The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-17 00:00:00

tared into with the manufacturer who produced
materials got up in a dry state : this mac ufac•urs.
you, for he found some other inventi .n, which
fringe year regulations, and is mskini an article
ing duty which competes with paper paying the
The manufacturer of paper is the only rural
we have. The paper mills are to be found
county of the United Ki-gdora. We 4
asaiast of labour, and if it be the tendency
as I believe it is, to lessen the number Of
torero, to lessen the production of psi
the export of piper, then I say that
ing them results it lessens the employment
these rural dietricts; it causes an increased
thaws districts, end it becomes a legitimate quo
bus especially interested in agricultural proepet
whether it is not possible to get rid of this
producing a large end heavy result in refers
employment of labour in the rural districts,
saes to which the manufacture is applied. Nt
employ labour in the particular manufeett
those subeidiary purposes to which it may be
broaches of manufactures. It employs laboa
and renevating all thee delicate machinery that
employed in the manufacture of the article.
article that I ever heard of that does
larger amount of men, women, end chili
manufacture of paper. Mr. Crompeon
calculation as to the employment of
has calculated that the repeal of the pap
employ 40,000 additional people in Lind,
Crompton says that a single newspaper
as much as 3,0001. value in one year in
as much as 15,0001. per annum in
an important consideration it is, when wee.,
ing up to export from thin country the fem.
because they cannot earn their own living. I
manufacture of paper that females are employ,
of raising a large sum of money to export the
Lion, consider whntb,r it would not be we
thing towards the removal of those fisci
the employment of lab'.ur which are I
mental in bringing about the evil which
At this time Canada and other colonies
paper of France, the United States and
than have it from the manufacturer
try, who is driven to increase the
paper in consequent* of the interference
regulations and additional cost is pat by
itself. It is true he gets tt e drawback, not th
to the additional cost he is put to. It places
extent on a disadvantage with the. foreign ma
cclonial markets. We do not see any increase
of paper, if I may judge from the amount of I
on the contrary, the drawback on the i-sper
what it was many years ago. It apps era
trade—(a laugh)—aad if there wire n. t tor
the root of the paper manufacture in the
sidering the great meat i--s that we hat
see it, like ,her branches of our um,
and we should observe a correspond:Jß aft. anion,
in that branch of our menu anthem with the
exports. But the view thet IWm is, that
the paper duty in the moet important as to it
venting the diffusion of knowledge amoegat
of the people. I hope I shall sot be told by
of the Exchequer, or by the noble lord at t
government, it he will cusdeseend to give hi
this occasion, that if you take a novel or l
Cullocts'aCJinenercial Dictionary, selling at sfi
the piper duty only 6d. If that were so, it w
way touch the ease that I wish to press on ti
ease I wish to present is the effect
duty in preventing the spreading of chi
through the great mass of the communi y. se
educational efforts that are bei•./ male
individuals at this time. It is not a 411',:1,,
book, and the amount of duty on that genic:
it is a question how far the amount tel this I
vents men of capital from undertaking the pl
work which depends upon a large and 4
lotion for a small profit upon each part
[The honourable member thus read an en
tition presented to the house by Miters. Col
burgh, which set forth th.t the duty on p
retard the diffusion of knoeveclge. Toe
petition was presented to the houeo dunt
parliament, on the 9th Jwee, 18191 ct
untied : I think this is a very Important s.
Messrs. Chambers. We have a similar vat.
Charles Knieht. I dare say masy 1 n. me
an able pampolest iss wlsicit he I.ives the

airs of i ho.,k hosisist exces.ir• _
history of The Penny Cycloptri.a,
tiOu ot the working and p 'erre e ,e.
he to pay to the rever ue of .h
►ard cash for paper ditty en tact one h . k
18;5001. sterlirg; bow mach wa, the e ,r • • .

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euilal.cel by .14.4.:ration ui t
30,0001. or 32,000/. 6,enin

this for as to be ozaciing on ono 6
he paid bo'ore a caan c al.'

throu4h this vast community th±
knowledge, which form the r
improvement among,: the great • I 1,,
in this country. Can we say we /V ?tall 1,
question of educating the 1,, r .
knowledge thkt we have, ii
about the church ciase.nt, onci
amount to schools at diderent par.. of
while we are main thy lag ti,c110110:lutil
and retarding the cause 01 education ItlOre
of money are doing good in promoting it
to weary the house wit.i details 1 c•ia eridrisvi
broad tact so ter as I have it In my pow, ;
those who are more scqu anted with the Mnt
I hope, will fiil up any sktitiency. Chad.
that during the last 20 years ►e has *lint
cupyrizht and literary labour, and paid 4.0.0
in order to give the work( the benefit

worth of editorial and liurary labour.
on capital, Mt here is • pressure on it
Here we begin to see how this mutt
spreading of knowledge amongst the p Nor
cannot afford to give more than the
There is • little work ca.led fhe
1- fiend." the proprittor of which tid me
paid labour of ant- kind h. was '

,rovernment fur duty on the p per sil.,el
more expensive description of works :he S,
risk of literary speculatim. Suppose a rr.
work, how is he to know how man
the work may be sold? Ile u.se h ise
but does he know that he may ss.l
to pay a tax, and if he only eels nue • r
these thousand, ho is to suffer a lops by the
that find no other end but by being 'et.t
eheesemoniter. The Commireiorers u:

upon this branch of the subject, and sat
it was • great injustice to make the Ea',
pay duty on • large portion of tr.o
mver got a sale. You do rot lust :h
brandy, ►nd tobacco in this unjust war.
to the consumer you do not tit/wee the t.N.
but when you are dealing with the

are as imirortant a clam u the
tobacco 3ou seem •o proceedwitht- a: r.

that because they may be poweil. es in 1 r a:3,3
this house, and because they may rot :
election of boroughs. and because the pa; r
spread ov.r the kingdom, and small, a^..J.;,-
ing, ',merle's, you neglect _tile h% ue
equity in the levying of your team It we
those Use., they ought to exist wi.h s
justice, and we ought not, by introit* a ..u.
impression of the work to be pubiitn• .1.. a
crease the risk of literary spaulation,an.!3'.lt r
from giving the benefit of their talents to
I have stated the grounds why I think the
prejudicial to the progress of knowledge am.
manes, and up3n these grounds I cal, up Nn
berately to consider whether this duty on p,
tinue to be a permanent part of the I isatiut
The committee of the house who base i•

subject recommended a repeal a the :lc!
was a commiti,e of which r Henry Peru

Another comusi,tee rieorornenlid ii, that of
her for Dumfries (who was the chairin
libraries. There was also an inquiry of
for inquiring into the :tin system. al& re,o•
•

repeal of this duty upon ;paver.
that if the right hon. gentleman the mein'
had b.en in otHie, the repeal of the du.y o
have followed the repeal of the 'arise
In the second resolution which I propose—
stamp duty on newspapers—l pn,pose that th
resolve that it is expedient to abolish the 51
papers. I believe that I say be permitted
this matter as a question of . Ire
this question was brought before parliantei
ago, that the noble lord then at the beau of
(Lord Melbourne), said that he hoped thst
think him capible for • moment, of putting
on so mean and so nirrow a ground us tIO
He viewed it in reference to its e'
habits and feelings of the people of
it is in that spirit he dealt with it,
the spirit of revenue. What is the
obtained by the stamp on newspapers
to 350,0001. or pet haps 360 0001. per annum ;
which, as l have not seen the last returns ;
3.54/.0001. per annum. Now I know gentle.
that newspapers have some privilege in being,

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the post.office (or nothing:and tlat, therefore,
these postal privileges which the state has gir
may fairly be ezpected to pay this 350.0
stamps. 1 do not in the slightest degrei
alter the postal arrangements, hut 1 wish to le
precisely in the same position as tt
it now stands. 1 am perfectly satistie

arrangements, with this proviso, that
paper should go through the poet aim it al
stamp duty, but that when it dio not go through
a compulsory stamp duty should not be impose.
to leave these postal privileges where they
not want to make newspapers pay for what ti
You have adopted this principle yourselves.
return which l have now with tn... which w
this house, and in which it appears that
less than fifty-three registered news!
are printed and published with a Pot
impression unatamped. When they want
post then they stamp them ; but when they
by post they send them in another way ;
into any ottice of th, sr registered fleapitsp
there bud that you can purchase a stamped ei
edition, just as you p,erse. I call on you to el
lege which you grant to these A 3 regivered
London to all other newspapers. L will lel
hock of the Athatasuont, of the list
number of different papers' and t
you allow any of them to be un'
they du not go through the rot.