The Portland daily press., 1867-12-05

Lunt, st John pl@' True, Augusta -assss
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IMPORTANT MANUFACTURERS MEETING.-A
second meeting Of gentlemen representing the
manufacturing interests of Portland was held
at the Common Council Chamber Tuesday
evening. Charles Staples, Esq, occupied the
chair, and Mr.. Geo. L. Damon was Secretary.
Remarks as to the necessity of taking off the
Internal revenue tax manufactured articles
were offered by Messrs N. A. Foster, w. t.
Brown, G. p. Kimball, f. N. Dow, w. H.
Smith3and others. igaJt goa5ti da
Mr.. Brown mentioned as a singular fact that
on the article of friction matches, which he had
until recently manufactured, there was inn
posed revenue tax of 81 A per. gross, when
the cost Of the article was but thirty cents per
gross. oi
The chairman said that he could not Under
stand why manufactured goods of nearly every
kind, except clothing, should be taxed when
every article that went into those manufac-
lures had paid a Separate tax under the inter-
nal or foreign revenue tariff. Why should
hats and boots--at either extreme of a man
pay ajax, aud coats and pantaloons be ex-
empted? The tax seems oppressive and tends
uueeeiy " oihpp'e BUSINESS ny taxing manu-
features so much that work has to be stopped
and in consequence men thrown out of en-
| ployment Manufactures are the last things
that ought to be taxed as the iron, wood, cot
ton and other articles of which they are COM
posed are taxed in the raw state, and that is
enough. In ship building, for instance, the
taxation is SO great upon all articles used about
a ship that this great interest has come to di-
roct s+ond s+;u ord hor5l,, . ,,os.oI 3; Al :
snI = fe'se, - 'pon '"e
slYc IL this SreitI snippultdlhg state.
The committee appointed at the former meet
ing To nranara rasolutions exnross;no ~, -; 80
e 70 .r1 ''e"0
Vi .ie -. anu oi ortia1o' maze the
| following report;
iln Resoryed. That while the iGovernnment was
| engaged in an extensive war 70 maintain the
| integrity of the nation we esteemed If q dntv
cheerfully to contribute to its support by sub
tl,ts 10 any system vi .aAatloh She consul
but. since the war has ceased and the Gansti''
tuition of our fathers has been indicated. the
necessity Ior extreme btaxatlonno longer ex-
is ~ N IA, WILL h tan1 se
much to cripple and enibarrass the industry
OF theeop11eFy should 9e repeaiea: .l.....,s -.
the sentimei,ts cor,tained in tbe folIowin@ rex.
|, olution passed by the Manufacturers Al socia.
I HKeSOIYed That The nraSent hT1rdansnYoa ana
/ exhansting internal revenue taxation should
pc speedily reduced to the actual necessities of
not exceejino the anonnt re ~ siiaiis,
tba ;nterast AZ the nuhiio Joh. III - " iiieet
expenses of the Goyernment.o
!, Mr.. Charles P. Kimbail offered the follo,v;no
resolution, which. with the others was man.
mously adopted: u'ia" % @1.''iiN iI'I2
Resol,ed. That we fullvy a am ~ &c
jects for which the Manufacturers Convention
IS 70 pc notaen IN cleveland, Ohio, on the 18th
r,s , =, otta 49, ~ Mie
for the repeal of the internal revenue tax on
manufactured articles, and believing that we
epehv S1 ect ~ .ns' CONVENTION, we
resentative to said Convention, fully authoriz-i
ing him to represent the manufacturing inter
eS's Vi ror'ialu. -. a Z
oh lnouoh Niessrs. ohsffes' I. hfmoaii and
ffeoerlcK 'h'Dow were also elected delegates
TO the. cleveland oonVenson We publish the
ofhciad call Tor thns convention IN another col
uinh " isoTesS pspef.'s i'1soa siIi 9loi
"ro S's'' ~ ''ss,e sne fesoiu.ions anu the
pof ~ t1e Vnfeeflhg signed by the
5hal9r man ana secretary, and copies thereof
seHt % on senators ia and representatives in
congress as,l4 .,..s.,,3,e al 81, .s A
r a. "a ' Oommlttee on flnanee, consisting OF
Messrs. w. Brown, NJ A. Foster and Joseph
Russell was then appointed, and the meeting
oadJourned SUBJECT to the call OF the chairman.
u eds 10 S--rr7T7- liid u
% INF Hi 9TVRFplyAFT BLOCH. T-1lnl making men
TO ton OF the buildings that nave been erected,
and OF the Improvements that are being made,
the block OF four stores that has lately been
put up oy Chafles Drown ESD at the corner
OF Market ana HseWpury streets, should not De
om'tted. ~ Is a pfaih'' supstantai structure,
ou''. Oh orack WIN granite 'timlhings; fhree
's'',iss anu % HUI, nisn' ana 's ioo ieet long
a'f0 " i0e' oeep''' .he iout stores Oh tne nrst
my. e''e "''V iA"''na"is'S4 HshVeo' each
having @itopts'ss" s~ehsy -three Ieet on MAR
20 HpYut ~ ieFs pos.s' anu run
y, ISL ~ 1io =, 'ns nu'iu N
.,,gsissI .''lf5s =" i,s anu
,,,a ,n,,,,,1., an s,,rt one
u
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P0o' W ~ oo"oi' Thhooiio''i up anu
you come into alarge chamber, yet unfinished,
winch Mr. Drowns contempiates finishing and Z
htting up Tor nail -Ihe whole building VIII
De READY ief occupancy eaflyin the Spring
This, with the appearance That the Savings
Bang puildlng anu the Frlhters exchange
present on thls street, makes decided I'M
provement ON the condition OF things previous
~, +l,e. e,raa+ f,sai OF yfg3f L. HdoL ,a1ki
SrpprRIoR CouRT-Tbe memhers of the
Cumberland Bar held q meetina at the Pro-
Into Coonnrtf room Monday afternoon Hon To-
Vas icaIed 70 tbe chair and To-
semi ", Svfnonds, ESQ. wa appointed secre-