New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-24
Rich and Poor Favor
Added Burden as NeCeS-
sary at This Time.
AMERICAN AUTO
MAKERS IN LINE
Import Tax on Foreign Cars Re.
garded as Help to British
Manufacturers.
fBy Cable 10 The Tribune. ]

London. Sept. 23.-Although all the
! budgets of the last six years have
I been received with a positive tornado
| Of abuse Mr. McKenna's has been ac-
cepted in utter peace. A long tour
around London disclosed not a single
murmur of complaint, merely stoical
curiosity to discover how much the in
| dividual cost ia going to be. Every
! body sat down 20 discover precisely
| how much his income tax will be and
| the amount whereby his living ex-
penses will be increased. But never
| has there been such an entire absence
Of grumbling. Everywhere there is
an attitude of cheerful and even en-
thusiastic sacrifice. Rich and poor
/ seem OF the same mind on this occa-
sion.
Supertax Approved.
, Sir Fortescue Flannery, director OF
! the London and Southwestern Bank,
one of the wealthiest London fnan-
ciers. said, 81 regard the increase in
the supertax as Just and wise"
Sir Thomas Dewar said, at is an ex-
/ cellent budget. II is only right that
/ the man with superhuous money
| should pay and pay now. None has
/ the right to withhold wealth in a time
/ like this"
Tim Healy, member of Parliament
representing a poor Irish district,
said. I'VE make no complaint"
Sir Harry Samuel, member of Par
| lament and well known as a banker,
! said. THE budget is very fair"
Sir Thomas Whitaker. president of
{
1T is an eminently fair budget"
W. Crooks. a famous labor leader,
strikes a different note, Heavier tea
and sugar duties are most serious
thing to the poorest classes. who live
from meal to meal Some means
should have been found to modify
these duties in the interest OF men
who earn SIS or less weekly"
Points which arouse the greatest dis
cussion are the import duty on auto
mobiles and the abolition of the half
+ Kenny postage. Julian Orde, secretary
Of the Automobile Club, said: Amy
thing which will help the British manu-
facturer will be welcomed. Unless some
import tax is put on foreign cars and
parts foreign manufacturers soon will
have taken all our market, leaving the
british makers after the war with an
/ impossible task"
American Car Makers In Line.
One of the heads of the Ford Motor
/ Company said: at is most serious
matter for importers of purely Ameri-
can cars, but the Ford doesn't come
under that head. We employ 1900 men
assembling imported parts. The Ford
! car will survive the tax" A represen-
| tative of the Overland cars said: "Our
| cars continue to hold their own even at
| the higher price charge. The people
! hit will be those financing mushroom
/ ventures for booming American cars
| here"
One of the managers of the Harley
| Davidson Company said: owe are
| astounded and can hardly believe that
! so heavy tax will be passed by Parlia-
ment. If so it will have a serious
effect on our business
Among dealers in cars the feeling
was more optimistic. The general view
obtained that if man really wanted
a tiptop American car he cheerfully
will pay the tax rather than buy an
inferior and cheaper car.
A trade which probably will be killed
b. the abolition of the half-penny post
age is that of the picture postcard
makers. These traders generally be-
lieve it spells ruin for their industry.
Stationers and news agents through
out the country are preparing to offer
the fercest opposition. Advertising
concerns which specialize in sending
cut circulars with half-penny stamps
also will be hit badly.
Tobacco and cigars advanced in price
to-day, but tea and provisions still are
unaffected. In these there probably
will be no increase for fortnight.