15 APRIL 1916, Page 3

We fully admit that the subject is one which bristles

with diffi- culties, and we admit also that it isquite possible that the specific suggestions we have made will not stand criticism or may be shown to be not sufficiently elastic. But even if our particular scheme can be blown out of the water, we are still convinced that something ought to be done, and done on a generous scale, to make the burden of taxation appreciably lower for the parents with large families. The experience of the world shows that heavy taxation has always tended to the restriction of families.