The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-25


beers of this Association, and all others
engaged in or connected with the manu-
facture of tobacco, its utter injustice
and inadaptibility to the nature and
requirements of the trade, as well as to
the wants, Of the government, in the
tmposstbility of its stringent and inn
partial enforcement, thereby, in reality
Offering reward for the evasion of the
payment of the tax, and the defraud-
ing, of the Treasury Of its just dues
and, -.-
WHEREAS, Under the present law.
those manufacturers who have ALWAYS
willingly paid their taxes, and gladly
strengthened the hands Ofsthe Govern
ment financially, find their business
fast passing from them, under the con-
troll OF irresponsible and dishonest
men, whom the present law cannot
reach, as the statistics of the Depart
ment OF Internal Revenue conclusively
show; and,
WHEREAS, Owing to the depressing
influence of the present law, every
branch of trade is entirely Frustrated,
and many workmen thereby thrown
out of employment, and Invested of the
means of honest support; and,
WHEREAS, 1t is the unanimous con-
VtctiOn of the members of this assOcia-
ton, founded upon the experience of
the past three years, with the workings
of the Internal Revenue law as it re-
lateS to the manufacture of tobacco
cigars and snuff, in this country, and
strengthened by the working Of SINH
lar laws in other countries, that the re-
movRl of the tax from the manufac-
tured article to the raw material, or
leaf, will impart aNbealthy tone to the
trade, in projecting the manufacturer
and the workman from the covert and
sinister operations of irresponsible and
dishonest parties, and will increase the
revenue to the National Treasury by
several millions of dollars annually;
therefore, be it .a
ReSolUed, That the members Of this
association do respectfully but urgently
request Congress to remove the tax
from manufactured tobacco to the raw
material or leaf, as an act of Justice to
the honest manufacturer, and which
will work in injury to the growers, and
Mt the same time, as an act of precau-
ton to protect the public.
RESOLVED, That as the tariff on impor-
ted cigars, valued at fifteen dollars per
thousand or less, is at present from
duties levied by the Government on the
same quality of cigars of domestic
manufacture, therefore we deem it the
imperative duty of Congress TO raise
their tariff on imported cigars to an
amount at least equal to that paid by
home manufacturers.
RESOLVED, That the objects of this as
ISOLATION being yet unaltered, it is the
clear and imperative duty of its men,
bers to continue its organization and
labor with unity and zeal to render it
successful. s-.. +.
RESOLVED, That copies of these resolu-
tions be submitted to Congress at its en-
suing session, and to the United States
Revenue Commission appointed by
Congress.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted by the convention.
Mr.. David n. McAlpin and several
other delegates addressed the conven-
ton on the Importance of the proposed
movement, and urged the most persis-
tent effort on the part of the honest por-
ton of the tobacco trade. After which,
the convention adjourned.