LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 205, 24 May 1919, Page 8

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

INCOME TAX | "THE UNPAD?. TREATMENT- OF TUB FAMILY MAN." Sir,—l bcpr to repeat through jour columns to the powers that bo the" Whero are my children" query, touching tho subject: mutter of tlio heading of this letter in yesterday's issue. "Is it that the present state of affairs should continue? In my opinion not cnly is it unjust. it is iniquitouß. Take the bachelor or spinster, "when the hat's en the roof's thatched," so to speak. _ No raflking of brains to make provision for accouchement? from timo to time. No restless nights with tho different ills that tho infant (lesli is heir to. No doctor's or dentist's expenses, which aro ft sine qua non with tho proper rearing of a family. No responsibility for the damago that most children do. No food, no clothes, no school requisites, 110 grumpy officials when travelling, inquiring gruffly' "What's tho age o' that child, lady?" No picture show pirato shouting out "All children must bo paid for." No accommodation hunting with the invariable "Sorry, but we couldn't take children." No—but there, one could go on a-d infinitum pointing out tho trials,, the heartaches of the family man and woman against tho smug, self-satis-fied stato of tne childless. Political economists should bo ablo to seo at a glanco tho gross injustice of the present system of taxation, and all niembei-9 of a Government should bo political economists. How tho present palpably infamous system lias. Teigned bo long is quits beyond my comprehension. The Government is prepared to spend money abroad to encourago immi- | gration and assist immigrants, yet it makes i no -attempt ito better tho conditions or encourage large families in its own country, and only approves tho present unfair system which induces some moa and women to resort to malpractices rather .than accept tho responsibilities of a family. Let someone more ablo than I taJco this matter up. It is one of national importance. Wo need population; then lee us oncourage and foster our own stock, and make it*worth while for a man and his mato to have a family by removing some of the injustices under which the present family man labours.. Compel tho mature unmarried and tho childless married to indirectly shoulder somo of the . financial responsibility, and prohibit the public sale of noxious drugs and preventatives, and our population will rise by leaps and bounds.—l am, etc.,

I WANT MY CHILDREN •Brooklyn, A[ay 23, 1919.