THE SOBANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 0.. 189T.. a TAXES IN ENGLAND AND IN AMERICA Heavy Cost ol (he Government la Great Britain. EQUALS $14 FJOR EACH INHABITANT Comparison Uotwecn tlio Sourcos or Iloronuo Jn That Country nnd in tho United Stat08'IIItorr of tho Urlt ith Natlonnl DebtOther Compil ative Statistics of Honl Interest. W. E. Curtis writes In the Chicago Record: Americans who are complain ing of taxation and growling about tho burdens imposed by the Dlngley law can nnd very little consolation In the revenue returns and the budgets of Great Britain The receipts of the general government during the last fiscal year, which ended March 31, 1897, were $560,992,735. Tho population of CJreat Britain and Ireland Is between 39,000,000 and 40,000,000, which, taking the maximum as the basis of circula tion, shows that the rate of taxation for the .support of the general govern ment Is $14 per capita. The receipts of the United States gov ernment for the first fiscal year, ended June 30, 1897, were $317,184,728, which, with a population of 70,000,000, Is equiv alent to a tax of about $4 per capita. Last year was the most prosperous in the history of Great Britain, and It is expected that the present year will show a still greater increase In the revenues, but there Is no talk of re ducing taxation. Military and naval expenditures are Increasing annually. Of the entire expenditures of tho Brit ish government more than four-fifths went for war. war debts and prepara tions for war. The exact proportion was 1C shillings and 3'4 pence In every pound, leaving 3 shillings 8 pence for all other purposes. A few years ago the government of the United States suffered the unusual affliction of a surplus revenue. In 1887 it amounted to $55,500,000, In 1888 to $67,500,00, in 1889 to $49,000,000 and in 1890 the receipts were $45,000,000 more than the expenditures; whereupon congress struck off the principal sources of revenue, and there has been a dcfllclt varying from $4,000,000 to $70,000,000 every year since. In Great Britain an abundant revenue Is considered an in dication of national prosperity and a satisfactory fiscal policy. A surplus is considered an advantage, and Is applied to the reduction of the national debt as long as It lasts. The financial policy of the government is permanent. The peo ple will not allow it to be tampered with, and whenever the ministry talks about such things as It Is now talking about, concessions to the sllverltes, the public begins to demand its retirement. The following Is a list of the chief sources of revenue of the British gov ernment, and the amount received from each expressed in American money: 312,855 .25O.UU0 ,816,103 ,3W,0U0 ,750,0UO ,550.000 ,150,000 ,075,0U0 ,820,"C5 ,441,050 Customs $107, Excise 161, .Property and Income tax &f, Tax on legacies and estates .... (io, Receipts from postolllco K, Stamps on legal papers, etc .... .'S7, From telegraph and telephones.. 14, Land and houso tax 12, Receipts from crown lands 2, Receipts from Suez Canal 4, Miscellaneous 10, Although Great Britain Is a free trade country that government collects more than half as much money from Import dues as the United States, tho total In that country for the last fiscal year being $176,316,393. The import tax in Great Britain Is Imposed on articles that are considered luxuries such as tea, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, wines and liquors, beer, perfumery, soap, confec tionery, fruits, playing cards, silver ware and some other articles of a simi lar character. The excl&e and stamp taxes in Eng land correspond very closely to our internal-revenue taxation. The receipts from that quaiter Jn the United States amount to $146,241,263, while In Eng land they reached nearly $200,000,000. In the United States tho Internal-revenue tax is Imposed upon tobacco.beer, liquor, spirits of all kinds, playing cards and articles which contain alco hol. In England the excise receipts are likewise drawn from tobacco and drink, ohd no other country, except, perhaps Russia, obtains so large a proportion of its revenue from that source. This is a cause of great complaint. The reform ers declare that the revenues come from the millions and not from the mil lionaires, and thev demand a removal or ut least a reduction of the taxes on tea, coffee, tobacco and beer on the theory that they have become- neces saries of life. The receipts from the sale of stamps In Great Britain, amounted to $37,000,000 last year. These stamps were attached to legal documents such as leases, mortgages, conveyances, insurance pol icles, bills of exchange, drafts, bank checks and all bills for merchandize purchased above two shillings and six pence. Postage Btamps and lnternal-revenu-j btamps are Interchangeable, which is a great public convenience. But the millionaires add their sharo to tho income of the government through the tax on legacies nnd es tates, which was attempted by tho legislature Jn New York last year and caused Bucb a tremendous outcry among the rich. The "death tax," as It is familiarly called in England, is something appalling to those who are not nccustompd to it. The heirs of every man who dies aro required to contribute from one to eight shillings to tho government for every UO0 in money or property that they receive ns logncler, with one per cent upon tho value of entailed estates. In addition to this there Is a legacy duty of from one to ten per cent., according to tho relationship, distant relatives paying the maximum nmount. There is a still further tax of five per cent, upon all profits or net revenue received from estates that are in chancery or in tho 'hands of receivers, or that for any rca son remain undivided. All property passing at death pays a graduated duty upon its appraised value, tho appraisement being made by the probate court. When It exceeds 1,000 tho heirs must pay two shillings for every 100. When it exceeds 10, 000 they must pay four shillings for every fl00; when it exceeds 100,000 they must pay six shillings; when it exceeds 250,000 they must pay seven shillings, and when It exceeds fl.000,000 they must pay eight shillings per 100. Walter Lewis Wlnans, of Baltimore, died In England last June, leaving about $12,000,000, from which tho gov ernment received In taxation the sunt of $961,210. During the last year prop erty to the aiiiount of $11,595,025,000 was Inherited in Great Britain, which prop erty paid $69,816,105 as government du ties. Tho Increased wealth of Great Brit ain Is shown by tho fact that during the last forty years the customs re ceipts have advanced about 35 per cent, the excise dues about 50 per cent., the Income tax about 38 per cent. In the United States liquor and to bacco licenses are Issued to all retail dealers for the same fixed fee. An in creased fee is charged for licenses to wholesale dealers. In Great Britain there is a graduated scale according to the amount of business transacted, the lowest license tax being $25 and the highest $150. Every person who owns a gun in England has to pay ten shillings a year to the government, and if that gun is used to shoot game the owner Is requir ed to take out a license, which costs him $5 for one month. $10 for six month's, $15 for the year. There is also what Is known as the "establishment" tax, under which fam ilies who employ male servants are re quired to pay fifteen shillings a year head money for each. The total num ber of servants thus taxed last year was 195.4C0. It costs fifteen shillings to keep a two-wheel vehicle, $12 a year to keep a four-wheel carriage for two or more horses and $5.25 for a four-wheel carriage for one horse. The total num ber of carriages thus taxed Is 519,631 and the receipts from that source amount to $3,246,315. In the United States dogs are taxed by the municipal governments. In England they are taxed by the general government. Each dog has to pay S7,4 cents In England. In the United States the average fee Is $2. In England th'ere are 1,345,283 dogs, which pay $2,525,000 in taxes. People who Indulge In crests and ar morial bearings in 'England have to pay a tax on their vanity. If their coat of arms la attached to their carrlges the duty is $10.50; If It is attached to their doors or appears In any way upon their houses or fences or gates the charge is the same. If It Is otherwise worn the charge Is $5.25. There Is also a tax on silver and gold plate used for domestic purposes or or nament. The income tax yields a revenue of $83,250,000. The people are divided into five schedules and the tax is graduated those enjoying the largest Income pay ing tho heaviest taxes. The land and house tax Is also bur densome, being from 2 pence to 9 pence In the pound. In the United States the postoffice de partment Is a very expensive concern, the receipts being from $10,000,000 to $12,000,000 less than the expenditures annually. In Great Britain, where the population is dense and there are no broad prairies and mountain ranges to be crossed and long rivers to be navi gated, the postal service Is a source of considerable revenue. Last year the re ceipts were $59,300,000 and the expendi tures were $35,760,000, which showed a profit of $23,550,000. The telegiaph and telephone service, which Is conducted by the postoffice department, does not quite pay expenses, the receipts last year being $14,550,000 and the expenses $14,805,000. The government of Great Britain has found the Suez canal a paying Invest ment, which Is a fact worthy of the consideration of our congress In con nection with the construction of the. Nicaragua canal. The revenues from that source last year were nearly $5,000,000. 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Interest public dept . .123,000,000 37,7S8,Ki Pensions 1,181,305 111,063,081 Judiciary 2,583,250 7,JS,C18 Army 91,830,000 61,4S"J,143 Navy 110,850,900 80,459,950 Civil-service salaries .,100,225,000 48,'JJ9,083 12,750,000, and tfeo annual Interest charge was equal to $6,000,000. Then camo tho war of tho Spanish succession under the great Marlborough, which cost 60,000,000, and at the death ot Anne tho debt was Increased to 37, 000,000. Bcforo the outbreak of tho American revolution there had been a, scries of wnrs with France and Ger many, including tho seven-years war, which Increased tho debt $82,000,000. The strugglo with the American colonies was tho result of taxation to pay for those wars. But that cost 97,000,000, and Increased tho national debt to 237, 400,000. In 1816, after the wars with Napoleon, which cost over $4,000,000,000, the debt reached 846,000,000, Then fol lowed a gradual reduction, by careful financiering, until 1854, and when tho Crimean war broke out tho debt was reduced to. 794,000,000. The Crimean war cost 70,000,000. Since that time tho wars of England have cost 65,000, 000, not Including the regular mainten ance of tho army and navy. The usual way of reducing the debt Is by the apllcatton of the surplus reve nues In tho purchase of what are known as terminable annuities, and by the sinking fund, which was created many years ago. From tho regular re ceipts ot the government $7,500,000 Is added to this fund every year. Large sums of monev have been bequeathed to the government by wealthy patriots to assist In meeting the public debt, but It Is still very large and next to France the largest ot any nation In the world. The total expenses of the British gov ernment last year were $507,383,340. This left a balance of $12,366,0SO, which ap plied to the public debt. The total Interest-bearing debt of Great Britain now amounts to 589,146, 878, or $2,945,734,300 in our money, which Is equivalent to about $73 per capita of the population. The Interest-bearing debt of the United States Is $847,365, 320. or about $12 per capita. Charles II. had the honor of founding the national debt of Great Britain. Be fore his time, when the king wanted money he used to get It from gold smiths or bankers by pledging his Jew els or glvins mortgages upon tho here ditary property of the crown, like any other gentleman, or by squeezing his barons. Tho "merry monarch" I have named appropriated the property of many of his nobles and gave them notes of hand as security. Ills brother, James II., who also needed funds, fol lowed the same course, and when Wil liam III. came to the throne In 1688 he found great trouble in obtaining suffi cient money to pay the necessary ex penses of the court. Being a prudent man, he "consolidated" or "funded" the obligations Issued by his predeces sors In order to conciliate the nobility and strengthen his own position with the people. What was known ns the "king's debt" was then incorporated, and It was covered by Interest-bearing secur ities to the amount of 664,264. Then followed the wars with France, which compelled William III. to extend hla financial transactions considerably, He found an easy way to borrow money, and the revenues of his successors were pledged to pay principal and Interest. When he died the debt of England wu Daredevil Urn very. From tho Buffalo Express, "Tho most daredevil piece of heroism I ever saw was by some uegiops before Fort Billow, when I was a prisoner In side the fort and Gen. Payne was lying in front of It with hla leg shot off," was tho way Charles Cotton of Company C of tho One Hundred and Blxty-ttrs't New York Infantry began a story of valiant rescuo that ho told to soma negro vet erans. "Gen. 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