The Dispossession of the Peasantry (ص 133)

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The Dispossession of the Peasantry (ص 133)

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harvest, the poorer peasants had to live off with less than their subsistence needs,
or borrow more money and fall deeper in debt, which intensified the “scissors
effect.”
In an attempt to alleviate these calamities, the government first reduced the
commuted tithe in 1930, and when that was insufficient, began substantial
remission of the tax.’ For example, for 1934-1935, the commuted tithe amounted
to £P 263,838, and the remissions granted were £P 130,731, resulting in an
amount payable of £P 133,107.* In spite of this, the amount actually collected was
£P 108,920.’ However, these measures proved insufficient and not soon enough
given the deep fail in the output and prices of agricultural products.
The second major change in the collection of the tithe was introduced in
1919, namely, its payment in cash rather than in kind,'°® the impact of which on
the peasants was never addressed by government officials, or other writers dealing
with the agricultural situation in Palestine during the Mandate or since.
The abrupt imposition of taxes (tithe) in cash, a feature of a highly
developed money economy and division of labor (i.e., capitalist economy) on an
agricultural population that primarily lived off the produce of the land they worked
only made matters worse for the peasants. This policy and lack of correspondence
7Abcarius, “Fiscal System,” 518.
Survey I, 247.
?Abcarius, “Fiscal System,” 517.
bid., 509-10.
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