THE INEVITABLE WAR TAX.
Sir, —I read Mr. H. D. Vavasour's letter in your issue of April 13 withinterest and pleasure. I have not made any attempt to investigate, -Ihie-figure's, iibift he seems? to be' on the right track •sol I trust h'e will keep pegging away. 'iWe are, as he points out, oursod with party politics, which means that those :.who rule the destinies of this country, by whatever name they may be called, have a single eye to votes, and, therefore, many practical schomes have accorSingly to bo turned down. One .thing, however, those in power to-day should bear in mind is that they may save themselves the trouble of seeking to please .the "worker." By the way, why do certain people, many of whom do not know what work in all its varied phases means, arrogate to them'Belves, and others confer on them, _ a title to which they-have no nioro claim than those who labour in the office or • iii professional walks of life? Whatever immunity frOin taxation or other favours may be bostowed .on this particular class, or however exceptionally they may be treated, will not influence ' the transfer o£ a single, vote. They are against the Government now, and will continue to maintain that attitude — agitators 'will sea' to '" that—therefore Cabinet may as; well, make its mind to Tegulate this special taxation—if it be necessary, and this the proper, time to impose it—in such a way as to bring home to every man and woman that our brave soldiers are not . shedding their blood"for any special class, but for tho preservation of our life as a nation, and for the retention inviolate and untarnished of that glorious heritage transmitted to us by our forefathers as the result of enormous suffering and sacrifice on tlioir part; therefore it becomes the duty and privilege of all who value their lives and their liberty, irrespective of position in life, to bear relatively. the burden imposed through' carrying out the enormous task undertaken by the Empire to which we belong. Oil! for political leaders who, rising above mere party considerations, putting far from them the sordid question of the "loaves, and fishes," would earnestly educate the- people to a sense of. their duty, and insist on a course that will make every man and woman in-' the community, without regard to (his or her station in life, a direct, contributor in a matter that so vitally affeots not one class, but every, individual in the land, high or low, nch or poor.—l an lipg^ Rl g ET-roCIS." Wellington, April 14.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2441, 21 April 1915, Page 4
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431THE INEVITABLE WAR TAX. Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2441, 21 April 1915, Page 4
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