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TAXES AND THE PEOPLE.

WHAT THE FINANCE BILL MEANS.

Mr. William Graham, M.P. writes in a Home paper:

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[recent years as much as £190,- 000,000 has been a to the Treasury either by the evasion of Income Tax and Super-Tax or by failure to provide the necessary Iministrative machinery als [quately to collect both. The For three days this week we Cost Commission thought that have been engaged in the con-if certain steps were taken s5 sideration of the Finance Bill in math as £21,900,000 extra per Committee. It imposes the taxes annum might bɔ gained from this for the coming year. The effec: source. Bader one head of In of these taxes, their distribution, coma-Tax reform, therefore, we the manner in which they are would probably make good much loss incurred by the proportioned among the popula- of the

WHEN MAS DECAT.

TO DESTROY THE EMPINE-

THE REAL AIM OF

SINN FEIN.

A largely attanded meeting of members of both Houses of Par

| liamant was held in the House of Commons recently to consider the present revolutionary move- ment in Ireland.

The Duke of Northumberland, who presided, said that saven, years ago Sinn Fein was penol- less. It was now a huge organisa- tion, running a large number of newspapers, keeping its repre sentatives abroad, maintaining a) vast bost of officials, and con- trolling an army of about 110,000 men. The nature of the under- standing between revolutionary British Labour and Sinn Fein was shown by the words of the President of the Miners' Federa- tion un December 6, 1913, when ho called for strong representa- tion of Labour in Parliament on the ground that there would then be some inducemeat for Sing Fein to go to that accursed re- actionary Chamber, for then a bargain might be made on the basis of “your fight is our fight. Come over and help us."

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| Chairman, ample evidence of the reliance placed by Sinn Fein on

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It was significaal that every period of Labour unrest in this country had synchronised with a fresh attack of ovilence in Ireland. It was curious to note that, now that the Irish situation had be come most acute, the Eresentive of the Miners' Federation should spring a fresh demand upon the f public couched in traculent

torms.

ALLIANCE WITH OTHER BODIES.

It was quite evident that a determined effort was being made to ensure united action between the railwaymen and transport | workera in Ireland and those in England, and the miners were to co-operate by a fresh agitation for an increase of wages All this was to be accompanied by support of the Bolshevists in Robin

They had positive proof of the allince between all these ele ments

there last year, and WES every reason to suppose chat the understanding W33 as firm to-day.

To sum up the situation very briefly, said the Chairman, the two parties in Ireland which were working the one for national independence and the other for a a world wide revolution were in alliance. They were also in alliance with International So- cialism, and had embraced the Third International. They were working in England with the London Workers' Committes and the Workers" Socialist Federa- tion, and they bad an under- standing with certain of the representatives of the great Trades Union Federation. This section of labour was, agaio, in close touch with the Soviet Government.

IRELAND THE WEAK POINT. They knew also that there was the closes: touch between alli these parties and the Nationalis: movement in India and Egypt. Such was the world-wide con- spiracy which now aimed at the destruction of the British Empire. As their Press abundantly showed, these conspirators realis- ed that Ireland was the Achilles

tion, cre a mittere affecting abolition of the ten-duty. We every fireside in the land. But would provide for it many times for the most part the Bill was over by a stiffer scheme of Super- considered by only a small non-Tax. ber of the Members of the House af Commons. Amendmenta des- Mention of the Sagar-Tax r igned to ease the lot of millions calls the harrowing picture paint- ware summarily rejected by the 1 by Sir Henry Uraik, in which automatic vote of the Coalition-he diplored the decay of the ists, who troop in from the smoke-land-i aristocracy of Great room when the division balls ring | Chitin under the cruthing bar-heel of iritsin-that it was the They do not know the point a:dena imposed upon them. What issue, but the Whips indicate the are the facts? The Super-Tax lobby, and ther obes. It is one was introduced in 1900 2), at 61 of the saddest features of so-called in the £. and at that time it ap representative government. plied to 11,000 people in all. In THE TEA OF THE POOR. 1918-19 the number affected was The great contests on the Ex-43,930. This year we have reduc cess Profits Daty and the ap- the limit for Supar-Tax purposes plication of the Corporations Tax from £2500 per annum to income

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weak point in the armour of that Power which represented the greatest bulwark against chaos! and the principal guardian of law; and order throughout the world.) It was essential that the true) issues of the situation should be placed before the people of this country.

Sir E. Carson said this was no

anti-British conspiracy, and it was not confined to Ireland. Ee!

would give them one fact which was beyond all doubt. The same emissaries who Came frum America to Ireland last year of his own knowledge not only had an Irish office in New York, but in another part of that city they had an Indian and an Egyptian office. Let no man be under any delusion as regards Ireland that we were now fighting a question of Home Rule.

to co-operative societies have of £2000 and upwards, according pro-Irish conspiracy. It was an been postponed till Monday and to, a graduated scale. It Tuesday. At the moment it insy estimated that this reduction will be best to mention ne or two of add 30,000 to the Super-Taz the leading features of the Fin-payers in this country, making ance Bill an it has now been com- in all about 80.000 people with in- pleted.

We fought for the aboli- comes of more than £2000 per tion of the tea duty, pow is. on the annum, who will be liable for this pound of tea. All economists and duty. Sir Henry Craik recalled others agree that it is desirable to that Super-Tar had grown from reduce or abolish indirect taxation 63 in the £ in 1911 to 6, in the £ of this kind, falling upon the to-day; that is, twelve-fold. No necessaries of life, and increase] doubt that is traef, bat is must be direct taxation. The tea duty remembered that it is only very brings £17,000,000 annually to high incomes, of £20,090 sonually the Exchequer. Many of the) and upwards, which pay at the poorest of the, population make full rate of 63 per £. Tas great tes almost exclusively their distrasjority of Baper-Tax papers They buy in small quantities.hare their Income-Tax at 69 in And when their position is analys-the £, and than the appropriate ed it is found that they have paid burden under the scheme of an amount in indirect taxation graduation. The number of out of all proportion to their people paying the total ~125. in ability to pay. The Chancellor of the £ is comparatively small, and the Exchequer urged that he must they are well able to do it."7 have money; would anyone sug- RICHES AND POVERTY. gest an alternative 7

EVASION OF TAXATION,

In the course of debate many alternativas ware suggested. For example, Inland Revenue authori How have Indiented, that within

who derive very large incomes more or less automatically hom profitable concerns in which they have an interest. The fact that

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