Show MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP INCREASES TAXES It Is not difficult to show how that I ii anIous increase e In local taxation been J by the working iO o n a system from rom which IL II marked decrease In thIs respect had been heen I expected Official covering tIle the operations ot of In Eng I Iland land arid durIng the years ears low In an during t that It or tim 1 per In tile the from rom local taxatIon white while n a rise ot of only 91 31 tIer per cent In the tho 11 as value ot of the rh from which the these e enhanced have havo boon been In other words worde the tho amount derIved from local taxation has hus Increased three I s ne as rapidly nil as the value of oC the tho property taxed Even thIs however docs not 1101 the total In local expendIture amounting to per lien cent cont In tile tho 16 I 5 tim chief or oC time the remainder being mill by the 08 6 per cent cant ot of Increase of oC outstanding local loans Jonns In the tho sante Kamo period The II e unsatisfactory results of oC BritIsh municipal are succinctly described In an Important revIew revlow ot of the th position In September by tho chamber o ut MunIcipal trading It H Is stated slated have not been instrumental In reducing lo 10 emil cuI rates rails On the tho n it closer I examination of time tho figures would to ro eal nl time the disquieting fact that the ex cx of oC trading ha has 4 been h by an accelerated In ill crease In local rates amid government contributions towards limo tho cost of oC lo 10 local cal S Hodson S |