The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-18
sExAroR zACnARIEs SPEECH.

sENAroR xACnARIEs SPEECH.
That delivered saturday ON the Mcffett
Register MIN.
In our Sundays edition we were compelled
TO omit Senator Zazharie's speech on the
Moffett register bill for the want Of space. We
produce 1t this morning, however, uerbatim, as
follows:
Mr.. Iresident-I shall vote for this. bill, be-
cause In my opinion 1t meets necessity which
has long struck me as vital one In our system
Of taxation. II embraces within itself the Two
90 long and 50 earnestly sonehfI ior
e s and al a, Who
those 81 other states has provided that taxation
shall DO uniform. but 1t has been found ia Drac-
tice almost Impossible TO reacn anytnlngs IKE
United States has lately said that absolute uni
formity was impossible OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
and that the most that the Legislator could hope
that t woald distribute. itself equally and pro-
portionatey so as to fall in Just ratio upon
the amount used. Sir. what is the operation
Of the present, liquor license system, Of this
State. Big and little large and small. all re;
AT whether their rs sales reach $1,000 or
i obylous While the amount imposed on the
large dealers who sell from $4,000 to 100000 an
nually is ridiculously small and disproportion-
Mi. President. the answer is patent.
II would e. make n ro monopoly q the
proposed here every dealer pays in proportion
nantsin ANS sr that In ths view the law W eanno
who sells less than s17oo per annum will not
license system, while this class, in common
with all others, instead OF paying large cash
advance at the beginning OF each year will only
pay In small inSallments, and then only when
the money Is earned, and In this way each man
can keep his business squared up as he goes
along and does not lose the use and interest for
the balance OF the year on the money advanced
for his license.
It Is, sir, only the large retail dealers who will
should not this class of large retail dealers con-
tribute more to the expenses q the government En-
than they have In the past. ! have said that the
was ridic1lOusly low and disproportionate to
the business done and profits realized by them
might sbs hae SAID sir it less far
line OF business in this commonwealth. Sir /
am NJ Puritan am no 2roh Phi. itoa end
anoe towards the dealers in Intoxicating
sir. I believe I am guilty Of no prejudice
= Intoxicating liquors I'll instead Of Of being being
the least taxed, should more than any other
eaT Wba s sh oar Of hs psn
tentiaries with the majority, Of our conyicts?
What furnis hes the material that constitutes
the inmates OF our almS-hOuses. DoOr-hOuSeS
and other eieemosynary institutions? What is
Il that to large extent than to all other
causes combined can be attributed the heavy
sDse ana N eher VIII any
deny that II y the sale OF alcoholic LIQUORS? L.
J. mot inst n that an hG sn Th qg bs h nS
.eaa s expense Greater saasse san h1s ,s asss
Who bter AFFORD IL
Who is there that has not witnessed the fact
that when financial distress has hung over us
times was upon US; when every other industry
was ianguishing; when commercial firms with
the accumulated capital q years of labor and
messed il our City drinking houses spTInging
ike palaces and ae drawing trade and securing
2 custom as remunerative and augmenting as
in the halcyon days Of the highest prosperity Of
omy saches u that 9TH This Tax viii R not ii The end
M qpGa z be an vRo put es
wasted in dissipation the State shall succeed by
this tar Of per cent In turning into the treas
ony VIII Il serve to reeru the sate
finances and help to relieve. in some measure. |
the burden from the shoulders of a people |
serve also to. decrease the amount of money
wasted in such dissipation and that much ben |
ne ro h ec Bt Sd ~
that the system vii! foster corps OF spies and |
informers. and will inaugurate an espionage |
unknown to our laws
Sir. does not such system prevail here and |
everywhere else In executing excise laws and |