The Evening critic., 1882-02-02
DISTRICT LICENSES,
Our Merchants Protest Against the
Repeal of the Law Affecting Conn
mercial Agents.

mercial Agents.
The following petition was presented in
Congress to-day:
TO the Honorable the Senate and House Of
Representatives
The undersigned, merchants and traders
doing business in the District of Columbia,
respectfully represent that n petition is now
before your honorable bodies asking the re-
peal, or reduction amounting practically
to repeal, of all laws requiring license to
be paid by Commercial agents" of individ-
uals, firms or corporations doing business In
this District
The object of the sbove.named petition is
for the purpose Of opening up this city to
the traders of neighboring States to do bus
iness free from the imposition of any ma
terial tax. Whereas in some of the above
mentioned States they themselves impose
tax which they seek to repeal or modify
here.
Now, we respectfully submit that the
present law Is merely an equdlisation of
taxes as between residents and non-resi-
dents, with the advantage largely in favor
of the latter. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars are drawn annually from this Dis
trict by firms or corporations contributing
but 5000 per annum to its revenues, and in
large number ofcases but fractional part
of that sum.
The rights of manufacturers to sell their
own goods without license is conceded aud
encouraged by the authorities. But we
respectfully protest that while we are
compelled to pay heavy real estate and
personal tax to the District q competition
with those who practically pay nothing
would not only prove ruineus to us, but
deprive the municipal authorities of the
second largest item of revenue from licenses.
Lansburgh & Bro, ii. Hollandei, l..
Heilbrun, George f. Timms & Co., Charles
Baum, George Ryneal, jr., M. Gusdorf, $.
Fishman & Sons r. Harris & Co., Milford
Fishman, Benz. Salomon, l. L. Blout, A.
Eberly & Sons, S. Hirsh, Mrs. ii. Rosen-
baum & Son, A. Dittrich, Henry Stras-
burger, M. Strasburger, ]. Il. Young, John
| r. Major, Young & Stern, o. Dammann, r.
| Goldschmid, II. King, jr., VIM. Hahn, B. J.
| Behrend Il. S. Gartrell, A. Goddard, K.
Meyenberg, Tyler & Chewning, S. N.
Meyer, Samuel Ker, Davis e. Dickinson.
Guinnip Day g. Co., II. l.. Strasburger, b.
| Silverberg, George Watts, Carl Petersen,
| Francis Profit, William Ballantyne & Son,
| A. Herman, G. M. Taylor, w. w. Burdette
& Co., Lewis, "the hatter;" Herman
Gasch, John Bowling, s. Katzeustein,
Likes, Berwanger s. Co., w. II. Narrower,
Wash. b. Williams, julius Lansburgh, A.
Saks & Co., Henry Franc, Chr. Rupert N.
| 7. Metzgel & Bro, M. +. Eiseman, Asa l..
Hazelton, James s. Topham, Charles Kauf-
man, Sidney T. Nimmo, A. T. Lewis, jr.,
o. p. Burdette, B. NJ. Bridget, Strauss &
Atlantic G. Pacific Tea Company, George
Spransy, Compton & Co., Luchs & Bro, g.
A. Prentiss, William Friederich, II. Rel
zenstein, John J. Peabody, L. r. Trembly,
George c. Henning, James s. Harvey
g. Bro, J. D. Milans, John G.
Parker, Charles Fischer, ]. V. A. Shields
Louis Baum, Geo. L. Wild & Bro, james
l MI n A Tsa1.. .o1. r ,,,s
Kurtz, U. Behrend, F. 'Germuiller, John
T. Moling, c. Auerbach, w. Ii. Veerhof
]. w. Howard, Mrs. Max weyl, Geo. s
Huff, Shmedtie Bros, J. Bradley Adams, A
Young & Bro, M. r. Goddard, James d
Goddard Marcy & Payne, w. Nordlingel
& Co., w. f. Gibbons, Thos. Knowles G. H
Demar, G. T. Dunlop, Austin Herr, w. II
Tenney 6, Sons, Buckley & Marbury, M. J
Adler, Brown & Lewis, Craig & jackson
Perry, J. A. Luttrell g. Co., w. s. Mitchell
Trunnel & Clark, Singleton g. Hoeke
E. G. Davis, George ]. johnson, d
E. w. Carter, Wilmarth & Edmonston
Amnon Behrend, Emmons Smith & Co.
w. H. Rich, John w. Drew, w. H. Dalton
Willett & Ruof, M. William, B. Robinson 4
Co., J. w. Boteler & Son, w. G. Metzerott
Co., John 4. Mitchell, Taylor & Hufty
William S. Teel, Francis Miller, c. W
Thorn & Co, II. Adler, Samuel S. Shedd, A
NJ. Tubman, Douglass & Bro, E. Rupert
James II. Vermilya, Mrs. G. V. Smith,
III. Hoover, William r. Riley, Bradle.
Adams, s. Oppenheimer, George Hill, jr
J. w. Duvall, Thomas Jarvis, G. G. Purcell
S. B. Ellery & Co., J. A. Rose, Mrs. Jane T
Palmer, Barbour & Hamilton, Beal & Baker
]. G. Ergood & Co., Hill s. Duvall, J
b. Bryan & Bro, John H. Semmes & Co., W
H. H. Cissell, Browning & Middleton, E.
White, N. III. Shea, r. o. Edmonston, Pete
f. Bacon, Frank Hume, Beavans & Shaw
W. M. Gait & Co., s. Cropley's Sons, r. b
& A. B. Cropley, A. M. Brooke & Co., N. A
Poole & Co., Ryon & Earnshaw, Broders
Swaine, B. Charlton, H. X. Keyworth, A
Gaegler, George w. Cochran & Co
Peter Fegan, Thomas Russell, G.
Cornwell, Daniel Loughran, VIM. A
Henderson, Jackson & Co., Weller
: Repetti, F. P. May & Co., c. M. Towsor
Robert Cohen, Isaac Hamburger & Som
James Y. Davis Sons, Auerbach & Bro
Noah Walker g. Co., Mrs. u. ID. Gilman b
Joseph d. Franzoni, j. Karr, III. L. Steven
Schiller & Stevens, Morris Price, Lutz
Bro, Robert Beall, Stott g. Cromwell, @. N
Bell, John Il. Prigg, John McDermott
Bros. August Burgdorf, William A. Youn
g. Bro, Thomas Z. Young.
A Heavy Blow at MOrmOnism.
The subcommittee of the Judiciary Con