West Coast Times. SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1899. THE INCIDENCE OF TAXATION

West Coast Times, Volume 29, Issue 11279, 29 April 1899, Page 2

West Coast Times. SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1899. THE INCIDENCE OF TAXATION

Thkre is one feature in the speech of the Leader of the Opposition at Hastings that should impress itself strongly on the mind of every taxpayer of the Country. He pointed out that the people of the Country we"c taxed on the necessaries of | life to provide a surplU3 to expend on public works, whilst Jthe realised wealth of ' the Couutry wag not taxed in fair proportion. The wealth of the Colony bad increased 33 per cent since 1890, whilst the taxation on it through the Land and Income Tax had only increased 7 per cent. In other word?, the wealthier

classes of the Colony were 2G per cent better off in respect of their realised wealth than when the Ballance-Seddon Governments took office. That gaia of 26 per cent to the monied classes has been made up by increasing the aggregate burdens of the workers, who, in admtioo, are taked beyond the actual requirements in Older to provide for the annual surpiusea. Mr Seddon is quite right to maintain a strong but why does not he adjust his finances at the expense of the rich instead of. at the expense of the poor. His chi?f reason, no doubt, is that the poor pay indirectly, through the Customs, and consequently are scarcely aware that they are being taxed so heavily, whilst the monied classes would develope stiong Bntagonisna and organise a powerful opposition where they compelled to pay on the basis wh : ch prevailed when our Premier first received a portfolio. And yet, by some strange irony of fate, ■ his principal support is deprived from those he unjus»tly bleeds, who cansee.no j harm in what he does because he tickles their ears with pleasant words. The inequity of the incidence of taxation now in force in this countrj' has frequently been pointed out in these column- 1 , but we cannot hope to obtain ju3tic& whilst! the people remain so blind to their ! material interests. The most righteous form of taxation, according to advanced political economists, is that which apportions its burdens \o the shoulders best able to bear them. In this country the reverse order of things prevails ; the burdens are cast upon the weak, that is, the poor, whilst the rich aud dtrong escape with a feather weight. If we compare the taxation paid with the income received the justice of our remarks is emphasised with startling force. A workilig mau receiving thirty shillings a week, spends more than half that amount,' or £40 a year on goods, which pay on an avenge 20 per cent to the Customs. Wt thus find that out of his meagre wage 8 he. contributes eight pounds a year in the form of taxes ; in other words, ou 1 ; -of every thirty shillings he is compelled to pay three shillings to the State, .Were that amount deducted from his wa£e s every week his indignation wouH know n-j bounds, and he would quickly send to the riglft-about any politician who sought to perpetuate such a state of things But as it is he pays a little on tea,, on sugar, on drapery, on the thousand and one thingthat he buys, without being aware (hat he is victimised to swell the annual sur plus and afford opportunities for the creation of Government inspectors and touts by the score. We wonder what the man making a thousand pounds a year would say if he were taxed at the same rate as the working man and compelled to pay £100 a year to the Treasury! Why, the country would re-echo with his de nunciations from one end to the other and such an uproar would be raised f«.s would compel the Government, per force, to reduce their taxation. The solution is with the workers themselves. If they like they can get justice and have their burdens lightened, but if they kis3 the liand that beats them, and tawn after those who make the struggle for life so much the harder, they must continue to be squeezed in the present unmerciful manner.

When in town on Thursday the Premier was shovn the plans for the proposed new road from the Kumara railway station yo the TereraaJcau bridge. It is undej^tood that Mr Seddon approves of the line selected by the County Engineer iv lieu of the route along the railway reserve.

The footballers open the season to day on Caß3 Square when a scratch match wiil be played between sides chosen by the captain and deputy-captain. The game will commence at 230 o'clock, In view of the fact that the championship fixtures will commence within a month there should be a good muster. Country players a:e cordially invited to be present.

A deputation, consisting of Messrs CmiS ton, Hamilton, Nicholson, Houston and Boyd, directors of the Rimu Water-race Company, waited upon the Hon. R. J. Seddon on his arrival in Wednesday's midday train from Grey. They laid before him the fact that their company had purchased the rights of Handley & Co., but the supply o£ water was totally inadequate to the demand, owing to continued spells of dry weather. They proposed, therefore, to ask the assistance of the Government to enable them to increase, the present supply by building dams, constructing drainage races, &c. If Lhe Government granted a nubsHy tho Company would be compelled to give water to outsiders, and this they would willingly do, seeing it would . be to the interest of all to have a g«od supply of , water in the district. The Company proposed spendinc £1500 or £2000 and would respectfully ask tho co-operation of Government in the matter. Mr Mr Seddon jeplied that ha would recommend the Minister of Mines to grant a subsidy of £600 if the company would igree to chargß no more than the governavent price for water, and further that thoy should give $ of their water to all coaior*. The deputation then thanked the Premier and withdrew. The feeling i:i s l .rong among the shareholders of tRe company, however, that it will not be to their interest to accept ihe conditions, as they do not consider the £500 to be an equivalent to the condit'on that l-3rd oE the whole of their water be sold to outsiders.

The County electoral rolls and defaulters' lists are open for inspection at the County Chambers up to May 15th.

Entries for the Chrysanthemum Show ' next waek close to-night. The Show takes place m the. Drill Shed and Horticultural Hall next Wednesday and Thursday. As these successive shows have made the Queen of Autumn flowers s,o popular throughout the district, there ■ihould be a good general entry this year. The young growers are specially reminded oE the novice clas^, while the attention of | tbe'ladies of the district is directed to the decorative classes open for exhibition. Thy classes for fruit are already filling so there should be an attractive display of fruit. Entries may be left at Keller Bros this evening. At the Assesment Oourfc Kumara on Thursday last the objection 06 Peter F'-ancini, to the valuation of a 6th share in Cullen and part.y'3 dam at £200, was dismissed, and the objection of the Taipo Sluicing Company was struck out, there being no appearance oE objectors. 4?A fire occurred on Mr H. Karnbach's .farm, Kokatahi, on Thursday evening at abMit 7,30, by which the outhouses and other property was destroyed, ft is not known how the fire origin tjdj the building beiag iii' flames when discovered. The neighbours were soon on the spot and succeeded in removing much of the propevty and pulled down the blazing timbers to prevent the fire spreading to the mini building, It is estimated Mr-Karn-bach's loss Till amoiiot from £50 to £100. In his letter from London in the Sydney Marning Herald, Mr H, S. Lucy, referring to the marriage of Lo r d Crewe and Lady Peggy Primrose, Lord Rosebery's second daughter, sa.} s- —"There is. of course some talk about the <-ispari£y of age between the bride and bridegroom, Lord Crewe marrying a girl very much tthc sige of one of hisjown daughters jßut, us those who know the' bride "'testify, Lady Peggy, though a girl in years, is a woman iv mind atid character. She much resembles her father, with whom, snee Lady Rosebory's death, she has lived in closest companionship. Sho is not the sort of: girl likely to be attracted by the ordinary welUgrooraed young man who lounges his way through London drawing rooms into the matrimonial state. It is, a kinswoman of the bride confides to me, an ideal nmtch, born of love, and broadband upon esteem. The girl bride baa bsfor^her a brilliant capeer, Jfc requires no special gifts of prophlsoy io foretell that some day, probably nt no distant d ifce, she will sit on the thVone of the Vice-reine of India." It ie not right, remarked Mr Justice Conollj in the New Plymouth Supreme C.mrt the other day, that prisoners in custody should be cross-examined by the police. Let them tell their story, and tiko thoclunco of it bding used against them, but they should not be closely questioned .

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When the steamer Mamari, which ark rived in Auckland from London last' Friday, was four days' steam from port, and about 1000 miles from land, a lark dropped on to the deck of the steamer. The little bird, which was in a very exhausted state, was captured and placed in a cage, and has been so well cared for by those on board that'it is now as lively and cheery as possible. It is surmised that the bird had been blown out to sea by a , strong gale.

The foundation stone for the new hospital wirig at Greymouth, to be laid by the Premier to-morrow, has been made at Wanganui. The base of the stone is of solid granite, with a sunk panel in white itnrble, the v inscription cut in being as' follows :— " Iv commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. This stone was laid by the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, ( Premier of New Zealand, Apr:l 26th,- 1899." (Here follow the names of the hospital trustees.)

The Wairoa (Hawke's Bay) paper says that the Maori settlement at Te Uhi boasts a great-great-grandmother. She is a great-great -grandmother to a son by Rongo Hamana, who is a son of the^late Hamana Tiakuvao, chief of the Kihitu settlement. The old grandmother is hale and hearty, and cooks for herself. The mother of the great-great-grandchild is 18 years of age.

What between teachers anxious to gain * a high percentage of worthless standard passes (remarks the Auckland Herald) and inspectors enamoured at their own fads, the children attending the public schools are in danger of passing through the different standards without receiving a really efficient education. Reveience for the aged has beon said to be a quality lacking in the Australian youth. Speaking at an Old Folks' At Home in the Town Hall, Melbourne, the Rev. Professor. Gosman. of Hawthorn, who is over seventy years of age himself, gave the result of his experience, which served to refute the assertion. "In this colony and elsewhere," said the speaker, (1 when an old man, aud especially an old woman, enters a crowded railway carriage or tram, or even attends a public meeting, i have seen young men immediately rise i and allow the old people to git down. m If I thought there was in Melbourne a young man who would refuse to do it I would hiss hinrto the South Pole, and leave him there as a punishment for his frigid, unmannerly, and unfeeling conduct " .

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