Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-01-17
must bear 9 continually lesser. no !.
aDrtion to the wealth Of the copntrs Ts'

.' rse', nov, ~hiie the rrineiral
ource OF ordinary revenue inpeace me- !.
'e furnished b. the customs, It 4 ns,,,,s '
re that they could aot be coatinuea :.
ncreaseil to an amount which he int
est Reimbursement of our debt and II.
PROVISIONS Tor our security requie. ritb
,at increasing too far the temptations f.
lilcit importation. The objections n,
ta an xntire feiiance upon them. ls, n
eeen too fully developed by recent ey'
3erience to ALLOW the cmemittee to :.
commend that they should constitute II.
,shole income Of the country. The ill.,
al provision which they are cspsbIe C
taking in peace, disanpearsiai The NM.
'ent when war requires larger confirm,
ions. The government which is leIt :.
S ch time to explore new systems &c
lGtcrnal taxation. to discover ard 9r,,.
ITO the public >eryice the men who A..
apable of filing the different det,t
ments oil the revenue, is reduced tn
condition in which thu zeal and hraycrr
nd resources of the nation can prodpca
,eir natural effects but inaerfrc.ly-
Che committee therefore concur f,pv
18th the Sec, etary of the Treasury il ta
.,'inion which he has expressed, "tlat
re establishment of reveaup system
h'ch shall not be exclusively delem!en,
pon the supplies of feleigil commerce.
pears, at this juncture, to calm lars..
llar attention"
AS result of these gens-a views, tie
committee, with Difference to he house
acommend the adoption Of ire plan q
revenue contained in the re. ort of the
ecretary Of the Treasury, it'll tie e..
|cep:ion of that part ct it which propose,
to continue the additional duties unp
ostage, and to repeal the additional du.
Ities on licenses to retailers of wines. sD;.
'Itusus liquors. ano foreign merchandise
Imposed by the act of Decsaibe7 1914.
Che communication of intelligence be.
tween the different parts CT the country,
lit appears to the committee, to be the
lust policy ofour government to facilitate
land encourage and althougi it nigh.
have been rig INT to exact revenue from
lit, under circumstances which made It
necessary to apply every resource to tie
defence of the state, the present situation
Of the Treasury may well allow pitts re.
IDeal. The duties on licenses to retail.
|ers admit, in the opinion OF the commit.
Itee, of a modification, whick, by pro.
portioning the price Ofthe license IN some
ldegree to the business Of the retailer,
shall render them as productive as the
c|new rates, and less oppressive than the
lold ores. But as such modification could
lonly apply to licenses for 1917, the Con.
|,nttee propose to make it the subject Of
a future report.
The permanent laws now in force may
be expected, after the expiration OF TEN,
porary duties to produce q nett annuA
re, enue of 5 25,278,s4O.
lie direct taxa
nett amount Of 100000 /
THE sale Of pub.
! lie lands. l,ooo,Vos
Liccnses TO dIstiliers.
igross amount, 100000
Carriages $4,000
Licenses to
retailers, 100000
Auctions, 100000
2,675,oO0 2,5l4,sG0r'GMs
Duties en- fur
! mture and
watches, 100000
lon manufac-
lures. 1,s11,Ooo
Excise on dis.
titled spirits 100000