FREE TRADE Y. PROTECTION.
TO THK Km I OH. Silt,— To my mind protection ineiiu the pui chaser paying e\tr.i for his goods the amount of duty imposed, and for which he receive 1 * no relative equivalent. A duty of, s.iy, I(ss i>ci cent means th.it the consumer pays 20-> for wli.it he could otheiwise buy for I<!% and agiicultuiists being fully fifty per cent. f>f tho population aiecon«equently the largest consuming clas-, .and , it is upon thorn that tho greatest share of this burthen falls, and I am sure nearly everyone will agree with me tli.tt they are tho least nble to bear it. We have a toleiable nharc of piotection already, and fioin my knowledge we aie not the nunt prosperous class of people ; but perhaps a larger do«o o f it might make things all light, an the small dose does not appear to ha\e any effect, for under its operation \vk arc going from bid to worse. Now, I know we must have revenue, but T fully believe there is a better method of raising it than by taxing the industry of the husbandman.— l nm, &c., Jons P\nit. Hamilton, August 10th, 1«S">.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2043, 11 August 1885, Page 2
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197FREE TRADE V. PROTECTION. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2043, 11 August 1885, Page 2
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