The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-15
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i coSsREssIpN Pr eEEDISes YEsTER-
DAY-THE KENTUGKY ssllss,,ss AToRIAL CON
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81 OF THE YACHT EsTELEE-THE MARY
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INTO THE MANAaEfENTo or THE INDIAN
/ ADGoNVENTIoN INsIA.
/ coN-H0N. JOHN MQRRIssEY's coNDr.
TIoN-THEaRAR NEWS FROM THE larl EAST sa q,
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Washington. r e.
The REASONS WHY{AsREDucTT0N IS ASKED
IN THE TOBACCO TAx--AH IsPoRMAL HEAR
| mo OF THE CASE ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
| RIcHMoND'sz REPRESENTATIVES, IN Wash.
| ISGToS-PERsoSAL TEMs-NATT0NALg TO
f. BAcc0 ORGANIZATION, &C., &C.S9 81 81.
rFrom Our Regular Correspc ndent:l
| WAsH1SGToN, January Il 4.--T he House
Committee Of Ways and Means will to-nlor-
I.row, at baif-past 10 O'clock, bear the sccre-
| tary of the Treasury, and Mr. Tucker will
Task at the same. meeting permission for !.
| some OF the representative men OF The to-
bacco delegations now here 70 appear before
this committee and give an ontiine Of: the
reasons which induce them to ask for re-
duction Of the tobacco tax to twelve cents.
Owing to the fact thas 50 many unimportant
interests last sessionoecupied the time ofthe
committee with requests aaDd complaints,
it has been SO far the. rule this session not
TO hear delegations but to require them to
furnish written papers embodying their
views. It is hoped, however, in view OF
the magnitude OF the tobacco interest, that
there may be breach OF the custom in the
present case. II this. is not granted, how
ever, the members OF the committee have
already promised Colonel CabelI to give the
delegations an informal hearing to-morroW
night in the hall Of the House OF Repre-
| sentatives. gt ,.g tgs
WHAT THE WEST WANTS.
Mr.. Wessinger, Of Louisville, who came
rs the accredited representative OF the To-
bacco Board Of Trade of that city, reached
| Washington this morning and met the dele
gates from Virginia and other points in con-
ference. The organization he represents
in their memorial to Congress asking q re-
duction-says its members, comprising
.warehousemen,-c commission merchants, buy
ers OF leaf for: home and foreign markets,
and manufacturers, speak for constituency
that produces forty per cent. Of all the to-
bacco grown. in; the United States. A re-
,duction to twelve cents, they add, will en-
nance the value Of the leaf and increase con-
sumption. There is no mention in
the memorial OF lcorice, the free Leaf
clause, or the rebate. The Cincinnati
memorial, which has been forwarded and
circulated here, is strong document, and
will have its effect on Congress. Mr.. VIII
lis, member OF the House from the Louis.
vile district, who arrived to-day, is. warmly
for reduction, and Mr.. Ewing. OF Ohio,
who was Mr.. Pendleton's competitor for
the Senate. SAYS he is heartily in accord
with the movement. He thinks we raise
too much revenue. Ohio grows 100000
pounds OF tobacco annually.
RICHMoND's REPRESENTATION.
Messrs. Lewis III. Frayser and j. Leigh
Jones, Of Richmond. arrived this morning;
and MI. p. II. Mayo will be here in time for
the general conference tomorrow There
is regret that MI. Pace cannot come or.
Colonel w. Burwell, with his characteristic
energy and intelligence, is devoting himself
as he did in 1872 to the reduction. The
Richmond delegation are for Colonel
| Cabell's bin. at the conference to-day Mr.
Jones said he was clearly OF the opinion that
tie delegation ought to confer at once with
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and
show him that it is to the interest Of the
Government as we'll Us the tobacco-men
that the reduction should be made. In the
course Of his remarks he related incidents
illustrative Of the way the Legitimate trade
is affected by the high tax. For instance, a
dealer, when asked by him why he could
not sell certain brands Of cheap tobacco, re-
piled, "Why, there is no demand for it, now
that they are using Long Green in its
stead" referring to the substitution OF the
crude leaf for the low.priced manufactured
article. Then at his own farm. in lower
Virginia, he found 10 his surprise his over
seer had raised 200 pounds Of tobacco, which
he and his plantation negroes were chewing,
and the result was, as the custom in that
neighborhood had become quite general,
that % store near by, to which he had been
selling manufactured tobacco, had not or
| dercd box for six months.
THE -FREE-LEAF CLAUSE.
To-day Judge Buckner laid before the
House the joint resolutions OF the Legisla-
ture OF Missouri in favor Of the free.leaf
proposition. The Legislature Of West Vir-
ginia, before Christmas, through Colonel
Wilson, communicated similar resolutions
to the same body, which. were given inthese
dispatches. The West Virginia senators
declared to-day they will not vote for reduc-
ton unless it is coupled with free leaf.
West Virginia asked a hundred-dollar OK.
emption, and CabclPs bill proposes $3.50 as
the amount OF leaf which under restrictions
is to be exempted from tax. ~ Is SIS
PERSONAL.
| Acknowledgement Field, OF Virginia (who
qualified in the Supreme Court to-day
Hon. John Neeley, of Accomac; Colonel
Nat. Tyler; Dr.. A. Graham. formerly OF the
Virginia Board of Public Works; and the
tobacco delegates, were on the floor of the
House to-day. General Schofield was be.
fore the House Appropriation Committee
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