HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-3-24, Page 4rtt•r! s' r rn
A A'� ICs improved, while an `improved, while an
ti 4 intelligent electorate would be left free
W,ete � ut L� + to select the fittest mon represent nt
them in the councils of the -nation,
SANDERS ce SWEET, Props.
'. &RSDAY, Moir, 24th., 1892,
,S,UCCESSCON D U7'IES.
'The policy of impO$ ug succession
e arab$, as provided in Mr. Mowat's bill
tessessetly introduced, is ono of which
trl>;oaitily approve. In his speech
=see the subject Mr. Mowat said ,"that
Fielhed been considered advisable that
Tsar ety should be imposed on all estates
r, ''lsersous dying hereafter. 1t was not
ssaeosed to tax estates under the value
ei 55,i.100, Where an estate goes to
esacsotierelations a duty of 5 per cent.
erased be imposed on amounts up to
x'1),000. If an estate exceeds $100,-
.tir WC' en lieeal descendants would be
;ea,aeairsd to pay a duty of 21 per cent.,
es til' othisrs would be assessed 5 per
mat. If the estate reached $200,000 a
Sts. mow cent. duty would be impased.
MiTs.heritage duty, he explained, while
awe, tytr this country, was not an into
se 3w• a'n; as a large revenue was raised
tit.lEalglaud as well as in Now York
E12ennslyyauia, from this source.
<': s.:oglaud thele was a scale of duty,
Ess ding to the nearness of the relat.
a;sti. to the. deceased. Everybody there
a'.portion-not merely remote, but
teas clescendauts-•from 1 per cent,
assysles ti per emit. for lineal, and 10 per
,..a..-fer remote relations. It could
e6e?i'xy lie unucrstood that a substantial
rres.+;:i'.i would be derived in this way -
!hi„• Ptrnrslyvauia a ditty of 5 per cent'
ger inplxed on nearly all stuns, but
i *tie province it was thous ht advisa
1.tv.. a exempt all amounts up to 81,OOo•
.`.Y,Xe+d York 5 per cent. duty was int.
:i»I en all sums over $500 going to
asz atcral relations, and to near relat-
=l1 per cent." The wisdom and poi•
zl of such a meatrure seem plain. No
-ease ma afford to pay taxes so well as
eNtees who are receiving gifts or be
,i4mestasand the death duties are theee-
sfeeessfeee from objections that may be
":L'ed. against other imposts, •
THE BALLOT SYSTEM.
I. -Ike -many other so-called improve -
mats, the system of voting by ballots
selecting representatives to sit, in
e:aalent has proved a fruitful source
vZiffeception, bribery, and fraud: We
es.•im::tthat in certain cases -especially
i ' went societies, where.the object is
axe .�...�.%tide objectionable candidates
etzekte.keep up a certain standard of
c .:fication=secret balloting may
sisr f hes Ls ve its advantages. But its
wplgi.>.ation for public purposes,, in se..
l,g suitable persons for the Legis
Sews re of Parliament, has proved by
seem:^xicncn to be fraught with danger
ta";:x. State. In former times, when
a.a ,otingw'as practised, there .was
Isom for the wholesale system of
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