THE GRADUATED TAX.
It may suit the Opposition to ignore the fact that the graduated land tax is in existence, or to endeavour to prove that it is having no effect in bringing about the mb-divison of estates. The facts, however, are all against the Opposition critics. The announcement which we make this morning that one of the largest estates in the Wairarapa is being subdivided is lai striking testimony to the f a<jt that the graduated tax is farcing ; large owners: to make the best possible use of their estates. We are not satisfied ourselves with the progress that closer settlement is making in the Dominion; but we do not believe that if the graduated tax were doubled it would hasten sub-division. Tfee latter will come as sure 38 night follows day; but it will come as it suits the convenience of those who occupy the land. It was the Liberal Party that conceived the idea of a graduated tax as a solution of the land problem, and we freely concede that the effect has been to stimulate settlement. The additional turn given* to the screw by the Reform Government'has served to emphasise the necessity for sub-division.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 27 August 1913, Page 4
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198THE GRADUATED TAX. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 27 August 1913, Page 4
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