23 MARCH 1929, Page 45

TAXATION AND REPRESENTATION.

It is difficult, however, to see how. we shall ever obtain economies in National Expenditure so long as the old maxim which used to be regarded as a cardinal principle, namely, that taxation and, representation go together, is disregarded. In-other words, the number of individuals Contributing the major portion of the direct taxation is so weak when expressed in voting power, that politicians of all parties are. only too. ready to ignore .them and to address their observations to the great mass of voters, many of which pay no direct taxation at all. . .