Show There Is one feature of the English I laws that the most rabid sympathizer of tho Boor would approve That Is the tax on dead mens estates It < I amounted last year to 58000000 To the House of Commons the other day on the matter of 5I00000 which was assessed against Chicago Smith for death dues Sir William Ilarcourt explained ex-plained that when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer the death dues yielded 10000000 annually Ho then proposed an Increase estimated at 3600000 The amount has now swelled to 17f 00000 Formerly It was predicted pre-dicted that under this death tax mil I llonaircs would disappear On the contrary he said that millionaires i have been found who never would I I Ilan I been discovered otherwise Chicago 1 I Chi-cago Smith s one of this class Sir 1 William regarded the tone of levity I with hlHi tin presont Chancellor had roforroel to the author of this windfall I to the treasury because he said you ought not to look n dead millionaire in I the mouth Continuing ho said An honorably member who sits for the city of London said the other day that capitalists were I necessary evil That i Is I not my financial view of It at all I loolc upon them as an indispensable good I rejoice in their existence and I am consoled in their death This was followed by laughter and applause ap-plause Chicago Smith was a millionaire lionaire who according to Sir Michael HicksBeech lived on fifteen shillings daily |