The weekly standard., 1869-09-08

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fYhe amount Of liquor made by each farmer
was generally but a few barrels, and was
the only way in which the products from the
orchard could be made profitable.
Almost every farmer owns q small still
NitD whicbo mako ptoftabl} thk fruit Ne
raises, but owing to the amount of money
lsiv-nsust-ysy-tv.vbtuin 70 run iss
STILL, h9,is unable t9 make ~ k dIop Of Ilqudrs
| and his fruit is lost.l Stsvf5ii s,sih<N OFT
b,,GNo distinction il made between the mdn
|lwRoi simply distiis ffoHi fruit Of fis,i own
Eqf!siSA litls gFsf,Bs Osp USE a1d
the distiiier who makes thousands of baf-
| aals forlsaleso And in this RESPECT Athe laws
nasei most tdbjust'and actto the iPNjudicei Yf
the POO; man anSd aHS}S' fhs Rsspfft ef the rich
nan. lslai,ozsn gilnnreu 5i rirlrI'gnini
What wiHbe.the result Of the workings
of THE e,rayenuel laws in, 'tlifs State? ' That
ihaHaiy u farmer III Worth Carolina vii, be
2iblIs 2aible to to use Still, and the products of the
.orchaFds,will be lost. Thiswill infict alarge
lipecuniaryfidss to the farmers dnot' large, ih
itsslf BSe Targe totHose WHO eanpTot IT ,fi aforq
Ess lSsssral fER ,,bni @I Il ,oa,r,~ iod D
E,n The war has loft the people dflNortr GhIf
olina greatly impoverished, nahd'. ."upoh' NO
E,cEiss hate The aetiis rof WA War ,i1en MORE
heavily thai thar. i gpSI SSp tPsmiA f sF They arf
working tod retrieve their, losses, and need
ball ithatsnthey,lcan make. How can they
rregAih' prosperity If every dollar THEY
make is yS yrqYng II fffI0 from pa them hem
lectQlrs ffotli nj rrt'pjj'n bna niHl7n9 '7o" $40
br!, That the government must have money I'd
pay the debt, and topayIits e&penses is true,
and every good man ii the, country is will
Ing to, pay, his proportion, but thenlaws
can he and, should l'be regulated so as ITO
eorxilize Itaxhtion they aafe nov ar
ranged taxqtiohi is heavier Upon tic, pro
ducefsS than + upon the consumers mani
tfestlyl improper arrangement 10 ao;ioili'2i
nj THERE are manly branches r. of industry
,whieR are virtually prohibited by excessive
taxation This il state affairs fidir should be
,remediied asi soon as. possible and the people
will be relieved and the government will
\ gain.
\ iu,uet the, farmers Beiallowed to distill theil
fruit 7uponthe payment Of d fair license fee
fifty dollars would be fully large enough
and we believe il would be- willingly paid
Ten3fold more, money would be paid the
government at that rate than It will ever re-
esfye at the pfesent i4Il ytltfe Thus the farmer
could use Ais fruit and receive a good pro
fit from the productOf his orchard, and the
govelhmenti would STILL and to a larger de
gree attain the object it desires Tie raising
9f reyelnuel OBJ inn iluots haH jos idgnu
when the tax upon whisky was two dol.
lars pei gallon the revenue was cheated in
every possible manner, and the receipts from
the whisky, tax were, SMALL Now. the tax is
but fifty oents,, one quarter of the former
amount, yet the amount received for the
whisky revenue is more than twice as much
asst was under the old law.1n The incentive
for fraud is,greatly alessened, and people
pay the lighter tax cheerfully.a 20 {aia ,.t >
LET the government yeerqn thleq remember this expert
ence,I and remodel its laws concerning the
licenses for disilling fruit and grapes. III
will bea greatfslief to Our people and viii
alsp benefit ftdl the government itself no
We hope that our representatives in Con
gress will move in. this matter at the earliest
| practicable movement and do all in their
power TO modify laws SO unjust and oppres-
siye to the planters of the South.np r10sr o