A SMOKER'S LAMENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17964, 14 December 1921, Page 12

A SMOKER'S LAMENT.

Sir>-F6r more than SO. years %?Wrltsr> the "weed," sidei* that, he has; * a "naver of dues," in the unfai* and- « roughKiut tobacco; The evil of A .toft notW with the tax, to* «f*M%J* the.meet consumer to. add to- the aheab ins frwonMbe.of uiteve«t to leain. where- the. equality of aacfific* Qpae* W and wffi«mewwrffrt *J* good;conscience 8 8 "Wftj*.* 0 . "fg Lotions. I»W.Sjte!*S revenue,, ho says, out r£< flu bwly «g sumer (if: he. thinks' at all .thinks J farthings, and get s .ntJ tips to aid hue m SSckfbr S to .py ffSiS toms exactions. TnerwW ®$ » TW® left the. lowly and' *tat »to f£ some; of: the flap&ocDe; by politicians, and l others-, viz- «pwd.uomore ''self-denial/' and "thrift Gjrtwjr Mr. Massey seems- tor wpp«» iftjE, suiier has some mysterious of findwg the-cob that he: (Mb does M* possess. To further refer to A}© toba«® auestion, it would bo'an-easy wattex for the thrifty, consumer to cut JW*\. *! smoking expenses by at lefist;-hjjl. n JftJJ of them have of late been studying .all kinds of. thrifty, moves,, such as. W irnin « their old:clothes over and-over.agatta. aiso their old-boots, etc,, with apparently oaa results for traders and others. ConstsnV ers ; will not, be charged for economising in their tobacco- although' many politicians evidently caiTy out the' old idea-jtoat moA; f people- are : only growntup children, and «fr accordingly. Om on. 'W-