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           1680
        
      
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             An Answer to a paper set forth by the coffee-men directed to the Honourable, the Commons in Parliament assembled being reflections upon some propositions that were exhibited to the Parliament for the changing the excise of coffee, tea, and chocolate into a custom upon the commodities.
             England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             s.n.,
             [London :
             168-?]
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Tax protests and appeals -- England.
           Coffee -- Taxation -- England.
           Tea -- Taxation -- England.
           Chocolate -- Taxation -- England.
           Broadsides -- England -- 17th century.
        
      
    
     
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           An
           Answer
           to
           a
           Paper
           Set
           forth
           by
           the
           COFFEE-MEN
           ;
           Directed
           to
           the
           HONOURABLE
           ,
           The
           Commons
           in
           Parliament
           Assembled
           .
           BEING
           Reflections
           upon
           some
           Propositions
           that
           were
           Exhibited
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           the
           Changing
           the
           Excise
           of
           Coffee
           ,
           Tea
           ,
           and
           Chocolate
           ,
           into
           a
           Custom
           ,
           upon
           the
           Commodities
           .
        
         
           THey
           acknowledge
           the
           said
           Paper
           seems
           to
           be
           in
           Favour
           of
           the
           ●etailers
           of
           Coffee
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           And
           in
           Reality
           it
           is
           so
           :
           Because
           ,
           as
           the
           Tax
           before
           was
           up●n
           the
           Liquor
           ,
           many
           paid
           more
           than
           they
           Ought
           ,
           and
           many
           Less
           :
        
         
           And
           therefore
           ,
           they
           themselves
           Petitioned
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           there
           mig●t
           be
           an
           Impost
           laid
           after
           this
           manner
           :
           And
           do
           not
           complain
           of
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           Tax
           ,
           but
           tha●
           the
           Rates
           are
           too
           high
           ;
           when
           in
           truth
           ,
           the
           Tax
           is
           not
           half
           so
           high
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           by
           the
           Statute
           ,
           if
           eve●y
           man
           paid
           his
           just
           due
           :
           And
           therefore
           ,
           unjustly
           Complain
           of
           the
           Paper
           ,
           as
           going
           about
           to
           ruine
           th●m
           ,
           and
           their
           Families
           .
        
         
           They
           accuse
           the
           Paper
           of
           great
           Falsities
           in
           the
           Proportions
           of
           the
           
             Co●●e
             ,
             Tea
          
           ,
           and
           Chocolate
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           several
           Quantities
           of
           Liquors
           ,
           though
           the
           Proportions
           are
           the
           same
           as
           are
           used
           in
           most
           Coffee-Houses
           in
           and
           about
           London
           .
        
         
           And
           have
           set
           out
           a
           Calculation
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           which
           is
           much
           further
           from
           Truth
           .
        
         
           But
           suppose
           their
           own
           Calculation
           about
           the
           Proportions
           of
           the
           Quantities
           to
           be
           true
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Act
           ,
           every
           Coffee-Seller
           is
           to
           pay
           
             Eight
             Pence
             per
          
           Gallon
           for
           
             Coffee
             ;
             Sixteen
             Pence
             per
          
           Gallon
           for
           Tea
           ;
           and
           
             Sixteen
             Pence
             per
          
           Gallon
           for
           Chocolate
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           by
           their
           own
           Calculation
           ,
           a
           Pound
           of
           Coffee
           makes
           ●wo
           Gallons
           and
           an
           half
           of
           Coffee
           Liquor
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           pay
           
             Twenty
             Pence
          
           .
        
         
           But
           by
           the
           Paper
           ,
           a
           Pound
           of
           Coffe●
           is
           to
           pay
           but
           
             Ten
             Pence
          
           .
        
         
           A
           Pound
           of
           Tea
           ,
           by
           their
           Calculation
           ,
           makes
           Nine
           Galons
           of
           Liquor
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           Act
           ,
           at
           
             Sixteen
             Pence
             per
          
           Gallon
           ,
           amounts
           to
           
             Twelv●
             Shillings
             per
          
           Pound
           .
        
         
           But
           by
           the
           Paper
           ,
           a
           Pound
           of
           Tea
           is
           proposed
           〈◊〉
           at
           
             Five
             Shillings
             per
          
           Pound
           .
        
         
           Chocolate
           ,
           by
           the
           Act
           ,
           is
           t●
           pay
           
             Sixteen
             Pence
             per
          
           Galon
           ,
           and
           One
           Pound
           makes
           but
           One
           Gallon
           by
           their
           Calculation
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           must
           be
           a
           False
           Calculation
           :
           For
           if
           a
           ●ound
           of
           Chocolate
           ,
           which
           commonly
           is
           sold
           for
           
             Four
             Shillings
             pe●
          
           Pound
           ,
           will
           make
           but
           One
           Gallon
           ,
           and
           the
           Gallon
           containeth
           ,
           by
           their
           Estimation
           ,
           but
           Twenty
           Dishes
           ▪
           which
           at
           
             Three
             Pence
             per
          
           Dish
           ,
           comes
           to
           but
           
             Five
             Shillings
             per
          
           Gallon
           :
           Now
           the
           Duty
           being
           
             Sixteen
             Pence
             ▪
          
           and
           the
           
             Chocolate
             Four
             Shillings
          
           ,
           amounts
           to
           
             Five
             Shillings
          
           and
           
             Four
             Pence
             per
          
           Gallon
           ;
           So
           ●at
           they
           lose
           in
           every
           Gallon
           
             Four
             Pence
          
           by
           the
           Retailing
           of
           it
           ,
           if
           their
           Calculation
           were
           true
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           the
           Calculation
           of
           the
           proportions
           in
           the
           Paper
           ,
           which
           was
           for
           Milk-chocolate
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           
             Two
             Pence
          
           the
           Dish
           ;
           or
           if
           one
           third
           part
           of
           Chocolate
           be
           allow'd
           more
           to
           the
           same
           proportion
           of
           Liquor
           to
           make
           it
           with
           Water
           ,
           and
           sold
           at
           
             Three
             Pence
          
           the
           Dish
           ,
           there
           would
           appear
           some
           Profit
           to
           the
           Retailer
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           more
           believ'd
           than
           their
           Calculation
           ,
           which
           produceth
           Loss
           .
        
         
           For
           Cocao-Nut
           ,
           they
           make
           no
           Objections
           ;
           so
           it
           's
           taken
           for
           Granted
           ,
           that
           may
           pay
           
             One
             Shilling
             per
          
           Pound
           .
        
         
           So
           it
           plainly
           appears
           ,
           by
           their
           own
           acknowledgment
           ,
           that
           the
           Rules
           set
           down
           in
           the
           Paper
           ,
           are
           not
           half
           so
           great
           as
           those
           already
           appointed
           by
           the
           Act
           ,
           if
           every
           man
           paid
           his
           full
           due
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           supposed
           ,
           that
           the
           
           Coffee-men
           designed
           ,
           by
           their
           Petition
           ,
           to
           lessen
           the
           Duty
           of
           the
           Excise
           ;
           but
           to
           make
           it
           more
           Equal
           ,
           by
           changing
           it
           into
           an
           Impost
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           they
           pay
           no
           more
           than
           they
           ought
           to
           do
           by
           the
           Act
           ,
           they
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           complain
           :
           And
           therefore
           they
           must
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           the
           Paper
           was
           Written
           with
           a
           design
           of
           Ease
           and
           Friendship
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           out
           of
           Service
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           to
           Improve
           the
           Revenue
           to
           the
           KING
           ,
           and
           render
           the
           Tax
           more
           Easy
           to
           the
           Subject
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Consumption
             of
             Coffee
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             
             Coffee-mens
             Calculation
             delivered
             with
             their
             Petition
             ,
             amounts
             to
             100
             Tuns
             a
             year
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             Statute
             Pays
             
               20d
               .
               per
            
             Pound
             ,
             is
             —
             16666.
             13.
             4.
             
          
           
             Tea
             ,
             27000
             Pounds
             a
             year
             ,
             at
             12
             
               s.
               per
            
             Pound
             ,
             is
             —
             16200.
             00.
             00.
             
          
           
             Chocolate
             ,
             6000
             Pounds
             at
             16
             
               d.
               per
            
             Pound
             ,
             is
             —
             400.
             00.
             00.
             
          
           
             Cocao-Nut
             ,
             300
             Hundreds
             at
             1
             
               s.
               per
            
             Pound
             ,
             is
             —
             1500.
             00.
             00.
             
          
           
             in
             all
             34766.
             13.
             4.
             
          
        
         
           
             Whereas
             the
             Rates
             proposed
             in
             the
             proposition
             for
             changing
             the
             Excise
             into
             an
             Impost
             ,
             amounts
             to
             but
             —
             17033.
             6
             8.
             
          
        
         
           There
           is
           frequently
           Sold
           in
           Coffee-Houses
           ,
           these
           following
           Liquors
           ,
           which
           pay
           the
           Duties
           ,
           either
           of
           Excise
           or
           Customs
           ,
           viz.
           
             Coffee
             ,
             Tea
             ,
             Chocolate
             ,
             Mum
             ,
             Mead
             ,
             Metheglin
             ,
             Sider
             ,
             Perry
             ,
             Usquebaugh
             ,
             Brandy
             ,
             Aqua-vitae
             ,
             Strong-Waters
             ,
             Beer
             ,
          
           and
           Ale.
           
        
         
           Now
           ,
           if
           all
           other
           Invented
           Liquors
           (
           which
           pay
           no
           Duty
           )
           be
           Prohibited
           under
           such
           a
           Penalty
           as
           this
           Honourable
           House
           shall
           think
           Fit
           ,
           it
           would
           cause
           a
           far
           greater
           Consumption
           of
           those
           Liquors
           that
           〈◊〉
           Duties
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

