THE PROHIBITION POLL.
Mucli of the burden of taxation in the Dominion falls on the farmer, Hence the incidence of charitable aid to the poorer among city dwellers has a vital concern for him, and it gives him a vital and live interest in the health of the city and environs quite outside the moral and humanitarian aspects. May be these things, added to the fact that DO per cent, of the additional taxation imposed as, a rersult of the war has been placed upon the shoulders of the farmers and business men, have made the farmers sit up and take notice of things political as he never has before. The National Efficiency League numbers in its ranks many of (he best and brainiest farmers and. business men in the Dominion. They i re convinced that Prohibition memos more efficiency, more production, reduced taxation, reduced cost of living and less social unrest. There’s only one ticket for the farmer on Thursday, April 10th, and that’s the one he’s going to vole. Strike out the top line.*
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19190329.2.18
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1958, 29 March 1919, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
176THE PROHIBITION POLL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1958, 29 March 1919, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in