Evening star., 1909-04-30
ENGLAND TO TAX RICH
Wealthy to Pay Bills for Ex.
traordinary Expenses.
new BUDGET AST0UNDS
Socialist Schemes Arouse Storm Of
Criticism.
BENEFITS FOR UNEMPLOYED
Liquor Trade Also Burdened With
Extra Assessment to Meet $7s,-
100000 Estimated Deficit.
NEFITs FOR UNEMPLOYED

LONDON. April so.-The new budget.
| presented In the house of commons by
David Lloyd George. chancellor ef tho
| eXchequer. affects not merely British
Taxpayers.
1t has an interest for all the world o.
an evidence of disposition on the part
OF the present British government to
! push the doctrine Of state aid to limits
hitherto considered outside the domain
of practical politics in this coun-
try. 1t is domestic in the incidence Of
| its taxation: 1t Is of worldwide I'm
portance in its legislative proposals.
Mr.. Lloyd-George's speech YESTERDAY
took four and a half hours In actual
delivery. When he sat down, exhausted.
there was conspicuous absence OF that
cheering which usually rewards the great
annual effort OF the British chancellor.
The house sat silent. The budget pro-
posals for 1901 had taken its breath
away.
German Ideas Copied.
The social reforms which Mr.. Lloyd
George seeks to introduce In England
are based in the main on German ex-
perience. though the idea OF sstting
aside 100000 for labor exchaase for
both skilled and unskilled laboe o Aor-
rowed from France.
There is to be state insurance against
loss Of employment. This goes Gar be-
yond the scheme the board OF trade was
| developing, under which only deserving
workmen out Of work were to benefit
Vast schemes by which the state would
aid in the development of natural re-
sources were outlined and the definite
proposal of a grant of E20000O to start
anorestation; the reclamation OF wssts
agricultural holdings by experiments On
the German model. was made.
Wealth Heavily Taxed.
The new taxation by which The e.
timated deficit of nearly s16.00O. 900 - 10
be made good is the most comprehensive
4 recast of the British fiscal system since
the Gladstonian free trade budgets OF sixty
years ago. The chancellor's proposals en-
body almost all the schemes that have
been advanced in radical programs for the
last twenty years.
The list includes q supertax on incomes
OF ever f5O00. tax on mining royalties
a tax on urban undeveloped land. q tax on
tax on the unearned increment. increased
| death duties. tax on stock exchange
speculation. a whisky duty increased by
one-third. tobacco duty Increased Sd .
| pouHu, anu an increased tax on motor
cars.
Tea and sugar importers have been
rushing out OF bond lately huge quantities
of those commodities in expectation of an
increased tax.
we ought. to avoid taxes on the n~e-
essaries of life.' said Mr.. Lloyd dr0~or9o.
Tea and sugar are necessaSaot OF NA
and there is no new taxation In thio
direction
Views Of Political Critics.
Commendation for Mr. Lloya 0Soreo
comes from the labor party one nember
Of which said:
1.-THE chancellor has kept faKh with
the nation. He has practiced what hs
preached"
The conservative papers call 1t IN smss-
ing budget.
| Without going to the lengths OF some
of the papers which describe tho budeet
as rank socialism and the pluudeYine OF
the rich. the Times says:
| Unless men exempt from the income
tax either smoke or drink, they do not
pay a single penny toward making up the
deficit, mainly due to the pension scheme,
of which they reap the whole beUent. The
doctrine of social ransom has never been
carried quite so far
| The only features affecting tho Uolto1
States are the increase In the tobacco tnx
a tax of three pence q gallon on petrol
and heavier stamp duties on stock trans
actions.