The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-22
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tCorrcsrondencG Of tho Richmond Dispatch
| WAsuINaToS, D. c., December 10, 1878.
| Messrs. Edtors,--An arrangement was
made to-day with the Committee Of Ways
and Means, through their chairman, Mr..
Dawes, TO hear the committees appointed
on the part of the Flrmers' Council at Pc.
| tcrsburg and the tobacco-men OF Richmond
aud Petersburg after the holidays on behalf
| Of bill to authorize manufacturers of to-
bacco to transfer to their factories licorice,
sugar, and other essential Ingredients used
| IN the manufacture Of the same. The bill
! which will then be offered for their consider.
| alton is in these words:
| "Be ii enacted by The Senate ana House Of
Representatives. Of The United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That any
| manufacturer of tobacco or snuff who shall
! have given bond In conformity with the
| provisions of the internal revenue law now
! in force, or which may hereafter be IN force,
| and who shall have otherwise complied with
| all the provisions Of law relating to the man-
| ufacture and sale of tobacco and snuff, shall
be allowed the privilege, under such rules
| and regulations and after filing such bonds
| ~ the Secretary Of the Treasury may pre-
scribe, OF transferring TO his mandatory
hcor'cc, sugar, gum, aud other materials used
| In the manufacture Of tobacco aud snuff, d.
| rectly from any vessel in which said articles
and materials have been imported from q
foreign country, or from any bonded ware
house in which the same may be in original
| aud uuhroken packages, without PAYMENT OF
DUTY THEREON.
Every manufacturer of tobacco or snuff
| before he shall be entitled to the provisions of
this act shall! file with the collector of Gus.
| toms at the port of entry or ut the port Of de-
| livery where the vessel entered, or In which
| the bonded warehouse is located in which
| the articles or materials subject to import
| duties may be, n bond with good and suffi-
cicnt security in double the amount Of
duties chargeable thereon and uncollected
| truly and faithfully to convey and transfer
| the same TO his factory, giving State, dis
trict, and number of bis factory, &C.,
and that he will remove no portion of
such articles OF materials from bis factory,
| but will use and consume the entire amount
| in the manufacture Of articles aforesaid and
on the lst day OF January Of each and every
year, or at the time of concluding business,
on the affidavit Of the manufacturer that all
the articles and materials transferred to his
factory have been during the year entirely
used and consumed in the manufacture of
| tobacco and snuff, and upon the verifcation
| Of such affidavit Of the manufacturer by the
| collector of internal revenue OF the district
where such manufacturer has his place of
| business, from bis own personal knowledge
and examination Of such manufacturers
| stockrcturns and inventories, the collector
| Of customs as aforesaid is authorized and
| directed to cancel such bonds"
| The friends of this bill hope to demon
strate to the committee that it will more than
double the exports Of manufactured tobacco
| from this country, enabling our manufactu-
rerS to compete most successfully with those
| abroad, especially with those in Canada,
| where manufactures Of tobacco have been
| built up the expense Of our own. by rea-
son of the policy of Great Britain allowing
all Of these essential ingredients to enter that
| country free of customs duty. They hope,
| also, to show that while it may take directly
| out Of the Treasury 100000 Of gold an.
nually. it will, by its great increase of the
| exports as the basis Of a like Importation,
| give 100000 to the Treasury in lieu of
| tais loss.
In conversation with various members of
Congress on the subject of Mr.. Richardson's
late recommendation Of four cents per
pound increase on tobacco find great hos
| liity to it, and if the tobacco-men through
| the great central belt Of the Union will by
public meetings bring to bear their earnest
| protests on members 1t can certainly be
| killed In the House of Representatives. Let
| Congress lay duty Of three cents per pound
on coffee and fifteen cents on tea. ibis Will
bring them upwards Of twenty-five millions !;
and if the Treasury wants more, let tempo
rory loan be effected but do not let the
business interests Of the country get again
in normal condition; let not s4,72O, 900
| additional be put on an article which is now
pouring more than S54, 0G0,0 into the Ma
tional Treasury. w. P. b.