" Professor Nicholson writes out of a full knowledge of his subject, 

 and he has no political or other purpose to serve in what he writes, so 

 that his evidence and the conclusions at which he arrives will command 

 the respect of all parties, whether they agree with him or not. The 

 book does not take long in the reading, and for homely force and vigour 

 it would be difficult for any farmer, however keenly he feels the injustice 

 of his position, to make out a more telling case for himself than Prof. 

 Nicholson here places in his hand." Darlington Times. 



" The volume is a wonderfully clear and concise exposition of the side 

 of the case that Prof. Nicholson has espoused. His conclusions have of 

 course to be tested in the light of the broadest considerations of public 

 policy. As he himself asserts, agriculture cannot alone be held in view 

 when examining the equitableness of taxation ; and the volume suggests 

 a whole series of trains of thought as to the intricate problems of local 

 and national taxation." Sheffield Independent. 



" His general conclusion is that the continuance of the old system of 

 taxation imposes an inequitable burden on the agricultural interests and 

 is detrimental to the public good. Dr, Nicholson looks for relief to 

 agriculture in the remission of internal differential taxation, and not in 

 the illusory imposition of taxes on the foreigner." Commonwealth. 



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