New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-06

year ~ .yoo5. st public auction, such duties being
s sae ', the purchaser. On est'tes, hoases hnnni'
KS .Sops plate, Jewels, &c., The cniy was Ia cents
ss'l ,aund sierhUg, or small fraeHoD ohGer per
u tne n Lousehold furniture hor e., Carriages and
80, t Goods aud ch0ltels, II WIS per cent; W
ote wool of BRITISH growth, sold for toe benefit
~ ~. growers or ersoIs purchasing directly there
trom is was cents IL tie pound sterling or iour-
shbs of one per cent aud On the fret sss O! foreign
nrodace it was half OF one per cont. Tbs prodQct
y ,bs whale and sal fisheries, aTtices used by
svsrs woods used by catiuet makers, the products
=; manufactures OF British Colonies sold by The
sriyiusl importer within twelve mont OF lmpora-
80; goods sold bv the sheriff. or under tie authority
~ certain courts or account q the Government
Kss, India or Hodsons Bay Company, salysges from
fre or shipwrcok. sold on behalf VI lhe InsureIe
and .one other articles, were exempt from duty. lD
Ireland the duty upon the trst Two classes was
sbOqI fve-sxtb the amounts named. Ine revenue
produced from this impost WAS about Sl 100000 per
snnum.
Glqs&.-The duties on glass were carried in Great
Britain 10 most exorhitlDt extent, and were mn
postd in q most oppressive manner. Glass was inst
I1bject 10 an excise dOty in the reign OF " illam
Ill., brt the impost being consldered prslsaiIiai "
~ niant manufacture II WAS coon isAen on IL "ss'
however, egain imposed in 7i6. AiIer successive
concentrations the duties raised IN 1913 10 the
amount Of $24 so per l2 ID on Tint ana plate g'aSs
snd the consequence that despite the increase oi
wealth and population In the interim, tue eousGmp
been in 1894 when tine duty was but 81 10 per IL
II. In 1873 the various duties on glass were, per
ll2 b. as follows Flint and plate-gIass, $24 90;
Grown and German sheet glass, sIo 35 broad glass
a. 50; aud common bottle 81 -, s. 04. In 1879
che duty on pIate-ga.s was reduced to SIS per III
fb In 1926 the duty on hiut glass was repealed,
ard new duty of $62 81 FOR every i,Ouy lb OF
su1ed materials for flint 81, ,ss impo cd. Tbs was
afterward reduced in 1882 to s., aud in 1895 10 81 90
Cor every 100 10. In 1873 The cuty on common
bottle glass was reduced TO 81 10 per ll2 ID. la
Msy 1910, the duty upon every description OF glass
was raised Eve per ceut aud In the following August
Che duty broad ass WAS increased irom s. 81 TO
AIS 3S per ll2 i5. All these duties were repealed
Il lS45. Ths average annual net revenue derived
srom ths impos. for the years loiO, H. 4! was 49,,
i7O,990.
Bricks-As we have already stated, excise duty
was first levied on brick, in l7S4, when It was %
cents per thousand In 1894 this was Increased TO
a. in 1903 TO 81 IS and IN 1885 10 Il So In 1873,
daty OF s. 81 tboufaud Was Lad upon all bricks
cf lager dimensions Than the common tricks Pol
Irbed bricks were charged duty OF 80 20 thou
asnd and large polished 81 OF. Tuese 0uIies, woich
die not extend TO Ireland were repealed N 1850.
They prodaced, iii ls49, net reveoue ot ,2,2 2tO.
Sodp.-ln l7ll an excise outy OF two cents Jer
cound was first imposed OF all soap made in Great
Britain which duty wss raised IN i7l3 ,othree cenis
ger pound. In IL 81, the du.y was again inefeated,
snd distinction for the hrst tine made between
BARD and soft soap tie duiy ON tue former beng ~
t.elfS, dnQ on tuo pVuIus ~
Another increase Of duty tOOk piscs end hard soap
wss subjected TO q duty of cents pound. From
Nav 81, 1898, the duty cents per pound on
hard and cents on soft soap. Nnen We take into
eonsdeTation the Customs duiies paid upon the na-
.sliaIs from which SOAP was made, tbAi detergent,
SShen the excise duty was cents. was taxed IRON
G20 to 100 per cent ad valorem The duty was not
sX ended Ireland, and this gave rlse 10 consdeTa-
Die smuggling OF soap IRON thai country 10 Great
Bntain-espeeslly when the impost wss st its
nua 4ffs ". Id IN AZ ln fof a
net revenue derived from soap III 1852 amounted TO
g. 6jO, 80. An allowance oi Outy was made on
1o4p I'd in the manufacturing Ot wooiens, linens,
ak, lax and cot on. Tie al owauce OF duty in
gSeSe cases amounted, in 1870, to 15g,T5.
PGper-Th. same act which placed tax upon
sosp imposed au excise duty psper. Previously
% 1896, all writog, coored wrapping paper, ara
Boards aud pasle-boardt, were oenOminated h.tt-
rlsss paper, and paid Elk cents per pound tuyi IN
geEs manufa ctured wholly of tarred ropes withOu,
Che tar being previously extracted, III which case
che paper was deBominated second eiass, aud Taid
shree ceuts per pound. MlloOatds aud saleboarcs
made Of the came usieriGl, O second class psier,
raid four and half cents per pound. This duty va
ried TIE different descriptions OF hTsi'eass paper
from about IS 81 per cent on The hfs to out zoo
yer cent on he coGIsest. duty oppressive led
60 the con mission Of various gross irauos which C
Che yigsle- Of officers, aud The endless mulillica-
aon OF checks snd penalties were unable 10 prevents
Che real effect Of such devices beng 10 iuJure the
honest mGpuf i1reFs and 20 give tnose OF differ
ont character gr aler facilities for carrying their
fraudulent schemes IL 1876 The duty fnst-class
qepers was reduced 10 The tae level Hs q al pa.
ers OF tie second class or IRON sI cents 10 three
cents per pound. a, The came time tie duty Of three
and half cents per square yard lsId raper when
printed or stained vall lapersl over ald above the
ordinary duty on paper, We repealed. La the last
o.esiOn Of ParanIen the remaining duty on PAPER
t1ss abolished, The repeal dating IRON ia.t October
IN 1885, the last year oi the her rate the ne! rev
~. nptv "a
obd in 1860 it vas 81, 53l 800
EODS-1he hop onty Is another OF the war taxes
Of Queen Anne. The arnoun, levied wa, four cents
Ger pound, and tie revenue produced from this
1ource In 1860 was 81 9i3 90. ILs duty was re.
suced TO three cents per p und in 1863, IVES aboi-
asbed within the past year. aud 10 lieu thereof an
uaI and pro rata hcerses were levied upon brewers
gn the year ls51 47,94l acres of land were under
Aop cultivation Ia Great Britain.
EXISTING EXCISE DUTIES.
Mah-The duty Oh malt was b 81 imposed N En-
Yond in 1917, ano IN Scotland IN l1l3i buL 1t was
Tot introd uced into Ireland ill l7oJ. 10 England,
in l702 we ind TIE rate Of duty quoted at fraction
ever l3 cents per bushel in 76J raised TO ~
cents: in 1880 to 81 ceDts; in 79l addition was
sasde Of 6 cents buE sueh additional duty was only
charged Tor one year. la 1892 tie duty wss sd.
9anced 10 co cents per bushs and 10 1903 10 81 ii.
IN 1916 again became 90 cent? from which IL was
rssed in 1919 70 20 cents, and ID lo2 reduced to o.
cents. To this latter rate i've per cent was added In
1910, snce which time no change has been made.
10 show the detrimental influence Of the highest
duty, it is only necessary 10 state that q
awelve years ending 1916 then did 10 the twelve
ending l720 Tie consumption Wa. almost sta-
.;onary during the into iyeIiug period Ia Scotland,
abe duty from l7l3 10 l7l6 10 cents per busLe;
in 1926 1t reduced TO oDe-hs that rate until
$780, iu 1880 II wal again advanced to II cents and
ln 1902 70 AZ cents. In 1904 distinction made
~ the duty levied upon u,at made from barley and
from bere bgg species Of barley grown in Scot
aand. The duty Of tie former then rsised TO "a
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