. A short history of England and the British Empire. o the principle of this reform; but when the bill reached the house of lords it was promptly rejected. A third important measure that the lords threw out was the plural voting bill. An English voter may cast a ballot in every parliamen-Plural voting. tary district where he has property interests. The fact that all districts do not vote on the same day, the elec-tion extending over nearly two weeks, makes it possible for wealthy men to vote in many places; it is said that in 1911 there were men who voted seventeen times. As most of the wealth
. A short history of England and the British Empire. o the principle of this reform; but when the bill reached the house of lords it was promptly rejected. A third important measure that the lords threw out was the plural voting bill. An English voter may cast a ballot in every parliamen-Plural voting. tary district where he has property interests. The fact that all districts do not vote on the same day, the elec-tion extending over nearly two weeks, makes it possible for wealthy men to vote in many places; it is said that in 1911 there were men who voted seventeen times. As most of the wealthy men are Unionists, that party benefits most from plural voting. 661. The Lloyd George Budget. 1909. The disagree-ment between the two houses threatened to become serious in 1909, when Lloyd George pre-sented the budget of that year. A budget is a The budget. r , . 8 , , / ,, 6 , . careful estimate 01 the probable expenses 01 the government for the year to come, with a plan of taxation which the chancellor of the exchequer believes will yield suf-. David Lloyd George THE ELECTION OF 1910 625 ficient revenue to meet these expenses. Lloyd George proposedto make use of different forms of taxation; but what interestedthe nation most was his plan for taxing the land: he proposedto confiscate a part of the unearned increment. TheIn many places land had risen greatly in value unearnedthrough no effort of owner or tenant, but because increment-important improvements had been made on neighboring prop-erties ; this increase is called the unearned increment. It wasLloyd Georges plan to have all the land valued every tenyears, and if any lot, farm, or estate was found to have increasedin value during the decade, the state was to take one-fifth ofthis increase. The new budget met bitter and determined opposition in thehouse of commons, and the lords were encouraged to refuse their assent. It had long been held in England 11 11 , The lords that the commons should control the matter of and t
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