Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-07-30
Newspapers In England.

The following from the New York Tribune
will give our readers some idea of the su-
perior newspaper facilities of this country
over England:
"A prominent reason for the absence of
such press a cheap one may be found in
the tax on advertisements. Such mode of
revenue is necessarily destructive TO many of
the interests of the poorer orders, ms IL so
greatly increases the expense of making
their wants known through the press, aud
must act in sustaining the monopoly of n
few papers, not 10 say n single one. The
cost of advertising in paper is so great that
nothing short of dire necessity drives multi
tudes of people in England 10 spend their
money so; aud then The Times reaps almost
exclusively the profits of such current adj
vertising. One shilling and sixpence (375
ceuts) is the duty on each advertisement.
This is irrespective of length-one line or
thousand pay the same, and the tax is re-
quired for every fresh insertion. The mass
of poor people with little wares for sale, or
small requirements TO be made known, ere
ltesatfy shut ont from the public press, for
the cost of advertising is rendered excessive
by Government tax.
The abolition of this tax, as well MS that
on paper, and of the stamp tax-all of them
together known as "the taxes on knowledge"
Inns long been an object of primary i'm
I porinnce with the British Liberals; and in
debating the budget on the LIST inst, they
made n decided stand for its entire removal.
The Chancellor of the Exchequcr and Lord
John Russell with him, struggled hard to
arrest the movement. lie proposed to re-
duce the tax to Gd. on each advertisement,
aud plead that if so much were not allowed
him, he would be deprived of GS0,000 yearly
revenue. We rejoice to say that he was de-
feated after able and telling speeches by
Messrs. Gibson, Golden and Bright. When
the vote was taken OH the Government pro-
lect of lowering the tax to Cd. there were 63
ayes to 6S why's, while on the total abolition
of the duty there were 20 yeas TO 81 nays.
Our readers will not he surprised TO learn
that n number of The TRIBUNE, in its pres.
ent enlarged form, was in the debate, as an
l'argnmcut for the extinction of this barrier tC
the creation of n cheap newspaper press il
England Indeed, this is by no means the
first time that our tpaper has been 80 EN-
ployed, but hitherto in form and externn
appearance, at lenst, it has not well horne
ms no American newspaper except The TRI
Rune can in these respects, now bear;
comparison with the great journals of Lon
don. On the present occasion, however, Mr
BRIGHT felt himself justified in using the fol
lowing language:
" lie had newspaper there (The Ne,
York Tribune which he was bound TO shy
was us good us any published in London thi
week. The Hon. Member here opened OH
a copy OF The Meic York Tribune, aud exhib
tied it to the House. II was printed wit
finer type than any London daily paper.
|, was exceedingly good as a Journal, quit
, sufficient for all the purposes OF a newspape
9 lSpreadng il out before the House, the lIor
orabe gentleman detailed its contents, con
). mencing with very numerous advertise
0 ments. 1t contained various articles, ,lamong
J. others, one against public dinners, in whc
$ he thought honorable members would fu
Il agree-One crlticising our Chancellor Of Il
l. ExclIequer's budget, in part justly-and OF
rs upon the Manchester school but he mu
p say, as far us the Manchester school went,
IS. did not do them justice at all. Laughter
as lie ventured to say that there was not be
al ter paper than this in London. Moreover,
H. especially wrote in favor of Tempemn,
al aud Auti-Slavery, and though honoral
~, members were not all members of the Tel
of pcrnncc Society perhaps, they yet, he W
Dd sure, all admitted the advantages of Tel
by pernnce, awhilc not voice could be lil
d. there in favor of Slavery. Here, then, W
newspaper advocating great princip
ul and conducted in all respects with the gre
= est propriety-a newspaper in which
rn found not a syllable illat lie might not put
ed his table and allow his wife aud daughter
of read with satisfaction. And this was pac
IT, on the talle every morning for Id. file
lst hear. What he wanted, Then, TO ask
&C Government, was this-how comes it, a
th for what good end, and by what conirivar
C. of fiscal oPpression-ior it can he nothi
a else-7was it that while the workman of N
er York could have such paper on his bre
he fast table every morning for Id. the worku
u of London must 90 without or pay fyepeI
up for the accommodation Hear, hear III
m wns il possible that the later could keep
irs with his transatlantic competitor in the ra
er- If one had daily intelligence Of cveryih