RUTHLESS RETRENCHMENT
THE ECONOMY CAMPAIGN IN BRITAIN. By Telegraph—Press Anpoclatlon—Cooyrlshi (Rec. February 9, 11.25 p.m.) London, February 9. The economy campaign is proceeding apace. Mr. Alfred Booth, chairman of the Cunard Company, speaking at Liverpool, urged that individual thrift should be secured by ruthless taxation, a great increase in the income ana super taxes, and the indirect taxation ' of every unnecessary form of consumption. "Voluntary effort may help, but cannot win the war," he said. ?jocal authorities are rigorously cutting down the rates, expecting reductions of one shilling in the pound. In most boroughs the postal deliveries have been reduced to two daily.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2691, 10 February 1916, Page 5
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103RUTHLESS RETRENCHMENT Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2691, 10 February 1916, Page 5
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