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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17576, 18 March 1919, Page 4

SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Na. 3. • A PROHIBITION CATECHISM. PROHIBITION AND TAXATION. i tmiS^^ZS^-' 10,1 aPPear6d m tho laSt tW issues of this P a P er - Con ' Answer.—Qα basis of 5 per cent increased efficiency Gains will be ... _ ... £2,370,000 Losses will be ... £1,260,000 Net Gain tttrough Prohibition ...£1,120,000 If increased efficiency is 10 per oent. it will add to ' this another .„ ... „. ... 780,000 Making Net Gain ...£1,900,000 If American Estimate of 21 y. per cent, increased efficiency is attained, it will » add to the revenue another . v „. £1,716,000 Bringing the Total Gain to ... £3,616,000 Q.-IS THIS THE ONLY FINANCIAL GAIN TO THE DOMINION? Answer.-No The aboTe only deals trith the gain to State Revenues. n ow onI ? takes £15 12a m everv £I °o of Production, the other £84- 8s remains with the people. The gain to the people, therefore, would be immensely greater than the gain to the National ±levenue. There is no doubt that Prohibition means a higher standard of living, a reduced cost of hvmg, and,reduced taxation. It moans more production, higher incoSeT and greater earning power for everybody. It requires no financial expert to see that if you increase the volume of production available for taxation you reduce the rate of tax required to produce a given sum, and also the reduction in the State ex Sion° tha \ Prohlfaltlon will brin S abont ™H stiU further reduce the amount of If you req-airo any information regarding Prohibition,, or if there is any Question you would, like answered, write or wire "Abolition," Box 95, G.P.0., wSnltoZ STRIKE OUT THE TOP LINE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 10.

SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. J tha"» the contamination by piggeries of the reservoir (not to mention the other many vile aquatic contaminations) is an-\c stablished fact, it is advisable, under these circumstances, to consume boiled filtercd tank water or Pure Carbonated Waters, manufactured from Sterile Artesian bpnng Water until the matters referred to in the papers are remedied. . i ■ away by men who are -f->' not practical or worldly. Vote Continuance. STANDARD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF N.Z. (LTD.). RISKS ACCEPTED'. Fire_ Workers' CompensaMarine tion (including special Plate Gloss * domestic servants' Burglary policies). Live Stock Mortgagee Indemnity Public Riek Fidelity Guarantee Personal Accident & Motor Car Compre Sickness. _ hensive Covers. Head Office; High street. Dunedin. OTAGO WlTNESS—Largest Country Circulation of any weekly in tha Dominion found in every farmhouse in Ota go and Southland, end circulating largely in Canterbury and northern rural districts, it offeTs unrivalled facilities for Advertising anything iaieres*. t(J. oountey readers.