England's Dissatisfaction

In the general eloction oí 1874, Mr. Gladtetone, in an address to the country, especiaüy asked that eorifidence and continued administraron of the government be given liim on the ground that he contemplated an early repeal of the income tax. From the outset the income tax has been more odious and unpopular in Great Britain than any other form of taxation. Among the statesmen and eocnomists there is hardly any dissent from the opinión that the tax is bad in principie, because unequal and unjust in its assessment, and incapable of being made equal and just ; and this, too, although the administration of the revenue laws of Great Britain- o wing to the comparatively small area of territory subjected to supervisión, and the fact that the tenure of office on the part of officials is dependent solely on honesty and intelligence- is wonderfully efficiënt, far more so than can be expected under existing conditions in the United States. The annual reports of the British Commis-doners of the Inland Revenue always mention extensiva evasions of the income tax. Mr. Glad.stone, speaking in 1853, said: "I believe it (an income tax) does more than any other tax to demoralize and corrupt the people;" and Mr. Disraeli, in Parliament, expressed his agreement with Mr .Gladstone by saying, ''The odious features of this tax can not by any meuns be removed or