, 1876-02-11
TIE PROPOSED TEA AND COFFEE TAX

Lcttcr from tho l1pn. Dnvid A. Wells.
Nonwtca Conn, Fcb. 4.-To th1 Edl9r Of me
Xtr yost Daily Bl!ttin: In tbs nnl'tt!n Of Fob. T.
hnd the following. ........
From hs time Of sfr. nrstoss hrst proposal Of
tAken The stAw that tny eneh addition 10 Tho public
bur.hsns unJuattoaoe; and Il, NJ Il "a tnsxpiic
abls how 4 asif bill! Intendod TO alleviate tho EreHs.
Of ths customs dutIas should !nclude provision
ior restoring thcse Imports.
tented 10 aasat tlo pressure Of tho customs ntiea
should not tncnAe prurtson for re*torns Tue dnse"
on te.e articles, beg leave to hrieay discuss the
tnatter With you.
Tho whole eass s., as Il were, in 4 NUTSHELL nc
have got t. r..,e l.rgs annual revenue from some
Shall wa iinpn.e aRea on she 'nstrumsntafls!es Of
INV materials of long series Of suc
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and interest calculated aud aahed ali greatly io
s,: az ,s r. ss Sss.
shall We put on tho taxes IN surh = manner 10
hsnes 10 tle anaeat possible e1tcnt the cost Of do
snesis prpductlhn. reduce 10 mi!inum the cn6t Of
collection and enable tho American manufacturer to
enter the foreign market subjected 10 no other Or
greater tu.s'ens than sre sustained oy hIs fore'sn
o. 10 bring Ibis question down to elsar. practical
Shall "a tax anano dyes. Which aro not (dircc,ly)
taxed in Auy other country, and render It !sotely
!EuIoss!be for lno American Manufacturer ~ tJtd
fabrics to eoufota With fortsRrsfh, who hare the priv
legs of nstnR Anane dyes which hare not been sat
jecsed to the enornous tax IT 50 cenls FOR pound aud
shrl W i.1 soda- os1-ths great agency or too, in
the taanuAeure of soap md Efsst. and tn tho lro'
Gf d,ns 1na ~ a te one M fo
the foundation Of ai mn'osn improvement IN the DO,
eso arta 80 ~ to make u coat u per cent in gold
more HAu It pohtA In Great Bf!e1tn ....
Il, ,uoouu gallons annually taAny for lsisng'.
wholesale January is5} 10 conts currency in
the unied BAtcn. - comiased with 70 cents gold 10
NJ y fDT The OFtEHrtu!b
b~nens Of putting t4o,oo oc Into the Treasury Hle
iof le74 ard rendering 1t utterly tmposatbls
for the nation 10 export ocotha and paints % IL loF-
Shall tax htcei At sneh ratn that Tho enhanced
ge.t degrees all Tho advantage that accrcs for tho ST.
pertor American ak1 employed In dsrtstpS construct
Sa.l 70 ta1 copper IL .ueh ~ sh.t s5ea. copper
setng establishments Point Shirley, boston liar
h2s; a. staten Isaud N.Y., ana in i,.l.i'no.e, sand
sent aceo4s tho Atlantic and after paying freight s
sold to foreign conh''iners from to eens pound
ltua than she pEica q which tbs American consumer Ia
permitted 70 buy the s.mc copper from The eams
tu!nea aad the sane pFoduccrs In h1s orn 1nsrket7
trzr from hs report Of ihs American Commissioner
to the Paris Exhibition Of 1867. superaddsd to the
uurelcved DISASTROUS record Of domestic ,e1I,eri-
| encs stnce tho enactment Of thr Won! tarjH
Of ths samo ycar: "Ths advantages which the Eu.
Eupcan Manufacturer enjoys tnH American iA the
b. ~ Of
ton Of ths Atne1can manufactured In clothing and
aocAs Under lie almost prohtl.ory duty upon theis
| wooiz. Tho European can felect from tho peculiar
products ot e'ery climate snd .ol Of Tho whole world
To reltsvn himself from home co petition, by changing
At rIeasurs the character Of his fabrcH which the
American manutactursr, By rtason Ct tie tariff ean
not do? ...-.--..-..
Or shall VI do away With theta and multitude OF
uue from IT, aud coHeo, which r4y spsc1no dntlee,
which cannot be ruieryalued, which cAnDot to any
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