MERCHANDISE MARKS BILL
CONDEMNED BY LORD INCHCAPE<
(Received 3rd December, 2.30 p.m.)T ~~~" LONDON, 2nd December. 7 _„; In the House of Lords, the Merchan-., . disc Marks Bill was read a second time., . by 50 votes to 26, after Lord Incheape,' who recently joined the Conservative Party, though still a Freetrader,'made ■■;•' a vigorous denunciation of the Bill.- • ' He said that it was preposterous, and would involve an increase in the sum-. - - ber of functionaries who batten on the people. He was convinced that if the' ;, Government interfered with the free-7 ;••' interchange of commodities, Great-- >••'< Britain would become a mere cypher. Taxation would wipe out the country's wealth. The proposals only sounded right to those who knew little of busi-'"" ness. ' '']'"", Lord Beauchamp congratulated Lord Incheape on his speech, an dasked if he was going to vote against the Bill. Lord Incheape replied that he wa-_ not going to support the Bill, but h^T.^". was not going to vote against it.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 134, 3 December 1926, Page 8
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158MERCHANDISE MARKS BILL Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 134, 3 December 1926, Page 8
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