The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-25
THE INTERNAL REyEHUB
The Manufac turing Interests Of Phfla~
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From the ledger July "a
The war iu ended developed the amazing resources q
the country and ability to sustain almost any demand
penetrating the Of this wealth. 80 as TO maks
the burthen Of it rest equally upon every oasen. M
possess value 70 he Citizens beyond sraacaos
Of curiosity They are the national stsss'cs ,snHwns
labor taxes to what extent each branch of business
each occupation OF industry adds TO the general sun
prosperity and where labor and capital are mos.
bly, employed. The income returns show eacn inu1-
viduas contribution 10 the support Of the government
but the returns by Glasses Of employment snow ~
labor. ..,----,.--r---------~.~.
II has always been claimed for Philadelphia that hss
other city The return Of taxes upon this species 8
production shows more exactly than any other Kind g
proper for public information and . not subject TO the
charge which makes the publication of the individual Y.
the publication Of the latter to do justice TO all the tai
payers With view to benefit the readers Of the Led0S
had the following tables prepared Of the collection: e
revenue from the four districts and fraction, which
Oad Sy this civ for the reVsnue wear Of iss
twelve millions and half dollars II il divided among
the several districts as follows ~r
First district. 300 -
Second district. $685. W.
Third district.
Fifth district (estmatsd) l0Oeoe6
Total collections for the city $12 $50 oss
-Of the above sum large proportion s derived from
licenses and articles manufactured Phadel-
pha being the greatest manufacturing city IN the Union
nothing can prove her importance more than an exhbae
of the large Of money paid to the revenue oncem
for taxes on manufactures.
The taxes assessed In the i've districts
of the city are a. follows # rtss Ag.o 90 -
First district go ~
Second district iU1,00s0
Third district ySo Al
Fourth district Asss00001e
Fifth district (estimated). ............. ooo'ooe
Total for tho city. 7oo,Sss
This is only the tax on the manufactures Of the city OF
Philadelphia for one year Some of the duties are sps
cHc that is much per ton or pound, whilst the otne
are so much per cent on the value Of the article manu-.
featured II IL estimated that four per cent Is the aver
age duty on manufactured articles that the above tan
OF So 1896 904 represents gross value OF manunne-
lures OF $169 1912 II may be considered therefore
that during year. the city of Philadelphia manuae
lures an amount goods Of the value of nearly ono hum
dred and seventy millions of dollars This enormous
aboring population yearly adds to the wealth OF
the nation and Twelve and half millions OF they evo
annually to the support Of the government When u
remembered that municipal tax OF two millions useel
till recently to be considered sufficient political capt
for the opposition upset any city administration upon
the present revelations show how easily we accomm0
date ourselves to circumstances and why al can 90 u
nlt I sss f Boston, enrf sl .f". a}
In the First ward James McKenna returns An income
Of SAL 1928 for 1884 against Sill 742 for 1883 i,
Yhe following the comparative returns Tor the year
1868 and 1854 Of incomes exceeding $50 000n wards