FARMER AND HIS WAR TAX

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2836, 29 July 1916, Page 12

FARMER AND HIS WAR TAX

QUESTION IN-THE HOUSE. A statement mado by Mr. John M'Queen ;tfc the Conference was referred to ty Mr. Hindmarsh in tiie Houso yesterday. Incidentally ho had a joke at tlie expense of Dr. M'Nab, who is a relative of Mr. M'Queen. • .-Mr. Hindmarsh asked the Primo Minister if his attention had been called to the statement reported ns having been made by Mr. M'Queen that ho would seo that'ho spent more in fertilising his soil noxt.year, and so keep down his war profits. Pei'haps the 'question . could ,bo answered by the Minister, of Marino. The Prime Minister said he thought it would be a very good thing for the farming community, and for the population of New Zealand, it' the farmersspent more money in. fertilising their soil. .. Mr. Hindmarsh: But not to oscopo taxation. Mr. Massey: Tf they escape taxation it would bo only a temporary escape, because the use of .fertilisers would soon result in higher profits," Dr. M'Nab promised jokingly that lie would "keep liis eye on the gentleman referred to." We note vcitti interest that all the best prizes for cheese at the Palmerston Show and. the best prices in tho London mar- 1 ' ket were obtained by those makers who : use Victor Vats; These famous vats embody a new principle of middle drainago—worth while investigating. A. J, Parton, Dairyman, Carterton.—Advt