■ Commenting on tho consternation which Mr. Lloyd-George's taxation proposals have aroused among those directly affected, the Spectator writes :—: — In a sense, too, almost all the arguments adduced by the interests penalised are sound arguments, for almost every argument against a new impost is economically a good argument. We must not forget, however, that disagreeable, dangerous, and impoverishing to the individual as the process is, the money has been spent, or ordered to be spent, and must be got somewhere, and the only way to get it is by raising new taxes. Those who are now howling should not eithejr have approved, or been so feeble in their opposition to, old-age pensions, which are the cause of tho whole trouble. COLDS CAUSE HEADACHE. Laxative Bromo Quinine removes the cause. Used the world over to cure a cold in one day. E. W. Grove's signature on box. Is lid.—Advt t
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 144, 19 June 1909, Page 12
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