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fUMttg ttVUUl • CVU|)IC iiuiivnrupounds The chief reduction was in the cmp of petroleum.Mr Corlnaldi said he would propose that the duty he furiuer reduced to 2d- per gallon on all the subject* mentioned. Kerosene was an absolute heceaaiiy for Use people, and when they reduced the duty on gasolene and naphtha they were endeavouring to make it easy for the people In the upper walks of life who could well afford to pay the duty. He*oTrtj*iirlt;j*eae torplafe a further duty on whiskey, an article that was notconsumed by th*» masses, but by the lietter-to-do population of 'he islatfS. And they would not feel it. If a man had to pay 8d. a bottle more for hit whiskey he would not feel It. And farther, they would be putting on a better standard the Jamaica rum, which was a product of the country. No duty would be loat to the exchequer of the colony. Dealing with thealleged unaerupulosity of traders r. CoClHtrHclt;dlt;tttceidimhlt;feecerticlClt;Mr. Cortaaldl said he did not Include the ^h)7l— l» this The Chinese tfcat jw*!fc(ier hrere a benellt to Ja-maioa. The reason why the Chinaman was able to make good profits out oPtlg business waa because hecoaid lire cheaper than the natives did iHe did not desire to say anytmag about the people of the country, but the moment the ordinary Jamaican got a Shop the neat thing he did w«k to Ira/d horse and ouggy. while the Chinaman was willing even to sleep on the counter of his shop.It being one o'clock the Council ad-for an hour. 4ofmofbiafTlataanbewitildesticault;aunu
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Colonial Standard
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Thu, Mar 24, 1910
Page 13
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