The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-01-17
EIcnMoND. JANUARY 10, Io'f'

manufacturers. -,
E,cnxoSp. january 10, 1874.
rlnry MSpatch: ,
'',.,' ,,o,y 70 the criticism Of the official or or,
-" .. Washington oil The RESOLUTIONS VI .,S
;;,;;"l.m,ord tobacco manufacturers we ".n.u
Ii' ,n. n.s did not convey the ldca t''t'
<H I,'' ,',:-. = aoo 900 now paid by Virginia
u, .i,o nqtioual Treasury falls on the pro-
H. 49,, manufacturer. or on the cchsuii.el'
az. ,ic.c three classes m copUnc"o7s'
~" -, interest which each class uas III
-. ~ ..,. ,nou.h an indcterminate fnau't!,
80. ~, rr .nucwha approXsmaieo 10 Ds
;" .';.,,, an int such facts rs those con-
~, ,'mi ihc ja!c report OF the CommlsSfonef
VN r,v, revenue: !: for in his fiscal re-
:. .,- ,tr wear ending 30th June, 1915, we
I"' 80 ,,r,,iuci OF manufactured tobacco TO
ii"il. f0 1854 pounds. y quantity IN excess ot
- ,.~.,gning wear &.lS0,0I3 POUNDS.
10, .r.. a>r,cri OF The manufacturers rcia-
- .',fis tax. we would submit whether
,.n h,y,uot some further rlnteres'than
las: las: -.;'.nrb them hy the Government or
80 m iliu>t!a.c, take one OF our lnaau'
Ss..''-,,. Establishments here, which pays
,r,. - eGn0. 900 annual tax. This sum has
;
!.,...i an ,!.r tobacco for an average pcriou
60 -, n six months. which occasions 4
-. ... 81, Ihr manufacturer OF the same OF
e5,uo. The commissions OF hFe per cent.
49, 80, amount Of tax would create S3o,o00
,.,,.a n4hiug $4,000 growing out OF this
49,, from these two items alone. Although
;.,,.t, hr concc,cd tba: the manufacturer
irI.uiu;,icS himself in part or whole on the
.9r,, Tor such expenses, this sum may be lost
n A,la i'll snapc OF pr4fitS. which might go
in.n accumulated capital for the next year,
.,;,r1,n1 his operations and increasing his
f.rg;,d lor TIE planters leaf. II these views
l,...,r,yt. where is the SJundReSS oil the ar
,.,;., ,u, e.. the Government organ ''that the
Ir1,,y.ar. urrrs have no interest IN tins TAX,
In, are 4 mere agency TO provide means 20
mi. ii.c sane on the markell:
r,rrn il is rccollcctcd that the act re-
dur;p" the tax on puy-tobacco from &c. to
oo. Ter pound only went into operation
9rh Jim 1872. would it not be fair to con-
,I,i,lr from tins increment OF production,
under The policy Of reductto'', II inns taN
y.> entirely removed that the product OF
manufactured tobacco in the PERIOD ot the
next iiyr!yca7> would reach at least i3,o0o,-
900 nauuGS: II 80. the Virginia ana North
Nafnlll. crops, being essentially manuiactu-
riu,oa,>. turcc.fif hs of this increased pro-
duc'. or 3D0Ua,000 pounds, may ne set down
+ ,li..n. Surprising. however, that 29,OO0,-
0o0 rri;rsi> Of this amount to Ge their golden
l,slI Wrappers, worth ut the least 3Oc. per
n,uud. or $1,000 900. which would come TO
~. l,o b,ing cIcsscs OF these two States as
;b.ir >t.... Of tie .ain which would result
ron The entire repeal TT this tax. Ii these be
tsir, dc,luctin. from the facts conceded, and
uti,r> which would likely follow, where Is
rL,. iulrt. oi the Government organs deca-
ration "that the manufacturers OF the coun-
Try LIQUID understand that the taxes Oh TO-
i1g..o are paid by tie con-umers III every
iu.,iiUc. aud entirely =
l;,,r ,lnpc.e We c0Mcede the position oil
,h.,;oyc:nuent orcan, that this article comes
ra.1rj with this 20c. tax and all the
r..~.r> .ru"ing out Of it to the consumer
C'o.g. /, not this class to receive any con.
,it.r.,i,i al The hands Of the Government
a> /, IN" amount which is to be levied on
an article which they regard us q necessity.
tau.,A ch.>-i iiicd by the organ as mere lur,
u,,, Would tot these views of the Govern
MN. or.an be materially affected if he would
consider tha, the piug-tobacco thus heavily
luiIru,d with taxation is in considerable
rlt consumed in the South and West, and
c>I~cilily Soyth by the c.lored laborer, and
TIM he can bc soon taught that this weekly
ration ot one pound OF tobacco, which lie
deems = essential aS his meal and meat
CONES to him burdened with % 10 24c. pei
pound. sum which would give him two
poUu Is of bacon more, and thaS, too, by the
action Of that very Government which he Is
constantly taught to believe to be the " she
wolf or io>ter-mother to his race
Wha, will be tie further effect on this
organ when i; reflects that ii was just this
ca, which caused the repeal OF that 1niqul
toUS cottol.-taX Of three cents per pound
in lsG,.. which had wruug $6S, 100000 from
The southern States? and his party was deaf
10 all other appeals TO their constitutional
obligations on this subject until the negro
va, shown how his rights as a PRODUCER was
affected hv it.
No: will il take long to instruct this same
class, on whose shoulders alone reposes the
party of the Government organ in the South,
that, rs consumers and producers largely OF
th, taxed article, no Fourth-ofJuly Grafton
or the rights of voting guaranteed by the
fifteenth amendment are fully offsetted by
this unjust and unequal taxation, which thus
dcprycs him of his hdrd,ron earnings.
In view Of these slumbering political
forces, which can be started into activity
under the proper touch for the overthrow
OF the entire interns!-reyenue system, We
submit TO the Government organ whether
Ia" protest Of the Virginia manufacturers
was moissNy put, when they merely re-
luested the Congress OF the Uuited States
10 r"Jcct the recommendation Of the Secre.
tary OF the Treasury to increase the tax -four
cents Per pound on this staple production oi
Their State, low burdened with twenty cents
Per pound. W,P.B,