Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-11
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 AUSTRALIAN BABY Tax Bills Proposing a Bonus to Increase POpu- latiOn Being Fought PLAN FOR
 CHILD PENSION Many Citizens Oppose Meas ures on Ground of the
 Moral Effect

SYDNEY. Aug l0.-Australia is in a ferment over the federal taxation proposals. not only because Of the terrific increase in the amount of the tolls, but because of the moral effect Of the propositions,
 Hacked to bill providing pensions for children until they are more than l5 years old is a bonus of E5 for every child born in Australia. and the parentage will not be inquired into
 Australia is greatly desirious of increasing it's population, especially its native stock. Immigration except of the highest sort is not encouraged. but this effort which will be made by the federal authorities al the session of the parliament recently convened has brought a storm Of protest from all sources.
 All sorts of charges are being made against the government and against the interests which are seen behind the move to grant a pension to chill dren and a bonus for every child born.
 See Woman Suffrage Move. . Telegrams are being published hy tbe Sydney Herald from Melbourne. where the center of opposition is, that the bonus for babies is a cum ningly devised scheme of the militant suffragette to get votes for women in the commonwealth.
 Others charge the labor party with responsibility for the proposals, and this accusation has started over again f Erh poisonous pension policy" by it's enemies.
 From all sides the cry is raised that such a bill if it became law would be unconstitutional
 The Victorian premier has issued a statement that the federal taxation proposals will levy eS head on the population after the pension bill for children is passed There will be a bitter fight in parliament over these but the government and the labor party are strongest and there seems no doubt they will have their way
 The papers are publishing cartoons likening the opening of parliament 10 the republican convention in Chi ragO, accounts of which were cabled here.
 Try to CoIonize Land.
 Conditions of population have been worrying the Australian government officials for some time. and they have taken steps to encourage the proper kind of citizens to come from other Ountries to settle on outlying farm ng land This has failed to bring in he numbers desired, and recourse is now 10 be taken in the act of the fed sral parliament by the bonus for chil- iTen.
 No provisions have been made so ar for the pensiOning of the mothers fl the children and owing to the pc. 'uliar wording of the proposed law in lot putting any restrictions on the 'irth Of a baby scores of children O be born seem likely to be the itorm centers, with e5 as the goal.
 Reports have come from some of he public and charity hospitals that hey will claim the bonus as recom- 'ense for their trouble in carrying or waifs.
 Gall it Wildcat Pension.
 In many communities the residents
 
 dded assessment which these pen ions will mean, owing to their bad several years ago in wild at mining schemes. Bitter at the oss of that money, and still more o at the government for its pronosal f the present session. thy are begin ing to apply that word wildcat" to he pension bills.
 If the government insists on putting Is pension schemes through the oD- osition in parliament will retaliate y a campaign for greater federal con rol Of corporations. declaring that the federal inspectors, had more over over companies the public 'ould not lose so much of it's money, Q often.
 There is no inspector of public cor orations in New South Wales. and
 man may start a bank or an insur- nee company without depositing in he state treasury any amount as a uaranty Of his solidity.
 The one thing which is causing eace in the hearts of the Australians
 the fact that the long drought has cen broken. Bountiful rains have cen falling in almost all Of the af. icted districts and the grass Is grow lg rapidly. Several million sheen ere lost during the worst part of le dry spell and their price fell very w.
 Had not the rain come at this time irmers would have been without win IT fodder. As it is the barley and iis crops have been greatly damaged. This drought aroused the irrigation Us to renewed activity Recently a arty of California experts came to le country to look over the situation regard to colonization prospects.