GERMAN FINANCE.
' INDIRECT TAXATION PASSED. EVERYTHING TAXED. /I THE BURDEN OF MILITARISM. United Press Association— By Electric Telegr^pL—Copyright. ' . Berlin, June 1 With the .object of aeieatmg tne -succession duties the Conservatives on the Reichstag Finance Committee coalesced with jjthe Centre. Subsequently , ; after a stormy scene, the National Liberals, . Radicals, and Socialists, protesting that this was an inequitable attitude, withdrew, •' the Conservatives and the Centre rushed through the new ‘or increased^indirect taxes, totalling . £19,550,000 sterling. This includes duties on lighting and cooking ap- ■ paratus, spirits, cosmetics, beer, tobacco, railway tickets, matches, grain milling, and export coal, and also four million from stocks and shares, three million from increased land values and land transfer. There ,are indications that Prince Bulow is willing to make terms with the Clericals and Conservatives.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9461, 2 June 1909, Page 5
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128GERMAN FINANCE. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9461, 2 June 1909, Page 5
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