The literary digest . , etc 19,678,.500 14,748,669 10,530,000 3,202,057 4,,000 35,183,690 44,, 33,959,.555 6,519, 1,019,865 ,000 5,895,805 ,,500527,,378319,323 1, 229.().50 (H) (H)0 :{.(M)0 Income tax Total £752,808,215 To guard against undue optimism, a deduction is made fromthis total of £752,808,215 to compensate for decreased population 24 The Literary Digest for March 15, 1919 owing to loss of territory, cost of collection, and so on, leav-ing a clear total of £
The literary digest . , etc 19,678,.500 14,748,669 10,530,000 3,202,057 4,,000 35,183,690 44,, 33,959,.555 6,519, 1,019,865 ,000 5,895,805 ,,500527,,378319,323 1, 229.().50 (H) (H)0 :{.(M)0 Income tax Total £752,808,215 To guard against undue optimism, a deduction is made fromthis total of £752,808,215 to compensate for decreased population 24 The Literary Digest for March 15, 1919 owing to loss of territory, cost of collection, and so on, leav-ing a clear total of £600,000,000. While no figures at presentcompiled are verj- reliable, the Federation of British Industriesbelieves that the paying power of the enemy countries will proveto be far greater than is anticipated, just as the paying power ofall the belligerent countries has proved during the war to befar greater than could have been figured from any prewar cal-culations. It is noted, however, that Germanys allies are all. The Ex-Kaiser— Wliai a hluod-ciirdling noise! —London Opinion. on the verge of bankruptcy, and the Federation pointsout that the financial position of the ramshackle empire ofAustria-Hungary was hopeless even when the war broke , the bulk of the railways, of the population, and of themineral and agricultural wealth of the empire is passing into newhands. Even such tangible assets as ships will largeh be claimedby the new states. At the same time, it is felt that the newstates rising out of the debris of Austria-Hungary should beprepared to bear their share of the cost of freeing them. As toBulgaria and Turkey, the Federations memorandum says: These two states were largely industrial, and, tho backward,have, nevertheless, great potentialities. Bulgaria, on the whole,is fairly sound, and her administration has in the main beenfairly honestly and well run; while Turkey is thoroughly unsoundfinancially, largely because of a corrui>t and incompetent
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