New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-04
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UHO REDrCES TAXFSs


sorting that Republicans arc opposed to any
and all reduction of the revenue. a core
spondcnt, who evidently has more than sus-
picion Of the truth, inquiries:
l. How many times has the revenue been reduced
since tho the internal revenue and the tariff ana
which party then In controll
@ Is the Republican party opposed to all reduction
OF revenue It In favor Of reducing tho revenue
I'm such n way not to njure the industries ana
labor OF te country Democrats assert that the Re-
pnbllcans opposed to any and all reduction of the
revenue, and say that they never reduced II when In
control of the Government.
3. Has the House Of Representatives sHce coming
under Democratic control passed any act for the
ductlon OF the reyenuel
Twelve acts were passed since the war by
Congresses in which Republicans controlled
both branches, and signed by Republican Prcsi-
dents, reducing the duties on imports, and
three reducing tho internal revenue on tobacco
and whiskcy besides acts which IL would really
take too long to count, clearing away the fol-
lowing taxes which were actually paid in the
fiscal year 1865, which included the close of
| the war:
On manufactures and production as follows: Barytcs
sulphae. IA cents per hundred pounds printers per
cent; book printers per cent boots and shoes. per
cent; and copper g. per brass and copper
Sheets per cent brick, 36 cent; bullion,
per cent candles, per cent carriages and wagons
per cent cassla ground 12 chemicals, per cent
chocolate and cocoa is clocks, per cent cloth.
all textile knitted cloth, eolored Oiled
per cent clothing. per cent cloves ground LIZ cents
COAL per ton coffee ground, 12 cents confccon
cry "a cents and As per pound do 40 cents
per pound in value IL per copper and lead ngos
SO per cent; COPPER manufactures. per cent; cotton
fabrics, per cent cotton raw cents pound cutlery,
per diamonds and jewelry, per furs per
rnnf Il o.
per 900 cubic feet according quantity ginger ground,
IL cents per pound; glass manufactures per cent;
gloves and tenS per cent glue and cement, 45 cents
per gallon glue solid, IL cents per pound gold manu-
fscures per cent gold foil 81 40 per gold leaf,
2e cents per pack gunpowder and 12 cents per pound
gutta perchs manufactures per cent india rubber manu-
facures per cent iron bars. SO 90 per ton ron band
sheet s3 60 TO &C per ton iron bars, az 40 per ton
iron blooms So co per iron castings SO 60 per tom
iron nails. per iron Pig ~ 40 per ton iron pate'
60 co &C per iron rails SO 60 per tom do re-roled
So 40 per iron rvets nuts and washers, 81 10 TO so
per iron and hoowware, SO GO per tom Iron
advanced beyond pigs and blooms 90 GO per ton iron not
otherwise provided for per cent; lead Sheet pipe and
shot, 80 per lead ngots, per cent lead white,
AZ p9r hundred pounds leather OF all kinds, per
cent leather tanned and manufactured, per cent lime
cement g. per cent marble and gravestones, per
cent masts, spars and blocks "a per cent molasses,
cents per pound mclado. 12 cents per pound mustard
ground 2 per pound naphtha per cent? oils es-
scnal, per petroleum refined 20 cents per gallon
other refined OIL 10 cents per gallon lard, nSeed ana
animal Oil, cents per gallon paints and colOrs, per
paper OF all kinds, per cent; pepper ground, IL
per pound Photographs cent panoortes and
musical instruments per cent; pickles and pre-
serves, per cent pins per cent; pottery ware, per
cent quicksilver "a per cent repairs OF engines, cars,
carriages other articles, $40 cent repairs OF ships
steamboats, and other vessels, "a FER cent SAILS tents
shades awnings and bags, per cent saeratus and BIZ
carbonate OF soda cents per pound salt az cents per
hundred pounds screws wood. 10 per cent ships and all
q A ell ma q
manufactures, per slate, reesone, sandstone and
other building stone, SO per cent; soap SOFT 90 cents
soap, CASTLE aud other hard "a CENTS IL cents ana
cents per pound starch. potato, "a cents per pound
starch 80 cents pound starch, rice or
Other IL cents per pound seamengincs including loco
motives per cent steel ngots, bars, sheets and WIFE,
Sc per SIS per tom STEEL rolled rod and wire,
per cent STEEL other manufactures, per cent stereo
typers photographers and cngravers products per cent
sugar, cents AZ cents per pound sugar renners
per sales thread and yarn, per cent umbrellas
and parasos per cent; vanish O per cent; mineral
water soda or sarsaparla 90 cents wne' cents per
gallon wine mi xed with spirits, co cents per gallon
woollen fabrics woven knit cent zlnc' AZ cents
per hundred pounds materials not otherwise provided Tor
! manufactures Of per cent
These are copied from the official report OF
taxes actually paid in 1865, and are only a
Part of the taxes which have been repealed by
Republican legislation since the war, but these
actually welded a revenue amounting in the
aggregate to $1Ol, 49, 600 56 in the year 1868,
and in the next year, before there had been
time to clear off the unsettled obligations OF
the war, they yielded no less than Sl27,23O,-
Cos sc. We may now pass to another variety
of taxes, which have also been repealed by Rc-
publican laws:
On saurhtered animals, as follows Cattle and calves.
over three months 40 per under three months
s cents pr head sheep and lambs cents per head
slaughtered pelts, cents swine 10 cents perhead
These interesting taxes yielded in the year
1865 S1,261,357 90. Also there were taxes
which have been abolished on gross receipts
of all kinds as follows:
Arrangements per cent; bridges and toll roads,
per cent canals per cent express companies, pei
cent FERRIES per cent insurance companies. 1-2 pei
cent lotteries per cent railroads, 1-2 per cent ships
and barges IL per cent; stage coaches and wagons
IL per cent; steamboats,, 1-2 per cent telegraph
companies, per cent theaes operas eueuscs' Husou'
ETC., 2 per cent
These taxes on gross receipts yielded in the
year 1865 SO, 607. 500 OF. and in the next year
S,1.262,429 SO, and have all been abolished.
Next We have the following taxes on sales and
licenses to different occupations:
Auction sales, rs per cent brokers' Sales 125 pei
cent: brokers' sales securities, one.wenueth OF one pei
cent OF foreign exchange and notes, same rate DO
gold and silver, tenth OF per cent
Licenses: Apothec2ries el0: architects and civil en-
rineers assayers 500 10 $500 auctioneers, $40
bankers 90 81 900 Of capt tai ove
$4,000 billiard for each table, SO; bowling al
lies for alley $40; cattle brokers' &10 and 81 pei
every 81 900 sales Of $4,000 year commercial
brokers, $40 custom house brokers, 80; land warran
brokers. s25 pawnbrokers. $50 and 81 for each s1o
capital 900 produce brokers' slo stock brokers
s,o builders s25 and 81 for 81 oot
contracts s2 600 business trade or profession no
Otherwise provided slo retail butchers, $40; nsi
dealers s5 800 claim agents, $40; common
carriers $40; confectioners el0; conveyaneers. slo
dealers, wholesale, $50 and oil for every $1,000 oye
s,o 900 sales dealers, retail, s1o dentists, $40; Of
Ms,lIers $50; eating houses, SO; exhibitions SO gf
enterprises $50 horsedeaers, slo; hotels s0 and IS To-
every 500 yearly rental 1900 hotels and steamers
se5 insurance agents, 80 do foreign 800 do brokers