New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-05
i NUMBER $40.

number Of itinerant saiesfnen fron, :.
New York and connecticus come ~ havs - e
other purpose than that W tatnperino ,,ys a,,- e.
stitutions, under the cloak Of peildus z, , g. 4
megs. ~ sTT'
Gentieinen have spoken regarding he ,,,eo,.at;
tutonality a the provisions of tlifs bil, III
prlsed AZ TWO members or the Committee on lie
Judiciary upon this floor speaking auaiust se IS.
cons1itut tonaiity OF measure which hey them.
seises report. cannot understand how the
cnairlnan q 'he judiciary Committee can get up
ana SPEAK against the uneonstitutionality Of the
oili Wnen % reported this bin himself The Bill
winch originally LAID befors this Legislature vas
tne exact eopy q PHI that bad passed tsae Leais
iatures oi south Casoliria, Mississippi, Georgia.
Aiaoama, ana at last accounts was pending before
fne Legislature Of Virginia. introduced tlle h,il
yerpatm eording to the printed copy as il came
rom the Legislature Of South Carolina and hid
tnougnt, the Legislature Of that Southern State
couid pass such bill, Louisiana could do SO. The
same reasons fiat called for the passage Of such
p u one @ our sister calls for the passage
OF g IKE MI mere. sse
Bat sir u appears that the bill did not suit gem
tieinen. lney nave introduced substitute TO
Mnieh had no oblecfion. ! only introduced the
pili % cover those points we absolutely require.
NOW, SIR, what IS the object of this blis In afew
WORDS sr y y proposition beneficial TO the State,
but more 50 70 New Orleans than to the State at
large, as far as business merit is concerned.
The tax paid by New Orleans house Of three
partners Is 500, for each of the members of the
hrn1, 70 the city and $50 to the State. Conse-
quenIiy, tile house OF which am partner pays
tor State Acence SiSU city $780, making in all $3.50
II nj a GIG
We then haze 70 pay tax on that licence 70 the
city OF New Orleans, for the payment Of the bonds
OF the city OF three per cent. We have to pay a
tax on capital employed in business. Year before
last they taxed income, besides capital. Doubling
.ne cons'l1u1ionaiity q that law, large number
ol merchants agreed that we should refuse to pay
~ a',u aoide ~ te result. am not
so sus nay peea aecIaed py the
toiie oi tae tells me u mas
Deen , ainss ~ W pay taA, thef, on
oap,,si anu inoohe' uentienen can easily Judge
ior tiisnseises = " the amount q capital employ
Gu ~ uoiis siiiess u u Miion OF million and
nan year. me amount q capital is large. We
nave 70 pay large rent iof stores ard warehouses
employ 2 large number OF clerks, horses and
drass, tne hcenee ior each Of which drays Is sl5,
l think In fact, we have to pay Heence for
WHAT Is the position OF these itinerant statesmen
we come 70 NeW ofieanst ! Will state fact
one 81 these roaming saiesmen, with million of
aoiiars Morth worm q Je@eiry, comes to the City
iho'ei' ne tahes room AZ W 2 day. de IS not
competed 10 hire place and pay office rent, but
he eats and drinks at the place where he disposes
oil ms enormous STOCK OF Jeweiry- He not only
goes around New orleans, but supplies people in
want OF JeWeiry, who would go to Hyde Il Good
rich p VINO 90 large business and pay taxes. He
sells az a snial ADVANCE OF New ork cost but
'iils taxes away from the New Orleans merchant
the peneht oi me sales the be0eht Of the profit he
other~ise @ouia make. nave been told BY |
gentleman engaged u the Jewelry business that
one OF these statesmen stood In the rotunda of the
St. Charles Hotel and peddled out to gentlemen
from the country watches and chains, and very |
poor ones at that. at a large price. Now, can you
place this man on the same footing with gentlemen |
who are supporting the State-who are supporting |
the State by paying large licences? They are |
taxed, both capital and income, and employ a
large number Of men who obtain their daily bread
by working day after day. Now, ask whether or
not you will protect your own citizens-whether |
you will allow these foreign petty chapmen as the
South Carolina bill calls then to come to New Or
iSaLS aiiu taAe nlSau out vi tlie lioutlS OF czen
taxpayers II the thing be allowed, gentlemen
doing large business had better shut up their stores
or take office and act as agents and take orders
to be sent to the North to be filed. I am told
there were four thousand such travelling agents at
one time in the city of New Orleans, and God
knows how many in the State. / have travelled in
the country, and have found them in every little
country town or village. We meet them on the
river almost at every point have come down
Red river with no less than seven or eight from the
State OF Pennsylvania, from Pittsburg. peddlinr
out glassware They stop at one town. and then
go on board boat again, and 90 to the next one.
We have no objection to these gentlemen com
ing to New Orleans and doing business. We invite
capital. We desire to see capital brought there
and business carried on. We want them to come
and take stores. employ clerks draws men rent
warehouses and pay taxes. We would have no
objection then. We invite them. The more capital
we can bring to New Orleans, the more is it to
the interest of the State, because the taxes of
the State are increased. Why do gentlemen
from the country object to a proposition that
will bring into the treasury of the State ut the
least calculation 500. 900 per annam in the item of
licences alone. Pass this bill and your treasurer
viii lsse the licences. Gentlemen onght not to
complain 81 an empty treasury when they refuse to
pass bill to put money intoit. We only want the
trnp paI inra In mn af a1f hotrn