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Show STATE SOCIALISM There has been tremendous expansion ex-pansion of state socialism in Great Britain. Old ago pensions ,a truly socialistic socialis-tic doctrine, havo been Increased from 12,425,821 pounds to 25,974,-000 25,974,-000 pounds. Tho grants to tho coal miners amount of 15,000,000 pounds Tho cost of tho insurance feature of tho government has risen from flvo million pounds to seventeen million pounds. Tho expenditures of tho ministry of labor, which cover tho doles paid to tho unemployed, havo advanced from a Uttlo more than a million pounds to almost twenty-six million pounds. Tho bread subsidy which Is given to enable farmers to pay tho Increased wages granted to farm labor, Is 46,000,000 pounds, and tho housing subsidies aro moro than 15,000,000 pounds; and n pound, on tho day this Is written, Is worth $3.08. Now thoso hugo sums nro spent for tho carrying out of state socialistic doctrines. Parliament fixes wages and grants subsidies to pay tho wages. wag-es. Subsidies aro mado for house building. Woges aro guaranteed to coal miners and railway employees, Tho building subsidies keep up the high wages of the building trades; and so on. Meantime ,the English people aro taxed to provldo all thoso vast sums. All this Is stato socialism.. social-ism.. Duo to socialistic schemes Involving Involv-ing government ownership and operation oper-ation of various industries nnd activities acti-vities England's floating debt has risen to tho enormous total of bIx million dollars. Tho peoplo aro now refusing to subscribe for housing bonds of public houso building programs pro-grams and also for treasury bonds. British Investors are out of pa- Hence with tho government, because of Its persistent extravaganco. Also they aro out of pocket woefully bo-caus bo-caus of tho high taxation. They nio looking for Investments thr-ii will pay them 2 or 3 per cent moro, and that will not add to tho tax bill. Tho argumont that tho govormont should do ns much for Its people sh for Its animals js met by tho statement state-ment that tho poonlo, not being animals, ani-mals, and being tho government, should bo ablo to do things for themselves. Let ug keep It this way In tho V. S. and steer clear of state nud government socialism and bold down taxes In this country. |