FARMERS' CONTRIBUTIONS.
Tim proposal, made by .Mr A. P. Whatman, of .Masterton, that t.ho wool--B"o\Wrs of New Zealand should each (sol] tribute a fleecy of wool to the Patriots Fund, has .I>oen freely, a.nd in tho most part, favourably commented throughout the Dominion. It is thought i>y a good many however, that tho proposal i.s not .sullicYiuly compiiihensive. Tlio opinion is expressed that the whole of the primary producers should eontribufto in til*! iVatiJa of, say, two per cent. This could host be done through the medium of an export tax, a.nd everybody "would then ho reached. Tho gross vaJno of exports last year ivas aibont C30.tX.K1,000. A two per cent, tux «r*n this amount would producic i;iX>oo,fWo. ft may be urged that farmers who setl 1111 the Dominion would escape. This would not be 'the ease, iior buyers would make aUowanco for tlie tax in the )Hco paid for the. produce. The difficulty nbrmt
}l.r "Whatman's scheme is that it will not roach the man -who consistently refuses to contribute liis fair quota to tho Hal- funvls.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXV, Issue 10713, 5 November 1915, Page 4
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