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Show I Tariff Taa Paid Monarch. ! In tho days of Jamat I. Sir Almroth Wright's Indictment of washing would have been considered a aerloua of-fsnse. of-fsnse. That monarch, although not j conspicuously clean nlmaelf, waa amicus that bis subjects should wash themselves frequently, aa ha received a payment of 1.10 a ton on all soap produced In England, In return for a monopoly granted to tba Weatmlnster Company of Hoapiuakera. King James did his best to push tha bualness of the company by Issuing a royal proclamation proc-lamation aa to the virtues of Its soap, which waa declared to be "good, sweet snd serviceable for our people" Ha forbade the Importation of soap, and appointed officers to put down Illicit soap boiling. Ills efforts were rewarded re-warded by payments from the corn-puny corn-puny nvenigliiK sbuut ll.'iU.Oull a year. |