THE WAR TAX.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 March 1915, Page 3

THE WAR TAX.

Sir, —The Hun. James Allen told us on Tuesday what uvuryono iiad alreaJy known—that a. war tax is inevitable. Hβ did not, lunvovor, tell us what we do not know but ivaut to, viz., how tho Uovernimmt is going to levy the tush Before it is decided to levy ■

through tho Customs, tlio Governineul might ooussidor tho advisableness ol taxing wool, butter and meat. The prices of theso pi-oducts have been 3ahanced considerably by the war and can easily stand a tax. Again those who produce the above-mentioned products art> said to bo tho backbone of the country, and the backbone of anything is always supposed to carry the greatest weight and bear the moat strain. —I am, etc., TRADESMAN. Otuki, March 1. 1915.