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Taihape Daily Times, 24 August 1918, Page 2

MSais****" 1 " "-.ihk- v^ws****™ Ufa i^mv m i £S« it Wtf* i < £T, w mm i&s »M^ •W-''" jftfflSKs..' ■w- .'•■:.! «WF i-SW%> )R REVENUE U IWK vj mx iir 1 IBM m m i The Million a Year Revenue received from drink is more than 1 outweighed by the heavy burden of taxation, the reduced national I efficiency and the moral wreckage it causes. Money spent on drink is a direct loss —it The Liquor Trade practically says:—"Give is an expenditure for which no tangible me £5.000,000 a year and I'll give you [| asset remains. The same amount spent £I,OuO,GOO back to help pay your tax- | on public works would provide . permanent ation!" | assets and valuable adjuncts to the develop- . . , . , , cM *? 4 u M I . r 4 i n • • It is for the people of N.Z. to say:— Mo m ment or the Dominion. . ■ , xrr i c J _. . , ij i i• l tnan k y° u • We refuse to pay you fave There is only one true standard by which mij j ions a year> an( j we sha j{ have ]ess public expenditure can be judged—the value neec j r. Qr t axa tJ on !" of the public service it provides, Viewed I © under either War or Peace conditions money It would be just as foolish to double the 1 spent in drink is unprofitable and unjustifiable drink bill in order to double the revenue I . —its ill effects far outweigh any revenue as it is to spend £5,000,000 a year to get received from it. £ 1,000,000 annual revenue. I The Troth About the Revenue j If but two-thirds of the money now spent on liquor were spent on imports bearing duty, the customs revenue would profit by £635,000. This would still leave free for investment within the Dominion the 5 remaining one-third of the present Drink Bill, while a probable annual saving of at least £750,000 would be effected in the proportionately reduced charges for Prisons, Hospitals, etc. The total amount of liquor revenue, plus the £225,000 required to provide interest and sinking fund on the proposed amount of compensation to "The Trade" can thus easily lj be made up from legitimate trade channels. kP Drive drink from the Dominion and you increase the efficiency of the people. This is the positive consideration which must be remembered. It means many millions more pounds credit to the National Exchequer. i '* The impartial verdict of the National Efficiency The National Efficiency Board found also | Board is that " the people should be better "that the two chief factors in the continuance I able to provide the necessary amount of tax- of The Liquor Trade are public custom, and i ation if the inefficiency at present created by the financial interests involved." The Board j the effects'of alcohol is removed." Also that was satisfied further "that the greatest efficiency I the cost of compensation "would be recouped would be attained both for the nation and the ' ncy." individual by a state of Complete Prohibition." The ordinary Licensing poll having been denied to us we are urging Parliament to grant a poll this year to decide the continuance or the abolition of the Liquor Traffic. N.Z. Alliance * Monster Petition will give us the Poll—-Sign it To-day!

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