, 1862-05-06
The Boston Plan of fRcVcuue.-FurGher
Arguments In Its Fayor--PrDbabIl1-
ties Uf It's Adoptipus

From the Philadelphia North American, ad.1
The Senate Committee has listened to every
reasonable representation on the subject, and
is inclined, il is bullcVeJ, to favor the simple
and comprehensive principles which have been
put torth by the representatives of the bu7i-
nees interests OF the three great cities. We
hope this may be so, and that it may be made
apparent that all the revenue required may be
mofe easily and ltely raised than in the pre-
cise manner adopted IN the House bill
adopted with great nnauimiSy BY the Boards
IT Trade and Commercial interests Of Boston,
New FORK and Philadelphia. At first sepl-
Iately selected, it Is strong confirmation Of
their wisdom to find that in principle they
quite agree. While the House bill WIS yet
briDg formed in committee, L number Of mer-
chants and manufacturers Of this city put
forth, through the Board Of Trade, Dian
which proposed a specific impost on q few
staple luxurles, as they may be called, q tax
Of Unc per cent on ulauutacturers' sales. aud
Of one half OF one per cent. on mercantile
sales. The same general principles were re-
solved upou in Boston, with the Important
addition Of 9 plan OF collection by stamps,
which would dispense With an Immense
amount Of uachiuery and expense.
The mercantile interests Of New York aud
Boston have gone farther than WAS proposed
here Ill the taxa!io1 Of mercantile sales, bath
cities choosing TO place the tax On such sasts
a. the SAME rate ~ the gales Of manufactures
are taxed-a conclusion certainly favorable to
tee general interests Of this city. 1t Is ysry
liberal in tho mercantile interest Of the great
c!ti5 to Offer this rate, aud the representatives
Of tue interior and the West eugut to accept
it eagerly, aB ~o believe they will.
The parties who have pressed this simplided
fn,m Of taxation Oh Congress have framed a
bill embodying its principles, aud hope the
8. uate Commlttee Will in substance adopt it.
They could not better discharge the great duly
they have in hand, nor better satisfy the inter
esls of this city and State, at least. We have
urged these general principles with Ill our po r.
CT, ~hlle the bill was in the hands OF the House
Committee, sud every ruAsou then stated re-
talns ills fullest force ut this moment. Per-
haps the grratest hing1 IL item Of relief will be
the change from three pr cent, lsyied on all
| manufactures, to one per cent, thus avtrting
daiger to the lndus'rg Of the country, which
| VT know to be far grrater shau tue House
! Committee could bc led to believe.
Every other pATk OF the country agrees With
| us now III dcprecatlng tuis thrce-fod Tx Gu
| industry, and ugrees with us in desiring tax
nj reau1i1e und gcneral sales-aIl sales alike.
| Surely il this is principle adopted by tho
| gr.a' mercantile interest Of New Ior6-the
| I:o,nt where q tax on manntnctures would FIJI
/ lightly, and which would escape taxation
I.rr. II if sales are not tssxcd-lt cannot be diff
| tieult to persuade the representatives of other
| pDrte Of tic Uuion to take tho heavy revenues
| thus freely offered. 1t is true that the mer-
| cal,tile East can indemnify itself In the end
| from its customers In the interior, but the
| money heeded By the Government will be first
lalu from the great cities, and paid many
months in ADVANCE of any possible reimburse
! nltnt
The rcasons which favor the bill VIC refer to
ere, III fact, 50 msny aud SO important. thu,
We cannot sec how It's adoption can be avoided
| We prapose to compare lts sections in detail
with those OF the House bill, and to show in
what important points it effects the desired
simpEhcatiGn. The exc1ses OF imposts PRO
posed are few-spirits, malt liquors and tooae-
co onl5-on which a1ono 1t Is calculated that
SIS 0oo,oo0 can be raised annually. If cotton
is taxed, as the New York Chamber Of Com
mtrce insists it should be done, an addition
OF ten or fifteen millions ia inside from th.t
source. Then the tax On sales Of all kinds Is
| calculated on q capital or aggregate nf
ssles named By Our own merchants At 8, 900,
| Wp,UD; By those Of Boston At $1t ,0422 001, ,0SQ,
and BIZ the New York authorities at about
the same. Taking the available average at
$f0, ,0cO, Geo 600 the tax Of one per cent. gives
revenue Of $l00 000. 600 st least- This is all
to DO collected by stamps, the sale of
| which, aud the collection Of the revenue,
Can pass through the hands Of officers already
appo'ntcd and properly secured the rclief
tuis sys1t IN will give in comparison with that
OF the House bill will be very great Tue
ou1y question is, will it yield the requisite
II Venue? The parties who will be cn1ed
upt'n to pay it, dee1are that adequate and
| ample .fevenue will he yielded. We trust
the g. nate will bring the measure ont, sud
ttst the Judgment Of Congress en- it as e,rl5
: as possible.
| A " Woman In Soldiers Olothes---VerJ
Natural Surprise of q Reporter.
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