18 JULY 1914, Page 16

A TAX ON POSTERS.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR." ] Sin,—The suggestion in a recent issue for placing a tax on amusements reminds me of another lucrative source of income which is universal in France—i.e., a Stamp Duty on every kind of poster, big and little. As advertisement is presumably one of the most profitable forms of expenditure known to man, the tax strikes one as a highly suitable one.—I