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Patea Mail, Volume XLIII, 17 March 1919, Page 4

That Prohibition will pay New Zealand is proved by the following, which is a conservative estimate of the financial gain that will be made by the Dominion. The Source of our Public Revenue is) IV, J The basis of the National Wealth is) riOUllCllOll Without Production ( gSS SS & S JESS*" The Estimated Value of the Annual Production of the Dominion is ... ... ... ... £100,000,000 i'ho Dominion Tic venue for year ending 31st March, 1918 (taking not, and not gross, returns from Railways and Post Office), was ... ... ... £15.612,219 ' This means fiat 15.6% of Production went to the Public Revenue) When Prohibition is passed on April 10th, Compensation not exceeding £4,500,000 will be paid the liquor trade including brewers, hotelkeepers, wholesale merchants, clubs, wine-makers, and employees. What will be lost: Liquor Duly (approximately) ... ... £1,000,000 ! nloivst. including Sinking Fund on the £4,V ;),):)■) ... ‘ ... ... 250,000 What wiil be Gained by Prohibition: (1) The £5,(10 1.0)0 now expended in liquor, if not spent cm this, will he expended in some other way. It is sale to assume that its expenditure will assist revenue to the same extent as ihc rest of Production, vi/.. 15.(1%. This wid amount to ... ... £780,000 (2) The cessation of the liquor traffic will mean an ulti-m.-ce sa\i ig on Police, Industrial Schools. Old Age I’ensi.nis, liaritiihlc A id, Hospitals, etc. The expenditure on tin so items for year ending 31st March. !17. was £l.-174,428. Experts agree that 70% to 80?., of this expenditure is caused h.v‘drink. hut for safely, call it 55 V. This means a saving of . £810.935 Total £1,690,836 This will pay the whole loss and leave £340,933 per annum to the good. But this is only the beginning of the saving. !’he loss through inefficiency caused by drink is generally cs!incited at 10%. to 2(1?,',. Few put it under 10%. Iml. even calculate it as 5%. ■u £ lO'.i.Udil.U'.lO Production--f>% ineicased efficiency is £5.0(0.000 10,0 incie sed efficiency is £10,000,000 ;5 0 !() 00.) increased production will add 15.6% to Public Kcvwme ... ... ... ... £780,000 .’lo,ooHi}'l increased production will add 15.6% to Public 1.1 c:venue or ... ... ... 1,560,000 On G% bus’s On 1 G% busts I by Prohibition : sli am .mil of Itcvpnim tloriv-J jg 1,1 ■it I'ioni inaivas-il i. roc i not urn, plus) nA _ not In- balance) ol JX! l(VJ:!a, as above. ) 1,900,835 This is only the Public Revenue viewpoint. A much more important point of view is tlm! of the people themselves. To them Prohibition will mean— Anything from £10,000,000 to £15,000,000, being the saving of waste on drink added to the consequent increased production. This money will he available for raising the standard of living, and will represent anything fretn £lO to £ls per head of the population, or £SO to £75 per family.' The Revenue problem is solved. Prohibition will, at it has done elsewhere — Reduce Taxation Lessen the cost of Living Increase the Standard of Comfort

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