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CORRESPONDENCE
MONEY TO BURN.
TO THE EDITOR.
-Yours, etc.,
“EQUAL SACRIFICE.”
Sir, —Many families are going short
of the necessaries of life, through the
bread-winner being compelled to work
short time, and pay Unemployment
Relief Tax. -The money raised by
this tax is supposed to- be for the
relief of families rendered destitute
through unemployment; by providing
sustenance or work. s Men on susten
ance "and.'relief work, who receive this
money, roll the equivalent, or portion
of it,- "into paper cylinders, set fire to
one end, inhale the smoke through the
other, and finally blow it out through
the mouth or nostrils. ' Why should
privation be forced upon non-smokers
and children, -while selfish creatures
indulge in-this useless, extravagant
habit, with money provided for the
purpose of relieving starvation?
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