cattle-tax

Updated: May 7, 2025

The more the trade went down, the heavier was the burden of the cattle-tax on the stock that remained. The stock-dealer was thus ruined from both sides at once. In the same way, the Limousin horses, whose breed had been famous all over France, had ceased to be an object of commerce, and the progressive increase of taxation had gradually extinguished the trade.

John Morley - Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3): Turgot