A TAX ON THE RICH.
, THE BUDGET. COMMENTS OF UNIONIST PEERS. POOR WILL PAY IN THE END. (BI MLKOIIiPH—rBESS ASSOCIATION—COPIBIQHT.) May i, 0.5 a.m.) London,; May 3. The Duke of Westminster, in a letter to the "Daily Mail," referring to the Budget, says: "I would not grudge the heavy tax imposed on my income by the Budget, if a definito assurance regarding the security of the country by sea and land were forthcoming." ,' Lord Avebury, in a letter published in the "Daily Mail," declares that the general opinion in the city is that the Budget proposals are unsound and unjust. Doubtless they will firstly fall with extreme severity upon the rich, • but they will tend to lowor' wages, and to drive capital abroad, so before long the poor willbe the greatest sufferers. • ■ .■ '. ( ■ . '' . LABOUR NEARLY PLEASED. .' London, May 2.. The Labour Party approves the main proposals of Mr. Lloyd-George's Budget,, but opposes the suggested increase of the duty on tobacco., ; - ' ' ■■~.'.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 498, 4 May 1909, Page 5
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159A TAX ON THE RICH. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 498, 4 May 1909, Page 5
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