, 1865-07-21
TIE ouEsu ION OF TAXATION.

Thts son1ns1 t,Rs had frequent occasion to
,.x1l TIE atte1tion Of Its seadera to / great
- r.nct,ra1 insostice, In the Internal Revenue
1.v NJ 1861 toward The infant manufacturing
r,tsfflslrcnts Of the West, struggling
ocainn tae sharp competition o! long estab~
1~bed Apd powerful manufactures OF The old"
~ stats. The injustice to which We refer
fo,ned ths basis Of the objection most s:rcn-
uously urged against tie enactment Of the
law, while 1t WAS yet under consideration. by
. committee Of Western Manufacturers,
x,1cn visited Washington for that purpose.
81 eIpg the CONTINUED difficulty under
which mechanical production hare
,saors, by reascn Of the successive taxos
that a1e ,mposed on different products, In
their various stsges Of development, Ill OF
WHICH are parts Of the completed fabric or
nach,lc, we cannot refrain trem once more
calling the attention OF our readers, all Of
wbem a.e vitality interested, 10 this subject,
With the hope that they Will not rest until
their representations it Congress are firmly
nhfct d to 1tye this injustice removed. TIE
New York Et.aing Pos, OF late csts, fas
veil considered article on the subject, writ
TIN map:tes:!y In the interest Of email ea.ao-
1shnents in the East, which states the case
70 cles.iy that We gladly copy Its more 1nste-
.lal points. It tass:
aot opl1 Il the lnc1ese'd va!1e taxed while
p...tps frou, one sage to another; tho lAw de.
* .r5s DEE, IL manY catet, nson ths full value at
terrrsl +tseee Of manufacture. Take, foE e11u.
ne. .he article OF itashe< sE;ns OF every dea:t:p
.n,,., ~be1 TN, ed, cu risd. OF flashed, psy tix
pr Cent exile cu,y. wbea stalhsI hst eseA
taxed IT, the FecRh ana treY Enru1 nuished, II u
,ax, d or tts increased ra!u. !: when leather IL
m.de into elnyes, nittens, or Eocc4stca, the tax
IL .sse.sed upun the Increased value only; pnt
whes made Tito hoots, shoes. or hafness, II te
MD: to contribute. at1 per cen: on the whole
pr;ce.
aT1eex xea.e tn1iea \ ate> engine a-apunt to
1esfly tAeoty PER cent btlose II comet fn.c The
hatas o. the owner, piled up IN this manncs: On
the p,r iron a duty cf t:.4s PEI Toe il 'ev1ed.
Es1t - casrines plate End h&f trous It ia cha1zed
50 Cine fou additional. IL, Ms IL QnttE common.
the boiler Is maze IN ! separate eeta5lSnmrat II
psys .ix p cent on tho whole taot tht inc1e4:ea)
value. F.nz!ly. the tnftne. Ii piece o. an'ehsa
work. Is Aetesked n Other Six per cent oIcoafss,
a. sucs sr.liles made onks de, as tues, Esne'e,
sc.,tp3, steam rapes, &c hsee also oeen oplsgeo
10 couts1 bute In the game wsy. raadng the atEre-
CUTE jev. cpnaaderab;y hsav'cs thar the spAa''a
nica ala IL LIE most oppressive ~e'R1L
..llte !. 1ot I'll. however, tof, u . conssfnen2n
OF see .ep, s~hstver II made for sale In such 4
tt.ts Tn co1t Ilon that IT pds purchss<Es. " hss
s'e"''" In The ..stle*- Is regarded ~ . m.aa
daeso's. ''s - ;aA9.e. 70 xss Gu, onsess epeels5
,,,r,. on ~ naphs PEI .uss .ns n"as pu ~
tewrr t,x,s. Tne Boop,on N. - ,ron.wo,ks
nc1for1p every process, from ntu,nz and t.an..
port tg the ore to linking the nai!s. bringing
nothing hut .n.te 70 p''.k.., O. which The tt1 n
an 90 ~, 80 u.u or %s,
r., n,e ,nto p,c ,1on second easl.ea Of rolled
~ ;nto pl.te, tb,rd sut the nails, and fourh
prep.rna te &ees, II Ii 2n,ft shas the inesvAsst
cot os tbs attthed article. osfore rssshine u.