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Cleveland Morning Leader, 18 January 1864
(ed; 8 inches)
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p.2, col.1
~ View at ChronAm
7 - L. Jan. 18; ed:2/1 - "Considerable excitement has been occasioned by
the proposed taxation of spirits. First proof spirits are to be taxed
sixty cents a gallon; and forty cents additional to be levied on all
spirits distilled from grain imported from foreign countries.
"The recognized basis of England's fiscal action is that luxurie
should be taxed rather than the necessaries of life. In the effort to -
realize a large revenue almost all things were at first taxed, until
now the chief revenue of England is obtained by the taxation of but
comparatively few articles.
"All the articles subject to customs duties in England are the fol-
lowing: The cereal products, hops, mahogany, foreign spirits, sugar,
coffee, tea, timber, cocoa, wood, tobacco and wine.
"From the articles above mentioned 24,000,000 pounds sterling are
obtained...."
"Let all luxuries, native or foreign, be taxed, and the burden of
our national debt will fall chiefly upon the wealthy instead of the
poor." . . (8)