122 RA TES A ND TAXES 



Almost the only qualification admitted of 

 this idea of a dole to landlords was that if 

 new rates had been imposed during the 

 currency of a lease, rates that were not con- 

 templated when the rent was agreed to, for 

 the time being the tenant would pay the 

 rates, and would, of course, receive the relief. 

 In this case, however, it was also supposed 

 that if the tenant were relieved of any 

 part of the rates, on the conclusion of his 

 lease his rent would be raised in the same 

 proportion. 



In the last debate in the House of Commons 

 this session, it was asserted over and over 

 again that the landlords had not benefited, 

 and the most that could be said on the other 

 side was that but for the relief their rents 

 would have fallen still more, that they must 

 themselves have made reductions to the 

 farmer, and that they had so far benefited. 

 And the popular implication was that any 



