29 MARCH 1930, page 2

High Taxation And Wages A Specially Interesting And...

on the effect of taxes on prices has been written by a Sub-Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions. The Committee says that however desirable it may be to secure a......

The Colonial Sugar Industry - The Report Of The West

Indian Sugar Commission Was issued on Monday.. It calls upon- the Government to eliminate, in concert with other Powers, - the disturbing factors of high tariffs and subsidies.......

*. * * * The Convention Contains - A. Special 'proviso'

'whereby any State may denounce the Convention sheilld one of its eo-signatories make " excessive or a,ggresSive increases in tariff duties. This may be, indeed; 'a. verl......

Progress At Geneva On Monday, The European Tariffs...

with the signature of three documents; A 54 Com- mercial Convention " (valid for a year in the first instance) which embodies the idea of the - interdependence of-Euro- pean......

On Friday, March 21st, Miss B_ondfield Issued A _ Memorandum

in explanation of the Government's Bill for increasing the borrowing powers of the Unemploy- ment Fund from £40,000,000 to £50,000,000. The last Government fixed the maximum of......

In Connexion With Excessive Expenditure By The State And The

high taxation which it entails we read with satisfaction a letter in the Times advocating the creation of some body like the French Budget Committee. We are inclined to think,......

The Egyptian Negotiations In The Strong Hope That There Will

at last be a settlement with Egypt we welcome the arrival in London of Nahas Pasha and his staff. Nahas Pasha comes unembarrassed by any pledges to the Egyptian electors. The......

The Unemployed And Insurance The Number Of The Registered...

for the past _week fulfilled the prediction that the relaxation of the qualifying conditions for-benefits under the New Unemployment Insurance Act would cause a considerable......