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BUDGET SPECULATIONS

The duty on tea is now 8d. a pound, with 2d. a pound prefer- ence on Empire tea, which forms the greater part of Britain's sup- ply.

During the war the duty was a shilling. The conclusion now is that the Chancellor was either steadying abnormal out- of-bond movements for the clos- ing few weeks or else making sure that there will be plenty of tea to bear additional taxation. The balance of opinion is on the former point.

The tobacco position is differ- ent. In spite of the present duty of 8s. a pound, consumption of tobacco has steadily increased for several years. The duty is casily collected, and the Chan- cellor may not find it easy to re- sist an increase which could be justified as a luxury tax.

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The Orderly Life

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There is a certain flavour of other days about the Bishop of London's remark, in the course of a parting sermon in the City, that one of the secrets of both happiness and success in life "is to be orderly, methodical, and punctual." It sounds a little like Samuel Smiles, who certainly Sir John Simon is to introduce

quoted with approval the maxim his second rearmament Budget "Punctuality is the politeness of in the House of Commons next princes," and added that it was week and there is much trade the duty of gentlemen and the As speculation as to the inferences necessity of men of affairs.

for precision of method and ar- that can be drawn from the un-rangement, we have Pope's as- usual notice given recently by the surance that "Order is Heaven's Customs department restricting first law," though of recent years certain withdrawals from bond.less has been heard about such

aspects of the virtuous life. These affect tea, sugar, molasses, will be noticed, too, that the glucose, saccharin, and tobacco, Bishop of London did not actual- and restrict withdrawals to two-ly bestow a certificate of moral sixteenths of the amounts-deliv. merit upon order, method, and punctuality; all he said was that ered in 1938. The notice came they were among the things that six weeks ahead of the Budget, would lead to happiness and suc- instead of two or three days. It cess. What they certainly do is was at first thought that it por- to ease the passage through daily life for oneself and other people; tended an increase in the duty on they act as lubricants, whereas these commodities, but now confusion and delay act as grit in the machine. Perhaps one there are other opinions.

reason why earlier generations As regards sugar, the subsidy praised them so frequently was on the

home-grown product because they were then less often applied; many important records amounts to

like something

of the past were kept in an ex- £3,000,000 a year, and if the ceedingly haphazard and muddl- Chancellor has in mind to with-ed condition. The filing systems draw part or a whole of the sub- and indexes of to-day represent a tremendous advance on the rule- sidy now that the beet sugar in-of-thumb accumulations of our dustry seems to be on its feet, it ancestors; if we have much more would not be amiss that with-material stowed away, we have also applied much greater method drawals should be under

to its storage. And one might trol.

think that, with all our various triumphs in speed of transport, Another point is that the com- punctuality should be rather eas- mittee which is now in the Westier than in the days of stage Indies investigating the labour coach and unmetalled quagmires for roads. Our resources for the troubles will almost certainly ask orderly life are much better mar- for financial help for the sugar shalled than they were; there- of us industry there, and the Chan-fore there may be more

happy than there used to be, cellor may have it in mind to though it is odd to think of the divert a part of the existing sub-filing cabinet as a symbol of the sidy to the West Indies. Control delectable life. And genius, tidy of the sugar by-product, molas or untidy, will always, no doubt,

continue to blaze its own ses, for the time being seems to

through to success, for whatever fit in with this thesis.

else genius may be it has been truly observed that it is certain- ly not an infinite capacity for taking pains. But genius is not always, or even often, happy. Method and mediocrity take the

con-

• The duty on sugar varies from 1s. 10d. to 4s. 7d. per cwt. according to the degree of polari- sation, and it represents a con-

way