WATERSIDE WORKERS' DEPUTATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 641, 19 October 1909, Page 5

WATERSIDE WORKERS' DEPUTATION.

■■• . '■'■ {jS'- : ff ; ,^ w ;one ; • ' lor.-Mariie by 'the. above :wMca I 'consider :•. ,™ , .?r? a J. national: importiffice, 'namely,- , that the : ■ xenUof, : .'be- . ■•:longed;tO/.th&'cbmniunity, , and.should l therefore lie .;takenbjr-tasatior£\; improved:'developments > made.:-by.,the.'Qovornmeht out of Custom duties' , and. other.,ravenufs paused.' on'.increase in land' ■ -. v4lyes;:.-whi(!h;-;mfo>t-'that those -who■'. rented ■ premue^,w^ : .agai.ii.'mulcUd'thr6ugh'th'o'land- ■' i^ ; 'fei?Plyi;;Hi.6'±ton.?Mr. .Millar -stated : : toat'.mcreased•■•.land.-.wx, was'passcd ,on; to Tent: .-;:.mat^ouldjbecomeio^the-.reit.ot:labour ulti- ■ ?iaw.':Whenvall-tha' land,is'.taken' upwas : a '.■■•■■ ,: S^??^? I V«v- f ??' , M»nVtt.''Bb , Wei'-Sid: ; "lie V S'Wm. that, life;.was-; too short for -him, at-his ri'. W e ..of; lite^to'to.to-sbhovit. -Jb'rom- thisinteence;'it..:is ;neealessito.-approaoh: a-GoYern- - ?Ar*?fept> in( the. world's , :iwtoryAThe working- man■ voted it'back:'•'too ■ ; ' : ' n ;'^% o P9vfe'' w » 11 SP rov - 8 - a -. lesson'..'deariy:1esson'..'deariy: ■■■--SMQpMf:--: atediat-a';recent:fun* RPJ'J lt ;thp i AucHand^'i3ailors':-,HomeUh , at :iie ,' Wft ; b W' .'PoUt?cSi,_2s' years.;no'w. ':, Ko thought ■■■-.S^i^*J?n.V I '^>>- l >nd.'aiter.llve':.iaiore''Vear3'. . ?.? retiro' from .publiq ■■'"•■•« hope.:and trust ' • v-? t:f^'. fl° D^Se u tl omah,.'m»y..!b'e.,,iifforded'7<:re- / ""M^'tainji-ihmch'shorter period; , ;,'•.- ■■■,-■:■■■* .rl'qmle.agre^withMiimithatd.lair. Kent-3iU' :,.-.' eoutar.npver,. beiudcessf iiUy. • aefiried : by lbgisla-' , ■■■: tl ?^f:He, ! 6aid:that.'the;.besfc .'way--would' be "to ,"•. make.jitheVworking ,"niauv- ; strUggle':;for-7a' h6me. ; ■ tor.:;'himaeU;' .money. ~: i-boriowinif;..policy, :. - which iincreasea.' the :burdßn-year;by -year. A -Be-. ; - ,6ay;libelieve',invState' :' ■^■ I W^»'-\Wi;se^e;s>r-.ltiai«,-'.tp.fbe'-'.paia. '' ' l ? stalm - ents ' : ranging., over. ' i l W.^™^n?;radvanpes;;from*a'oiAdvances to •'.•■■'■■.g e 3^Oft«|nd:w^aiaW/siJdf v Wtes"to. ■■v!-^'^t^J2!'^^f^on*;i*nea-:iiß;demaiid- ■. i^'^wouW.preyent'the'couijrryvbcS ?^'^' c H a P ; ?\on*y,'"-vNow; with ; . rejem, ,elthough4 i am,"o f lder.-than:''Mf.' , Millar and - ■ w^stof- t niy.ability .'-Apart froin , the urgent ;;.:. mestion,of^lWithe:.;Crbwp: .and'.'.Nativd ■ lands, jncfeased;taxation on/land would nbf b'o 1 .faots xemain:'that . "MK'Of-vEstatcs, j |or,j<3losßrVSettliments ! .Act". ' . M -18921 has: been -,the ' to rfor'co ' ■[oit^PV^V-"M-'towrf'vetiod -has .the "•- KfclS 'i een^ n ; : J?f" n I S l y'■ applied, , whilst. -,-... i. ..HT#Sf.uHtj-;.,whcreas v ;a 'tax equivalent; to/'the r.Mffirnedy'incretheht-. .'would' 2'- ;, ■■:■■■ .-'■■' , ■'■,'■■■vA ,< » n W\ ; tM^>!l!-'^%ve*'' ; tfcin^lnnd: > to' •':■■': B^"RU :^ lu .moraUprinciple'; ....■ih^aim. ;of-vtoxab(Sn;-,(!bpuld'ibe'.-.t6vbreak 'down -fiotitiVas: the' pro. ;: -"- fwZF\™'p°M'y L o &ys£*&nU 'economists agree ; ...thatv and,ls,noKweMth-;^althVis;.r a = -.W- al ' T a . •& "■labour i '.to ; ;u«efui;commodi-: ■■■'?.■;*«»* -IvquestionpMr;;;Mill»r;»«;hetlier taxation :;..wduld-.'bo,,passed -;on.;-tq>'.renti'.. when, sufficient ■:-;lafid^becomesiavailablt,..through : a.gradual;de- '- S e!i4ln K'downward■prpccssVtoi.normal ;.-, '.'The;-wny 'I Iprqpose;it':. : is, thls..'.-X'V?e- have--'.a ......combinedfarei^.of^eeventyifiVo; of acres. .■>■■■: AllowingNone-thir'd.ffir-eiido^merit''reserves and ,". -Waeto-lands; th«;Tifould.leave-a b'alanco'of fifty V nvsrago -. of'.- sixpence - per. acre ■ .to"jeplactu"•' thb ■:■■;.present -system; , -.taking.-.past6ral,=and -'.grazing ,>-.lands;into •.consideration,'-.according to'.quality '■[} «d';posl,tibn.'.'.vThi_s- , :.s»bt|la , .;leaye. 'us-an.annuiil .; : -.land/.revenue to ,th?"ani6iint of ono and a quar- ;■ -.vterVmiUion' .ppund vsWrlinj'.' .'This would also •: l«!:<vn;advan%e,in'simplifyirig'otir complicated-■-■.'■';eystein/.of 'iand.itaxatiop'.'j ;;Novhere ':ih -the , ; :■ ;■ voVld 'ore;.; land;' Talues^so;fictitious '■> as iin New ; -.'. ■:',-Zealand,-; tad>no r ;ono •'■with.'ecbn()njiq"knowledgd. '-,; .wiU'ideny,^ttat-, l dear'land;'isfthe:greate4VcMe

which couldfall to th<s lot of any'country; Hie-tayr-which repeats.itself-tells- us it bus-been the. downfall of former civilisations' ages beforo our;time. : : .' '.'. , ;;...'■'■■" . J.n con'clusion.M.wish,to,remark that if our present system of land taxation'has-to be maintained, ,' our ■ graduated land tax, which only commences. whori : the Jimit of fifty thousand pounds'worth-of land has been reached; should it least commence to operatofrom five hundred worth pf land upwards,.and it is essential and just that the systom of rating on tho unimproved value, should become universal.— I-am,-etc.,: '■'■'■ - ■ ' . .. • i. .••■■- ■;■; - ■' ■ -C M." HANSEN. ■ ■October-10. :..'■.■ ~' ... V'• • , .