Arizona republican., 1909-04-29
THROUGH VARYING YEARS
Sugar, Tobacco, Wines, Malt Liquors, Fibers and a Few Others Have Enabled the Government at Washing ton Still to Live.

Washington, April 2S.-Twelve arti- cles or classes of articles pay three fourths of the $3OO, OO,OO0,OO0 per anhum collectd as tariff duties by the govern rnent of the United States. The duties collected as tariff duties by the govern have averaged $500, ,000, ,00O per annum during the past three years, the largest sum being in the fiscal year 1907. when the total collections amounted to $S29,- 00o,00O. In that year. 1907, sugar paid $SG. .000. 900 duty: cotton manufactures, $S9, ,000, 900; leaf tobacco, s22 900, 900; manufactures of flores, $22 ,000, 900; manufactures of silk. S20. .000, ,000; man. ufactures of wool, s20 000. .000; arwwool SIG, 500, ,000 spirits. wines, and malt li- quors, s16,000,000; manufactures of iron and steel, SIP 2.OO0. 900; earthen and china ware, sS.OOO,OO0; chemicals, drugs. and dyes, $7,50O, ,OOO; and fruits and nuts, s7,000, ,00O-the total for these twelve articles or groups of arti- cles being s25O,OOO,0OO, or just three fourths of the s32s, ,OO0. .OO0 of tariff du- ties collected in that year
 These figures are a standardization
 
 nIent shows the amount of duty col lected in each year since 1920, the share of the imports which paid duty in each year. the average ad valorem rate of duty on all merchandise iTn- ported. and the average on the dutiable only, the duty collected per capita, and the amount of duty collected on each dutiable article in the more recent years. While the statement is a very elaborate one, covering in outline the tariff history of SS years and showing the duty collected in recent years on thousands of different articles, its chief facts may be summed up in a few words. The amount of customs or tariff duty collected in 1921 was s19,- GOO, 900, in 1880 $2S, S,000, 900, in 1850 s4O,- OOO.OOe, in 1860 s53.OOO,OOO, in 1870 S192, ,0G6, 900. in 1880 S133, ,OOO, 900. in 1890 S221, ,0O0.009. in 1900 s221. .OOO,O ,OOO. in 1907 the largest sum ever collected from tariff-S329, ,000,000 and in 1908 $2S3,- 100000; the annual average in the past three years being in round terms S300,- 100000 per annum. The duties col lected amounted in 1921 to 35 per cent of the value of the total merchandise imported, in 1S30 to 45 per cent, in 1850 to 23 per cent, in 1860 to 16 per cent, in 1890 to 29 per cent, in 1900 to 2S per cent, and in 1907 to 23 per cent of the total value of the merchandise brought into the country.
 The share of the imported merchan- disc which paid duty on entering the country has varied greatly. From 1920 down to 1893 less than 10 per cent of the merchandise entering the country came in free of duty. From 1883 to 1Sz4 the share admitted free of duty ranged from 25 to 50 per cent of the total. From than date to 1857 the share imported free of duty ranged from g to r per cent of the total. From 1857 to 1863 the share imported free of duty ranged from 20 to 27 per cent From 1868 to 1867 the share imported free of duty ranged from F to 19 per cent. From 1867 to 1873 the proportion en- tering without payment of duty ranged from Az to S1A per cent of the total Beginning with 1873 the share of mer- chahdlse imported free of duty steadily increased, commencing with 27 per cent in that year and reaching 56 per cent of the total in 1892, 59 per cent in 1894. 4SK per cent in 1896, 491a per cent in 1898. 47K per cent in 1905, and 44h per cent in 1908.
 The share which the customs duties have borne in producing the revenues of the country has also varied with varying conditions. From 1791 on down to 184S small sums were col ln1f.ad int however, reaching as much as $1,00O,- 900. In 1863, however, the present system of internal revenue was estab- lished, the receipts therefrom in that year being in round terms s3S,00O, ,O00 while the customs receipts were S64,- 100000. In the period from 1882 to 1868 the internal revenue receipts averaged s217. 100000 per annum. and the customs receipts $137. 100000 per annum. With the close of the civil war period internal taxes were modi- fled. and the annual average of in ternal revenue receipts during the pc riod from 1869 to 1897 was $133, ,0O0, 900 per year, and the customs receipts $1S1, 100000 per year. During the Sparish-American war period from 1898 to 1902 the receipts from inter nal revenue averaged $264 100000 per year, and the customs receipts S212,- 100000 per year With the modifica- tibn of the internal revenue taxes fol- lowing the close of the Spanish American war the receipts therefrom again fell below those of the customs, and the annual average of the in- ternal revenue receipts in the period hetween 1903 and 1908 was S245 900