TAXATION IN IRELAND

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 8, 4 October 1919, Page 4

TAXATION IN IRELAND

Sir,—Somo people are wicked enough to think that an Irishman without a political grievance is like a bird without wings! Is your correspondent "U. 8.," in Tuesday's issue, such a rara'avis? Harking back a quarter of a century, he states that England then took from Ireland .£2,750,000 a year more than sho had any right to claim j that, in ISOG, England owed Ireland over through over-taxation during half a century; end that tho debt has never been paid nor taxation lessened,- on the contrary, taxation greatly increased. And your correspondent further asserts that in IS9G, Sir' Stafford Northcotc stated that England was tho most lightly taxed and Ireland the most heavily taxed country in Europe! Perhaps, Sir, you will bo able to report of the Guilder's Commission in !?fi(i. P.iit what nro the latest available figures? In 191G, EngCarid contributed in taxation *!M3.115,000. Scotland. Mo,7Q) ,ooo, and Ireland d£16,31i;000. The population, according to the last census, was: England and Wales 30,000,000, Scotland 4,750,000, Ireland 4,3M,C00. So both England and Scotland contribute a larger proportion per head than Ireland,—l am, etc.,. Y.