WHEAT DUTIES.
LABOUR LEADER'S VIEWS. "SOME OTHER METHOD" NEEDED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The Wheat Committee's inquiry was resumed to-day. Walter Nash, secretary of the New Zealand Labour party, said whatever protection was given to wheat o r other land industry would ultimately be reflected in the price of land. The removal of the duties was likely to lead to the displacement of labour in the country districts. The duty on wheat was one of the most unfair methods of taxation that could be found, because it affected the main food of the majority. He thought the baker was not overpaid, though the retail price of bread was twice that of 1893-1912. He was of the opinion that something was wrong between grower and baker, and this should be investigated. Though he thought the wheat duties iniquitous, it would be unfair to the farmer to wipe them out. There should be some other method of assisting the farmer than at the expense of poor people.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 221, 18 September 1929, Page 13
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