New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-04

Giving total product for the ~ NJ
The total Du%er o, cigars ch'roo' &C. Oh winch tales "r' col
The steady and uniform increase from month to month,
in the revenues derived from MANUFACTURED toracoo,
cigars &C. since The pIcscn; law went into olcr or. by
which the mode Of collecting take, these articles
ufactory and sale to PREPAY mcn by means OF suitable
STAMPS before the goods are removed from tl pa.c Of
manufacture has fully demonstrated thr superiority OF
the present system over the former Power frauds arc
possible where the taxes are REQUIRED to be paid at the
upon the market and where package is required
to bear upon, it. the evence "r Inc tax s oeT p ha
been made toward thorough and complete collection OF
SION that during the last fiscal much tobacco ha.
escaped taxation through the reing Oh empty stamped
icr"t stamps the removal Of small quantities FROM
place Of manufacture without stamps. aud ftanpng as
class lGCents tobacco which, under the law should nave
been stamped at the rate OF - cents pei pound
UNIFORM RATE OF TAX.
Tho present law imposes on all chewing tohafc tax
of 80 ccnts per pound and the sauc rate on all smoking
tobacco from which portion Of the stems has been
removed. But practically oil smoking tobacco, with
rate OF l6 cents. and no one except the manufacturer
which are natural to the leaf a cs. quantity. The
natural leaf cut with all the stems In s previous to
being cut put through process Of sweetening to ut
iob S though sod Under the name smoking tobacco
some manufacturers the hneclt shorts. which have
passed through riddle Of thrtysix ncsrs to the square
producfs and used us chewing tobacco though paw
Ing tax Of only lG cent, per pound. while sNectced
scraps product Of plug manufacturers, are put up III
large qantes and sod under the l6 cent lax Tor chewing
purposes uniform rate Of tax. while II would allow
every manufacturer to manipulate his products IN his
own way without restrictions being placed upon Ills
modes Of manufacturing wOnld ecctualy close the G0br
to the preparation Of fraud the evasion OF taxes by
their Improper clarsihcatOns.
RESULTS OF A UNIFORM TAX AT DIFFERENT RATES
From the tables presented In this report will be seen
that than twOthrds OF the manufactured Tobacco
which reached taxation during the last fiscal paid
the tax Of 50 cents per pound yielding four OF the
revenue which collected directly from the article NY
stamps Had tax been collected at uniform rate OF
50 cents per pound IN the entire product Of manufactured
tobacco which reached taxation during the last fiscal
year. tho sreceipts therefrOm would have been 3043
sol 49, Adding to this the tax collected on cigars
the special taxes OF OF tobacco and cigars
Of dealers In Leaf and dealers In tobacco
&C.. tho total receipts would have been e3S H '2s 49,
per pound on the quantity would have realized the
Of t30 a. and that uniform rate Of cents
per pound would have realized the Of as 2l00 l6
Thus will be that the assumption that the same
number OF pounds would have reached taxation had the
rate OF tax been uniform either at ~ " % cents
pound, uniform rate OF % cents would have increased
the revenue by the Of n, Sal 81, while uniform
rate OF ~ or 10 cents would have dimnished those re
ceipts In the sums respectively OF o7.7SMe n and
el0s $3.50 %. l am aware that It u cOntended by
those who advocate reduction Of the tax to uniform
ratio Of cents per pound that the increased cOnsump
ton which would result from such reduction, and the
srctr nuuber Of pounds which would reach sxstiOn,
~ona yearly not quite for the reduction