TARIFF REFORM.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 705, 3 January 1910, Page 5

TARIFF REFORM.

ELECTION CAMPAIGN,

TAXATION OF FOOD.

MR. LLOYD-GEORGE ON THE LORDS .By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrieht. - (Rev. January 1, 9 a.m.) London, December 31. ■ The Chancellor of the Exchequer,-, Mr. Lloyd-Georgo,,. has . written' ,a letter in support of tho. candidature of Mr., GlynJones (Liberal), for the Stepney (Tower Hamlets). ;seatj Londohj . .which has been Unionist sines, 1892, .except in: the years 1898-1900,.. whenMr! Steadmari (Liberal) succeeded at the'by-election! oh a majority of 20. . The sitting- member is Mr. I'. Leverton Harris 1 . ,:who ''won the seat by 919 votes at a, by-election in 1907. b ;

Taxino the Broadest Back. Mr. Lloyd-George, in'his. letter to . the Liberal , candidate, says;' :"Mr. ;Leverton Harris , has',- declared his desire to tax', food.. Tho House of Lords; is 'on his side. On the other hand, you are pledged to tax land that. is .withheld'from" the use of l tho people. To vote for llr. Harris means ' a new lease, of : . power '.for the House of iLand-Lords; ■ who stand in the way of all -the, reforms Stepney so r much needs,; and- yrho have dared; to usurp \ tlie right-16 withhold from . the: Crown the provision" that Was'.hiade .fn. the Budget by:;;the' people's representatives for the government of-the country and the prbtection, of -the Empire.■ • This the Lords have done because they .would not otherVise, be allowed to keep: off the broad fa ! aoks ; of/ the;'class; they represent .a; fair share of. taxation at the expense of overloading the i backs of the poor, already bent- under the woight of the burdens they now "Carry." .'., Lowestoft (North Suffolk), - which, ■in .1906, was wrested, by 1605 votes from the Unionist member (Colonel F. Lucas) by' the sitting Liberal member, Mr. Edward Beauchamp, will bo contested , in. ;tlw. Unionist I 'interest by.,Mr/ Harry, Seymour ' Foster, who held - the seat, by substantial ! :1892^tb i i-1900i • The Unionist majority- in 1900 was 1729. Mr. Foster' is rfor; Persiaj : lias Several foreign . decorations,.'-:' has. :• been. Sheriff of London, and is tho. author of "Isit' wise to; restrict-'ourstandard of value to gold alone?"

Worker's ; Prdportioriate . Burden Noi to i Be Increased. 1?. Mr. '.Balfour, in* a', latter ik; siijiport.' of; Mr...Foster's;.baiididdtiire' : .for';lidWestoft, says/he \thinks {thiere art - ttree^-ropli es to. the 'Radical; statement about the Unionists .taxing food;. These'art: / ':,." : /l! , irstly, , i food/"is"'ai#eady>-'t^S?Bdi; i ':-';-----' • Secondly, ■ the proportionate contribui:.tibiiof the; working. claSsbs/TViiriipt 'i ; .-. .' .j be increased■ by •' fiscal' reform;' :f< . Thirdly; .their employment wills be'•in-' .~f ~ creased Iby fiscal reform.-. ,v l . , In .connection -with the -candidature of Mr. • Goldney,. (Liberal) for Canterbury; which- .seat;.is, nowheld/in,/the/ Unionistinterest by Mr. Henniker He'aton. './the pioneer'.', of and/apostle; of : ponny-a-word ' cablegrams), Mr; / Balfour advises the electors to return' Mr. Heaton.

FORCIBLE FEEDING. AIR; BALFOUR AND' HIS ; TARIFFITE DOCTORS. (Rec. January 1, 9.15 a.jn.) (i ' ■ London, December 31. The Postmaster-General. (Mr.' Buxton)/ speaking at Poplar, said Mr. Balfour had beon -driven- stop' by "stop to accept the nauseous. food;: compulsorily;' given;. him 'by: tho -Tariff Reformers.- Though-Mr; BalfoUr';h'ad;;resisted.: as V.much;,as. possible tho order? of the. doctors had been .too V"--:":";"- i_ -.'.-■y'vr-X' .•. In', a. speech -j at Branxholmo, >•' Lord Nor .(formerly. :Govenior-Generdr.'of, Australia).:said:—'"A Ikriff, unlike the len'.Commahdmeiits l^ table, is a business arrangement ; for • Securing people's welfare. •'• f. "Tho .Unionists . oifijr , : not; leaseWd der corporations, but freeholds; and they offer employment,, instead 'of ; insurance' against -unemployment."' GAMBLING FOR TARIFF REFORM. : (Rec. January 2, 5.5 p.mi) - ■ : • 1 London, January 1. Speaking at "Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, Lord Crewe (Lord Privy. Seal and: Secretary., of State for tho Colonies) 1. insisted. that/th6'elected. Chamber was .entitled to settis ,all . of jfinance, but as <a safeguard; against hasty legislation lie favoured shorter Parliaments. Thoßud' get had been, rejected because' the Lords disliked it, and because it gavo them an : opportunity to gamblo for tariff reform. LAND TAXES'. WHAT VALUATION' WOULD' SHOW. • GERMAN EXAMPLES. ■ ■,(Rfle. January 2, 5.5 p,m.) ■■■". :: : London, January 1, , Mr., . Lloyd-George, j speaking at the .Queen's ; Hall, said. that had the- Budget become law. great progress would have been.; made with tho valuation of land, ; and .it would have proved'that the laudlords had escaped a considerable portion' of their fair taxation. The Budget was rej eeted because ?. tradb !jwas ,■ improving ■' so rapidly that theory, of unemploymont would have . .beeh':;iiseless. v, ' The cstnimsttr. Gazette" reports that within' a period of six weeks 32 German towns or communes have .decided for a land tax on the unc'Limcd'- increment, or have. approved such' an impost in principle, ■: ; '■