THE FARMERS AND TAXATION.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2980, 20 August 1891, Page 4

THE FARMERS AND TAXATION.

TllK. fiillowimr circular, luviriun upon tho tiXAtion priipiisals of tlin Government, has bc.un S"nt to tliu various F.tnnorii' AsiociatiotiM lhrou(;hont New /.oaland :— At !i tiiiietiriK of tho directors of tlm Now //inland Farmers' Cii-onerativo Association, hold on .Saturday, the Bth inst., the following resolutions were imnnim<>ut>lycarriod : "That tliu diroctor.H of this institution vioi« with much alarm thu taxation pntpnsald now before Parliament, and oiler t.lmir strongest proto.it against tUo samo. In their opinion those yro|iosale are calculated to damage thu fanning interest, and fri crnrito distrust in tho c< untry industries*" . ... , "That thn weight of taxation will bo Hiidd!')d on to thu country settlor*, whose industry cannot bf protected by tho Oust/Min tariff, tliu piico of whoso products must lm riiguliUed by thu markots of thu world." . . ....,•• " tr, is also thuir opinion that this is a class tax of thn worst description, and they ciniKit too strongly cimdeinn thu progrusttivo clauses as unnecessary, and a repudiation of tho colony's contract with tliu pioneer settlors." " That a copy of those resolutions be forw.irdod to all the members of both Houses, and to the various Farmers' Societies throughout New Zealand." C. E.NKOIt, Chairman.

ThU will be discussed at the noxt meetiiif? of tlio Hamilton Branch of the Wai katit Fanners' Club, to be held next M'<n day evening.