New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-13
THE TAX ON TOBACCO.

my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNEl
WAsuIVGTON. Feb. ia gentleman haI'ne
Ill ,,nor Secretary sherman to-day to ask him
Cor hi opinion of the Internal Revenue bill reported
Inv Mr.. Bayard. of the Senate Finance COMMITTEE
TODAY the following conversation ensucd;
"Mr Secretary, have you seen the Senate version
ofthc Internal Revenue blllf
IL have
DO YOU approve it
Most certainly do not. The senate hlli Wou'u
reduce the revenue from tobacco niue millions ana
the House bill eleven. | am decidedly opposed 10
both or either. There are some Improvements 10 '"'
law in the details but | am opposed to the Dill
"Arc YOU as much opposed 10 1t as wheh TIC
House bill passedf'
quite as much. am detcrmlnedly against IT,
now as then. | am squarey and detetmueu'S "P
posed 10 it because it attempts TO reduce the reNe-
me" The Secretary went on TO say now unc"ii-
pronisiugly he would oppose 1t.
Senator Bayard visited next ana was aSN'".
a. Senator VI hat did your notice 10 'he 0eI",o i"9
Saturday. that You wOuld call mp the -. Ia
Revenue bill on Thursday of tins week mean
He r.plicd: at means nothing by senate RUE
Imerely notified the Senate. 1t went on the cao"-
Oar ! shall ask that It be considered on Thursday
If the senate votes to take it up, all right II not
stavs oY tho calendar to take It's chances ! nave
ma iSca what Will bc the result OF my notion Dut
sLall make it,
Tho Commissioner Of internal Revenue, UeheEll
Raum WAS asked: General, what do you 'hlnA W
tbe Senate bill regarding internal revenue
iso better bill than the House gave us, lie rePIeu'
s.hecaus- it improves the details and gives uS ne"
matter that we want.
Then you nke IL .....o.o :, ~ ov,rv
No; on 'hc o'"' I"''' ,,..i, ,.,,,, oc,,rst il
stage - strongly d '"', Iii, ,,,;,,st tive in
were congressman - '"
tcrcsts oi the Governments 80 =,
"What KIND OF a Dill won" YOU Inv ,
TO tell you the un'I' 'n's o',0 ' On, ~. ,ro
very well without any! nl"R ~ ''"' o'a,, Chan.
would Ike '"o thiuIN '""' - ~ "A H. rr,-
'horlE I" u'SioS i'''''' o,-o,. With them
ducts where the "h'c'iN '"""o' s'' '""' ,.+ .,.t.
Another j. 10 ai'oN ,..,, ,,o oct
out warrant any llI''l' u'''I'1'i ''"-"' IN go
But am willing to LIT these lh'hsS go an" a.
rest OF that carefully drawn OH ol w l"F''
fore would consent to any reduction u INC '"N VI"
tobacco"
Then You are opposed 10 inc pll
Utterly and emphaucalil.
g DO Won think II viii pass
" ] cannot tell. Not with my consent lN"h' J"
70 fail"
"Whlt Improvement does the 1lli make over ''c
present law ?7
"Itfxc, the allowances and authority OF co.,
,,ctor.. fixes the number Of special accents nj
fhrty-fyo: makes greater security AGAINST conn
terfcitiue and against reusing stamps; ahohsheS
tenement house cigar factories and makes The e1-
portation of tax-paid tobacco. snuff and cigars
more convenient 10y rounding the tax when the
GOOD. ave cleared from the dock upon a bond Tor
doublr the tax the bond. 10 be released upon the
,;, &c ,,,pof t'.qt the goods are Landed az a
.I...... T1. Sano,c has ..rrlcken
out all the House provisions fer bonded cigar fac
+oric. and for export bonded warchous .~. The
g. ,.., it,... ,,,,..s o., ,o,d rro,.i>ion whereby
Nehd'' mice XIV - " -'V'' L
we can sell seized SIliitS l"I loss ''l'
the tax when they are below proof. IL
- ..,......,,,o b..,t.r ,,o,i.io, for tobacco and
cigar manufacturers IN regard to cau'"" h''''S
.rl lr.ptinc- an th. hikes. There are several
, L.. :, ,l., l,,l lint th.re are no
=. ,,,'.1 =. balance its evils The
lh'I'SN W IL '"' s''i - ~, - 49,, - -,
bill ought MOI TO pass ihlr j. p'l 'H'H' '"" van,
nrc.,tne that If Congress makes NJ ITS ~ nd
I'll, /. - TL,vc soon q Iusbcl
I" pass IT, II VIII" P'>>''' 49, I'll
fun o. DIS passed. ~ " i'-IS'"''' .
night So know nothing of lis prospects,.
ue,,rtv Commissioner Rogers and Others up in
-, - .f.. GOO TOW ~, manufactured
the treasury say 'iII '"' 90 WI
tobacco - 10 be reduced "he-thH' 10 l''s' ~'"'
ern members Of Congress, principally upon ih"
theory '.' .I IT,
duct. ana hh"u4d h"' III ''N'
however. more tniQ lIItt-ltliN VI
:, H. g.. ,,,...,,t.l t., +l,o raw state and
the eh''I' P'"u"', ~ - .,..,r.,.,,r.1
pays np 'lN' ana one .''I'" VI '"' manu-, 80
,r,d,.. H. c>portcd AND that pays no tax. j large
..,o.,,.,,,.. of I'm, tohacco manufacturers III the
I'''V'''N' - -. ,,,,, ,I. t., ,I,,. but if
SCUM ]" ''"''' IN - o..l l,..s..r,,
isultimately paid III the Northern ana Eastern
state. where the tobacco i consumed. They say
=, ,.l J., ,,,,,r.. TOW ,,o,d IN massachusetts, than
IN V,r.,ni1 Lrc,n,s there Is more tobacco con-
IN ,ii,'' AND The consumer Ultimately paws The
.
Diyii,n Chief Klmhan says that C"nnc"'i' Thy.