A HINT TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. ITO rue
Bistros or rat " errererea."t 5,74—Every person, not being an American citizen, who lands in the United States of America has to pay as "Alien Head Tax," the sum of eight dollars gold, to the U.S. Government. If the said person both enters and leaves the United States within • Any one Interested can loam all farther details about the '• auk home " hem descillrd by writing to the Organizer of Um Weaving }audios, 35 Upper Grosvenor Street, w. r. It Is urgently needing Increased damarlaimpport, and maybe compelled to close sakes this is shortly forthcoming.
one month, the above sum is alleged to be recoverable. The procedure for each recovery is so complicated and formidable that few persons can spare the time to undertake it, and so forfeit the money. Whatever allegations have been made against the U.S. Government, I have never beard it accused of being ambusinesst ike.
In view of the appalling expenditure occasioned by the present war, end the heavy taxation which will hare to be met by our own countrymen afterwards, I certainly think it would be advisable to imitate the admirable example set by the United States Government. For years past we have allowed Great Britain and the Colonies to be the dumping-ground for the physically unfit, the criminal, and the lunetic of all other nations, and many of such persons have become chargeable to our rate- payers and taxpayers. Surely the time hes come when we ought to limit this unparalleled generosity. There is no need to create a new net of officiate to collect any such tax as I suggest. The U.S. Government has imposed this duty on the shipping and railway companies who bring each aliens into its territory.—I am,
Sir, Ac., Joys I'. Hoarser, M.D., B.Ch. Oxon. [There is a good deal to be raid for such a tax for war purposes, but we think Mr. Hornsey will find that aliens do not character- istically become chargeable on the rates. Proved criminals and persons unable to support themselves are, or are supposed to be, already excluded; and for the rest we are proud of the reputation of Great Britain as the home of political refugees from other countries. Some of our richest trades have been founded on the teaching of aliens, e.g. Huguenots and Flemings.—Es. Spectator.]
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