, 1865-01-26


swear to them, stalking the wollare OF the;r
immortal souls each time, and pay the tax,
Some will periure themselves, or dodge th,
assessor altogether, and thus savs an amour,
equal to the tax. For II the poor cigar make,
can get them into tho hands Of the rctatle,
without detection, he nearly doublas his earn
ings. The retailer IL under no taK OF sutye{l.
lance. The honest manufacturer eau nc
longar compete with these perIurera or suus.
glers, and so la ont Of employment. In Nes
York City alone 1t is stated that 5000 boo,
cigar makers were thrown ont Of employment
BY This Law.
These are great evils, bat they arise mol
from taxing the manufactured article. bu,
from taxing 1t 30 absundly. A uniform tax d
say f5om $500 to 5000 per thousaoa on al
cigars, whether in the manufacturers or re'
tailers hands, and Of whatever values, would
cure every evi1 OF the system. It b,
no means follows ths4 the remedy il 10 tai
growing or leaf tobacco. Ths tar on the
manufactured article has had q ridsculous
not fair trial.
To cure these evils at last three bills arc
before Congress. That Of Mr.. Stevens pro-
poses to tax all leaf tobacco on hand and
hereafter purchased, while 1t il in the hands
Of the manufacturers and before they arc
permitted to manufacture or sell 1t, rcquir-
Ing them first to send 1t to bonded ware
houses for that purpose. The farmer is al
lowed nine months In which to sell or ship
1t, but 1t is not to be manufactured or dis
posed Of for manufacture until stored in a
bonded warehouse to be taxed. This leaves
1t in the bands Of the man who buys 1t from
the farmer.
Mr.. 6hcrman's bill taxes unmauufactured
strips 80 cents and leaf 20 cents per pound in
the farmer's hands, with further tax
Of fire, Ten and fifteen cents on plug chewing,
smoking and other forms Of the manufactured
article, and so Thousand on cigars. It re-
Quires the farmer annually on the LIST Of Au-
gust to return to the assessor sworn state
ment Of every acre Of land planted, under
penalty Of $500 per acre. He shall not re.
move 1t from his farm until the assessor has
weighed, branded and marked It, and on
the first day Of the month after sale, is to
make return and pay the tax.
MIR. Kasson's bill Is tho same as Mr.. sher-
mans in principle, taxing the leaf in the
l., th.t - 49, sot,~a- H. .saeS:sa. ss ~
~. - ~ aas- (, -, 49,
co growing districts. All these bills propose
MAX Of from twenty-five to thirty cents
pound On the leaf, which Is about equal In
amount to the total tax now leyicd on the
manufactured article. These being the facts,
let us see whether Congress, having passed
one foolish law taxing the manufactured aIti-
.s' NC w ~" w., Asnsu - tae ."v 4ast o.,ie
paes ouo eNt'A Ano'' 1's'A0 eA1e
g'onine a111cie'
iobaceo NJ Inc NORM Is mol raised W pant
efs VINO nave 1neaf "hole eapltal invested III
II, nor are our 1arncrs IKE nc lopaeeo aeai
e9s sno mahulactuFess VINO are connneo 10
>tne toDaceo ousness' II Is one among twenty
crops Inc one Aoou' IS pFoa'aeAe ~ Tue
otneF 70 eaen grower ne cau cease fa's'ns
TOBACCO "ltnout Eolne oat OF oasluess' ana
ue 1a's'ng OF aooaceo Is outoenfo oy sucn
an Oppressive ta4 'a", ana tne 1afuer Is Dur
ocneo Win IL ae "u1 give up Inc crop ano
1o'se othels. ms ofaes up 1oe revenue aud
so 1a1 Us lne Northwest u eonccfnea Stops To-
oaceo Growing " ouee. am 'a1 u u:
SAM e'e' rs. 49, s.a.s 80. 49, ~
qualities OF tobacco are raised, and
thus faTors the old tobacco 5aissng States
which furnish greater crop and better
article. Kentucky, Missouri, Virginia, hnd
Connecticut growers producing IN article
worth from Il to 20 cents might outlise it,
but those Of. ILLINOIS, Indiana, Michigan and
Wisconsin which raase an article averaging
II cents would have to succumo. This Is no
conflict OF interest between farmers and
manufacturers or sellera. Inc government,
manufacturers. fctaaers, ano consumers "ouid
I'll be injured pecunia1ly BY stopping the
production Of tobacco. None but sIeculators