New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-23
FRANCE.
PARIS. April 4, 1869.
From Our Own conespsneebL

PARIS, April 4, 1869.
The decree that all tie world should be taxed
being about to be enforced with you, there mny be
some profit as we'll as that melancholy pleasure pro-
verbally derived from compGnionship in misery, in
consulting the bill Of the French Supplementary
Budget Of 1868 and the report that accompanies it,
preeented tn the Corps Logisaf last week Tue shay
give few facts aud figures taken fron these docu-
ments, giving tho figures OF the original francs
roundly in dollars TIE object Of the bin is to pro-
vide q, 40, 900 extraordinary do!lals to meet ex'
penses TO that amount other lan h.se provided icr
by tie estimates Of the ordinary bulge. One-haif
Of tits sum is to be raised by temporary incfease
Of tax on sugar and sslt. Tic proposed additional
tax on raw ugar il 10 francs tie 100 bilosrHnues,
say mills the pound which, tose hcr with Iop"r-
tionate increase Of tax on refined sugars and mo-
laeses, is calculated TO yield 10000 doliars The
additional tax on sat doubles the rate TO which it
was lately reduced, raising ii to 90 francs the 100
hlogrammes, and is calculated 10 yield G,3OO.0OC
dollsrs. Salt uscd for manufacturing purposes tie
bill exeInpis entirely from taxation. This excma-
ton is a wise financial sacrifice TO, not individual
manufacturers bat national politco- economical in
teress of 300 600 dollars Another noticeable ea-
tUre of the bin is ito fourth article which proyidrs
that tie supplementary taxes slail he paid on the
quantities OF sugar and salt exceeding 100 kilo'
grGmmes and dhot hare a'Yc0dy paid tie 0rdiHdryt1E
which manufacturers 1ehnes. and traders shal huve
on band tho lst Of July, ISt2. thus normal feature
Of French tax legislation Is curOusy y and for the
treasury prolttbly, different from the pos;-acive
nature Of zone Of OuT late American ealy measures
20 fil an emmy treasury. IL - proper 10 observe
that these tenn loray supplementary imports although
return upon recent reductions, do not raise tie total
TAX 70 bilh as il was few years ago on salt, and
but two years ago on sugar. Some Of tie estimates
Tor the ordinary Budget Of 1868 are worth our nolug
in this connection Of income with outgo, suggesting
means that We may PICK up on the high aud byway r
Of tho hard road that we must now tfayel Stamp
taxes OF various sorts and registration dues yield
S79 900 00O tobacco 600 0Jc; wines and liquors
SUPP elementary impos'l, domestic, colonial, and
foreign, over $l7OO0,O.0; salt lee the supplement
tary impOs'), 81 100000; poft-Oiice, 1900 900;
gunpowder, g. 500 Oj0; other aricles sll 500 600;
export dutie,, SO 60O00 900.
! Onr new tax bill naturally draws attention this
SIDE The water. Such criticisu as have yet seen or
heard Is uniavorabe, the critics regarding it from
100 strlcty financial aud politicooconomca pop. of
WGw. IL slns, hey say, NY excets Of deisils-mul-
upcty OF articles taxed being in direct ratio 10 dif
hcuy and cost OF collection, and popular prnmbling;
but ~ almost inverse ratio 10 treasury receipts. Tie
equally important political point Of view is hitherto
taken by few European critics oi our finance oeas.
nres az hhs Dccn laeen heretofore by American crit
! Ar |i '<HINFedu III uutitl measures. Tie urinary
political imToftsuoe, especially in democracy. Of
convincing every member of The State by the yearn.
ing OF that most sensitive Of al bowels tbo
that be u responsible member OF the body polite.
| 10 hardly appreciated here.
Ii is Budget eeason in England as well as in
France; bnt the English folk are now so absorbed
by attention to tie IronsIdes question: become Inc
order Of the day and remaining the order Of the dy
by Mr. Ericsson, transatlantic motion ms alm0,t "a
forget everything else. The "mobie," "fckIc. P"
excitable" "theatiical,' fantastic" French
4" solid, dsurdy," practical, - Common sense y
negLoors. You will not see 30 much ia tho French
papers as in the English papers; not nearly so much
IN The French Cups LegiSlotJ debates as in tire
Parliamentary debates OF The Irousides question
moved up to the order Of tie day by Mr. Ericsson
snd the Norfolk engineers, the other Sunday ia
Hampton Rosds; but guess t will be found that
Ilan9e - already ms rich as England in solid iron
sneatned arguments, and is rapidly increasing iIt
wealth IN that regard as England, for the remote,
possible iosleve, ss always very remote and highly