Word: taxing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Bliss, in an interview with a New York reporter yesterday, said that the income tax suits against Ex-Gov. Tilden were not begun because he was a candidate for office, and explains why they were discontinued...
...fire tax" was shown to be equal to a tax of $1.25 on every $100 profit the country receives. This tax includes the actual destruction of property, estimated at $90,000,000, to which must be added $20,000,000 for the cost of fire departments, and finally many millions more for premiums paid. By the aid of diagrams the dangerous condition of most public buildings was shown, and the average number burned for the last eight years was given. For churches the average is two a week. A diagram of a combustible hotel was next shown, warranted...
...government was pressed for money, and a general system of internal taxation was determined upon and put into action by the bill of this year. Mr. Morrill, in order to compensate for this tax upon the people, proposed a bill, which was passed, raising the tariff rate. Two years later the great "Tariff Act of 1864" was passed, which is said to be the largest financial transaction in the world's history. Internal taxes were considerably raised, and tariff duties were made much larger than ever before...
...books are concerned, as in a very large number of courses in college the text-books used are exclusively foreign publications. At present the duty on these books makes the courses in which they are used unnecessarily expensive. It is painful to think of our text-book as a tax upon us for the benefit of a few American publishers, who would not publish such books under any circumstances, however high a duty is imposed. At present there is great doubts about the final result of the present agitation, but we hope, whatever may be the final action of Congress...
...Senate the bill relative to the exportation of tobacco, snuff and cigars in bond free of tax to adjacent foreign territories was passed...