Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-23
THE MOFFETT Register
BILL.
sENAToR zACHARIE's VIEWS.

this bill, because in my obinio
Il meets . Necessity which ho
long struck me as. q vital ono !
onf system Of taxation. 1t en-,
braces wi.hin itself the two beside
rata SO long and 80 earnesll
sought for by legislation, an;
those are q tax proportionate {,
sales and profits, and a TAX which
'qually dtstributss iself over al
those Who Uensnms the article
Our own State consti tuMop, Xix,
those Of other Ste tes, has provided
that taxation shall be uuiform, hu,
it has been found 10 practice al
most impossible to reach anything
like uniformity. Indeed. the .Su.
p:eme Court Of che United States
has late y said that a.,soiate uni.
formity was impossible OF accom-
plishment, aid that the most tina,
the legislator could hope 10 &C.
G mplish was so to arrange the tax
that it would distribute itself
equal y and propotionatety so as 10
tail in a just ratio upon those who
consume the article IN propo' ton
to the amount used. Sir, what is
the operation of the present liquor
l'cenSe system of this State. Big
and little, large enc small. all re-
tai dealers in intoxicating liquors
are required TO pay an eigo,y.fvc
dollar license, it matters not
whether their. sales reach $1,000
or 500 000 ! err annum. The 10
Justice Of such 0 tax is ohviou.,
while the amount imposed on, large
dealers who sell from $50 600 to
a 300 600 annually is RIDICULOUS
Iy small and d,sproposiiooa te.
But We are told by those large
dea why not raise ths iicen>.
to $500 o. $1,000. Because, Mr.
'rsid.nt. the answer is patent, i,
would make a monopoly Of the |,
quor traffic and pr,ven. small
iealcrs from ia king out license.
Under the sy-tem proposed here
every dea err pays in proportion 10
lis sales, and it gives all a chance
% live. ! maintain, SIR. that il
hi. view tho law cannot tail to be.
;"me II popular one, IA ANY dealer
VINO sci $ less tLan $l7EO per an
'um will not pay as much "a he
'ays under the present license sy--
EN-, while this Class, in common
With others. instead Of paying
large cash advance ut the begin
ing OF each year will only pay III
mail en-ta lmen's, aud then only
,icn the money is earned. and III
his way each man can keep his
us'ne>s ;quared up as he goes
long and dos npt lose the, use, and;
.tercst for the balance Of Tie ye +
n the money advanced >ler his, III
enSe. ...t ....,-@ . ...s..l /,
r 1t ia, sir, only tho large retail
callers who will feel this increased /.
TX. And, pray, sir, why should
ut this class OF large retail deai>
rs contribute move to the ex-
enscs OF the government than
ley have in the past. Is.has
I'D that the present license %
IT as they were concerned, Was s
low and tdieprop"r =
onatc to the business done ahd !
ro6.s realized by them. a. q sght| I
ave said sir, ihatit was les lave. :
r. less. than the tax assessment :
BON any other line of business IN !
'is commonwealth. Sir. | atn no t
uritan, | am no rrohibitl"n.s', :
i. J. trust that l have as fair and t
at ideas Of tolerance towards =
e dealers i'll intox' cati,,g liquors !
any Senator on this floor j.: ou', y
r, | boIicve l am gully OF n"
'cjudice against them when | say :
at the trade in intoxlca ting h-Is
,ors, instead of being tho least t,
xed, should more than any Other 3 3
cupation beer greater share OF ii
Q costs of government. Sir, VIVA y
Is our jails and penltentia' les VIII =
c majority of our co"V'cts
hat furnishes the material that
Institutes the inmates ot our aims 6
uses, poor-houses and other eie- s
,Synary institutions /? Wat is It
at to a large extent than TO all
her causes comb ned eau BE- al
huted the heavy exnen-'ve sys
n of criminal procedure IN tnls
tie aud in other states W.T.
Y one deney that tits the sale OF
:ohol'c liquors ? Ia it not just
IN that those who fsHOw "
,ald compensate soc'ety ana
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