British Columbia Federationist
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1924-08-29
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note: INDUSTRIAL UNITY: STRENGTH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE FEDERATED LABOR PARTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PUBLISHED IN INTERESTS OF ALL WORKERS .. POLITICAL UNITY: VICTOBT SIXTEENTH YEAR. No. 35 FOUR PAGES VANCOUVER, B. G, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1924 5c A COPY I, Balance as Between Property and - Labor Should Be Adjusted When Occasion Offered Fascism and Murder— f| Salvation by Force SOME PROPOSED REMEDIES Taxation Should Aim at Securing for the Communal Beneflt All Unearned Wealth FOR the Benefit of those who are ___ interested in ttys question of taxation in its broadest sense, we givo a fow quotations from a comrade's speech delivered overseas: Mr. Gladstone In on address to hia electors told that tho balanco of taxation as betweon property, and labor1 Should bo adjusted when occasion offered. Here are Mr. Chamberlain's estimates at that time of tho balance of taxation. Uppor and middle classes: Taxable income, £639,000,000; present taxation, £38,000,000; r»to « per cent. Working classes: Taxable income, £203,000,000; present taxation, £27,- 000,000; rate 13.5 per cent. v * The reason why the balance was not. adjusted was because of the increasing expenditure due to acquiring colonial extension by peaceful and other methods, explained the politician.. So long as England or Indeed any country is content to form a part of a political system such as that which now prevails in Europe, and which iB littlo better than an armed camp, all hope of effectual social progress must be set aside. Resources will not suffice to sustain such armies as are kept up in countries like France and Italy and at the same time engage In competition with countries liko England. It ls -really impossible to disarm without revolution or destructive war. Rovolution was coming in Germany and tho alternative was war to baulk the movement. As Mr, Atkinson said in 1884, America has prepared for work while the last generation of our people has so mismanaged the business of International…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: Vancouver Trades and Labour Council (1912) ; The B.C. Federationist, Ltd. (1912-1915) ; The B.C. Federationist, Limited (1915-1922) ; The B.C. Federationist (1922-1923) ; The British Columbia Federationist (1923-1925).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0345316
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : The British Columbia Federationist
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text