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Show The uql'OR and tobacco interests arc protesting against the piopoaed increase of taxation, on the grounds that tiieir respective trades aro already al-ready so heavily taxed as to cause great depression, and that constant changes in tho rate of taxation leads to the demoralization tf business and public confidence When the present pres-ent commercial status ot the country is considered, tho folly of this increase of taxation can only be compared with that of the man who killed tho gooeo that laid tho golden eggs. |