...and inequality of the table of duties, by reporting that " the tariff of the United Kingdom presents neither congruity* nor unity of purpose; no general principles seem to have been applied." That the tariff often "aimed at incompatible ends." Duties were sometimes meant to IMPORT DUTIES COMMITTEE....

...Tariff at that time, as may be seen in the following extract: "The tariff of the United Kingdom presents neither congruity, nor unity of purpose : no general principles seem to have been applied. .The schedule of customs-duties enumerates no fewer than eleven hundred and fifty different rates of duty...

...export duty, all being imposed merely for fiscal purposes. A tariff often aims at incompatible ends : duties are sometimes meant to be both productive of...operate to the complete exclusion of foreign produce, aud in so far no revenue can of course be received; and sometimes, when the duty is inordinately high,...

...export duty, all being imposed merely for fiscal purposes. A tariff often aims at incompatible ends : m^EK i p 0 ` 򲶃 `D i A' &1 ara frequently inconsistent with each other. Hence they sometimes operate to the complete exclusion...

...purposes of revenue ; and in their report the committee said, ' The tariff of the United Kingdom presents neither congruity nor unity of purpose : no general...sometimes meant to be both productive of revenue and for protection, objects which are frequently inconsistent with each other. Hence they sometimes operate...

...year ended April 5, 1841, was 1,157,601*.; in the wied April 5,1842,117,6272.; and 1843, 2,7<M,51(W. tariff often aims at incompatible ends ; the duties...sometimes meant to be both productive of revenue and for protection, objectwhich are frequently inconsistent with eachother. Hence they sometimes operate to...

...Continent might be strangled in their cradle. " This committee's report said, that " the tariff presents neither congruity nor unity of purpose; no general principles seem to have been applied." In 1842 the famed tariff of Sir Robert Peel was. enacted. Was it free trade ? Let Mr. Gladstone, Chancellor...

...poses of revenue ; and in their report the committee said : " The tariff of the United Kingdom presents neither congruity nor unity of purpose ; no general...sometimes meant to be both productive of revenue and for protection, objects which are frequently inconsistent with each other. Hence they sometimes operate...

...Northcote, Twenty years, pp. 17, 61. 2 " The Tariff of the United Kingdom presents neither congrnity nor unity of purpose ; no general principles seem...which are frequently inconsistent with each other; henc« they sometimes operate to the complete exclusion of foreign produce, and in so far no revenue...

...reported that " The tariff of the United Kingdom presents neither congruity nor unity of purpose; it often aims at incompatible ends. The duties are sometimes meant to be both productive of revenue and for protection. Whilst the tariff' has been made subordinate to many small-producing interests at home...