6 OCTOBER 1939, page 30

With Much Candour Mr. Miller, Who Is A Member Of

the International Rubber Regulation Committee, showed that he does not exonerate the American manufacturers from re - sponsibility for the recent fluctuations in the price of......

Harrisons And Crosfield

When he spoke to the shareholders of Harrisons and Crosfield last week Mr. H. Eric Miller displayed a calm confidence based on intimate knowledge. There can, he points out, be......

Less Tax And Tax-free

_One consequence of the rise in income-tax has been to stimulate an inquiry for preference shares whose dividends are paid tax-free. Where no limit is stated (e.g., tax - free......

E.p.t. Problems

I am not surprised that the new Excess Profits Tw. has run into criticism. Nobody objects to the orincip. , ' of tapping industrial profits for the purpose of financing the war,......