THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
Tin; PitontTi'.it's Position. "The uiil'nvouriiblc j> :sition oi the primary producer: is the outstanding eooi'iomb* problem in the Dominion today. for it affects all other sections of t].„. people as null. For this position Hie high Custom- taxation is partly responsible. it: is true that some com *csion i- made to farmers in that agricultural implements pay rclalivel.v little Customs taxation, hut (he la riff adds on an average more than 3s in the £.] to (fir cost of all import-; it increases the c«>t. 1 I living and cost of -en ices in general, ami of a wide range of goods whose prices enter into the cost of services in general and of a wide range of goods whose prices outer into the cost- of production. Those increased costs in wages, general services mill goods lire pns-ed on to the ultimate consumers of goods, and a large proport ion are passed op to the primary producers, who. being tillable in pass them farther, must needs bear them, however ill-fitted to shoulder tlie burden,” —lf. D. Ael ami.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 March 1927, Page 2
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