Show L BRITONS t GET PENSIONS i Five 1 H r n r. r t Men ien t. t 4 r f t E t la If I 1 v tn tA j i Special London Jan 2 Five Five hundred thousand men and women over seventy years of age yesterday drew five silver sil- sil silver silver sil sil- ver shillings as their first weeks week's payment under the I old age pension law throughout through through- out England Ireland and Wales This means mens representing twelve velve tons of silver paid out The new v law lifts British subjects subjects subjects sub sub- above the permanent hunger line It will cost England a year which must come out of some new v scheme of taxation not yet devised I Simultaneously with yesterdays yesterday's display of ot the enormous number of or aged people needing needing- this pitiable weekly pension carne came the official re report report report re- re port of tho the Poor law administrators This disclosed th these c astonishing astonish astonish- log Ins facts about British pauperism or Of c cr fourteen in iu Lendon London Lon Len London don one is 15 a n pauper Of or t e c l' l t person oll In ill all England Eng Eng- land Vales one one one-Is Is u a pauper Toini number of or pauper throughout through through- out the tho country countr ls Is England En u l hits lias a u s army of r with more than It a million auxiliaries on tho Ito verge of pcr- pcr England fac faces s the new year ear with a permanent economic problem that now seems unsolvable Americans ought to ta rejoice that no period of ot depression de do- no matter how prolonged can enn produce such an appalling condition condition condi condi- tion Hon as this En England Needs Money The chancellor of or the exchequer is 13 hard up England which Is already h heavily lly a taxed must find additional means mems for raising tho national rev rev- The chancellor Is 13 compelled to find at least of or new revenue rev rev- to pay the deficit confronting him In the new appropriation bill 1 which hii must be passed b by hr the national session of England unlike c America pays its J national bills in advance nd England's wealthy wealth classes who are arc already writhing against ae the Income Inheritance tance and other tuxes taxes aimed at them too much assert rt that they are paying LUs I but the radical chancellor grins and Intimates that he will put further screwS crews to them Tho The annual convert convert- com convention enSon en- en Son tion of ot the tho labor Jabor party which millions of union workmen I seats and Its program of reforms soon nn meets presented to the public today wit make mak England's plutocratic and com com- lc classes groan lands land's union workmen through En England's will present the following following fol- fol convention their r TaxatIon should be beIn bein lowing platform to ability to PEl pay No o In shOUld be Imposed Impose w which encroaches encroaches en- en taxation means necessarY necessarY an nai w on satisfY satiety n his physical and primary essary to Taxation should aim at Rt A mary needs communal al benefit b t nel all un- un unearned unearned securing for foi of wealth therefore ore ni earned increment unearned should Id be levied led d on taxation shou aim deliberately at Incomes retention ot of great fortunes for for- th preventing preventing- tunes In |