, 1870-02-26
THE TOBACCO TRADE,
National ConToHkIoa OF Tobacco
Dealers At 4telMwAJ III all
From, fhs ftu yvrk T.set FAb1

CONVENTION OF tnoae 1hEetcssed 10 Snd fAf11nt
sec..oos OF tne unton, WAS aeld II stein <sy uah,
yes:elday AFTERNOON a. . upct. Tne AtseadaHce
NM .erI large. Tao oolec: OF the gathering
WsB 10 urge np1a C17Rres5 tna nec.ss!ly
Of making aact AUeu1ments 10 the later
usl R-yeIue law Rs suan rcma1y the unequal
sna a!,.gsa oppressive ests,nx o. IN: ~ s
order hr William E. Laxreace, E.q., Pred 1eat Of
sne National Tooacco Assoc'1sto1 {under shs s1.
,pm.ossed ,e M =, 1empofay s caatrn.s IT,
ans, OF New YORK. rae folio ring gentlemen ware
then elected permanent om;sr, q tas coayeu-
,,oa; PIs:deoI L2a1s aR. Ra!ns5 Of Ss~ nxort VICE
cocnrane, Of Wa.hsnston. p. G; C. Kaau: New
To.x Union No. %: 6. Moses, Se1 York Q non
e. Msd Is ~ : 9aIs Ess' aSn Ns' ~ 9o5s paae y y
st1e,tos, New Y0lk; Alvsh 0a:mkn, NcE fote p:
". r. WeJmap. P,.t1bafzn: J. i. rhrtr16Re, Cal.
ego; =; 3, 4.s Mssasp, c.sepnst1; v: 2. Saasa7.
t1askeo the convenuon fof tas posiuoa as.
Gsasa h s1% .s5' ' tos,n iss. ~
present 1tterns1 Revenua Jaw. The object ot
this gathering, he sad, was 10 seek py nvely
Tsbe @sa9s sns 5epsal q 81 :s bearing
tete1ta. An 1ntefea, which PAYS into tne sov.
esnmeut treasury snnRklJ 1t t2x or t.o, oo0, 900
demanda . tar bearing At tns n1nda oI the Rov-
elnnept, and It must naye IL
III. 7. r. spence, Of C.neian4s!. followed ID 4
the present ls~ u pased. Thai 1dca Ia tuat 10
bacc1 u lo1uIys and thAt luxutles must PSF the
greater proportion Of the tsx. lie denltd
tRta. Tobacco WA AuplY cDnfofs, not q
luxury, to The poor rAo. and wnIte ii Is tuoru.-
La.elJ taxed tne car11azes shh Te1ses tspestt,e1
Of lne ileh nan1 dwelling 60 tax fre.. Tne
burden OF the RenieGan9 reuark1 were, Ia eI.
tscs, lhat ali thn interests Of tue srtdt suonid
pnlts ip dtmsnd!lR tne repeal Of the present
ia nea va w.,
tney hsd RoDs there os)oin1edly and Without
uLlson IL sErg their 6e.nands.
A Cenmlftee on Reto!utlauG Hal then appolpt
ed, which sooet q1e1tT reported the following
M.els.d, That while We approve Of the pres
e saG ~! ge 70
the ecesYlty ior moa,ntr Tesuros and 1unuai IL
vensotlea hsS ceasen, hnd therefore they snpnjt
nssrs ana s Aae 10 An nd
Rtsotetd, That We urge upoa Consresa to re
btore. tne dssy On imported c'ssss 10 81 pc,
lute1y easeltial TO project our home tnduiuJ
ags,1st the cheap Labor Of fJre>kn lauos.
Ettoltedp Thai ne lfae upon CltXrtas thb re-
pss mebt Of the taxes untastly collected npou ii
Rocds which cao conclaslseiy saow that they nAyi
Mr Ffa1ier, Of vlsgiols, oreret tho following
add'tona1 rt:olutaon, which WAS hso ID op.ed;
Rtsolred, That We petition Tor ualform taI
is cepts per pa1no hn fonaceo, foI tna establish
melt o! bonded warehouses wherever The neces
ed tTo renoss1s OF goo1s ii oosd, inassad Of ope
payntnt Of I'll .sxes At the factory.
| not. samuel Gallagher, Of Eonnecncat; ". +
] Pierce, OF Utica; Colonel Wilder, Of .hosson
Hon. L F. TfaJtcr, OF Virginia, aud NJ
Koch. q New York, alter whica the meeting I'd
tnasDed
In the evening banquet WAS given At De-
| non!co1 By the Saaonst Tobacco AssuotastoI
| Hon. YIN. E. Lawrence, lta President, pYeslcet
| 1he cest OF teellng Beemed 10 &nllna,b the es
tte compsnJ, Sue Eenaemsa from tho soa.h ~