Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-12

The total NUMBER OF pounds OF t0nac-
co manufactured was 63, 81, 426, which,
intending l,204,67l pounds Of snuff, IS
equal TO 70 ,323, 53S poundsof leaf tobac-
co. The total number Of cigars retnrn-
ed was 492, $50, 700. consuming in their
manufacture l2,3I9,5I7 pounds Of leaf,
which, added to the previous amount,
makes a grand total Of 81 ,542,055
pounds Of Leaf tobacco consumed du-
ring the year. A. 25 cents per pound
this amount would have yielded So,
Ss5,4l3 against IS 5s3,045 so, the
amount actually received, "A difference
in favor Of the Government Of Sl4 302,-
459 % II the total manufactures Of
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1865, are
As great as during the preceding year,
the amount Of revenue realized there
from at present rates Of taxation and
assessments will amount So 1914 ,3l4 Al
cents For this amount 81 mauuiac-
lures 9 ,542, 055 pounds Of leaf tobacco
viii be required, which II % cents per
pound, would yield So, ss5, 5l3reveaue,
. difference in favor Of the present sys'
ten Of only about s4,590,0O0 Il u ev-
idsnt that not mors than one-half of the
manufactures Of lass year can be rsturz-
sd during the present fiscal year at these
rates therefore the income will fall be.
low s20,0O0,000 It is equally evident
that the country requires a larger man
ufacture than that OF last year, and
therefore, if the tax we're applied to the
leaf, the revenue would exceed ths
amount given above namely, So, SS5 ,6l3
because the trade would not then Labor
under the disadvantage Of the restrie
tions placed upon them by the law. b.
placing the tax exclusively on leaf 20
baeeo all evasious will be prevented snt
and every pound Of tobacco will be &C
counted for aud viii produce its Jus
proportion Of the tax In 1862 the ex
ports Of manufactured tobacco we're 4,
81 ,963 pounds, and in 1868 they wer'
1926, 24o pounds, Of which from four 4
fse thousand packages we're Of Ganadi
an manufacture. the drawback upol
which, under the system proposed, woull
be about 81 100000
The report proposes to have the pro
Queer obtain permit from the Distrie
to plant tobacco and make returns 4
him OF the amount raised. When til
stock is sold it is to pass through tn
bonded warehouse under the usual regu
lations, as by this system both the speeu
lator and producer will be exempted iron
the payment Of the tax, as it will nc
have to be paid until the tobacco
Withdrawn from the warehouse By tn
manufacturer. The report concludes b
urging Congress to alter the law to con
form 10 the suggestion therein presented
In response to the report Of this Con
vention, and to other applications q
like character, Mr. Sherman a few day
ago introduced bin to levy tax q
twenty cents per pound on leaf tobaecc
stems and scraps, and thirty cents pc
pound on strips-requiring all tobace
growers 20 inform their District Asse,
sors Of the number Of acres planted i
tobacco, under a penalty OF $500 70
each acre, and before it is removed
when grown, to give notice to the AsseI
scr, who shall cause it to be weighed
marked, branded and numbered, th
owner to pay for such service. The 4
bacco may then be removed to som
tobacco bonded warehouse, and viii
draw therefrom, either for expectation Q
manufacture, on payment Of the IA,
The bin also provides for tax on mar
ufactured tobacco, cigars and snuff.