Untaxing Art The Import Duties Advisory Committee is always by
the nature of things sure of getting more criticism than praise, but unqualified satisfaction can be expressed at the action it took on Tuesday in placing works of art on the free list. By what inconceivable folly the Com- mittee ever allowed itself to subject the works of foreign artists, or of British artists abroad, to taxation it is unnecessary to inquire now that the ineptitude has been rectified. All pictures and drawings are to come in free, and other works of art will be exempt from duty if they are consigned to any approved art gallery or museum, and even in some cases if they are not. That is a very proper decision. Even under the new dis- pensation we have never taxed literature. Now we can no longer be reproached with taxing art,
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