ACTION IN THE CITIES
Sir,—A great deal has been written for and against higher exchange. 'So far, no logical arguments have ".. been given why the .high .exchange ' should- "go on. . The sole 'reason appears- to -be; selfish" interests, or- to put it ; bliintjy>' the "present Government, is prepared jtosacrifie the savings of thousands of 'city-; people' and their interests to maintain false Viand.'values.' One year of the present high fate will' explode the fallacy ; and-prove very-costly to the cities and. higher exchange; is not the solution.'. ■•'. ';-':::'\ ;--,'"-" - .." ■'".:": ,'<i■.. . _ At the,i receht";.jne < eting--heid in Wei-! lington tp protest against higher'exchange, one speaker, said;."What are you going to do about it?" The answer to this question is what the people' -d£ New Zealand should concentrate; upon. It is the opinion ;of the' Country Party that the city people of New.:Zealarid"'are political cowards, and for this ,reason-/they;feel 'that they 'are safely entrenched:-.; Is this really "true? Are we big enough" to. put self-interest to one. side rand combine for legislations''that is for the majority. If we do not organise, to overcome this blatant oppression, we deserve just what they hand out.to us. Without a united effort to demand a fair deal for one and nil we believe this higher exchange, and other sectional benefits yet to follow, will remain indefinitely upon the shoulders of the. city people.
• It should now be^ obvious that the Government's policy>;is;to(al]pw' the farmer to write off the inflated land values-at the expense or trade arid .commerce, and at the:same time:highland values are maintained.. . (City people'should -band together'and demand immediately: a "corresponding reduction on ail'tariffs arid to restore the Land .Tax. - : = ' " We desire to thank' the "Evening Post" for tho able leaders it has" published' to show the unfairness of/thel recent legisW tion and how detrimental. it will be for New Zealand in general.-^-We are, etc., THE EXECUTIVE OF. TH& WELLINGTON RETAIL TRADERS': ASSO^'
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 34, 10 February 1933, Page 6
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314ACTION IN THE CITIES Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 34, 10 February 1933, Page 6
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