Excerpt from Journal of the Canadian Bankers' Association, Vol. 16: Containing October 1908 to July 1909 A tax upon large fortunes was suggested by President Roosevelt to the United States Government some years ago, but he omitted to state what, in his opinion, constituted the fortune swollen beyond all healthy limits. Some humorist proposed to leave the matter to popular vote and thereby give to everyone a chance to limit the wealth of the other fellow. Mr. Smith virtually admits the right of a province to take for the common good a slice of the fortune accumulated by the millionaire, but, at the same time, he gives expression to the natural irritation caused by the unsatisfactory working of the present plan of collection of succession duty. 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.