Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-06-06

mnshed duties, would augment instead of diminish
revenue | referred to the operation OF the dufy
Tea and coffee, compared with iebaceo. la 1920,
when the duty was the rate Of 96 PER (at
ander Two shillines pound, and loo per cent. a
bowel the quantity oftea consumed was fuenf1ttro
nIlifan four huadred and mn hso thousand posads-
l. ls35, mhtu the duty vas aithe rate oil shil-
Ing and SIX pence per pound lot bohea tao slillings
and Two pence for conCou, and three shillinps for
sanchaur and f0uery pekoc. the quantity WIS Htlr-
flsl mn iaas fire huHdrod and sertHfy four thousand
rounds. That on cnifre, IN 800. hen tile amount
ol duly Ms Shilling per pound. the qauuty was
seren mdiitgps pounds In lr31. when II was reduc-
ccd 10 SIX pence, u mounted npto near hfehgJ Jour
millions a pounds So, TOO, with cirafs-ihe 70
mount upon winch duty was paid. m le27, at egh-
teen shllliugs per pound, was only eieh thousand
sit hundred In 1886, when the dnIy was reduced
shilllngs, Zone -hal the formerly The amount
was enc hmidred and forty one thousand pounds
Thus. the revenue derived from duty Of nine shll-
hngs more than nine tunes greater Than when It
WIS double that amount. On such examples II
uonlJnol be easy to make comments, with view 10
further peIspieuily. Indeed, moro signal instances
of he ruth othe PROF osiioo thai 0w dhties tncred
Sed conSgH phon ireU Teronne, we're PROBABLY M"
TO be found IN tho whole history OF taxation.
The result, then, SIMPLY Ibis: that II tie uu-
" was SO reduced as efectualy 10 put down Snug
gllng allhe tobacco actually brouehti IN x Consumed
IN the United Kingdom would pay duty aud the es-
enlistment OF coast guard service would be render
I'd uune sarv. SO much as regarded the effects
81 Ihls system upon the revenue. That, TO tic
manufacture and fair dealer the operation OF this
high duty was equally iuiutions aud fatal. From
The evidence and official statements Oh The tobacco
trade II appeared that the Whole quantity on which
duty paid ~ England would employ but lne
more thlu one.thrd Of the machinery hat vas wan
ted lof manufacturing one arlelc alone, aud that the
number OF dealers in London, with some twelve or
toureen othtr cities and towns, must by the sale
Of only ono hdiCpOuHd per wEEK, supply Il con
sumption which made II certain, without reckon
ing any other sale, that mtfi1on u poHndS
OF foreign cigars was supplied by the SNUG
gler, which WAS confirmed by The fact stated by
Mr.. McCulloch, that more than 10 1920 pounds,
or sfr hufrca and Scren thousand Seten hun
dfc8 ana Hriy arrobds ofciediS expotted au-
uudlly from the Havana, only II 900 of which pay
the English duty. The result WAS thai the Brush
manufacturer could not by possibility maintln both
his trade and capital while he constrained 10 pay
high duty, and which, If continued, must force
out oil The trade all but those who look FOR profits
out Of The revenue i hlt whilst tie United States
exported foW millions N manufactured tobacco, the
United kingdom. with all ihcn advantages OF caral
and skill, exported only frchuaired thousand pg4ais
OF Manufactured tobacco, and about Twelve thou
sand oi snuil though, at the tune, 300. 600
pounds Of foreign manut icuIcd tobacco were cxpor-
led from the Kings warehouse. While, therefore,
the BRUSH manufacturer was able To employ large
''i''''' an" ''"'" '"'' ""'e'' an" S'i"' III Il
'''pue' Sq"" W "''' ',"'i'''''"iS ne WIS 'he ohy
,''"'''e'" ''' ~ ''''' "''''" MINI '"e revenue
la"s prevented from exporting his goods To foreign
markets.
In illustration Of the effect oil tie very high duty
aud the means rcsored to to avoid it, tic following
singular circumstance was proved IN Parliament in
leo.
A highly respectable n'crcha1t, being examined
stated that tletc a manufacturer IN Belfast for
whom he WAS IN the habit oi shipping tobacco wlIo
told Inn that hen tle duty was fur stiilingS II
pound he Ind under the press IN winch lie put the
roll tobacco To- be pressed quantity Of bralen papey
10 fe1cftc al ttc oppHes of Hc foLa6co and. m6en
IT wns completely saturated With the luIcc he LEI II
dry lnlr and then Soi mis- bgat,p pdj5er go Sgity,
ts8 I5r ten pfnce y0and- four renee a round more
than tire Original cost Of the finest tobacro
Under such Circumstances, he manufacturers oC
tobacco had no chance Of compeIiup u.,ih t,lo,s
Who pald no dgtV but were dfmi,,d nj t.,c,i
tale Which they would otherwise have with evc,v
pat Of tie Globe.
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ton al the ,d. ho II -. =, s,''' POI
-. . = - ~ " "''''V ~ tes's'ep me 'e,iP-
must be- or. IN sell.defrncc. become sauesle,s ,Le
EXISTING revenue even would not raplly decrease =
That. ardcd the immediate lu,s 10 the revenue
winch vas apprehended from change IN tho sys,e,
II was quite clear FINN g, fan cx,,,i.,,,1 ,hn
whole subject, thar, If the dury of one shilling NO,
pound vas received on 1 g Whole ouart,ty ~ ,nh,c.
co actually consumed, and allowing as an increase
only one shilling and four pence, In consequence of
the reduced nice the revenue would nu. Ito, 5,
loss of about f315 GOO or r9GO 0oO wIi,b Ly,ho