The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-03-18

before Congress, that they would ASK NO
ot,,er concessions from that body, IL Iney
would give them aunifo form tar gu 0 re aug
rate" L.. .,,a yr,r.
The writer of this represented the VT
oinin manufacturers In that long contest pc
fore Congress-the parties who had tne
deeenest stake in this matter-and ne denies
that there ever was any such agreement on
his or their part :; they went before Congress
osi,inp that the tax on all forms of chewing
tohacce whether made In Virginia or az, Inc
North-should be at q uniform rate, the
ennitv and Justice of which position must
and did carry conviction to that Dody' lney
M the SAME time urged that thirty-tWo GEMS
nor no1nd was three hundred per cent: on
fine raw material, and therefore Duldehs que
and oppressive to any industry, ana tney
thus secured reduction 10 t"en.y oon'' 70 r.
nonnd-the rate OF the present law.
IF there was any such agreemene tuels
must have been parties competent 70 oon ~.
tract. Can 1t be contended LnaI cohs,a ', =
, hird the present or Forty-third Congress
What uul a nrofound ignorance does this CORE
snondent be,ray in not seeing the absolute
wn, + of mower on the part of one legislative
hodv TO bind subsequent one, when be
sneaks of an agreement, not to agitate be-
fare n subsequent Congress my other form
If grievance under which this great indus
try is now, or may hereafter be, suffering
from.
His want of thought Is equally conspicu-
Gus. when be refers to the subject matter of
this supposed agreements uniform tax,
and reduced one. are matters which apper-
tain TO the internal revenue system-While
the movement of the Virginia manufacture
ers thus assailed by him has Tor its object the
removal in bond of licorice, sugar, sweet oil,
and other essential ingredients into their fac
tories free of customs or tariff duties, in no
way connected with the internal revenue
tax on tobacco.
The House of Representatives has by
large majority heretofore indicated its pur-
pose 10 remove entirely this tax on llcorlce,
and the Senate would have done likewise but
for want of time in the last hours of the ses-
sion to consider the bill.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue,
as we'll as his able subalterD, MIR. KimDall,
has written letter endorsing this move OF
the Virginia manufacturers, indicating their
opinions that such measure would tend
greatly to increase the export prancn OF inc
trade, as we'll as the amount consumed ID the
country.
This correspondent says, moreover, that
the loss of revenue from releasing these
essential inoredients like licorice from the
tariff duties would impose an addltionai rate
of taxation above the twenty cents now Levied.
Il would be very difficult for him to show
how this consequence would result, even II
there were no compromising inducements
for the removal of these tariff duties.
T. OH nv rpnnrt SllDnltteQ
in meeting of the Virginia manufacturers
If the treasury should loose say 81, 0O0,00o
in gold by RENTING these duties, there
wonld thereby be great increase in the
eyyort trade. which would be the basis OF
an import trade in some other articles, which,
nj the average of dutiable rate OH all articles
coming into the United States (say 40 per
ceut), would bring S1,5O0,O0O into the
Treasury in lieu of those lost to it, not to
speak of the increase of the excise revenue
resulting from an increase Of the products
for domestic consumption.
The last objection this correspondent
makes is that any agitation will effect the
trade. 1t is difficult to see how this ADJUST
ment Of the tariff 10 prevent the double taxa
ton on these articles can do otherwise than
increase the demand for the planters ledt,
in consequence Of the increased demand ior
the foreign, as we'll Us for the domestic trade,
Increasing thereby the profits Of the indus
try itself. n.u
It is to be hoped that the views of this
Louisville correspondent, which we nave
attempted an answer, may not prevent the
intelligent manufacturers of that important
tobacco city from uniting with those Of Viz
gina, North Carolina, and Missouri in press
inp this matter before Congress at its present
session, as it is q matter of the greatest mo-
ment for widening and extending this grea.
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