The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-03


hereby MATERIAL " injuriDg merchants who ar'
loEced 70 pay license. rent, clercks hire anf
DINER Incidental expenses attached to the bust
ness OF q regular merchant.
We nave often and bitterly complained OF this
outrage against our rights but owing to a lack
OF organization have never perfected any plans
TO nave our wrongs redI essed
Ii the law was enforced. wa merchants could
carry on more profit able business and con-
seQuently could
| EMPLOY MORE HE'LL
and pay better wages than We can now afford
In fact nearly every class Of industry in the
city Is affected for the worse, and | believe tho
| material prosperity of the whole city would be
| increased if the law against
SELLING WITHOUT LICENSE
was enforced
1t s the duty OF the administrators to SEQ
and if the present laws are inad"ouate they
should at once pass now Ono5 that would
remedy this evil.
H. G. Porter i Co.. Nos. 81 and 81 Magazine
street, said-Tnere is no doubt Of there being
| great many fIhtbOAmen who run their boats
Loaded with different kinds Of produce from the
| West TO our market. and dispose of the same
| without paying any license Of any kind. thereby
| depriving tho city of all and any revenues that
we commission merchants are yRarly cOmpolIad
to pay, We pay II license to the city and State,
rs required by law, and we think 1t tho duty Of
our city authorities to SOC that the commission
merchants are protected in their trade and
compel those parties to either consign their
gqnqdS or pay the lie, nse ns required by law,
Mr.; Forstal Of ForsthlI Il IaRoso. 81 NatchPz
street, satd his firm paid State and q city IL
censo. and q
FAX ON CAPITAL.
| They dealt In building material. lime. cement,
| fire brick etc knew that brick In large amounts
como here in AAtbnats, all the way from Pitts
| burg and wore pedded outby those who bought
1t, me sellers paid no license. whatever. and
| added nothing to the revenues of the State but
| on the contrary, every dollar they received
they took with Thorn out Of the State. They
brought lime, cement and all kinds Of mate
| rial, and by the city md state authorities por-
| hitting that Kind of traie to be carried on. we
were compelled to employ but few men whore
| AZ, were they made to pay license, they would
add to the revenue Just that much. One boat
| brought down 24O0 barrels of lime, another 1000
barrels selling all the way down to Donaldson
vile, when one went into the bayou md over
into the Teche country. They pay neither
State. city or parish taxes, added Mr., For
stall, consequently can soil at Il small margin
above actual manufacturing prices, and by this
means cut of from this city IN
LARGE AMOUNT OF TRADE
and prevent competition by our own producers,
who are compeled to pay the licenses or taxes
Every parish in the State would be- benefited
by the enforcement Of the lHw-if th0re is one
and as for the city tho administrators should
amend tho existing ordinances and nut il in a
shape to compel n compliance. which they could
% by adding an "informers' fee as Il part of
We pay drayage and for all labor, then insur-
ance on coast shipments. which with other
items makes our expenses heavy. 50 you 500
by this great cutoff our Insurance. mon lose. ms
we'll as do the working men or laborers. with
Our-eIves
Mr.. LaKose made the point that a poor man
who started out to peddle with bundle on his
shoulder was made to pay a license in every
parish, whereas these faboats would come
along, tie up, and peddle all they wanted W tn
out paying any license or tax. ! have known
hem to sci lime at seventy-hve cents barrel |
dollar, and if they paid the tax we do to the city
ana STATE we could compete but as 1t is
WE PAY THE TAXES
and they derive the benefits.
r. Mr. A. Ward, No. 81 Magazine. paid city and
State license. 5000 yearly. Knew OF boats ped |
ding along the coast and many sold out before |
they got here. They paid no license, State or |
city, when. II they were compelled to 40 that.
they WOult prefer to COn9gn. when merchants |
would realize something in return for the heavy |
taxes they paid: AS 1t was, comuetition was i'm
ne state they took every nickel out of it., The |
city and state authorities. he thought should |
give this matter their immediatte attention.
Mr. John G. Clark, No. 81 Magazine street
PAID state and city license. aud knew that the
discrimination was against the merchant here
from the non enforcement Of the law.
lettering to act No. Ito provide revenupI
March &c. 1878 he said "Parngraph
seven of that pct If enforced would relieve US
here very much, but it Is not enforced"
The paragraph referring TO the assessment
81 license taxes reads rs follows: From every
president, sampf Q merchant agent. salesman
Dr employee OF any foreign mercHDtt! 10 house or
VINO sells or contracts for the sale
u merchandise. ardent spirits. wines. liquors
n any mixtures thereof by sample list, de-
'crlpuOn or otherwise
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
It shall be their duty Immediately upon their
lrrlVal IN this State to apply for license to the
lehr9st tax collector. Any nonresident sample
nerchant agent, salesman or employee of any
oreign mercantile house or mandatory who
nall taIE TO comply with the provisions Of this
shall bo fined 300 for every sale thus
~ p toG9Verabl9 as other fines. one halt of !
when shall go to the infOrmer. Nor shall he be t
emitted to sell or offer for. sale us aforesaid.
nless he has his license with him at the time +
no on no consideration shall a license be {
Transferable; All persons licensed under tho |
royl8ion5 Of this paragraph shall be consid- :
Lowed to offer goods ut retail. In case they L
nall sell Or offer for sale in voati n If tbs I
f0VlSlonS OF this paragraph, they shall pay n i
20 of sl0o for every SAL thus made. recover Il
bic as other fines, one-half of which shall t
90 TO THE 1NFoRMER. h
0thing In this paragraph shall be construed :
allow nonresident sample merchants, =
gents 9al1smen or employees of a, foreign .
trcAntle house or mandatory to sell to any Il
brSon other than a manufacturer or licenset n
erch4nt, without paying an additional license fl
'o; W"nGGd parochial and municipal Hu- o.
critics shall not have authority to exact SINH ~
r licenses, parish and city OF New Orleans ;,
That" said Mr. Clark. should cover the +
$50 to q certain extrnt. Section Of the same
It provides. the penalty, as follows: j hat in
cases OF neglect or refusal to pay their
lenses or tax on personal property Of any
'scriptlon by any person, firm. company or
fDOt ati on, doing business in this State the lii
X collector shall give ten days written or
'lnted notice to such delinquent taxpayer to
y 9ucn license "r tax on personal property,
III If at the expiration Of said notice the IL in
n~e ana tax, together with all costs. be- not w
lily settled, the tax c Hector shall proceed TO r.
SEIZE AND SELL. K
Ter ten days advertisement the property,
yhts and credits Of such dalinuuent tAxnayrr
50 much thereof rs may be necessary TO sat 81
y the claims Of the State, rs aforesaid to- SO
her with all legal costs.
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