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Taranaki Daily News, 3 April 1919, Page 4

COMPENSATION TO LIQUOR TRADE. IS IT A GOOD BUSINESS DEAL FOR THE COUNTRY? > Question.—What are the advantages Question.-What will be the actual expected from Prohibition in return, for cost of Compensation, leaving all GAINS through Prohibition out of account! ling that the maximum compensation of £4,500,000 has to be paid, it will be met by a charge of £250,000 a year, covering interest and sinking fund. At the end of this small annual charge? Answer.—Careful estimates put reduced taxatioh at anything from £1 to £2 per annum per head of the population. If American experience is repeated here, it will he much more than this, In addition to this the income of the community will be increased by £lO to 39 years the whole amount will be £ls annum head of & wiped out by the sinking fund and ] a tj on nothing more will have to be paid. Q.—ls the position then (1) that we r\ ttti i i ii • l i , * risk an animal payment of 4s 6d per Q.-What does tins cost per head of headj falUng to 2g ])ea / of tne population r population in 3!) years, and after that . _ „ , ~ have nothing more to pay? and that Answer.-On our present population (2) in w £1 t & it means an annual charge of 4s 6d per head reduced taxa^ion % nd (3) that head. Before the end of the 39 years ' in £M to £U head d our popuat.cn w.ll have doubled. The each veftr f * u t j t annual charge per head will therefore graudally fall until it reaches probably Answer.—Yes, that state's the true 2s per head before the end of the 39 position. It looks like the soundest years. ; business deal that has ever been put before the country. Question.—Who wijl get the Compensation? Answer.—Compensation is limited to £4,500,000. It cannot exceed this I amount. Indeed, it is estimated that it will not exceed £3,500,000; but to be on the safe side, it is better to assume that the maximum amount has to be paid. Supposing that it does, it amounts to £4,500,000, A careful estimate shows that it will be distributed as follows: £ 1200 Hotels and their Employees ..............;...<:; 3,680,000 55 Breweries and their Employees 690,000 Wholesale, Wine and Spirit Merchants, Winemakers, Malsters, Hop Kilns, Vineyards, and their Employees T£4,500,0Q0 STRIKE OUT THE TOP LINE ON THURSDAY, 10 th APRIL? Note.—lf you require any lnfQim ation regarding Prohibition, or if there is any question you would like answere d, write or wire "Abolition," Box 95, GJ>.O., Wellington. 10

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