, 1873-11-06

after tho American fashion of voting by bnIiot,
for tho election OF d new Parliament. Tic nct
nxtenclnB tho franchise to NIL hnuAoholdors mud
n SfEs m IL tho bor1ngns LIDS ea Sre H
How tl,eae will vote bohlnd tho soreen Of tho
Heorct batlot, romnfna to bo Heon.
Tile ouly othvr n,cahuto tho Ltborala aro likely
to bring forward at tho iIo1t eesslon Ia tho inal
REPEAL or THE INcOME-TA1..
II they don't ropeal 1t, the Tories will mako ite
repeal an isauo ab tho noxt general election, mud
IL will gain thoin many voto, becauao the tax ID
worry otlious. Dut, II Gladstone permits its ra-
fall short Of tho expenditures by soyoral millions
OF pounds. Tho last soasion reduced tho inoonlo-
tax from pence Oil tho pound to pence and
the noxt Parliament Is expected to reduce
it at loast to az ponce, which would DO / por,
cont OH oil incomes over E100.
There aeom8 to be
NO OTHER MEASURES
LOTT for tho Liberals to bring forward, untess
they attack tho citadel Of Bpocinl privilege aud
monopoly. such as TUG, disestablinEmant OF tho
English md Scotch Churches the abolition Of
OF the House Of Lords. But thcBo Jobs will
not DO undertaken for some ttmo to como.
II will bo necessary first to dig around
them, aud opon trenuhos at very long
rangs, before attempting to. run in the
MalakofIs. There is no Oliver Cromwell to lead
tho Roundhoads to tho breach, to the tune of
sold Hundred" Golden and Mill, who
could furnish irrefntablo arguments, are both
dead and Bright and Gladstone almost shrink
accomplished In reforming abuses and retronch-
Ing privilege. No groat loader or thinker Ia
aeon above tho horizon Of British politics. Dis
raeli ia the cynical demagogue of the Cousorva~
tiyes, and Gladstone has ,played all his trump
cards, and is about ready to rotiro from tho
dangerous game. But there Is
rnoQnEsa1yE TENDENCY
among tho unpriyilegod masses. Tho wave may
mornentarily rocede, only to 60 higher at tho
beon iiruaod too generally among the people to
permit Of ntagnation, petrifaotior, or reaction.
The English, 80 full Of pride and projudico, are
able ANALYTICAL thinkers, and. while excessively
tenacious Of ancient' usage, and greatly gov
erned by precedent, and tllled with suporatltious
reverence for titled nobility and vast laudod es.
tates aro, witha intensely solAah, and look after
personal interests as keonly Us any met On tho
face Of tho Garth. Whenever they perceive that
it will subserve their pocunfary interests and
to remove tho incubus Of hereditary land'mo-
uopoly, or any other special privilege
TIE DROWN NOT EXCEPTED,
it must come down. This hns been their history
in oil tho past, and will continue to DO in all tho
future. Some OF the great evils and mopopo-
lies will be permitted to stand for long tiEao
while others will DO removed. far sooner than
present visible signa would warrant QUO in pro.
dieting: Such is Tho statuaot English politics
at this time; ~"
:. Tho Drltish h system. Of asaossing and collect
LOCAL ARD MUNICIPAL TAXES, =
IL puzzle to most AnorIcanH. Ono may road
tho English papers md the debates OF tpGllia-
ment for years, and not underestimate, so differ.
ent iB 1t from the American syatoln Of local tag
ation. am not sure that have yot got it clear
ly through my mind, but shall try aud briefly
explain It as understand it.. In tho lrst placo,
no property is taxed upon It's supposed caalt or
selling value. What tue English call the "cap..
italized value Of a thing il neyor tho baao Of
taxation. The tax-duplcato. never shows the
estimated value Of property. In the accond
place, personal property OF no description ia
listed for local taxation.
Tho English Tux law aets out on tue aHsrmp'
tion that every householder is a reuter- or tenant
which ia very nearly true, aB hfew porsons OWL
tho whole country and tho tax is lowed on tht
| estimated amount Of rent cach ono pays, Of
is supposed to pay. II man happens to o@w! @
Inc house he lives in. or tho ground he culti
| Yates, tho law eupposes
! soME LORD OWNS II,
and the Assessors make an estimate OF tn
probable rontal he pays. The assumption is
Tint every man ought to contribute in proper
ton to the rent ho pays, which is proBumos
pretty fairly to Indicate his woalth aud ability tt
pay taxes. g,
Tho assessed rental of honeo, store, mill, OF
flee, firm, or gardon il never so high as the &C
tual rontal paid to tho landlord. In this respect
II ID similar TO the underyaluation Of proper
rentnl in nbo,1t tyo-ihtrdg OF tie actual rent pa
by the tenant. Each person fights over the aa
sessoi rontnl az mnch as possibIo. juut ns ,,eopl
ptriye to lower thor assossmonss ii Chicago.
r11r rsr1a1tTrD yAI,rE OF nEYTALs
! N Grcat Dritain and ireland for 1879, as rate
for iocal and municipal taxation, was % follows
rno,.na c,tv md co,ntrv. .e,o2, 80, Is
Trafand ctty ~ and 13,s99, IL
scotland, clty and 3s.o0aos
Mn1tinly those sums by Eve, and you have til
rental yalle In dollars: Thus England, in 1oun
numbers; is e51O O,O00 900 ireland, sG1, 600, 900
aud scotland, 915O, ,060, 900; whorcas tho actu'
rent paid to landlords is fully one-thrd mo,
thin those sums,-the rental Of Ireland hc!n
$1o0, ,000, 900. Tho poverty Of ireland, as con
psfea yth the eath Of seosnd hs h +,
notoo not na ot tho hao lopder "
Tho richest Lord In Great Britain only pa,
local ta1ca on tho estimated rental va
no Of Lis mansion y and tho. grounds l
cultiyates his tenants pay all tho rest Of h
taxes but 1t is said that, II the owner pal