, 1881-08-07

! grants reVerte0 10 tnt AIo"I upon Tile death
/ Of the grantee, who in most cases lad agreed
| to To certain things i'll return for the posses
| sion of the land. \ certain number Of men
! had to be supplied i'll time OF war. or some
| rent was promised. After some time thIs
arrangement was found to be y unsatisfactory,
! WIS finally established, and the rate was
originally fixed ut four shillinEs in the pound.
or 20 per cent upon tlle value OF the property
at the present day tins tax varies in differ
to scyen-sixteenths Of PENNY, One would
say that the landlords ought to be well salts
fed, a1h when the enormous increase In tha
value of their lands. dug, not to them, but to
one might think thai IN increase. and not
decrease. in their burdens would be the natu-
raj course Of legislation.
For example. let lis take the case Of thu
powerful family Of Stanleys, OF which Lord
lies in Lancashire, whose present wealth 4
due to the cotton manufactures, and IN fha
rise of the great seaport ot Liverpool Ger
tainly neither of these causes Of prOsperjtu
wis brought about by the Stauleys. It Is t'a
who, BY constructing mills and docks. hayr
Increased the value OF the land In lG91 tha
real property OF Lancashire was assessed for
the land tax at S4St;,2l0: in 1861 it was as.
scssel ut S., 77,2.io:, :,15 But in the time ~
William ILL., lie land tax was four shiIngs
in the Duui1ti. while at the present time Il I,
oulv vne-c1ellth Of Il penny in Lancashire
Lord Derby owns 41,:t;0 acres in Lancashire
to any @Teat sam: certainIy n,,thinr liza tha
amount his ancestor snt,ut when. I,non nno
occasion. he mt 2lOo0 armed men 11i IL ft,s tha
field as his quota III times uf danger. In
1914 an acre Of good land in Cambridge.
Shire let for about one Shilling: now #
lets at about forty times that auonnt n
then. there Is little falling off in reu;s RAJ,
tl1t. landowners ask the taSptyers at Iarre 1 to
relieve them OF the burdens Which are nrn.
portionatcly much less than they were9
Amot'sr sooI iIIustrati,Itl Of ~ wealth. which
has becn matte for landowners and tie nr,,.
portlouate ,Iiminu,iuu uf tie burdens IN tha
land. may BE- found in the Howard proper1v
1T Shrtlicld Wien the land tax vas fr;t
landlords to defend the country tie ANIMAL
rental OF tie Duke Of SUrfniI:s estates IN
and near Sheffield was about sll H0O ria
yearly value of the,,. estates is now nj the
tax in Yorkshire Wis ursinaliy fonr shi. si,;tI
lines in t1e nnund nr o1r.fffri1 If tha rant
wiliIc nav # Is n1,iy one and ont-einhth f' of y
penny in the po,,nI.-less than 1-a(0tl rrart
st! as the uNe Me Of yorfoE See M and G t 'fq Fa1
Of DERBY I'm lIartijy AK pariament tn ,'ra. "a.
lierr thpm frmn ,t'c bnrieus whici, ire - no.g ~,
;ttarhrI % t. to their in Iand ''' "1''0'i '1e ~"
4 very Important point in the discussion
fjl,en.ss If % the iardinrds M Tht iinuse 1 nf
ors i oto..f NJ br m nssshiv of uders Sl
.nd in the fI1,1s.. RI r. Tnmu,nns the ;uinnne,,
If t1,.,t 1i,1. T. ,", r'1,,, '1' ~ .h.1 w
,mon.rs Win cn',,'1,s,. tI,e IIn,sc If I'm,
mInns at Least nun.f,,,,rtI, ar.. 1onnertad .th
tho ,'ra,1.. -. .thar ~, ,;t m mten
AmonS thc Other enhers t verv Iar"e si n''y,.
hcr are innd.nwnnrs and tt,l cnnst5nt 'Aun tan.
ii,,ncv au.,,, oll r,,rsn,,s WIN bavn ,rnnira11
iortnes. either hy scr..ss1,1l tT;,tfin.r or mo-
frsslnnai rrfctic,. j. 1o Invest iar~e nart If
their e1rnin"s IN land .ihis RI itsaIf ri o s-ivt.:
land n trtitio1,s valne suci, rs is uttrr,r m.
E1it,,y,, il, Amtr;c. far Il is terrirnri5t in.
tji1encr which disnnses of fns ma inritv Of tha
seats in th. Kriti,h House If Ca,i,,,nns' Ors
nj The chirf rrasons With restrain tha nr.
fonr1,ts ~ tl,e' tin,so ri ioris frnrn noitnt.
nr fnr its a},nitinn Is The frar that The farr;,
tnri nnver nf the d,scstoiished nc,.r.
yonld rive them m nv,rwhrimine co,,.
trol in the Hous,. nj Cum,nofls. to
which Assembly they vnuld rt,en hs
.li.ihIe. The Iio1,sI. Of I.nrIs will nroye
me Of the trrp,tt fIi,firnitirs in sa;flIng the
and uuestion in :, mariner satisfactnrv "a fhe
mass IF ff,a ,,en,,i,, 'TIle j,,1prrsfs of ri,a
members If the ,nr,i, arr 1or.tiiv 1T variance,
yiti, 1nuse of the cnnstitur,,ts of the 1neu,
,ers Of lie Uo11,c nf Cntn,,,ons@ II is Iit1.
uit to see how they ran be har,nonizeJ. and
the nni,!frnti,nI ~ rhe Scyy
jovms.iav Uuok Ink u,;,,Ie srrh \ mas of in.
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