{"newspaper_name": "State journal & flag.", "edition": "01", "page": "p1", "byline": ""}
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THE ENGLISH CORN LAws.-The Board of Trade of England have befn circulating, pamphlet, the object of which is to show how the difficulties in the way of repeating the Corn Laws can be obTated. They maintain that England can sustain free trade with all nations, with cheap food, by retain- ing duty on eight articles only for reve- nue, tobacco, coffee, sugar. tea, spices, salt, spirituous and malt liquors. These articles of necessity and luxury they show by off :. cial tables, now produce f19OO0,00O ster. ling, ofthe f2l, 100000, the present amount of duties collected on all other articles. Then come in the stamp duties (amount not recollectedj and for the balance( f9,OOC, ,OOO to make up f5O.0O0,0OO sterling, the esti. mate 10 pay the interest on public debt. civ ] list, army and navy, i! is proposed to place the deficit entirely on the income tax. This measure they propose, provided the Corn Laws are repealed.