The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-05-02 00:00:00

TAXING LABOURERS.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in hie speech ott
Budget, takes credit for favouring the agriculturist'
not taxing cart horses used on the farm to ths
extent of two millions • year. Now, lithe farmer cal
have anything for which he ought to be grateful i.. 57
modern Chaucellor of the Exchequer, it is oat to
exempting his cart horses. Let him road the anisee le m
lb* Budget the Times, where iii. fairly stated that fee
horses should be eauldered as stook. la t rule, terrapin...l
to the stock.in.trade of the manufacturer or the treks
man, which oommon sense has long lino exempted
from taxation. But, although the Chancellor of tie
Exchequer se mercifully exempti horses, he does ast
exempt men employed on the farm. The nobler animal
requires and consumes, during the hay &Jai corn harvest,
beer to the extent of about one hogaheed, sal lithe
poor man has to buy his beer (or the sugar end vita,
ks, t 0.,) at the nearest beerbouee, be most pay st
least one shilling per gallon, whilst it Is well item
that if he were allowed to brew from untaxed malt he
would have • much more wholesome beer at 61. pi
, Therefore each farm labourer" pay Vs. pa
'year taxes before he is allowed to consume the proles.
: tion of the mil on which.he labours. Thie seem' my
curious free trade. In tate same speech on the Bullet
Mr. Lowe stated that daring the last two years met
millions of taxes had been talon off. The taxes tdom
off sugar amount to nearly two and half millions Alm
(or nearly half the amount of the present tualt•tarl,
allowing brewers to nee largely of sager as • ebepe
article them malt. The Government, In their extre
ordinary Lieensiog Bill propose penalties wan*
adulterating beer. Would ft not be better to rano*
the canse--namely, the malt•tax, and allow people
brew from malt and hops l—Romssr DAMEN, Bombes*.

BATH it WEST OF SHOE, AND SOCIETY AND
SOUTHERN COUNTIES ASSOCIATION.
A meeting of the Connell of this Society was held ee
Tamiday, the 25th inst., at the White Lion ilota
BristoL The chair was taken by the B.ight Hoe. tit
Berl of Cork, LP., President.
Tar ltscrtro or 1872.—The deputation who visite
Dorchester on the 15th Mat., reported as the result d
their oonferenoe with the local authoritiee that at
were satisfied with the site offered for the Show-yid
and the fields proposed for the Trial of Implement
Under those circumstances, the deputation, aubjvc
at,. approval of toe Cooai.U. bed arranged to bold miki
meeting at Dorchester in 1872, and they recommeidei
that an allowance of L'2o should be wade to the Lel
Committee in consideration of their making am+,
ments with the Turcpiks Trustees for implement,
stock, poultry, ha, connected with the Society's Nese
lag, to be allowed to pass turnpike free for the met
preceding and the week suomeding the week of is
B.shibition. The report of the deputation Iran mewl
and cendrmed, and all matters may now be rounded
to be dednitely settled.
Recenitintierts or TOWNB.—At the last :seethed
the Council it was moved by Mr. Poole, that alter
Guildford Meeting the preliminary money payed
required of towns oestrous of receiving the society,
radneed from £9OO, at which it now stands, tote
but this after an animated diasussion wan lost If,
majority of 2.—Mr. Jonathan Gray now moved—"lui
whereas prior to the Society's Meeting at Dorebmteria
1860 the preliminary money payment required of soon
was £BOO only instead of 400 im now required, 11
Council do, after the Guildford meeting, revert to di
former suni."—To this an amendment was moved 11
Mr. Moore Stevens in the absence of Mr. EsoBll7
" That with references to the Annual Exhibitio of tke
liceisty a Committee be appointed to consider ishodo
any modification of the conditions mid mine, pomade
required from towns be desirable, Ina to report
to the Council." This amendment hiridt been
seconded by Mr. Poole, led to considerable dieessitesc
and eventually it was carded by a majority of 16 to
mid the Committee was appointed to consist of WWI
H. Williams, G. S. Poole, J. E. Knoilys, John Grip,
Jonathan Gray, 8.. G. Badoock, Clement Busb,
J. C. Moors.Steveas.
GUILFORD MRITINCL—The programme for the Wih.
coming meeting was brought up and settled it Pa"
pired that the entries of Stook and Implement' arr
preeendently numerous, in this respect taking preseirol
of even Bristol and Southampton. itospeona
Poultry Show no report could be 111140 fig the 111,11
do not close till the Bth of May.
The following new members were declared to be dill
elected :—Mr. Atkins, Erpress Office, Dorchester,
J. C. Andrews, Tail Mill, Crewkerne ; and others.