A computation of what a tax laid only on shooes, boots, slippers and gloves may amount unto in a year: whereby it is made appear it will bring more mony into the exchequer, and be a less tax on the subject, of as little charge and trouble to collect, and the poor not so liable to be oppress'd by it as by a general tax on leather. All which is humbly submitted to the consideration of both houses of Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B20597 of text R224792 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 6KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B20597 Wing C5677 Interim Tract Supplement Guide 816.m.6[26] ESTC R224792 ocm99885658

This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. Searching, reading, printing, or downloading EEBO-TCP texts is reserved for the authorized users of these project partner institutions. Permission must be granted for subsequent distribution, in print or electronically, of this text, in whole or in part. Please contact project staff at eebotcp-info(at)umich.edu for further information or permissions.

 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B20597) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 201576) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; C25:3[27]) A computation of what a tax laid only on shooes, boots, slippers and gloves may amount unto in a year: whereby it is made appear it will bring more mony into the exchequer, and be a less tax on the subject, of as little charge and trouble to collect, and the poor not so liable to be oppress'd by it as by a general tax on leather. All which is humbly submitted to the consideration of both houses of Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.). s.n., [London : 1696?] Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Header created with script mrcb2eeboutf.xsl on 2016-01-28.

Manually keyed and coded text linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines.

Issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements).

Keying and markup guidelines available at TCP web site (http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/docs/)

 eng Taxation -- Early works to 1800. Leather industry and trade -- England -- Early works to 1800. eebo A computation of what a tax laid only on shooes, boots, slippers and gloves may amount unto in a year: : whereby it is made appear it will bring more n/a 1696 1 923 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2014-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-04 Sampled and proofread 2014-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A Computation of what a Tax laid only on Shooes , Boots , Slippers and Gloves may amount unto in a Year : Whereby it is made appear it will bring more Mony into the Exchequer , and be a less Tax on the Subject , of as little Charge and Trouble to collect , and the Poor not so liable to be oppress'd by it as by a general Tax on Leather . All which is humbly submitted to the Consideration of both Houses of Parliament .

  l. s . d . Six Millions of People that wear 3 pair of Shooes a year , at 6 d . per pair , 450000 0 0 Five Millions that wear 2 pair of Gloves a year , at 6 d . per pair , 250000 0 0 One Million of Boots and Slippers , at 6 d . per pair , 25000 0 0 One Million of Clogs and Galloshes , at 3 d . per pair , 12500 0 0   737500 0 0

BY which it doth appear , That laying only Six Pence on a pair of Shooes , Boots , Slippers and Gloves , and Three Pence on each pair of Clogs and Galloshes , will , by a modest Compute , raise Seven hundred thirty seven Thousand five Hundred Pounds a year .

For the Proof , That it will be more than a general Tax on Leather can raise , I referr it to your Consideration , Whether Shooes , Boots , Slippers , Gloves , Clogs and Galloshes , do not Consume the forth part of all the Leather expended in England ? If so , if the Tax was but Four Pence a pair , you raise as Much as a Penny in the Pound on Leather can amount unto .

Now I come to set forth , That a Tax of a Penny in the Pound on Leather in general , will be more to the poor Man , than six Pence extraordinary for a pair of Shooes .

The Tax it self is , each Pound one Penny , or 4 Farthings . The Tanner , suppose to raise , for Loss weight , 1 The Currier , for what worked off , 1 The Leather-seller , for drying and Interest of the Tax , 1 The Shooe-maker , for Waste in Cutting , at least 3   10 Farthings .

So that a Four Farthings Tax on Leather in general ( if each Trade be as reasonable in their Demands as I am in my Compute ) will be Ten Farthings a Pound , and a poor Man must pay Seven Pence Halfpenny extraordinary for a pair of Shooes , their Shooes weighing generally Three Pounds .

Now if the Tax be laid on Shooes , Gloves , &c. all other Things made of Leather will be excused ; as the poor Man for his Breeches , Doublets , Harness and Sadle , which will be at least Five Shillings a year extraordinary for himself only .

But it may be objected , That Gloves would not come to pay so high a Duty as Six Pence a pair , on a general Tax on Leather , at a Penny the Pound .

To which I agree with you , For that Duty , they are raised more in proportion , would fall on the poor Man for Cloths and other Necessaries they use of Leather , which being laid on Gloves , will now fall on those that can better ( and ought to ) pay more .

And yet the Rich neither pay so much from these Proposals as they would by a general Tax on Leather , considering their Coaches , Bridles , Sadles , Chairs , Books , &c. are exempted .

On a Tax on Shooes , Boots , Gloves , &c. there will be a present Income from what are made ; and , if laid on Leather , His Majesty will have no Advantage on what is made up , and yet His Subjects will pay the same Tax on them also .

Gloves , by Act of Parliament , are prohibited ; but , however , great quantities are brought over by Stealth ; and if you lay a Duty on Leather , it will raise Gloves here , and more Incourage the bringing greater Quantities over : Now if laid on Gloves , they will be liable to pay , and prevent their Importation .

I would have a Stamp for all Shooes , Boots , Slippers , Gloves , &c. and Five Pounds Penalty on any that sell or any that buy any but what are stamped .

And as the Hides must be also stamped and weighed , I leave to any to judge if this can be more chargeable

I am sure His Majesty cannot be so easily deceived of the Duty on Shooes and Gloves , as being liable to be discovered by the Servants of the Owners , or any other , of whose secrisie they would not for the saving six Pence , run the hazard of five Pounds : And Hides , when cut , who shall tell if they were stamped ?

Besides , here will be no Incroachment on the Liberty and Property of the Subject , by coming into their Houses , as must be by a general Tax on Leather .