spelling reform. Askew, 1906, p. 201: Briefs and references.
Is the radical change of English orthography to phonetic spelling desirable or practicable? Matson, p. 264: Briefs and references.
The simplified forms in the "Three hundred simplified spelling list"
printed by the Simplified Spelling Board should be adopted by the people of the United States. Wisconsin University, no. 280: References.--C. L.
of P. Debates: References.
=Spendthrift and miser.= _See_ =Miser and spendthrift.=