 | Stephen Franks Miller - 1858 - 498 pagine
...of Dr. Franklin before a committee of Parliament previous to the Revolution, in which he stated that "an external tax is a duty laid on commodities imported ; that duty is added to the first cost, and other charges on the commodity, and when it is offered for sale makes a part of the... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1867 - 672 pagine
...year, had made a wido distinction between external and internal taxation. "An external tax," he said, "is a duty laid on commodities imported. That duty is added to the first cost and other charges on the commodity, and when it is offered to sale makes a part of the price.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow - 1875 - 579 pagine
...external taxes, and object to the right of Parliament only in laying internal taxes ; now can you show, that there is any kind of difference between the two...on commodities imported ; that duty is added to the first cost and other charges on the commodity, and, when it is offered to sale, rrtakes a part of the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 812 pagine
...external taxes, and object to the right of Parliament only in laying internal taxes ; now can you show, that there is any kind of difference between the two...on commodities imported ; that duty is added to the first cost and other charges on the commodity, and, when it is offered to sale, makes a part of the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 602 pagine
...external taxes, and object to the right of Parliament only in laying internal taxes ; now can you show, that there is any kind of difference between the two...I think the difference is very great. An external lax. is a duty laid on commodities imported ; that duty is added to the first cost and other charges... | |
 | Egerton Ryerson - 1880 - 556 pagine
...external taxes, and object to the right of Parliament only in levying internal taxes ; now, can you show that there is any kind of difference between the two...difference is very great. An external tax is a duty levied on commodities imported ; that duty is added to the first cost, and other charges on the commodity,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 330 pagine
...external taxes, and object to the right of Parliament only in laying internal taxes ; now can you show that there is any kind of difference between the two...on commodities imported ; that duty is added to the first cost and other charges on the commodity, and, when it is offered for sale, makes a part of the... | |
 | John Torrey Morse - 1889 - 454 pagine
...any kind of difference between the two taxes, to the colony on which they are laid ? He answered : " I think the difference is very great. An external...on commodities imported ; that duty is added to the first cost and other charges on the commodity, and, when it is offered for sale, makes a part of the... | |
 | John Torrey Morse - 1889 - 454 pagine
...taxes had never been called in question. Franklin's examiners tried him upon this matter : Can you show that there is any kind of difference between the two taxes, to the colony on which they are laid ? He answered: "I think the difference is very great. An external tax is a duty laid on commodities... | |
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An external tax is a duty laid on commodities imported; that duty is added to the first cost and other charges on the commodity, and, when it is offered to sale, makes a part of the price. If the people do not like it at that price, they refuse it; they... 
