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Show The Salary of M. P.'a. ' The salary of an M. P. Is 400 (nominally (nom-inally 2,000) a year, on which he has hitherto paid Income tax. As an Income this la Inadequate, but In the days of anti-waste campaigns both ministry and house of commons shrink from Increasing It. But the law officers of the crown suddenly discovered dis-covered that an M. P.'s expenses may legitimately be reckoned against his Income, so that the poorer of them will now pay no tax at all. A happy Issue, relieving the poor M. P., endearing en-dearing the government to his grateful grate-ful heart and throwing no odium on parliament ministry, since It seems that this Is the ordinary law and always al-ways was, although no one suspected It till a few weeks ago. New Ke-publlc. |