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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 461, 28 March 1919, Page 4

WHO WILL PAY? THE FARMER AND THE WORKER! The cost of Prohibition will be £4,5000,000 in cash, also £1,500,000 annually. Who is going to pay this ? If it is put upon the Land Tax then the Farmer will be compelled to pay. The ordinary Land Tax amounted to under £350,000 in 1917 (as per Year Book, p. 660), so that it will take over four times the ordinary Land Tax annually to make up the loss the Prohibitionists would cause by their fanaticism. If the farmer paid in ordinary Land Tax per annum, he would have to pay over if Prohibition is carried. The Worker cannot escape, and if the Farmer escapes it will all fall on the Worker. Anyway, the cost of living will be increased, and all commodities—sugar and tea. boots and clothing, will be dearer, 293

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