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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6965, 21 January 1918, Page 4

-LoyaltyFirst to Country then to Home To cheer those who cannot serve 8S you serve but whoße hearts are with you — your - PHOTOGRAPH - n_ru uTJTJTJUiiruinrutriru Meers Studio, The Strand Tauranga. Didj|You Forget Anyone at Christmas ? ISever uiiud — Start the Few Year well, and see whether among our many useful and appropriate articles you cannot find just the preaeut that would delight your friend. Wristlet Watches, Gem Rings, Pendants, Brooches, etc., etc, at JAMES MURDOCH'S, Watchmaker and Jeweller, CITIZENS and SETTLERS PLEASE COMPARE TUB TWO CUSTOMS TARIFFS AND KtiFLEGT OPOV THEIR INEQUALITY AUSTRALIAN: COMMONWEALTH TARIFF. This is practically closed to New Zealand. Flour, per cental 2s 6d Oatmeal and hcolled Oats £d per 1b equals £4 13s 4d per ton Bran and' Sharps, per cental Is Potatoes per cwt Is Butter and'cheese per 3d 6d *Wheat, « per cental Is 6d Oats, per cental Is 6d NEW ZEALAND TARIFF. About"lsoper cant lower thau Au tralia Is not our door now wide open to Australia ? IF THESE DUTIES ARE REMOVED HOW WOULD THE NEW ZEALAND FA.EMEB FABE|? Flour, percental Is Oatmeal and BolledSOate, in bulk percental Is Boiled Oats, in packets, 20 per cent equal to id per lb Bran and Sharps, per cental, is Potatoes, per cwt, 18 j Butter, 20 per cent, equal to 2d per lb Cheeße, 20 per cent, equal to Id per lb Wheat, per cent Qd Oats, per cental, 9d N.B. —Mr Hogg and other Single Tax enthusiasts do not suggest the removal of the duties on the raw materials, wheat, oats, etc* it is obvious they are "running with (he haTe and hunting with the hounds,' their object being to kill the grain growing and milling industries with their numerous adjuncts, euch .as Southern railways, etc, and naturally the shrinkage would have to be got by iucreaiingr the Northern raiway etc. Their theoiy is one tax on the Und only and free trade. When'this was given birth to. the eiHl'm problem was unhatubed. What encouragement would there be to go on the land unjees | the products of the soil are protected on'tue same lines as our rivals? How would our town industries thrive under such stupidity Could the compete egainßt thts sweated surplus I wages of the world, unless amply protected. And even now it is with 9 struggle they exist It is obvious the oiugle Tax fhwry is only one tax od the land, and if given effect to would abolish the Alien Poll Tax and bring us ('own to the Asiatic level. Yours truly I CHAMPIQS'S COMIOK-SEHES