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MITSU BISHI GOSHI KWAISHA (MITSUBISHI CO)
THE CHINA MAIL.
ME. LLOYD GEORGE ON BRITISH EXPENDITURE.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1908.
Intimations.
THE HONGKONG STEAM LAUNCH CO.
and who is not 70 years of age. : (Lerugia tes.) Very well; that is the problem s Chancellor of the Exchequer has got to fico, and it is a serious problem. I see The Breech Before The Bankers here a former distinguished Exchequer
Institute.
official, Lord. Welby, (Hear, hear.) Ho bas maintained the fight for years, he has fought gallantly, and that fight minst go on. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: The text is now to hand of the speechThere is only one way in which it can be
• PENDIDO' made by Mr Lloyd-George, British Chan-made effective, and that is by the nation
A. B. C. CODE. cellor of the Exchequer, at the xongal realising that if it is to keep off taxating it must take a genuine interest in ex- teristis about most of these demands. They are all Sally sound. They are not gro tesque demande. If you examined these
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·GORDON & CO., General Managers. COAL DEPARTMENT. to-night I met a friend, who said to the Army 4,000,000 men, you would give me, "This is the first time you have apa pension to every one over 50, you would peared in Chancellor of the Exchequer do all this if you had nothing else to do with your money. The dificulty is in the City. Whatever you do, de
however, that it has to go all round, and the gentlemen who are enthu- a stunning deficit,' a falling revenue, and siastic about one particular demand Al- depreted trade, a Chancellor of the ways forget the others, but the Treasury cannot. The Treasury is bound to con- Exchequer, I can assure you, is in no sider aach and all of these demands in innod for jesting. You, my Lord Mayor, relation to the resources of the nation as a whole. That is, what I want you, who aid that the prosperity of the private are responsible for the finances of the puro depended to a very large extent upon grostoet centre in the world to consider. the prosperity of the public parse. I will na thought that has struck me is that all these introsed dosud on the chequer put it the other way, and say that thoare accompanied by a demand for reduced peperity of the public purso depends taxation. Some people ay. Letics the cutirely upon the prosperity of the tax others say, Reduce the deat
duties, others, again, say. Take something prirate purse.
A Chancellor of the Ex-off tes and a little more off sugar. All tho
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chequer who sees diminishing trade rë- demands that I get are accompanied by these turns is not in a very enviable positionists for a reduction of taxation.
you are very clever Gucciers in Laughter) It is true, were that a com-the City, but if there is one firantier re- fort, that condition of trade is not con-sourcefel enough to point out to men ny by which I can increase expenditure and fixed to these islands, and the tidal at the same time reduce taxation I shall wave of depression does not beat merely be eformally grateful to bim. (Laughter.) on our shores. Every great commercial callor of the Exchequer and the Secre
That is the problem which the Chan- community suffers from if temporarily tary to the Treasury is confronted with, France, Germany, the United States of and that is what I wanted to wy Arrerica. France is setting up a relief ing into the City to night. Itis nota plea- mat prospect for any Chancellor of the committee of distress owing to unemploy- Exchequer. Somebody has got to be ruent; as to Germany, I have gares taxed, and i wish you could tell me who. (A. voice. "The foreigner") Tam afraid showing that at the Labour Bureaua there the gentleman has invived me to embark is an increase of 55 per cent, in the ap-on a controversy which would not produce Pestions for work; and you know the exactly harmony at our feast; and so, with his permission, I would rather shun re- story of the United States of America, fall forence to that interruption. (Tanghter.) King exports fall during April of 15 per At any rate, I aui confronted with that cent-falling resums in bukers' clearances problem, and I think I do not care whe
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the Chancellor of the Exchequer is—it is frown 11,000,000,000 to 8, 00,000,000 for him in the interest of the nation, in it the course of four months, and the interest of the taxpayer, and in the Interest of the ratepayer to soe, not merely 250,000 cars lying empty owing to stag that the public money in spent, but that it nation on the railways. It is really is well spent. (Cheers.) it is in that, and some comfort to kuow that everywhere in that alone, that there is any ausrantee for the continued prosperity of the public STEEL GIRDERS AND TEES, suffering from depression we have a car CORRUGATED IRON, PIG IRON, detain companionship in misfortune among
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great deficit to work off and who have the prospect in front of them of a dwindling revenue. Everything falling-etntoduties. Customs, exels--although the hot wasther has done something to improve the excise during the last week, I am glad to assure the company (Laughter.) Everything is diminishing except one thing and that is what I want to say word about if you will
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Everything is diminishing except the des ands on the Treasury. Those are in erensing from day to day. I know now, after a very short experienes at the Trea- 1285sury, how the expenditure of this country bas simply increased out of bounds within the last 20 or 30 years. There is not day that does not bring forth a domiandPANY, LD., are now propared to or two for thousands, for scores and bunker steamers at LABUAN with good hundreds, of pounds out of the public fresti golite LABUAN COA double
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} Life & Aurity 1.847,294 18 4 the solitary champion of ectnomy I can! MANY AMERICANS have ballt up Staking Fand Account $2806 Holy uper in the House of Combers. That we of Trade-nows items supplied by our ie what to bare to face, and though theyCLIPPING BUREAU ; - Chinsee · mar £4,186,189-18 11 do not all demand the same thing, they chan's can do the same if they follow
equally contemptuous of each American méthode, The Accumulated Funds of the Fire and Sife Departments are free from lablility to other's deamads, Some of them press the demands of the Array, some those of the Navy (bear hear), aut soins press other demands. Then others pross other demands, to the detriment of the Army
expect of each other,-
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liko a martyr, but he bore it alone No We can supply you with advertisemente one sympathises with the Treasury, but it of all the great American merchants and is idle to talk about demands until the manufacturers, so that you bay assimilate nation realises that it is only by economy their idead and Increase your business li thab real effimenoy is to be attained. We Chios the way we do here. are spending huge sums of money, I won- Toavoid delay, send ton dollars (Max.) der If you have ever, considered that we for one month's trial peder. Subeegaani are getting valge for our money. I rate can be determined according to service. have sineore doubta. whether wo ato · It won't poslany money to hand for ogs getting real valite for the gigantic ex- fine Book which tells all about our service penditure we are incurring. During and how much it costs. Send for it tor the last few daya: I have been piloting day.
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