The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-25
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most Of their property, are ready to
shift the burden OF taxation on on
sumption, thus making those people
bear it who are least able to do so.
The beers" are like the peers in that
they prefer that the women n chill
dren pay the AK on what they wear
and upon what they eat rather thar
that it should be paid on the unneces-
sarv luyury-also evil-of i~ntoxicants.
The Liberals have k high ground
against selfish class interests and de-
served to win a great victory. If they
win q majority over the opposition OF
church. peers n beer it is q notable
achievement, perhaps the most i'm
portant and inspiring OF a decade The
opponents would impose upon Great
Britain the unjustifable tariff bur-
dens that Americans bear. Under the
Payne-Aldrich budget, neither Car
negie nor Rockefeller pays anything
worth mentioning TO the support Of
the Federal government. That is the
way the peers would have it in Eng
land. Instead in the Lloyd-George
budget h heavy taxes fall on peers
and - LAND and intoxi-
cants-and the poor a no tax on
Wha is necessary TO eat and wear.
The following editorial from the
Asheville Citizen may throw some
light on the situation in England. h
editor of the Citizen is an educated
and thoughtful native of Great Britain
ard writes from large knowledge. The
Citizen says:
although the English elections are
not nearly completed the indications
are THAT the Liberal party Will re-
turn to power without the vote Of
confidence it expected from the peO-
pie in the matter Of the Lloyd-George
budget. That it is to say that the
action Of the House OF Lords VIII
he upheld by the popular vote. We
thought as much. They are queer
people, are the English. Public lib-
erty Is their ~WatcnWOrd, Yet let one
deride their most cherished lnstitu-
tons and traditions, even though they
reek with the atmosphere OF aristoc-
racy. and he Will pull q hornets nest
about his ears. ChamberIain's dream
of tariff reform goes by the board,
anu I'll JllSO , Oh d greater
navy will fade into thin air, but the
Lords will live on forever. UniOniscs
gains are reported everywhere. and
while the Liberals will still have the
reins OF government according to
present returns) their majority will be
shamefully reduced.
Much of the howl of the Door
d~owntrodden Workin' man may be
raised, but that suffering Individual
Is fTnlly welded to aristOcratic poll
cies. It's a sort Of dumb Worship. an
inbred awe of lace and tinsel, and an
~pageantry OF the middle ages.
Years may come and 90, centuries
roll, and the ghosts of ages pass
away, but the love OF old associations
is too firmly implanted in the British
soul to be ever rooted ont. Before
this remarkable trait idols of the
hour crumble and fall, as witness
the ignominious flight OF Lloyd-George
chancellor Of the excheuuer and au-
thor of the budget which the Lords
rejected. Yet this stubborn electo-
rate VIII learn by bitter experience
and shells is preserved at a cost OF
personal Independence and the con-
unuarce OF the most unjust taxation
that the world can show. Fifteen
thousand square miles OF valuable
lands. insuficiently taxed. are held
BY the body of Lords whose hands
the country is apparently upholding.
lhese lands are kept out Of cultiva-
toh Tor the purpose of securing light
CT TAXATION. on the theory that rar]ts
aitd zane lands come under ft1da
privileges. And in order that these
privileges might not he disturbed, il
IS proposed to tax the food Of the
~ 90" ooo people who are already
osarlns more than their fair share
CT oaha'ion. AND this is tolerated for
the sake of blind devotion"
If tho DriroS os fanl c+,,es 80 ~