LAND TAX
Sir.—The statements of Mr W. H. Gillespie. M.P.. reported in “The Press’’ last week, illustrate clearly the need for a logical and practical means of overcoming a condition which in a greater or less degree is .prevalent through the country. A land tax based primarily on the unimproved value rould bring all farming land into useful production and would put all farmers on an equal basis in payment of taxes. Income tax on the farming community. like the levying of rates ra the improved value, is a penalty on the industrious and thrifty and places l premium on indolence.—Yours, etc., J. C. F. CLARKE. Darfield, September 23, 1948.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25608, 24 September 1948, Page 11
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110LAND TAX Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25608, 24 September 1948, Page 11
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