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Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 260, 1 November 1928, Page 7

A Voice of Authority Sounds a Warning! The Mercantile Gazette of New Zealand is regarded as the business barometer of the Dominion. Read this editorial which points a warning finger to the financial burden that prohibition would impose. ' •i. *+ * fcVwggSv ft -J THE. F N.2.- • ; I T —; p r ;^C^en«."M. Tr ‘ ieß ::z? OF 1 ‘ » cnurei « _- === ======== = 555S a ' ,te HM copr'&r , >-’r • •*— -Vv*'* to r -■• —-i - tPOOUiH® ' o s^g'« •cyrnW-BHED *»' *«! , s* -—-r^2 »JH the merest excpp* ,s no ln' c ‘~“ problb« ion the tri has paper HIS god T trade of estio* 1 jt up° n Domi nion . r-soli nP cp» effect its fcich to as ftoa» ce the w of as to - decided feelioS as hot great no thitih have h e haVl We issue we view the of ,oint Fie way the Ks trade Hon P the of •awv r - respect from • duty - taxation a to first ait the with that iu Minister .nmi get to ance tv* .ifient is Govern the have dovsrn •ried we the ,hihitf°n how is to as pro If ade up heard no m he to VJ evenue is ,ed to impo® ©f loss must he iP« 3 Customs To taxation de^c: Further LOU ificiency • in heer the on meet toil tax excise half mother 4-1 nd duties dded a 1 Act. led enforcing the must he a this of costs how Know for \ion glad r unless to should he TSVe he tax o -sent to unt is pre am® the -this uu» *•— Editions oiadeto a are -* t at ion SEW Count The Cost ANNUAL LOSS OF REVENUE AND LICENSE FEES £1,990,000 ANNUAL LOSS OF WAGES - ■ 1,945,000 ANNUAL LOSS TO BARLEY AND HOP GROWERS 250,000 ANNUAL COST Of ENFORCEMENT . - 500,000 ANNUAL COST OF PROHIBITION - £4,685,000 Refuse to countenance this costly fad, a proved colossal failure that only brings financial as well as moral disaster. Keep on tbe safe course to greater prosperity. VOTE CONTINUANCE “Strike out the two bottom lines 99