, 1877-09-19

ASi tH0 tuHN1 F0t AuV HalA VfCIAuG ~
them bY tho state, this Richmond banks arc
little inclined to loan tho ANAL sum Of &iOl 600
aakct1 to relieve tIcse pressing necessities. In
addition, tho Interest to tllc bonlllol,lrrs Is
millions In arrears, and the General Assembly
to meet In December viii find no funds (nn1css
In The meantime torrowet) to pay their saartca.
III anticipation OF such state Ut aauts tho
Mofrctt iar wns planned and passed. It Ia ex-
pcctcG to produce SS0O,ON per nnnuua. 1t
rcYulutionfxes tho liauor trade and applies to
tho nusincss Of tax.cotlcctlng an auto,natE:
Macl!tnc, essentially the snnc as tile Now York
Third nVCnu0 ear flrc reglster.
Nearly every lquor-1cacr In Virginia al,hora
pr. Mottctt. The very name is pllous 10 tllcn
Every ting It L n;tered they breathe curse;
man. lie 4 member Of the Senate for Rock:
age, WINS educated "a . physician, hut
has given seno attention q Inv: |.
fo sneaker, t-p ,easant =. csnt1e: %
Last winter hc was greatly Impressed With yir-
gna's unhappy financial condition. Tho dem
agsn1ues had convinced the people that they
could bcar no rnorg taxatinn, and that, 10 the
overwhelmed With tle accumulation OF interest.
Tho country members. constituting thrcc-
fourths Of the General Assembly, wnultf lleur et
no advance Of the tax 20 cents on the sloo
incnts of writing had been proposed nnt! re-
tcctcd, md various other projects luokne IL
raising moro reSclinc. without oEpressinE tho
ianlholSrs or ti,G truce oi TIC ctlcs Ind sai'e,
rcmf,ers. In this tifcful extremity Dr.
ht0tfctt conceived tho plan vi taxing DRAM
drinkers. tIc called to Ills assistance Otis
thc Mni1est register was devised, and tic use of
1t forever given to Virginia for her territory.
Tte nIaclIine Ia gctoralty called the MofFett'
hcll-puhel,. The i'aea r0tncs from Tic street
1t
IN It. !tis al"nt The sizo Of . common, .igar-
box. All the machinery IL inrloscd within a
hox, Which Is lllaLt 0f cast-Ir0,. On tho frunt
of the box il a combination Vi dfats registering
crank. Tllc register Is permanently fixed on a
cuutltrr with the dial fncng tho customer, md
the csank ncarcst tho barscll!!gr. Where mutt
and sPr,tnous liquors arc sold there is rcCEs-
glass Of lager Ia sold: Tic. bartender SERVES
the customer atnl RECEIVES ttlurcfor hye runts
lie turns thu trE,k ofuc; gouG within thu box
*t,slt's "An and tls lmstls on the tal ,loyu fur-
wnttl Clio point. Tue arohuttc register Is exact-
ly tile saslie hut the hitter iquur IA tnxpl two
antl unc~tlslf cents pcr drink, the former otle-
half cent pcr drink. bills arc 10 bc 1nadc NJ, by
deputies Of the Commission Ut the iscyetuc,
IN thu beginning, Dr.. M0tfett nuser proposch
to tux alcoholic drinks above onr ccit. Tiat
was lts first .hlca,. anl the bill was drawn In
tl,at shape. But the Liquor Deators' Assoela-
t!pu, through tllrlr President, made The follow-
we aro now selling t1rlnks at 10 occnts MIKE
tue tux one cent, and - put It on tho ct,lauucr
That Will be itcunycnicnt. 'rhe chango cannot
he nlaGlc rcnilr. f}csdcx, competition will st,on
fosyu tho prize down tu III rnnts. nntl then Tho
dealer, not tho consumer. will have to bear t',u
burden. Make tho tax two and nflehalf ccnts;
no Will acll two drinks for a quarter, and titus
lotatu the tax Where II bulot,gs.n
Tint nfgument Vas admitted to have force,
an'l the bill was changed 1ho tux was incrcascd
from, one ccnt to two and one-l.alf cents u.
ALCOHOLIC drinks, and allowed to stand one.fntt
cent on malt liquor. In that shnpo tue bill ssas
passel.
! contract for 4 the nanufaeture Of ! the regis.
counts, au! supply arrived here In August,
wi'lc the Conservative Convention WAS fighting
over tho Stats tts!et. Five, Of tho registers
Terc put m place IN The nr'ghboIhood wlero tho
IN at a rapid ratc. ltur.!ly hail they been we'll
lxcil in place when Judge Hughes, Of the
United States Court, ISSUES IN otdrr restraining
ta dc III usE E ths eesteqs as1 taSc 5 fs
patcnt uf onu FountaIrc. fo,iutnirc's patent
1or ~ faFc.rcE'ster" l,4I bcet, purrla.rt by
~ t'SaoTealefs md With It they p7onose u
of The lie " poara ar '' of E1am,nc1s M of efs''tIe tIe
Patent .oflleo was against btorfctt's appIi-
cation for patcnt; but nbout tho oh
fcts. On the 9Th Judge Hughes dissolved tho
restraining order; rctusc. tic llquos.dealcrs np
Injunction to prevent tAu use Of tho h1o1fett
register. decided incidentally that tho Mnifctt
p4tgnt WIS not att Infringement tron Fnlllt.
taire's anu continued tho rase for full and 1nal
ncarfnE, on tse merits ut Richmond, Oct. II.
Judge Hughes having thus raised the ohstsnc-
tEons III tho Stl. Oh Tuesday, the 1tth, thu work
o placing tho fcglslvrs h The liquor saloons aud
sturcs OF ls!clltu9nl was begun.
Thu tsrtce III alcotollc drinks WIS immediately
advanced from 10 to Is cents tive for auartcrl
i've cents,.-but snaler glass, hulding tenth
less tlun the old at,c, was Introduced. Accord
lug to thu most moderate estimate. Rich
z. .ond W wil ~ Mnay f;ll ~ per anl,u'n, and tho
txcd. Virginia., Will, this tax and the one IN
property now III f0rco can pay u per cent On her
c1'tire debt and meet oil ller governmental cx.
penacs: 10 iact, tho total det.it Will be FULLY
met. The Moffest tax On drtuks Is as alovs
given. II rcucl'cs, Also )lauor sold BY the ineas
ure up to tvu gallons, but this tax Ii so,ncH,lt
lighter than tho other. Penalties for tho ,iua.
coupons But only about tl,bN,0u0 of such
coupons n'as4re pr a,,nuhl, und II
used extensively 70 pay llauoF tax they
e1n1es IL any sSa'ssS sHt so .a9out y yy RsS Esa.
tho Treasury In currency. As every a'upun Il
NOW likely TO By absorbed. they win probably
rise Ia valus. With tnc Mo.lctt liquor tax
woall be Ut Al! cnd, anl 'repudiatEon woutI
tux checrtully. Few of tl'ens complain.
But the l!Ilor'dealers will never quietly SUBJ
fore Judge Hughes nn tho t7th OF October;
thuy will nlAke 1t = test In voting for members
OF thu Legislature; they will fes!st, BY legal
n.,eshods. wherever ana whenever L y possbe,
Will what prospect thu success that attends tla
execution u tho *iolfett Law for the next few
mouths will ln great measure determine.