92 RATES AND TAXES 



have prospered, and accordingly, as a whole, 

 those engaged in agriculture relatively 

 deserve more recognition as regards the 

 distribution of what ought to be national 

 burdens. 



But, in the meantime, as insisted in the 

 first chapter, agriculture can only expect 

 relief in connection with a reform of the 

 whole system. The Agricultural Rates Act 

 has been renewed, it is true, with general 

 approval, but the amount granted still 

 remains the same as when fixed ten years 

 ago. That is to say, the relief is fixed, whilst 

 the need for relief increases. 



I propose, then, to consider some of the 

 objections that are made to the extension 

 of the principle of Parliamentary aid, the 

 principle itself having been for a long time 

 well established. 



Two main objections are raised />*,#, that 

 the local authorities look on grants from 



