CARS AND, CIVILISATION.
Sir Joseph • Ward is bidding for . the support of the motor-car farmer. In a recent speech in the House of Representatives he said:—
"To tax sueh cars would be to ; injuriously ttvx civilisation. The car ih a farming dislri&b, apart from its mere obvious .value, is useftfl as a civilising influence. It brings the settler nearer to the. town. It does away with the 'harsh monotony of rural isolation. We - don't want, to put difficulties in the way of the hard-working farmer who is inclin-< ed to buy a car; we want rather to encourage and help him in a very excellent idea."
That is well in its way. But when the civihsing agency of the motor car was era ployed to conduct city electors to the polling-booth, who 1 made the mast noise? And perhaps Sir Joseph will tell us why the small farmer, who cannot afford a car, should be taxed to maintain the roads that art cut up "by motor-car traffic ? .
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 13 October 1913, Page 4
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167CARS AND, CIVILISATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 13 October 1913, Page 4
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