The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-08-15

ment upon the Government OF England. one thing
that interests foreigners in this connection is how
the Government maintains itself in a free trade
country without imposing excessive property taxes.
Be 1t remembered, then. that England Is not
without tariff taxes, but there are few of these
and nearly all these few are levied on luxuries or
semi-luAuries. Remembering how notable n part
the tea tax played in our early Revolutionary his
tory in America, # is of interest to see that with
in her own borders England has maintained this
heavy tariff until now. the Government collects
$40, 600. 900 TO $50. GOO. 600 "A year from this
source alone. and nearly SIS. 900. 600 "A year from
the tariff on tobacco and snuT. The excise or
whiskey taxes bring In $4,000. 900 a year more.
and there are also special income and Inheritance
taxes. and taxes upon the gross earnings of rail-
ways. except where the rate In lcss than two cents
"A mile. The inheritance tax. II will be recalled. Is
one which President, Roosevelt has recently com
imended 10 the attention of Americans. over here
an estate exceeding $500 in value pays a govern
mcnt tax OF / per cent: t2.5oo. = per cent: IS 200.
) per cent. $50. 900. I per cent. and so on up TO
$500 600 which pays 6 per cent. and $4,000, 600
which pays n per cent. There are also special
graduated taxes in case property goca to persons
not near of kin. amounting 10 10 per cent where
the property goes TO persons very far removed In
kinship or not of blood relationship mt all. There
are also special stamp taxes of many kinds. and
special Boer War taxes nov fairniiar 10 our Span
~ish-American War ta1es) which require stamps on
checks and upon nil yeceip,"d hjIla.
There is a considerable party here which savors
the establishment of a protective sartn. this sen,i-
men, gaining strength In par, from the unfair
methods Of American nonopoi!ra competing tor
British trade. Socialism haa aiso been making
marked growth among the working cla&sca for n
number OF years past.
Jus, a, this writing. however. III" i!vesi polsu-
cal issue In woman suffrage. For "a long tino tho
women of England who arc tar payers here had
tho trt.4Ispu pf us1pp ~ rSt aAs rns,rs e. nrar1Yn
and they arc nov fighting earnestly for the
privilege OF voting for members of Parliament
that 10 10 say. for members of ihr British Con.
greas. IN veil aa for local and State Offices. In *
number Of cases the woman suffrage advocates
have grown NJ rIo,oua In their meetings an 10
make 1, necessary for the police to interfere.
When indicted. however tho women ag.tatora re-
fuse 10 pay the fines imposed. going 10 jail Ia
htead-and then they make a great ado about be-
Ing martyrs" TO the cause OF equal suffrage. II
the woman suffrage idea presaiia. the privilege OF
voting will be- given. OF courae. only TO women
who are taxpayers crate payess" they arc called
hete) or householders tsha, Is. widows or othcrn
who arc heads Of housca).
Another very live subject in the temperance
question. All par'n OF Great Britain. and especial
~ Scotland. are rum urned. The mos; powerful
temperance argumen, | have ever Witnessed Was
In Chester depot the other day when an old gray.
haired woman Was attacked both by her husband
and her own half-drunkcn son. The officers in
terfered and drove OF the men. while the weeping
woman sobbed pi,eouHly In broken Lancashire.
dialect: They makes Elk pounds 1907 II week.
but never ii farthing thalf-ccntl do they give me
IL all goes for drink. drink" Whisky. an I have
~intimated. Is especially the bane Of Scotland and
many fear that Is almost hopelcaHly snpping the
strength Of one OF the finest races OF people In
the world. But the Scottish Temperance League
ana other organizations are making "A brave fight
against the evil. and here In London yesterday |
saw ii temperance procession "tcrribie ab AN army
with banners ii mile and "A half long. marching
INTO Hyde Park where the immense audience