Coal at $80 per Ton But what is the use of solemn agreements with trade unions designed to enable just grievances to be fairly considered and redressed, and capricious strikes to be avoided, if any fiery demagogue can trample on them The contempt for democracy so often expressed by the dictators, is not wholly surprising.
Marriage Loans for Young People An offshoot of the call for rearmament is an appeal by the League of National Life for marriage loans for young people, £400 a year being suggested as the limit of income for eligibinty for a loan. No interest should be charged and repayment should be made at the rate of 1 per cent per month, although if couple divorced they would immediately be liable to repay the whole amount. In connection with the loans it is also urged that married couples should be induced to return to the land.
Although both marriage-rate 2 birth-rate are improving, and incidentally more boys have been born than girls for several years past, the increase is not nearly quick enough. The League of National Life point out that marriage loans have increased the number of marriages in built of white stone, rather pretentious than beautiful, but the grounds of 1300 acres are glorious with the Avon flowing through them rich in salmon, and a carriage drive between rhododendron hedges 1% miles long.
The other estate to go is Hornby Castle, and 6,000 acres, which boasts a square massive tower dating from the reign of Henry VIII who ennobled the owner, Sir Edward Stanley, for his prowess at Flodden. During the Civil War, Hornby, considered impregnable. was besieged by the Parliamentary forces and eventually captured through a—deserter's treachery.
The National Society for the Preservation of Rural England has lately put forward a scheme to save ancestral mansions from being broken up under the impact of death duties by making them national monuments and enabling the original owners to live on them as tenants. It might well begin its efforts at Hornby. But one doubts whether it would succeed, The Treasury cares not a straw what becomes of England so long as i gets its money.
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