Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-13
IRELAND WORRIED
BY THE TAX
QUESTION
Home Rule Leaders Reticent
About This Phase of the
Question; They Want Fis-
cal Autonomy.


Dublin, March ISL Il said that
MIR. Redmond and his colleagues will
be hard put 10 persuade their fol-
lowers that home rule minus fiscal
autonomy il from their point Of view
satisfactory settlement Of the Irish
problem. The silence OF the leaders
On this subject. and still more the
ritulant reproofs addressed by them
10 inQuiTers have caused no little ir-
Fltatiou.
Speaking al Dublin last week, John
Dillon sternly rohuked those inoon-
veniently curious persons. Prena-
ture discussion by Nationalist of the
governments proposals was, he said
In effect, a wholly unwarrantable
proceeding, calculated seriously TO
embarrass tho party. Whereupon a
correspondent Of the "FTeeman's
Journai." In the course OF a vigorous
protest against the mischievlous So
crct diplomacy" OF his leaders, asks
by what process Of reasoning Mr. Dill
Ion arrives az the conclusion that the
party will be strengthened by sup
pressing discussion. They ought, he
FNNNa " nt sNAM NAANAAg INV Wv
country IL thinking what matters Il
deems important. and what are the
, probable limits Of concesson and ne
gotintion.
"Mr. Dillon" says the Irish Inde-
pondont. 'deprocates premature dis
CUSTOM We deprecate premature
laudation. such a policy would not
be fair 10 the government heoanse
the persona TO deliver the final YER
dict are the people OF Ireland"
From the first this journal has left
Mr.. Redmond Ia no DOUBT as to what
his followers want
''Fun self government In all pure
~ Irish AFFAIRS must" Il asserts,
"mean the management OF all our
own Affairs, including the risha TO
levy an taxes a. well as 20 control
all the spending departments within
the country
~. T. DoIan. a member Of the d.
rectOry, who takes a fair and level
headed view OF public questions says
the government cannot fail 90 un-
derstand that the expectation and
sentiment OF the Irish people. and
also their sense OF the material Inter-
ests Of the country, require that the
control OF our customs and excise. as
we'll as the rest OF our internal 81.
fairs should be put In our own
hands. ....
'Thls View Is Representative OF that
entertained by most OF the Intelligent
Nationalist throughout the country
men whose support OF the party Is be-
yOnd suspicion. II Is not conceivable
that a scheme Of seif-government
could withhold from Ireland the
power OF ievylng these taxes"
"sinn Fem" which represents the
soparatist section says that home
rule without the control OF customs
and excise would be q mockery,
There ~ no more security for our
finances our trade. our future IN
such an ireland than there r. In the
present Ireland. We lie as much az
the mercy OF the majority in the Eng
lish parliament under such conditions
as we lie now. We have exchanged
our present position OF powerlessneas
and irrespOnslbiiity for one Of pow
erleasness plus responsibility.
take our spirit industry. II yields
Bs over 100000 pounds or one
fourth OF our whole revenue. II
England puts an extra duty on home
made spirits and decreases produc-
ton. she endangers q quarter OF our
revenue. The duty would, OF course,
apply 20 English made spirits in Eng
land, but their yield Is only equal TO
g per cent Of English revenue.
"'rhis tax on spirits. therefore,
would lift ireland exactly FIVE times
as heavily as 4 would hit England.
An English chancellor OF the ex-