Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-27

Like tis Un,t,i Sit'es, Great Bdtsiu
lss system Of .a-iT duties sad a sys-
ten o. ia.eru.I taxation. The two together
yiCj,l duI.n- the las: fsesl year. reducing
pounds 20 dollars, SGjl, ,7l5. OF this entire
sam, tATss articles. namely, sqirits, tobacco and
z.-s- yielded S206 800. $50. OF more than So per
ceu'. Of the whole OF the remaining Sl4i,956..
$50, Sl0i ,3Z5 500 were yielded from three other
sources, namely, stamps, iao5mss and postal
service; 60 tia. Of tac ca,ire recsipts Of the
exchcq1es for tae year. S3ll,IS3.G2j, OF more
taan IS per cent, wee derived from these ak
,hia-s, leaving SD. .0)J. 900, or ls.s than u per
oeat, 90 c1as from al other sources. 1t tisyery
.i,e-5ie .oa that thesa taxed are levied upon
The thing. b.,, sas % bear them. Spirits are
ro' s necessary Of lf.; neither is tco.eco; sugar
is; tUt s. sye-y man has ,oms stake in the gov
aruuel., j; is ii tAst he should contribute some-
thing 70 i,s support. sal the English sugar tax,
amounting u1le. b5:h systems 70 SIC, 500. .452.is
ouly iit;le more than fifty ceats per capits Of
the population. Oa'y the weil-ts-lo pay an ia
clme tax, OF use stamps much, or contribute
largely to c1ysgunsa; through the postal ser
vice; 20 ia. il is strictly TIA, ;h, British fiscal
burdens f,I r-ialy upon lux1ries, and very
little un11 the usoess.-:as Of life and raw mate
g;t's os msllfio1re. Toe fg1i of the people.
uules1 sugar be e. exception. IS vho!ly exempt
from tsza,i3a; o, thsr clothing. and 50 are
al the materials, razsain7ry sal processes Of
taci- 11licsry ialls-ry. Iimay &c s.il in gen.
crsl LAT, excsp. on sPirits, sugar anl chicory,
no duties a. s are lzii oS articles produced also
4 Great Br.t.in s1i Ireland Tobacco, tea,
c5aec vine aud dried ffuits, v hich bring in 90
peg cen. Of the tariff receipts, sre wholly foreign
products; Whi.e AZ excise duty c7rrtsPOnting TO
The tariff ra'ea IS laii upon domestic spirits,
sugar 1tl chico-y. The excise on spirits pro-
aucsl last year i'll So - -, while the tsriff on
all l.lrdIs Welded about $50, ,00O,0 900 The pro-
du9a5a Of saszv AL chie5ry in England is iDsig-
ui5.s1t, the cxsi5e On both Of them being but
S5c3 900 Iotscc0 yielded under the tariff
s53, ,95s $40. uuf tea Sl6,177,45U. The excis
tax On proof spirits IS $3.50 per gallon, tax
gAici Fe found 1t impossible to collect in this
country sri retrced 20 10 cents per gallon. So
ex-eilc-; is tae Englisl civil service that the
hi-ier tax is lsil 90 he collected there without
difficulty @. 5F sion snl, a. sny rate, It may
be- trut1fu.ly said that TIE entire tsx-sys;em Of
he ie.1uis Is 90 ssillfully framed in accordance
Tith t1e Exiosl TIA. government should get what
TIE people pay, that lt,s or nothing is left to be
/ desired 10 that particular " least one other
s5uai principle e. taxation is well illustrated in
the fiscal actions cf our colsius across the water,
suI that is, that disbursement should follow
I c1i-k upon c1..5etiln. l. "a not the theory or
/ the p74sticc over there that money should be
ijlc il tie treasury, 20 cbgiate tie necessity Of
this, oxohequs. b. bearing three per cent are
i-sued from time 20 time ~ demands sgsinst the
government ccue ir, ani these are sf;e-SaId re-
ds,1.-5 rhca t,c t-z-5 are paid in.