Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-26


1894, As 1-2 per cent in 1896, 40 Il
per cent in 1898, AZ IL per cent In
1905, and "A 1-2 per cent in 1909.
The share which the customs du-
ties have borne in producing the
revenues OF The country has also vali
ed with varying conditions. From
1891 on down to 1S4S small sums
were collected as internal revenue,
SELDOM, however, reaching as much
as ! million dollars. In 1868, how
ever, the present system OF internal
revenue was established, the re-.
coipts therefrom in that year being
in round terms SO million dollars.
while the customs receipts were 81
millions. In khe period from 1866
to nS6S in internal revenue re-
ceipts averaged .217 million dollars
| Per annum, and the customs re-
| ceiEts 1877 millions per annum. with
the close Of the civil-war period in
ternal taxes were modified, and the
annual average OF internal-revenue
receipts during the period from / S69
to 1897 was 1873 million dollars per
year, and the customs receipts 212
millions per year. During the Span
ish-American war period from 1893
to 1902 the receipts from internal
revenue averager 264 millions PEI
pear, and the customs receipts 212
millions per year. With the modifi-
cation OF the internal-revenue taxes
following the close Of the Spanish
again fell below those OF the GUS
toms, and the annual average Of the
internal-revenue receipts in the peri
| cd between 1903 and 1908 was 245
| mA lions, while those from customs
was 2S4 millions.
1T must not be supposed, how
| ever, That because a dozen a. ticles
or groups Of articles pay three
fourths OF the tariff duties collected
the making OF a tariff and the de-
termination OF rates OF duty and
| the amount OF revenue likely to
res 1t therefrom is by any l. cans
every simple matter. Th
rates OF duty levied are not ap-
piled merely TO groups Of articles
as whole, but apply at differen:
rates and in different terms to varI-
Gus grades and qualities Of articles
! forming each group, and I'm many
cases to the various grades OF n
material bearing a sing name. I'm
| der the title, Of cotton cloth, for
! Instance, the rates Of duty on cloth {
not exceeding 80 threads to the
! square inch, counting warp and fill.
ing, are cent per yard If the ma
terial is not bleached, dyed, or color
ed, but ] IL cents per yard If
! bleached, and 2 cents per yard n
/ dyed, cd'ored, or printed. II the
number Of threads per square inca
exceeds 80 and does not exceed 100
the rates are still higher-11-2 cents
per square yard on that which Is
! not bleaohed dyed, or colored a1d
does not exceed square yards TO
the pound, but IL cents per
square yard on that exceeding o
square yards to the pound; for that
cents per square yard IL it exceeds ,
square yards to the qound; for that
which is bleached stir another raeo
Obtains for the various grades: and
for that which is dyed or coIored
another and Still higher rate.
For cloths exceeding 100 and not
exceeding $50 threads TO the squaro
inch the rates are yet higher foI
the various classes, which unbleacb-
ed, bleached. or dyed, and also ~
proportion TO the number Of squafs
yards per pound For other gradcg
exceeding $50 and not exceedinc
200 threads to the square inch. the
rates are higher. For those exceed.
I ing 200 and not exceeding 300
threads to the square inch the rates
are still h lhor; and for those ex-