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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 13, 13 January 1893, Page 31

Nowadays the fiscal policy is always a prominent plank in the platform of every politician, yet is it a wise policy on the part of the consumers to place a tax on the articles which they do not make but only consume ? Suppose, for instancp, the customs duty is 33 per cent, on imported goods, the wages of the labourer in all grades of employment in a country thua protected, should be 33 per cent, higher than in a freetrade country, to make things equal— but, is it ever tbe case ? True protection, like chanty, begins at home, and in these days when the air is laden with microbes, bacteiia and other germs of disease, it behoves us all to ba on guard against the common enemy. Old age kills but few, disease slays its thousands and millions, and all because mankind is so apatbeiic and careless about first signs of approaching sickness. Neuralgia is one of the mostpositive signs of the approach of some physical affliction, and requires immediate attention before it has progressed beyond human aid and fatal d'sease has got hold of some vital organ. J. Flynn, Esq , Arawa, Christchurch, writes : It is with great pleasure and gratitude I take my seat to indite these few lines, in order that I may give expression to the feelings of thankfulness for the benefit I have derived from tbe use ot Clement's Tonic. I have been a sufferer for the last eight years, an! in that time have tried a number of physicians, and at great expense I have secured the opinions of men who were considered great authorities, bat with no result, for I continually got worse. However they might differ about tbe treatment of my case, they all agreed that they could do me no good, and stated that I wag in the I ast stage of consumption, and fast coming to the end. On doctors' advice 1 travelled all through the colonies, and consulted medical men as I travelled, but instead of improving got worse, and became destitude of means, and had to return to West Australia, whence I started. This was five years ago, and at that time and ever since I have been completely prostrated and unable to do any sort of manual labour, or in any way to earn a livi D g, and I mas so weak and emaciated that I prayed and looked for the end from week to rveek. 1 have beeu in many hospitals, and when out of them have tried all sorts of pafeLt medicines without avail. About two re ontha ago I experienced a very severe turn, and seeing Clements' Tune ad vettiecd I decided to try it (not that I thought it would do mo any good but I was so ill that I must luve something). I havu us d only two bottle*, and can say truthfully that I am now stronger and bett r than at any time within the last six years, and intend to ccntinue its use. Another man to whom I recommended Clements' Tonic said to me : "I wish to God I had known of such medicine ten years ago,'i so much good it had done him. You are at liberty to publish this it of service.