BUDGET TAXES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 517, 26 May 1909, Page 7

BUDGET TAXES.

— « ■ SPIRIT DUTIES. WHISKY, WATER, AND PROFITS. ME. BALFOUR ON INCONSISTENCY. (DI TlitßOtlAPll—l'llESS ASSOCIATION—COI'IRJOHT.) (Roc. May 25, 10.35 p.m.) London, May 25. Tho resolution imposing tho now spirits ditties Was carried in tho House of Commons by 243 votes to 120, tho Nationalists and the Scotch, members ttrongly opposing tho increase, , Tho Chancellor of tho Exchequer (Mr. Lloyd-Qcorgo), in justifying his cautious estias to tho revenue yield of tho new duties, alleged that "the trade" might add water. Otherwise tho publicans' profit under tho new duties—«ith the' increased prices thoy wcrd charging to customers—would be four millions, so thoro was 110 causo for complaint. Mr. Balfour, Leader ~oi the Opposition, dwelt on tho inconsistency of attempting' to > crush "tho trado"—under- tho Licensing Bill of last year—and of- picSfinting, in the following spring, a Bill fpr four millions ad- ' ditional taxation. ' . / PREFERENCE ON TOfiAOCO. REFUSED BY HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Rec. May 25, 10,35 p.m.) t , London, May 25. Mr. J. F. Hopo, Unionist member for Central Sheffield, proposed a 25 per cent. ( preferenco on Imperial grown tobacco, in tho interests of India and South Africa. . Tho motion was rejected by 185 votes to 57.