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Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 32, 8 March 1912, Page 8

Citizens and Settlers! Please Compare THE Two Customs Tariffs Reflect Upon Their Inequality. AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH TARIFF. (This floor is practically closed to New Zealand.) Florir percental, -s. Od. Oatmeal and Rolled Oats ... Id per lb. (Equals fci 13s. 4d. per ton) Bran and Sharps per cental, I*. Potatoes per ewt. Is. Butter and Cheese per lb.. 3d. iWheat per cental, Is. (id. Oats per cental, Is. 6d. NEW ZEALAND TARIFF. (About Lid pfM- cent, lower tinn Australia. Is not our door wide open to Australia?) Flour per cental, Is. Oatmeal and Rolled Onts in bulk per rental. Is. Boiled Oats, in packets ... 2(l per cent. (Equal to \d. per lb.) Bran and Sharps per cental, 1= , .. Potatoes per cwt.. Is. Butter 20 per cent. (Equal to 'id. per lb.) Cheese '20 per cent. (Eqml to Id. per Hi.) iWlieat pereenltil, Dd. Oats per cental. !>d. If these butiss are removed, how would the New Zealand farmer fare? N.B —Mr. Hneg and other Single Tax enthusiasts do not suggest the removal of the duties on the ran- materials (.wheat, oats, etc.). H is obvious they arc '•running, with the har< , end hunting with the hounds." their Object being to kill tho grain-growing and milling industries, with their numerous such as southern railways, i'tc., an I imliunlly 11 , ." shrink;i^>Would have t<> be met by increasing the ewrtl*m railages, etc. Their theory is one tax on the land only and mnie. Y\'hen this was given birth to the Asiatic problem was tui'hatched. What encouragement would HtMVe be to go on the land unless the products of the soil are protected on tbe same lines as our rivals P How Would our town industries thrive under *uch stupidity r . Could they compete ♦g&inet- tho sweated surplusages oi the world, unless amply protected. 1. And •even now it is with a struggle lliev exist. It is obvious the single tax theory is only one tax on the land, and if given effwt to would abolish the Alien .Poll Tax and bring us down to the Asiatic •level. —Yours truly, CHAMPION'S COMMON-SENSE. Attention ! —♦_.—- ---DO NOT FORGET. Tho offices of " The Maoriland Worker" are situated at 290 Wakefield Street (not Victoria Street), Te Aro, Wellington, N.Z. The postal address of "The Maoriland Worker" is Box 179, C.P.0., Wellington, N.Z. Money orders and cheques should be made payable to "The Maoriland Worker." AH literary communications for the paper should be addressed to the Editor. AH correspondence for the New Zealand Federation of Labor should be addressed to Mr. John Clover, c,o " Maoriland Worker," Box 179, C.P.0., Wellington. Mind and give the correct postal box number. A sub. of 6s 6d (one year) or an advertisement obtained by a reader from a friend or trader helps to swell our revenue. Job printing can be executed by " The Worker" in good style and at reasonable rates. Books and stationery can be supplied on order. Rubber stamps and typewriting paper are specialties.