THE TAX ON SILK
PRACTICAL TEST OF QUALITY
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fv • V LONDON, 30th April. During the Budget debate Lieutenant-. Colohel W. Guinness. (C.) defended the silk tax, and denied that s^k was anya luxury. Ii wls, he said> mixed with wool and cotton merely to increase its attractiveness, and was in no way economical to the poorer classes Jie cited as an example of the Superiofled that the feet and the'tops of stockings, to which they hitched the suspenders, should riot be made of. silk This sally was greeted With cheers and laughter. Lieut.^Colonel Guinness scouted .i. suggestion that the tax would appreciably, affect the industry..
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 101, 2 May 1925, Page 7
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107THE TAX ON SILK Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 101, 2 May 1925, Page 7
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