Excerpt from National and Municipal Finance, Shewing That Imperial Taxes Are Excessive and Local Rates Oppressive, Why They Are So Burdensome and How They May Be Relieved A considerable amount of space is necessarily devoted to the statement of well known and generally admitted facts, followed by a brief historical survey, giving the opinions of the greatest teachers. The crux of the whole business however depends not upon a statement of facts, but upon the promotion of a con structive and comprehensive scheme, and it is for the reader to judge whether the remedies suggested are logical, reasonable, sound, and calculated to form a basis for a practical solution of the most pressing problems of the twentieth century. The Author is neither prophet nor seer, he has no axe to grind, no party to consider, his object is not to sow dissension, but to serve all, in the humble capacity of a sign post, simply pointing the direction in which other more capable men may move to find, as they certainly will find if they seek, - a better, a wiser, and a saner way. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.