text_original: He had also, with characteristic pedantry, abolished the one shilling registration duty on imported corn. The tax brought in nearly a million a year and hurt nobody. In 1870, thanks to diminished expenditure on armaments, he had taken a further penny off the income tax, thus i educing it to fourpence ; he had reduced the sugar duty by 50 per cent., and had abolished the newspaper stamp and the duty on railway pas  sengei*s.
text_transcription: HE HAD ALSO WITH CHARACTERISTIC PEDANTRY ABOLISHED THE ONE SHILLING REGISTRATION DUTY ON IMPORTED CORN THE TAX BROUGHT IN NEARLY A MILLION A YEAR AND HURT NOBODY IN EIGHTEEN SEVENTY THANKS TO DIMINISHED EXPENDITURE ON ARMAMENTS HE HAD TAKEN A FURTHER PENNY OF THE INCOME TAX THUS REDUCING IT TO FOURPENCE HE HAD REDUCED THE SUGAR DUTY BY FIFTY PER CENT AND HAD ABOLISHED THE NEWSPAPER STAMP AND THE DUTY ON RAILWAY PASSENGERS
phonemes: hiː hæd ˈɔːlsoʊ, wɪð kˌæɹɪktɚɹˈɪstɪk pˈɛdəntɹi, ɐbˈɑːlɪʃt ðə wˈʌn ʃˈɪlɪŋ ɹˌɛdʒɪstɹˈeɪʃən dˈuːɾi ˌɔn ɪmpˈɔːɹɾᵻd kˈɔːɹn. ðə tˈæks bɹˈɔːt ɪn nˌɪɹli ɐ mˈɪliən ɐ jˈɪɹ ænd hˈɜːt nˈoʊbɑːdi. ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti, θˈæŋks tə dᵻmˈɪnɪʃt ɛkspˈɛndɪtʃɚɹ ˌɔn ˈɑːɹməmənts, hiː hæd tˈeɪkən ɐ fˈɜːðɚ pˈɛni ˈɔf ðɪ ˈɪŋkʌm tˈæks, ðˈʌs ˈaɪ ᵻdjˈuːsɪŋ ɪt tə fˈɔːɹpəns ; hiː hæd ɹᵻdˈuːst ðə ʃˈʊɡɚ dˈuːɾi baɪ fˈɪfti pɚ sˈɛnt., ænd hæd ɐbˈɑːlɪʃt ðə nˈuːzpeɪpɚ stˈæmp ænd ðə dˈuːɾi ˌɔn ɹˈeɪlweɪ pˈæs sˈɛndʒeɪ ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk ˈɛs.