THE FOOD-TAX.
There .are ; some people who imagine that a food-tax is a natural corrollorary to Imperial preference. This view is not shaned by tJw?sc( who have given the matter, thought. There is absolutely no reason why sufficient foodstuffs should*not be grown within the Empire to supply the needs of the United Kingdom. Nor is there any reason why these foodstuffs should he taxed. Sir Joseph" Ward has correctly interpreted the views of the great bulk of the people of this Dominion when ho declares in favour of an Imperial preference which will not r ~ "Tu<le the taxation of food in Bri-
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 10 January 1913, Page 4
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102THE FOOD-TAX. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 10 January 1913, Page 4
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