With the Inflationists gaining strength
here now. the memory of the "Assigns t','
crash ia causing Home concern and
ably will be the factor that will dot ?*
the issue in favor of internal Jo?. ? .,j
rather than the overburdening of #
Hank of France with doubtful pap r
currency.
Under Louis I-'hIlippe the Governm ? I
finances were increased by taxing the
franc 45 centimes, but this proved i m
astrous. utmost leading to a direct >.%.
on even small private holdings.
It was not until after the war at
i?70. the Franco-Prussian conflict, that
b ranee had a tux on coffee, tea. cot
sugar, matches, paper, chicory, oils,
baeco and gunpowder and the pot s..
rates were tnen increased for the f
lime and Frenchmen are still pay ?
what was Intended as a temporary v
measure.
The fact Is that tax collecting ha,
now is an Impossible task, and unless
an army of gendarmes and bookkeepers
is enlisted France may have to resort
*o such measures as taxing beards, as
In the days of I'eter the Great, or the
old Byzantine m-thod In the days be
fore smoke consumers, when the publla
was made to pay lor every tendril of
smoke from the chimneys which be
fogged the eastern skits.
PLAN TO SAFEGUARD
ART BUYERS IN FRANCE
Dealers Favor Certificates
Issued by Experts.
fipe< til Cahle to Tit* New Tusk IIrsaiii.
