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Show His Grace of Manchester Sorry to See United States Take H Up Income Tax. By Leased Wire to The Tribune. Il NEW YORK. April L2. Departing to day on the Cunanl steamship line Car mania the duke of Manchester, whose JH wifo w.xs Miss Helene Zimmerman of ll Cincinnati, declared ' that he ' was sorry jH to see that the-United States was "tak-hS "tak-hS up the income tax." which had proved n failure In Great Britain. "The income tax has been one of the IH cm Fes of Great Britain," said the duke. "The people will find it out here if they adopt it. It is foolish for the state of New York to favor It for. If the llgures IH I iiave seen are correct. New York will H pay. practically one-seventh of the total. jH once it Is adopted. IH "Of course, for a state like Oklahoma. IH Die income tax will be Just the thing. But It has never been a fair tax In Eng- IH land. The tax gives rise to minute iues- IH lionltig Into a man's affairs. fl "Reciprocity? Yes. It Is good for Can- IH nda and the I'nltod States, but not so hl good for England, and It Is our own fault. EH Our loss Is the gain of the United States. IH We have nothing to offer Canada. I flH have come lo tin a protectionist and be B Heve we should have a protective, tariff jH because our colonies have come to the j point where they can help us and sup-ply sup-ply the needs of Great Britain." |