19 MARCH 1921, Page 12

"TAXPAYER'S" SCHEME. TO FORCE ECONOMY ON THE GOVERNMENT.

[To THE EDITOR or ens •• SPECTATOR.") Sue—The outlined plan-of "Taxpayer." will heartily commend itself to all who have anything left. I live in a remote country ,district, but within a half-mile radius there are seven of the formerly " well-to-do " class. Of these five would certainly at once take an active interest, and the other two (old ladies) would probably contribute. ' We expected to be pinched by the war, but we do not see why we should be reduced to starva- tion by the shameless and unpatriotic extravagance of the shiftless wastrels who hold the common purse. From those who have still anything to lose I think that the response would be prompt and universal.—I am, Sir, &c., Jens.