THE LAND QUESTION.
The pwp-or readi by Mr A. W. Hogg hjfore the local! branch of the Labour Federation. wovM indicate tihat the ex-member for Master ton is. taking a. broads.r view cf the land qutestioni than formerly. Mr Hogg practicality admits 6ha,t> the sohi.'lion. of the problem ir, not to b© found in the nattdonj! 1 ,! izatibn of the land, but rather in plOjCii'ig ir\en on. the -soil on .thie most attractive terms, and restricting the area rto be ocoupiied. This is precisely tlile 'policy that lias beau advocated by this paper for years pa«st. Nobody denies that many of the large estates co.u!ld be put to more profitable use than at present. The question is- bow beat" to achieve this object. If the gradiii{i[ted tax is the only remedy—aaidi we do tipt believe | ait to be—£hen it must be appiietL j Land nra&i< b'e made available to t!» j peop'le at all cost, 1 ?,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10519, 6 January 1912, Page 4
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156THE LAND QUESTION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10519, 6 January 1912, Page 4
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