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Show ; .flj Til 'nQlffil tf'f iLL't'L S fl SJSttS 2 Lai OUT BY THREAT Radical Proposal Deals Hard Blow to Swiss Prosperity GENEVA, Nov. 2o. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press) Although the Swiss proposal to Impose a levy on the capital cap-ital of the republic has little chance Of becoming a law. thy mere thought of It has already cost the country 25l) Ooo. 000; has dealt a serious blow to Its financial and Industrial system, sys-tem, according to trustworthy available avail-able Information here. The scheme was proposed by the Radical fV-cltllsas In the national assembly, as-sembly, but It will be put to a vote of the people early in December. The levy proposed Is- Fortunes of $10,000 8 per cent !.'',; fortunes of 5120.000 20 per cent levy; fortuno of $000,000 f.6 per cent levy, fortunes over $600,000 CO per cent levy . The national credit also has suffered suffer-ed from the news of the referendum. (TO! rowing the armistice, and unll a few weeks ago. Swiss securities were the highest on the European market 1 Hiring the last throe weeks, their value val-ue has dropped from 20 to 40 per cent, and this la estimated to havo cost the Swiss 5250.000.000. Capitalists are even now sending their money from the country at the rut., r.r $20,000,000 a week, and al-ready al-ready more than J400.000.000 has taken tak-en fiight. Tho bulk of the money is going to the United States. All of the ready cash in the 'country is being hoarded. Trade n suffering, and merchants mer-chants are adopting a conservative policy In the mattar "( buying. |