BUDGET AND BREWER

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 505, 12 May 1909, Page 7

BUDGET AND BREWER

THE "TRADE'S" LAMENT. CHANCELLOR PUTS THE OTHER SIDE. TEES AND PROFITS. hi TlLlGUJi'ii-niEss Assui-UTiuK—corißiaat.)' (Rec.May 11, 11.12 p.m.) ' • London, May 11. The House of Commona ' discussed the liquor resolution, covering forty exciso duties, as proposed in the Budget. There woe an animated discussion on the lines of recent public criticism. The Opposition warmly resented tho Government's attempts to closure the debate. ..'.'■'. ; .Tho Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. liloyd-Georgo, announced that he waa considering a now scheme of hotel and grocers' licenses. In defending . the now brewers' licenses—which hitherto have been issued at a fee of £1 a year—ho stated that; henceforth there would be a charge of 2Jd. per barrel of 76 gallons, whereaa'tho brewer's profit was 10s. to 14s. per barrel. ■ : "The Times" says tho Budget is undergoing considerable modification as the result of the criticism since its introduction. Cabinet has reconsidered the diversion of the old sinking fund to a development fund. Some Ministers oppose the establishment of an ad hoc authority, and prefer that the sums should be voted to the Board of Agriculture, the Local Government Board, or tho Board of Trade, those- boards having staffs capable of administering such grants. . . . ■: . . i \; EXAGGERATION. " ■ ,' London, May 10. Hotel proprietors are protesting against the enormous charges imposed by Mr. LloydGeorge's Budget. '" :-■■::•- Mr. Lloyd-George, an an intorviow with a representative of th'o "Daily Mail," said the calculations' in regard to licenses had been greatly exaggerated. He did not desire to strangle respectable hotels. :He urges the public to await tho details of his Finance Bill., ' : "