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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXiX, Issue 7727, 22 February 1909, Page 4

TAXATION. A piece of land, a house, a share in a company, or a block of Government stock—none of these (says the Spectator) can find money to' meet the demands of the tax-collector. Such material objects have no purses and no pockets into which they can put their hands. It takes a man to pay a tax. What, then, do we mean when we talk about land or stocks or other things of the kind paying taxes or bearing this or that burden imposed by Government? What we mean is that the individuals who own these particular forms of property pay in accordance with the amount of their possession of these objects or proprietary rights. Men are required to contribI ute to the needs of the State in respect of them. That is only another way of saymg that these objects are taken as proofs, standards, or measures of men's ability to pay. Unless we arc to assume that the State ouo-ht to show itself opposed to certain forms of property, and ought to desire to penalise their possessors, the true principle of taxation must obviously be that each man shall contribute to the needs of the State according to his

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In consequence of dullness in the building and painting trades in Ashburton, a nniiih.-:' of those engaged in these- trades .have, taken up harvest work, rather than be out of employment.