CONSCRIPTION AND BUSINESS.
v Sir,—l gee Mr. Parr has made a statement on ; behalf of the farmer, 1 but he ' ilever mentioned a word about the man in small business, who has to' suffer more in ; comparison' than the farmer. 4 The farmer when ho is taken lias his farm when he comes back, but the small, business is not there. The men .with the. money, who are over the age, get the -business for nothing, and when the soldier comes back •he has to go on the labour' market - again. I offered imy ' services, but Vthen ■ they had enough, • and . after I 'commenced business they want mo, and I am classed as one of shirkers. I have also tried four times to sell my business and cannot. Now I will have to leave my business. ' If there had been conscription of wealth the | Government would be able to buy me out j and I - would then go freely and would j fight as well as I 'have done in the past. Why should. there be any exemptions?: What ;is sauco for the goose is sauce for J the gander. ' Old Soldier.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16499, 27 March 1917, Page 7
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