The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-06-07
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~. a,...,e liquor dealers pay ut this time one.
.aa.h II one per cent. on all Mes dSc.e
$40 600. We propose that VII ES.
dealers shall pay % per &C 81 MI.
Zines a. much, and shall III ~
over 1900 instead OF over = M, ~
made an estimate that e. ~ NJ! = Ne
can obtain about S2t.ueI,'S scrss ,hsn ne
s'asl:'c. o. ;..n"n e on. the distill iw1elf.
spec,al W ,.Js il 800, and 81 eh barr
M ,s nsss We have added 70 this system
rel proassasu. y :. hove alA0 Addsd e I
49, m I tax upon capacity. We PROVIDE
hat ~ shallhe Sc day paid on the ca
n.c;tv of each distillery that mashes ana Ter,
,S,,s,,,s 100 hosixls os4ssa. and an aAdstsonai
o. . dav for each additional 100 bushels
,,,.ehAd I ~ ferfnantsd. Now. III this part
of . svstem. a part Of the machinery IN reisr'
srca h the revenue to be derived from DIS.
filled snirits: and, although it is found nnael
ft&rnfheads, ana in different parts ., II
bal, ii must be Allin some degree co az 80
together. We have retained me ~ = 80
GALLON As a direct tax on WHISKY pua 80 ~
occasion TO say here now thas =, - 90 nv
aYnectatieu, / believe, even Q! lne HoshHlt-
.s .La. hat amount of direct tax will be re-
..;raa =, The House, or by Congress. II we
Ia IL, Il be known four months ago tnaf
In ..h;.tv was TO be taxed only one dollar or
.s,erty.fiye ceutsa gallon, va would have
1o M. slnut fbur miiliohs Of dollars OF revenue.
az moi know whether Congress will agree
n the reduction. /, for one, have come very
reluctantly to The conclusion that Il shouid pc
done. From the very beginning was IN.
cf;ned ~ General Grant was, to hight = out
nm that l;ne:ii but have come to the conclu'
.;on that keeping this tax at two aoiiafs
GALLON will eyentnate in continuing the rnle OF
the tWhisky King in this country, and that
the tax therefore had better be reduced.
We mnst not be controlled, we must not be
governed by the whisky men. who are A. /. ms 2,
very MON ent swarming in the city, especiany
an yious TO know whether the tax 10 gong 10
be kept at such a rate as that they can con-
tinue their operations step py s'ep' 'Iers-
fore, by degrees, ] have brougnt nyseiI 70
on,,,e ~ the conclusion. That the direct tax
bon d;s,;ited rpirits ought 10 be put down to
| .om e,b;rg like seventy. FIVE cents gallon
he reason why would be disposed to agree
| to seyenty-five cents is that IRON Inc exami-
nation az many taxes. and the investigation
=, the whole tubject, / belieysfhat seventy
| FIVE cents is about the standard at which the
taY can<Le collected and which will make i
1 ;mnossihle for illicit dis.ilation to be earned
IN with nroGt. Illicit distil'eries cannot carry
lnn their tusiucps in concealed places 10 eel
lars and earrets, In Chicago and Philadel
mia, the two great points at which most o
The enormous rascaiityis carried on, with an
advantage at all, five can beat them 10 tn
market, land yet j was unwilling to come
down TO sreh low standard OF erect 'aAa
ton without having put into this bill mnch o.
which we can collect q very considerable ad
dit,onal tax from other sourcesl and thus o.
| "a. ~. .rhe all tGmDtattOf
q fell. int II on footing that moth
ing could be made to any very grea
extent in defrauding the Government
on any particuIar point From num-
Der of calculations that have made, car
come to no conclusion but that We shall ge
at least seventy millions out of whisky in the
coming year, instead Of thirteen millions. II
which we are now reduced. in reference Il
the income tax, it waste be retained at nv
Der cent, bat salaries from the government
on which no allowance was now made To-
sh0uss cent, bad debts, &c, were bsnccforti
4, Ia e5,s ted fss= 3. t.er sncntz 90 Y, stesf
or bav;np ,he tax deducted on their bein.
Maid. In reference 10 the tax on railroads.
ioarticularly horse railroads they were NJ
LONGER to be allowed, under the revenue iaw
10 exact from their passengers that tax, Q
rather eight times that tax. but Tonld nav
10 amply for relief to the local OF munIcipa
Government. In reference TO mineral oil, J
would have to be put 90 the footing OF gene
rel manufactures or the present tax OF one
, | tenth per cent. would have TO he dispense
Wi, altogether. AS to tobacco, the Com
mittee had made great many amendment
in regard TO the collection of taxi had en-
: deavored TO make the tax rigorous, certain
execution, and to have the collection mad
through the medium Of stamps. While tn
l. AL n 10
nous frauds committed ia evading the tax 0
viii ,ky. it ad not been much better with to
6aceo. thou III be COME ,sed thai whissy Wa
| a little ahead in the race of raseahty. II
stead Of the three classes of iaxatinn-4o, 9
) and Is cents q pound-the Committee no
) recommend only two classes at 40 and
r cents. The committee also provided tho
smoking and chewing tobacco should be pr
,up 10 small packages. and tax paid h5 sfsmp
: AS to cigars the committee had thought {
, doubling the present tax Of 50 per thousanr
Tint that, perhaps would not be insisted upoI
, | His ewn opinion vas that they ought to rednc
the tariff on cigars. as not afordinE the pre-
. lection intended to home manufactures. tn
tax on imported cigars now averaged SIC pc
| thoaasud, ard the consequence was ihi
emu CLING w.s carried on TO an Alarming e.
tent La reference to the financial condftio
| Of The eoantry, he was one Of those who b
: ,ieved that no matter how much they migl
ldisnute about the changing of the public del
from one form Of public security TO anothe
, the amount cf the volume OF the currency
. | be kent up, &c. there was after all ttt or
| way in which the deb. OF the country was
be raid, and that was by working it ont, il
I dustry, commerce, the productions of labt
' and Of the coil, were eventually to pay ID
! debt. The committee had endeavored throae
: his system Of internal taxation TO keep
: view the cardinal principles that taysss NV
b.. .aueiinrd as far as possible. What, sa
: he, is the condition of the country now,
!. the close of long aud expensive war;
condition which ought to astonish, and b
3 lieye does astouish the world, conditic
which does aatonish me, which Will astonit
E any one who looks carefully into the fac
i and figures. IF any thing can teach an Anne
/. cau to admire this great country, and to we
q der at its enormous resources. It will be
n 90 through such An investigation as ha'
/ attempted. propose to copcinde what
n shall say day by an exposition o. f'gur
4 showing the present condition OF the countr
!, ii hope thar by this exposition | shall she
: lthat We are capable Of sustaining the count
9 lthtough lis burdens, and of holding high
/ credit and advancing its prosperity, the GO
II condition of the country will not be made I
/ occasion of extra7aganee IN Appropriate