LABOUR'S DEMANDS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 418, 29 January 1909, Page 5

LABOUR'S DEMANDS.

'■'■'■. ■~",'■" '•'"'• ' ', *..' .■..'.'■'■'".'.■ '" ;-.':"■ ; 1 BRITISH , PARTY. income, estate, and land taxes ■%: imposts on wealth. : |BT TELECttAfB—t'iIESS ASSOCIATION—COPXItIOHT,) : (R«o. January 28, 11.5, p.m.) \.- '..-.,' ■ •■; •■ London,-January 28. ' ■ A conference of tho Labour party is'being held at Portsmouth, Mr. Keir.Hardio presiding. ' '■:;■ ■.■■;• ■,;; ■ . ■..'. ■:..' •'. Mr, Philip Snowderi (Labour M.P.) demanded that the cbst;of dealing with pov-r erty should rest .on the 'unearned incomes. Mr. .Ramsay Macdonald (Labour M.P.) moved a resolution—which .was oarried—opposing any increase, in :tW taxation, of; the '.masses';-, and urging that further: taxationshould take'tho form.of.:':.;, .'■ .'■ . ,V '(1) A super-tax on: large incomes. -.' ■•-■ :-. (2) Speoial taxes' on State-conferred I monopolies. - . • ■•'...' • ■ *■,•.':. (3) Increased estate and legacy duties. ' (i) A substantial beginning in the taxa- ..'■: ■.■'■■, .: tion of land values ■■', i :■■'■■ .':•>'.'.• [Mr. Snowden has, published an income tax table under which he claims' that he tan raise Mother thirteen millions a year, labour, hopes also to increase the. death duties so as to raiso another seventeen millions. The reference to taxation of State-conferred; monopolies is di-. rected at liguor licenses and the House of Lords. It has been estimated that;a land tax in the' United Kingdom of Id. per. £ value! .would xive ivom X 12,500,000 to per. 'annum.!' '■ .'•.■':■••■■ ■ '■ ■ , '.';': ■ •■■ . \ A FORTY-FOUR HOURS' WEEK. 'EIGHT SELLINGS—NO• OVERTIME; : ■•' The Sydney Labour' Council baa resolved; in favour of a general reduction of the hours of- labour to forty-four per week,\ on .account.'; of tho increase in the productivity of labour. :' ■ Other reforms. demanded /are:—That ■ overtimo.'be abolished' in-the case of those who. have .worked .eight. hours,. or six hours a ■day-■■in' , the 1 case of underground... workers; , that a : rainimiim living'wage be.not less than Bs. per., dayj'-tnat employment,' of children under 16 years of age be. prohibited in ; any industrial occupation; that no person under :the ! age of 18 years be allowed-to work over■time.;:. '-.'' .' ; "''':'.,.-_.,:','■./; ■"■':.: The' council has instructed that communication be opened up with tho leading industrial centres in Europe and.America,.to'bring about cooperative'action, 1 with aviowito.pre,'vent labour-saving patents from becoming the .monopoly of capitalists. ' '"■.''■'■'',■ : . ■'■