THE REVENUE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10481, 18 November 1911, Page 5

THE REVENUE.

(ADVERTTSEMEiNT.)

WHO PAYS IT? JSW THE BROBWEKS! but the' who spend £5,000,000 etnnua% to -contribute £BOO,OOO ' for ta-xes 1 . Does not this sum- relieve tlie pockets of the Taxpayer ? / «Dtecidiedlly. NOT!. T!hds> expenditure & at tlhe sacrifice of Hegitiinaite' trade and commerce, and entails a vast outlay to minimise' the evils suah expenditure produces. The balance sftieet of the New Zealand liquor Traffic in account writh llhe people show a toss to fib taxpayer of £148,602... Thte £BOO,COO to the Gustom Hfause 'Sacliyear, bait it impart, of, the £5,000,000 the, people pay "the Trade" liquor. A very large jportlion of the rest at 40 pea* cent.) is "the wihiqli, it is Stated,' will bte thrown out of work if Prohibit ion is carried is-.fiction, not fllcfc. Other avenues of employimtent. will soon absorb those needing work, '•Wjben. the- £5;0d0,000 cii'cullated among; the Timlbter Merchants Sund various, tradesmen. Even; should some increase of. (taxation be m/ade, a very unlikely contingency, , surely the .people, the ,£5,000,000 ,no\vi paid for liquor, could with,tihe test of tihe oominvundty., pay it. The ■financial aspect of the liquor traffic is the one tlhat wI:M not bear,lntel-, lagent consideration as an appeal to sa.ve it from. its merited condemnation. - ■ ' " ~

Would Taxes have to be ijicreased if .w» did not get this BeVeniie?, NOT AT ALL! A large portion- .of •the: money now wasted dn . usielließS dsrink "\muld >be darverted to legirtlimiate chaaiineJs to tihe advantage of everyone. The inoreased consiumpttaon. of othea- taxable goods ' would (WITHOUT INIOBEASE OF TAXATION) more than meet all requirements; for tlhe government, of.; ,t-h$ ■country! Tliii® has been fully *deinotnistrated in InvercargiM. Should it .not, lit is conceivable that people are 'preparedi to raise moneys by the degradation: of their feilmvls ? 1 Are Teetotallers then anxiio-ua to pay the taxes the diiinkea* now "pays Ifor them? , . For humanity's sake, Yes, IF NEOEISSABY ? But as the balance slhieet shows' the removal' of dirinkcaused crime, poverty, waste, and misery would so reduce taxation and the eypils under which' society i& now suffering, that wouliji b delimited, and the patlv of otliefc\ refbrhis imnde more clear. * "v THE BRFAV'ERS BLOW the BUGLE YOU PAY THE PIPEB. r "" Then, be not deceived by statements of Financially interested Parties, bait STRIKE OUT THE TOP LINE ON BOTH BALLOT PAPERS.