The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-12-23
The Cost Of Two Pleasant Vices.

A strong argument Of. the Free Trade
party, in reply to the objection of their
opponents that Revenue Tariff and, q
Protective Tariff are equally necessary,
and, amount substantially t.. the same re.
suit, is to point to the financial exhibit OF
tho British Empire, where the entire
Customs Revenue Of $l0e, 900, 900 is de-
rived from duties on six articles only
It WAS in 1912, under Sir Robert Peel,
that Free Trade superseded the time hon
ored protectionist dogmas. In the one
'T50 articles were relieved of duty, leav-
ing 450 on the Custom House list.
Since then, under Mr.. Gladstone, ~
out Of. the 450 have been smancipated,
and from the duty onthose remaining siI,
the enormous sum mentioned abore,is an
.nuallyi collected. IL. ~: =. '=e'.rJ
The .half-dozen articlsa which now con-
tribute so largely TO tho customs' receipts
il England, are foreign spirits, tobacco,
tea, wine; coffee; and fruits. Ere long,
nodoubt, the two last will be struck OIL,
for the duty on coffee, yearly diminish
ing, produces only 81 600, 900 to the rev.
enue THE average consumption by every
man. woman, and child In the United
Kingdom being 10y OF. u and the dnty on
cure en4; figs and ,laisinas yielding only
81, ,25O, 900 o, year. The duty on tea now
realizes nearly. s17, 800, 900. Foreign
spifits, tobacco and wine yield the bal
ancs of;s77, $50, ,0Wl s.year. c.. - ';t :,
:, Until. the duty. upon tea il reduced,
Mr., Brights idea Of q free breakfast ct
table, cannot be realized. Of coir.e i
ii. universally conceded Chat tea, which
scheers, but does not inebriate, in wholly
unob ectienable article, of domestic, con-
sumption; This cannot be,Baid Of -tobae.
co, Spirits, wine, beer, and malt, the du-
ties iIipon which; id HE , year ending
March 81; 1875; contributed:the enormous
sum Of 1894, ,7S5, 400, which is .eonsidera-
bly, more than .one7;half Of :tne. whole
year'n revenue Of the British Islands, the
net amount of which was $3.50, ,000, 600
The finance account 'jhst'published ir
London gives US the exact amount PAID
on sseh article. The eRermousl sum 4,
! 5S7, ,6l1 ,O35 was paid in one year on 70
r bacco2smioked, 'chewed, and unufed
In the same time the excise duties on
home made spirits produced $74, ,47S, ,s0
the custom duties on foreign, and colonial
spirit, imported: into the United King
7 dom in. 1874 produced 92e, ,594, ,786; The
excise duty on malt brought in $3S, 72S,.
/ 700, the custom duties on foreign and
colonial wines imported WAS s., ,692, go
and ;on beer imported, s16,79S, tho duty
on licenses taken out by manufacturer
and vendors Of those articles was $9, 9,l71,'
405.sI 81: =, e'1;i.a;;rH7-t'. t''f.r - 1
,Thl,se amounts are immense. Ave an
closiug'the third quarter Of the nineteenth
! century, and the fact boldly faces US that
tif ON, OF the foremost nations. Of civil
ize Europe, which has an estimated pop.
tulation, of 34,050,000, 1.-THE mere, fsca
duty upon strong drink and tobacco
| which certainly cannot be ilassed as n!sc
osssdriss Of Life, was 1924, ,7S5, 40. Thu
was merely paid TO the revenue of thai
State; it would be difficult: and tedious
| to estimate the amount paid by the pur
chase rs to the vendors Of these articles
perhaps ii, ii thrice as much as the duty
lthis Yould'make gross sum Of $704, 2Os,
800 expended in the British Islands fol
drink and tobacco. in .one year, There
can be no doubt thatiL Che United States
with a.much larger pc -llation, the e1'
penditura on this account is considerably
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