TAXES AND REVENUE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3164, 16 August 1917, Page 6

TAXES AND REVENUE

Sir-Now that the Government are Ue.irnn'* ofraisin* a little extra revenue TZM demit a favour if yon will want me spneo to make f sußsestion,. B i ti...t U to license all businesses in toV'numbcr of departments tlm? thev control. In Australia the to■S]»e sons who practice massage treatmen now par a license of .St or more \or sir, there are many businesses n Tjjw Zealand that are (.tacking various lines that thev do not specialise m and o Uiev buv only in small quantities: hence thev'have a small turnover an neuce, in i v ]y cv6ry S « tobacco, bit how many have an assortment and a turnover to •arrant stocking it? n Just fancy 2 chemst Blocking class flower vases, snearniin elcwinß-Kum; a Rrocer stacking meats a fruiterer, tinned meats; a newea4i.l, etches; a grocer, harness; a oW tobacco and cigarettes; n, draper nin- racks, pipes, and so on. ISot.one of these business houses sell sufficient to

warrant the handling of the goods. Ifc is only a draw or catch. , I maintain that if one person has ten separate shops he should pay a liMnbO fee of 10s. cnch, or a total of £5, as ne would he protected by the license. JJaK if one person lms one shop wiHi ten departments representing assorted different, businesses, he shotild paj a of Ma 10s., because, moro or less, some fivo or six departments will not be stock--ed, and are Only a catch. The person oi persons with an establishment representin? ten departments are of no value to the average individual, because they cannot get the assortment of goods to' chwse from, and because they have to pas higher prices owing to the small tuin over, and inferior quality. Ten. shops of various callings are of mora ance and a greater asset to this Do«|in ion than one shop with ten departments. I enclose a schedule of license fees thai I consider would suit country towns, and ~r ] r i i iq if aca i2) for boroughs, and double it for cities I feel pnre that here ra* not manv business men who will con demn it 'if they give it fair considcratioU; - £ s. d--1 Trade or business license J M ft' 2 Trade or business license £ " 3 Trade or business license - » " 4 Trade or business license •> " 5 Trade or business license » « n G Trade or business license b la u 7 Trade or business license » » « 8 Trade or business license « \ «; 9 Trade or business license if l» « 10 Trade or business license la W « It will protect every tradesman who is catering for the public at rensonaMe prices, and who has the assortment lr .- spectivo of large or small shop-keeper. Thanking you, 6ir,—l am, c ' ;o^-^jq