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29252And who are our successful men?
29252Have the children of the well- to- do been backward in volunteering?
29252If the principle is once admitted, where will its application stop, even in time of peace?
29252If$ 100,000 or any fixed sum is the limit of what may be permissible income during war time, why not by and by a lesser sum?
29252Were they not, on the contrary, amongst the very first to offer to serve and to fight?
29252Who is to take care of all of those institutions if extreme taxation compels the rich to cease their contributions?
29252Will a five- cent tax on single purchases( excepting foodstuffs) of$ 5?
29252Will a two- cent tax on checks be a burden upon the poor and those of small means?
29252Will an excess- profit tax on the lines which I propose?
1179( 33) Well then, it may be asked, why is it that there is not the same rush to make new cuttings now as in former times?
1179( 58) But how is an enemy ever to march upon the mines in force?
1179Again, is any one persuaded that, looking solely to riches and money- making, the state may find war more profitable than peace?
1179Nay, did not the very Thebans, in return for certain benefits, grant to us Athenians to exercise leadership over them?
1179Or once again, where are all those who seek to effect a rapid sale or purchase of a thousand commodities, to find what they want, if not at Athens?
1179Since what possession I should like to know can be more serviceable for war than that of men?
1179What will happen?
17563Was she calculated to carry a cargo to Spain?
17563What boat is that?
17563Where are you from?
17563But as to morality, was there ever a period when the national character was so slack and corrupt as in the eighteenth century?
17563But even after this gross insult to himself, his ship, and his flag, was the commander of a Revenue sloop to obey?
17563But the riding- officers were not solely to blame, for where were the Custom House sloops?
17563But what must we think of a captain who calmly awaits the on- coming of a smuggler''s attack?
17563But, you may ask, how did the Deal boatmen manage to get the tea to their homes without being seen by the Customs officers?
17563But, you will instantly say, would n''t the Coastguard in the smuggling days have seen the barrels as they came along the top of the water?
17563Duke sat down by his side, and the officer, opening his eyes, recognised his man and asked,"Is that you?"
17563How was it they were always absent at these critical times?
17563What happened, do you ask?
17563Whilst these were being taken in hand what should be more natural than that the_ Lyme Packet''s_ master should drift into a local public- house?
17563You will not answer me that question?"
17563You will not tell me whether you do a little stroke in the Fair trade upon the coast?
17563_ A._"Half- ankers?"
17563_ A._"What should I do it for?"
17563_ Q._"Are you or are you not frequently in practice as a smuggler?"
17563_ Q._"Casks of spirits-- is that part of your fishing- tackle?"
17563_ Q._"Did you ever fish for half- ankers?"
17563_ Q._"Did you fire a blank?"
17563_ Q._"Did you hit her?"
17563_ Q._"Is that all the trades you follow?"
17563_ Q._"Is that all?"
17563_ Q._"What do you fish for?"
17563_ Q._"Will you answer that question?"
17563_ Q._"You never do such things?"
40008Do you fast too?
40008Do you know these is two man- o''war''s boats?
40008In what manner?
40008Well, sir,said I,"what do you think I am best to do?"
40008And another was, what can I say to the people?
40008But he could harley believe it, with the voice of,"How can these things be?"
40008Do you believe these things?"
40008Do you want money, or anything else?
40008He answered again, saying,"What use is it to put a dead man below?"
40008He answered,"Why do n''t you stand up here and say something to the people?"
40008He begun to belch out,"What is that to thee?
40008He likewayse asked me,"Do you pray?"
40008He looked at me and said,"Do you think God would be just to send you to hell?"
40008He said,"Is that your sir name?"
40008He said,"What then is the matter?"
40008He saw me coming, and asked me with a smile,"Well, Captain, how is it with you now?"
40008His answer,"They are a good sorte of people,"so then I asked him,"Do you know the precher?"
40008I asked him,"Do you know any of them?"
40008I asked,"What fire?"
40008I asked,"What sort of people are they?"
40008Once I remembered she asked me, saying,"Carter, did not you feel your self very sorry when you was first convinced of sin?"
40008One of them saw me fall, ran to my assistance, and taking hold of me under the arm says,"Who are you?"
40008So as I thought he was making game of me, I answered,"Who will hear me?"
40008So he took me into a small parlour and said,"What do you want of me?"
40008So in my way home in company with Mr. Cooper, a little before we parted he said,"Capt^{n.}, what is the matter?
40008Then he asked,"What is your Christian name?"
40008What was he to do?
40008You may be ready to ask, Why did we expose ourselves to so much dainger?
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13045( Will this requisition apply to the Bank of England?)
13045And how is its volume to be regulated?
13045And how much use would they be to him if he could?
13045And interest on war debt, and for how long?
13045And when we have made this guess are we at the end of the war''s cost?
13045But how will you persuade him that it is an emergency measure not to be repeated?
13045But if so, what will happen to the Guildsman as consumer?
13045But is he, in fact, entitled to count on receiving any interest at all from our Allies for some years to come after the war?
13045But is it not a"fundamental truth of economic science"that capital is wealth applied to production?
13045But is man born free to work as and on what he likes?
13045But is the supply of"man"unlimited in the sense of man able, willing, and properly trained to work?
13045But is this certain or even likely?
13045But is this so?
13045But is this the right way to do it?
13045But would it work as a practical scheme?
13045Can Mr Kitson show it to us, and what are these"fundamental truths of economic science"?
13045Can we be equally confident that much has been done by the Government to carry out the advice that has been given by this Committee?
13045Do we mean to go on to the end of the war with this muddling policy of bad finance?
13045Fifty millions a year for thirty years?
13045Has our reputation for honest dealing and for trustworthy administration suffered?
13045How can you be sure that it is so?
13045How far, we have next to ask, is it necessary for the best interests of the country to restrict the freedom of capital issues?
13045How much better could the thing have been done?
13045How much truth is there in all this?
13045How, then, shall we deal with the debt?
13045If, then, capital can only be created by saving, how far will the war have helped towards its more plentiful production?
13045In other words, how much of the war''s cost in so far as it was raised at home could have been raised by taxation?
13045Is this a prospect to pray for?
13045Most sensible, but where is the freedom?
13045Of course; but if so, where is the Guildsman''s alleged freedom?
13045Ought we not to include pensions to be paid, and if so, at what figure?
13045Shall we guess them at something between £ 1000 and £ 1500 millions?
13045So that the answer to the question: What is the rate of interest likely to be after the war?
13045That new credits will be needed for industry after war is obvious, but what else are our banks for, if not to provide it?
13045The Government?
13045The contents, with the exception of the last article on"Money or Goods?"
13045The question is, however, what is the remedy for this admitted and glaring evil?
13045The question is, what figure ought we to put on this asset in deducting it from gross war expenditure in order to arrive at a guess at the real cost?
13045What else could any reasonable wage- earner or professional expect or desire?
13045What is this rate of interest going to be, and how much effect does it have upon the creation of capital?
13045What, after the war, will be the most important need, from the material point of view, for the inhabitants of this country?
13045Who has enough assurance to venture on an estimate of the cost of these items?
13045Who is to decide when the currency is just sufficient?
13045Why have we allowed our present finance to go so wrong?
13045Will the prestige of the London money market be maintained when the war is over?
13045Will they and their members be paid all the same?
13045With an unlimited, or practically unlimited, supply of these two factors, how is it that wealth is and has been hitherto so comparatively scarce?"
13045XX MONEY OR GOODS?
13045[ 1] Why has this been so?
13045may be given, in Quaker fashion, by another question: What will happen to the index number of the prices of commodities?
13045were enforced, how can we be sure that it would not take a large slice off capital, the next heir to which is a soldier or a sailor?