Mt. Benger Mail. BE JUST AND FEAR NOT. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1914. PAGE 781.

Mt Benger Mail, 11 March 1914, Page 3

Mt. Benger Mail. BE JUST AND FEAR NOT. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1914. PAGE 781.

ah Joseph 'Waul in late >peeches critiiisioe the liauiiAui policy oi the l>overnuu lit ad\ i- d his hearers and the electors [jemraliv to consult pageTSl of the ■ irri n' o 'ml leur-bou for the the details ol u.xutiou and public linanit. We ha\i dutilullj follov.id Mr Joseph s ;ei' i" and betti red it b>' looking up p.i" 7>tl, ,n I page TkJ, and page T v ->. as well a- [)age i We have found lim the controversy which arose out of the Oppositiou re garding the burdens plai etl on I. \^) ~is by the [>ri sent I loverninent und past brovermnents respi has Vet) small political concern for the n.as.- of i lector;. though thai fad has uot been stresstnl '\ the wranglers. It is true thai aiui •■ I'.HU ;li" taxation per had has risei., i' 11 - i" l-* I■' it w 'as only t i jjs (id, in 1011, i ! l«'s 1 Id, ;n i l .*!-. £5 :'..- bid, and in li'l3, L '-"' h 2d. Thua n ~. plain thai th Govern men. has iucrea i d the laxatioi. i" i hoa-i ... •'- :d. no more and no less,,ou, '. ;ln- meant thai e..-r, man. womui., did child liad a. tuall) each paid :■- Id mure into tht treasurj to: pjl.; than for 191*2 th re would lw some p<jin'. in the insinuations oi v-<,r- - Hung at the Government. lirfi / h i- not the case. Oui re muo ■ um ■ mi r null ta\ 1 here lias is beei" on a pun ">*• J been ♦ more m«'m> extorted trum i down Lr<>ddi n populace. On the eoutram tin mass oi the people paid 1 *a in to the revenue l iroportioa.nel> loi l'ji:: than for 101*2. the taxation por h' ad bus increased. Thia -'''in- to be a paradox. I'mi the matter is , casilj exidaincd. L'hete has be a a r change in the incidence ot taxation, likh p.ople are paying heavier taxes and thereoy raising the average rate per bead. The taxation on he poor man is imposed by means oi customs and excise duties. In 191*2 ihese duties brought m li-J.lO per '-eut. "t '.be revenue; in 1913 only 62.99 pec cent. On the other hand laud-tax contributed I'. per cent, in place of 12.21 per cent., and death dutiea b.EJ per cei L. instead of 1i.82 per cent. Sidcu 19U4 the percentage of revonue uceii.mg from customs and excise lias steadily decreased from 73.93 per cent 'o u2.99 per cent. Sq far as die ra'i ng oi revenue is concerned the *tlai**y ho\ornmeiit is closeij following He foolsteps of previous Liberal administrations, and therefore whilom supporters of the latter H hould be the last to growl about that part of it-* policy.