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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 532, 18 May 1920, Page 1

FRANK PERKINS & CD., SS PUKEKOHE. Invite the Public to call and inspect the New Range of i imil mi Floor Coverings Also importations of High Class Drapery from Messrs. Watts & Co, Manchester Just opened up— Dreadnought Boots and Shoes for EVERLASTING WEAR. A.4-W r~s y^t ■*jN m m tjlllX C; M L*J»i iffIHSS 2***^^^S2£s *MMi Mfe> 44 oi'jdji tHWIH AM ** win W.z:<r y i uI..V *» JL<. 0 FRANK PERKINS & CO., universal providers pukekohe

King 142. For FURNITURE and UPHOLSTERING. Furniture Repaired and Eenovated. Picture Framing a Speciality. GIVE ME A TRIAL. Auckland Prices—Less freight. W. T. CUMBERLAND, Cabinetmaker & Upholsterer, King St, Pukekohe. FORD GARS FORD TON TRUCKS FORDSON TRACTORS JOHN W. ANDREW, LICENSED FORD DEALER, EDEN TERRACE, AUCKLAND, Is the Dealer for This District. All Enquiries addressed to him for NEW CARS. CAR ADJUSTMENTS. REPAIRS. SPARE PARTS. AND ACCESSORIES. WiU Receive His Prompt Attention. The Demonstrating Car is in charge of Mr. G. Gladding, who visits this district regularly, and will call on intending Ford Car Purchasers.

TEMPORA MUTANTUR ET NOS MUTAMUR IN ILUS. (The times are changing, and we with them.) The Evolution of Economics. V IT dpesn't require a professor of economics to give the reason why. Prior to the war the Dominion's man-power was about 300,000. Out of this the flower of the tend, enlisted; 17,000 have paid tho supreme sacrifice, and about , 20,000 permanently incapacitated, and the recent epidemic adds another 5,000, • making 6he i 'fotaT , 42,ooo; and, with no immigration, we will be handicapped tor a year or so. Ami does not this also apply to the whole of the Empire? . During the second year ot the war, production of man's requirements wavre- • our. armies. and--mii*»i>oTr •V/^tlrmrTofliving, and twiee as much used in the whape of clo" ' butter, cheese, etc., etc.. w%ich : upon thousands u ■never aCcusTßmetJ to prior to the war, and at the time the prices of those commodities were not a burden to the soldier and the munition workers as in the first instance the soldier didn't pay for them, and the munition workers didn't feel .them owing to the enormous wages paid. Now the war has ceased the soldier is 'seeding employment and the munition worker's wages, for argument sake are down to about 35 per cent over pre-war rates, with his requirements about 50 to 60 per cent higher, owing to the world's shortage and with a desire to live at the same status as during the war. The Empire's wheels of industry (with a tired people) are at a reduced speed for the want of raw material, and the products of the land are about two years behind, and until they get back to normal, and wiih huge shortages as at present, the pinch will be felt. The workers rightly demand a higher standard of living, which creates a heaver demand on production, and until it is overtaken, with the Continent on the verge of starvation, how can prices recede. If they do, wages must also, in a line with Japan and other.Eastern countries. This is a complex question. j Profits are now taxed 7s 6d in the £. For instance, an industrial concern with a working capital of £IOO,OOO, paying 7 per cent., yielding £7,000, is taxed 7s 6d in the £, which brings its earning power down to about 4% per cent. Who would be worried about industry when War Bonds are paying i I A per cent., free from taxation? This is the question to be considered for the salvation of the Dominion. Champion wishes his people to understand that this essay is not for advertising purposes, but to guide his candidates, as he is an acknowledged authority on econombs as well as muscle-raising. V.. AUCKLAND.

JOH^ROUJLY, REGISTEKED ARCHITECT. 20 Empire Buildings, BWANSON&T., AUCKLAND.

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