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Taihape Daily Times, 7 March 1919, Page 6

.. KEEP UP YOUR GUARD AGAINST COLDS. YES, although Friend Summer has really come at last, the chance of catching cold is not minimised to any appreciable extent, if at all. Don’t be thrown off your guard. Keep the grand protector, Baxter’s Lung Preserver, still on that handy shelf. It is likely to be needed at any time, and one dose at the first sneeze will drive away the cold. Excellent tonic as well as a sterling specific for coughs, colds, sore throats, and chest troubles. Costs but 2/6 for generous sized bottle. At Chemists and Stores. — 1

id. ion Pays Mew Zealand is proved by th ! rinit Prohibition, will pay New Zealand is proved by the following, winch is a conservative estimate of the financial gain that will be made by the Dominion. Ths Source of our Public Revenue is'/ Tiie bo si 3 of the National Wealtii isj Without Projection there can be no revenuethere can be no wealth. The Estimated Value of the Annual Production of the ''Dominion is ... ... ... ••• £100,000,000 The Dominion Revenue for year ending 31st March, 1918 (taking net, and not gross, returns from Railways :uu! Post Office), was ... ... £15,612,219 (This means t iat 15.6% of Production went to the Public Revenue) When Prohibition is passed on April 10th, Compensation not exceeding £4,500,000 will be paid the liquor trade including brewers, hotelkeepers, wholesale merchants, clubs, wine-makers, and employees. What will be lost: Liquor Duty (approximately) ... ... £1,000,000 Interest, including Sinking Fund on the £4,500,000 ... • ... ... 250,000 £1,250,000 What will be Gained by Prohibition: (1) The £5,000,000 novV expended in liquor, if not spent on this, will be expended in some other way. It is safe to assume that its expenditure will assist revenue to the same extent as the rest of Production, viz., 15.6%. This will amount to ... (2) The cessation of the liquor traffic will mean an ultimate saving on Police, Industrial Schools, Old Age - Pensions, Charitable Aid, Hospitals, etc. The expenditure on these items for year ending 31st March, 1017, was £1,474,428. Experts agree That 70% to 80% of this expenditure is caused by drink, but for safety, call it 55% This means a saving of Total £780,000 £810,935 £Ls9oi§3s This will pay tbe wbole loss and leave £340,935 per annum to the good. But this is only the beginning of the saving. The loss through inefficiency caused by drink is generally estimated at 10% to 20%. Few put it under 10%, but even calculate it as 5%. On £100,000,000 Production—•s% increased efficiencj 7 is £5,000,000 10% increased efficiency is £10,000,000 £5,000.000 increased production will add 15.6% to Public Revenue or £780,000 £10,000,000 increased production will add 15.6% to Public Revenue or ... ... ... 1,560,000 Totals Gained by Prohibition: On 5% basis ( ,he . amount of Revenue deriv-) £l,l 20,935 „ _ , .led from increased production, plus! „ _ On 10% basis (. the balance of £340,935, as above. ) 1,900,935 This is only the Public Revenue viewpoint. A much more important point of view is that of the people themselves. To them Prohibition will mean— Anything from £10,000,000 to £15,000,000, being the saving of waste on drink added to the consequent increased production. This money will be available for raising the standard of living, and will represent anything from £lO to £ls per head of the population, or £SO to £75 per family.* , The Revenue problem is solved. Prohibition will, as it has done elsewhere — Reduce Taxation Lessen the cost of Living Increase the Standard of Comfort