Secondly, Rt is our object to eliminate leakage in the collection of taxes, to cut down the overhead, to reduce smuggling to a minimum and to make it possible for the: Government to receive the whole of the amount collected from the people This is mot easy. In. the in taxes, we have far from successful.
"There are enter into this For instance, with respect to the tobacco tax, we are able to eli Teakage in' collection because the Jarge companies ce-operate with us. and there are comparatively few small companies.
"One of our chief difficulties in ug leakage and smuggling, is that the public is accustomed to the old ways, They are willing to split with tax collectors to get some slight advantage. It takes time to up an organization which will such an organization. Unfortunately, the vested interests, who know the ropes and exert local influences are everywhere against us, while the younger men whom I am employing in my Ministry must gain experience and must create public confidence in themselves. Some are easily discouraged. Some slip back into the ways of the mandarin, because it is the line of least resistance. Others Tack confidence in the Ministry itself and do not believe that it will Fast long and therefore they will not! antagonize powerful men. Bul the whole, Tam very enthusiastic about the type of man who has come into my Ministry. They have gragp-
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