WHEAT DUTIES.
INQUIRY RESUMED. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Sept. 17. The wheat duties inquiry was ro* sumed to-day. Walter Nash, secretary of the New Zealand Labour Party, said that whatever protection was given to wheat or other land industry would ultimately be reflected in the price of land, and the removal of the duties was likely to lead to the displacement of , labour in the country districts. The duty on wheat was one of the most unfair methods of taxation that could be found because it affected the main food of the majority. He thought thatr the baker was not overpaid though the retail price of bread was twice that of 1893-1912. Ho was of the opinion that there was something wrong between the grower and the baker and this should be investigated. Though he thought the wheat duties iniquitous, it would be unfair to the farmer to wipe them out. There should be-some other method of assisting the farmer than at the expense of the poor people.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 248, 18 September 1929, Page 2
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168WHEAT DUTIES. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 248, 18 September 1929, Page 2
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