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Thus, for instance, the lumber of our country is left free from excise, though I am assured it might well bear it, simply because no countervailing tax can be imposed upon lumber from the British provinces.
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Sumner discusses the exemption of domestic lumber from excise taxes due to the treaty's stipulations.
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