The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-01-09
Report Of the Commissioner OF internal
Revenue

.er n Ia,ernaI Reverue. as rsiATss y N,
prvpoAed increase Of the IL on ishaeco.
This Is : ssbiecl of vital interest IL ,his
section. as il l. the gresr tobacco growing
region 81 tie w a State:
Tax 81 fise 70 ten cents per pound on man.
uiactared. and ,wen'y cents per pound :
ieaftob,cco.
Among The Injuries no, in any form nee
essasy 70 subsistence. end generally ceem-c
q some extent ncx ons. and. therefore, usu
oily selected By oIher nations a. peculiar
y proper suAecsci tsx, j. Tobacco. Or
present excise besfs very light o. this ccn-
n.cdiy. ,nd larger tax @orld b.. l think
rhrcrfu'ly borne without Materially 1imin-
ssning ihe produriiV ln England rle la
1n syeEy hundred pounds Of uannan1f a6iurec
iptsccO, exclusive ~ warehouse duties. IL
seventy seven Collars anJ srveDig-f.s0 . cents
On snuff one hundred and tifty-iuur dslsrs
srd sixty four cents; and On manassrlurcd
tobacco Two hundred and thirtv-t~o tolIars
snd thirteen cenis-oeing On the net Hp-
wards of two dOlifrs aud thirty cents per
pound. The objects sought % be ohsai-4d
~ lhis mode Of taxation were. doubts ". iol
raise - much revenue Is possible from the
importation 0f rsw rDsterial. nad ID secure
the profits % preparing Il for corSurnp,ion
10 ,he British manufacturer. Il hrs been
success:Rli 10 borh respects. The Weld 10.
rrycnur tram lhss source for s~vrrai years
prior 10 1861 averaged more than twenty
seven millions " dii4rs, while the lHsnu-
facsused sr,icie was. in great measure ex-l
Icuted. For three years ihern vas 20 I'M
porisiion- Of snuff, except eighteen pounds
only, 10 Ireland, and the irporls'sans oil
N manufactured tobacco, In sll other shspss
ranged from two hUnired and sixty-ninel
thousand 10 four hundred aud twent, eight
:hcuss nd collars only in value. In France
the tobacco trade iss government mOnoDo-
~; ard While cur expectation Of the con-
n.ofi'y III Tic faf q that ccun'rr are only
Inferior u Eironn ~ our explorations 70
lEreLt r.tain N! Ire eaai. Il took from us
NO more than twenty -nine pounds in three
years. ard lie largest smonnt Of manufac
iurcd tobacco .xpnr,cd thither in shy ore
year wss. 10 vaiue, but seyea thousand three
hundred and sevenly -one dollars. For many
wears our exports % France have varied
from three fif;hs 10 four fi'Ihs " ail me to-
Daceo ccnsu.ncd in ihst kirgtam. IL 1852
they Amounted tc Ihlry-two mullins three
hundred and ive Thousand two hundred and
forty pounds. 81 the average cost ~ eight
cents and ihree-tsnih- n csat per pcunc;
and the net prufis TO the Goyernment, on
the Manufacture and sale Of that product of
AnerIcsn 90. VAS not less than thir'e4 ;
nii.lo seven hui,sred and twenty-nine thou
ssnG tiss hundred and lcrry- eight collars
These profl. hnss been es'irnsisd fer seye-
rGl successive yerrs and been found t0ysry
I rcal fonr huaiFed ard foriy seven 70 hse
hundIed and icurlecn per cent. on the prics
paid t. the Pr0dnsers- The restrictions and
I limi;sgions With which this thradc = cl0E-
lged v flTcign nllions have been hong nm
isaiisiacscsy " our Pstpis aud II Tie yesr
lls5s. tney become the suhjec, o. certain
Resolutions d Congress. protesting tlsal they
l~tre wholly inrsnsiEren, with ihat fair and
sFecivf0cel condition Of Commerce which
oughi 20 exist belseen the Usitst States
srd sn0se nations; but the protest 50 far a.
; 4 hsve learned has been unheedsd. Under
N ,sush circumstances il Is well 70 consider
ls0w, ia laying cur excise duties. we may q
l0ace serve ,he purpose o. revenue end pro-
s,~cr our own r,anufsctorers. There seens
to be no good rcascn Thy We shouldiuinish
tie raw prcuurt eherply 10 foreign nations
Ion such terms ss 10 ensble them 20 lex u
:lscr their own bsrefIt. and 20 make u .
means Or stimulating their domestic indus
..Iny-
\ TIE diuinishcdi production, osinE 70 the
! Southern rebellion, ives iar short last year
lvf v hat il9ss ID previous years.
i II lsCO il was, n ruund numbers, four
hundred ard twenIy-eirhs millions Of Fuunds.
Las, year Il was only two hundred and
leicbty million or ponnds. This year. nol-
iwilhsrsrdin The esie nsise planting 10 the
Nc,.hnvu .rT Nff1le States. The eron Il -