, 1870-04-22

AddrrA TRIBUNE COMPANY, :.
Chicago, N.
FRIDAY, APRIL %. 1870.
sHALI THE TAXES BE REDUCED.
The revenue of the United States for the
year ending June 80, 1870, will be about
$323. .ooo, Gao. and the expenditures $751;
eo0.ooo, leaving surplus, in round mum.
bess. OF 100000, coo. The revenue of the
British Government for the year ending
alarch 81, 1870, WIS, in Federal money,
S3'6. 72o, GOO, and the expenditures
Ss5s,s7o,ooo, leaving a surplus Of
Sl7',S5o.ooo. The British Government, in
view Of this surplus, Immediately psoposed
reduction of taxes, and for that purpose
hsk Parliament 10 abolish the tax on beef.
soap. paper-mhkess, and newspaper stamps ;
~ reduce the taxes on sugar one-half, on
newspaper postage three-fourths, and the
income tax to II per cent. Some other
smaller taxes aro also abolished. This re-
duet:on on taxes in England is not a new
thing. 1t has bAen regular for number
Ct years, and it would be curious COM
pGsison to exhibit the list Of taxes there
alongside Of the tax list Of this government
Every article Of food. except tea, coffee,
and sugar, is admitted free Everything
that is WON or that can be made into wear-
ing apparel, whether silk, cotton. or wool
len, is unta1ed. Fuel of every description
IS nnta1ed. Al the materials which enter
into direct use. or which. arc employed in
manufacture Of any kind of articlea whetler
OF wood, iron, steel. copper, or brnss, are
1:nta1cd The people Of England have the
whole world to buy from, and whnt they
t1:y they get free of taxation. During the
last ten years there has been regular re-
duction Of The taxes On the few articles On
The tax Isl. It has now reached the stamp
list. and the sugar tax has been reduced
ore-half.
Experience has shown TINT every dollar
left with the people is mnde more produc-
tire than if boarded in the Treasury. The
policy OF missing immense revenues bya
widely extended ta1 list has been abandoned,
and the government fnds that by exempt
ing tho necesza1ies Of life, 1nd all the arti-
cles which enter into general nse, the peo-
pie are enabled TO tu. moro and use more
of the few ta1able articles from which the
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