Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11

Continued From First Paee.l
opening, prices hardened. There was
no selling pressure, and the general
opinion was that buying orders would
begin coming in soon.
In the foreign exchange market sterl-
Ing on New York was fraction weaker,
but most Continental rates favored
London.
q Customers in the public houses will
have to pay more for their beer, for
fhe Brewers Society decided today that
the increased duty on beer must be
passed on to the consumer beglnnln3
Monday. Some places anticipated the
increase today and their customers
switched from their cid brand TO
cheaper ale.
Judging from the press. the average
Britisller has accepted the Increased
taxes with a Wry face, but the determl-
nation to see them through Mr.. Snow
den's stirring demand for equal sac
rifices for all and his appeal to national
pride apparently found vital spot in
the country's heart.
/. Task Only Begun.
" The pro-administration Times raised
q warning. however, that the present
measures were merely the first steps and
that the governments task has only be-
gun. The budget stopped disastrous
leak In national finances" the paper
said. but it would be grave mistake
to suppose it would complete the remedy
for our present distresses or that the
necessary limits of retrenchment have
been reached
The Herald. Labor and opponent OF
Che government. was of the opinion that
the budget failed to put into practice
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"SnoWGen has become a prisoner OF the
traditions of city finance and has dis
tributed the new burden without regard
Tor the ability to bear 1t. said the Her
Ald He has given reaction to an i'm
petus which will unite against him all
the progressive forces of the nation
An ovation unparalleled for chan
cellor OF the exchequer was given Mr.,
Snowden as his crippled body sank into
his seat after budget speech lasting
more than an hour and severely taxing
his strength
Will Retire Soon.
II was his fourth budget and his last
AS soon as the national government
task has been completed he will retire
from Commons.
In a peroration which was his fare
well to finance he proclaimed with great
emotion that his daily post bag was
allied with voluntary contributions from
rich and poor, all wanting to share in
the nations financial burdens.
Shaking his gaunt hands at the Labor
opposition. his pale features drawn. Mr.
Snowden flung his last words across the
house:
All our past proclaimS our future;
Shakespeare's voice and Nelson's
hand,
Millions faith and Wordsworth's
truth in this our chosen and chainless
land
Bear us witness Come the world
against her England yet shall stand
Almost CoIlapses.
AS Mr.. Snowden almost collapsed into
his seat Conservatives and Liberals
waved handkerchiefs, silk hats and
papers.
Thanked by Stanley Baldwin, Sir Her
bert Samuel and Prime Minister RAM
say Macdonald, who bowed low in
tribute, the chancellor hunched in re-
taxation. Then he turned toward the
ladies gallery high above the Speakers
seat where his wife sat. His face was
Treathed in smiles.
Men who a few weeks ego were
bitter political enemies now acclaimed
him. His former colleagues of the
Labor party, now the opposition to the
Macdonald government, sat silent and
sullen. few booed and taunted him.
Boldly the little Yorkshireman had
discharged what he called one of the
most disagreeable tasks that ever had
fallen to his lot in 40 years OF po-
ltical life.
In the course OF the subsequent de-
bate Walter Runciman. Liberal. pro-
posed the absolute prohibition of GER
tain classes Of luxuries from abroad,
as was done in war time.
It was later announced the govern
n, ent had appointed a committee OF
three experts to examine without delay
the practicability of this proposal.