The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-07-10
Things In europe.

rrgo Journal 1t WI s. 'ound q't'
interesting.
"Che real secret of the distress in
Lancashire, and other manufacturing
districts, is leaking out gradually A
curious development was made few
days ago. Il appears that there is
heavy ta,iff upon British manufactures
imported into India, which is felt to be
oppressive and 4 dorntation waited
npon Sir Charles Wood, Secretary of
State for India, to urge some amcslora-
ton Of this burden They stated that
this tax amounted to about thirty seven
dollars on each loom at work, and that
IN tho town of Preston alone there were
o7,l4s looms, fou, iiiths Of which pro
,luccd for the India market, and were
thus taxed in an aggregate OF about
$500 900. This, remember, is for only
4 single town, AMI the system operates
all though tho manufacturing districts.
The consequence is that every loom left
idle saves the owner the thirty seven
dollars.
Thus England lays az cxorbitant tax
upon its own manufacturers, in order to
support set Of idle ofliccheldcrs in
India. The manufacturers, in order to
avoid the tax, shut up their looms and
discharge their hands. Great suffering
cnsucs among the operatives in conse-
qnencc, and the Government is appealed
to for relief 1t has mono to grant, but
with sublime impndencc, shifts the re-
sponsibility from its own shoulders to
those Of a sister nation, and lays all the
distress caused by its own extravaganza,
OF mistakes in arithmetic, 70 the account
of the American war.
The International Exhibition appears
inst now to be doing better than was
anticipated. Last Monday the attcn-
dance was $4,000, and has since aver
aged nearly $4,000 daily. This, how
ever, is holiday weck-Whitsuntidc-
and the cheap excursion trains have just
commenced. The Commissioners must
realize siftcen thousand dollars every
day--rcquiring sixty thousand shilling
visitors, in order to pay for the building.
English people seem to have an TN.
accountable fame. for black skin, and
the blackcr the better. Imct a fashion
able lady day or two ago, in one Of
the public streets, leaning aiTectionatcly
on the arm Of "colorcd gentleman"
and apparently vcvy proud Of her sable
escort. A night or two since | atten-
ded conycrsa.ionc ut the Mansion
House, (thc Lord Mayors residence)
held in what i called the Egyptian
Hall, (but why So called, cannot con
ceive, unless j. i because there is
nothing Egypti;.., about it, The room
was throngcd with fashion, wealth and
beauty, and in the course ofthc evening
three strapping "buck negroes were
ushered in with all ceremony, and as
seats were scarce, two well dressed and
evidently highly respectable gentlemen
and one lady, after word or two from
their conductor, gave up their seats to
the gentlemen from Africa" in the very
centre Of the room, and retired to stan.
ding positions in the year. l do not
know but one OF these was the Haytian
Ambassador, but know that they were
all three black as hat, and that they
were treated with moro respect than
any whitelman present.
The English people are making a
great fuss about our taxation. Let us
look moment at their system, or rath-
CT at single feature Of it ! quote o
passage from a recent statement found
ed on official data:
1.-THE food and drink Of the people
paid last year f42,ooO,ooO (s2lo, ooo,.
o00) oftaxes. Ofthat amount G35 900, :
600 ($l75,Oo0,oOo) was paid by the
scorking classes, and 100000 $685.
OOO,OOO) BY the higher and middle elias.
scs.''
There is q text for political econo-
mist. When England wants to raise .
revenue, how does she go about it
Not by taxing luxurics and snpc.aui-
ties-not by imposing tariff upon real
estate and bank stock, horses, dogs and
gold watches-but by laying the impost
upon the necessaries Of life-thc poor
mans bread, potatoes and beer. Yousce
that only one-sixth Of the sum is raised
from the higher and middle classes the
great bulk Of it-fivc-sixth-or, in plain
figures, Sl75,oo0,o0o, is actually paid
out Of the scanty earnings Of the daily
laborers-the men who live from hand
to mouth-who cannot take a piece OF
bread in their hands, or deposit bit OF
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