The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-11
TOBACCO AS NOW TAXED.
THE REDUCED DUTIES NOT LIKELY 70
BE FELT BY CIGAR SMOKERS.
Cigars to he Trias Bigger. Perhaps, bat Ne
Change Calculated 10 Frighten Any Ono~
The BeneAs e be Felt by the Johbers.

Cigars 70 he = Trias bigger. Perhaps, but Ne
Change Calculated 10 Frishten Any One-
The Benens % be Feit ~ the Jebbers.
"The change In the tariff which most affects
tobacco Dealers" said dealer yesterday. rs
the increase OF the duty on leaf tobacco. This
will efYectually stop tho importation Of Suma-
ira tobacco. which had caused apprehension
among American producers. It Is com.
paratively new tobacco. and ls admirably adapt
ed for wrappers. Although sold at $1.4O per
pound 1t completes with American wrappers
sold at35 cents pound. because OF its better
fitness for the purpose. There were 1000 bales b..
OF 1t imported last year. The fact that the new
rate does not take effect until July will lot in
one moro large Importation. The increase was .
made at the instance OF the producers Of Con-
necticut. Pennsylvania. and the Middle States.
While tho domestic tobacco raised is not as
good as the foreign wrappers. 1t serves the pur-
pose and the supply is so great that there will
BIO no difficulty in filling the market with the
homo product. Tho pressure Of the home pro-
ducers was too great to be resisted.
AS to the effect OF the increase, some manu-.
EASEMENT to them BECAUSE Of the demand Tor
foreign reign wrappers; They say thSt premium
Il IS no 20 de1
Tho chief interest In tho tobacco trade GEN.
which has reduced the tax on cigars and man:
ufactured tobacco 80 per cent. The cigar tax
cents q pound The opinion Of the trade
much benefit from this tGis redaetion BECAUSE
is SO small The reduction on q ten. cent cigar
With manufactured tobacco the case is DIFF
as the y 9r "a given price can be
sSmer re Seaea. q the tax ba. i seems e e
,,.uAs regards the tariff there i not 50 much
with relation TO the Internal revenue. The
large manufacturers did not, desire to have the
the law retained which requires bond from
the manuiacturer This Of course prevents
Ing cigars. owing to the difficulty Of procuring
bonds. In old times any cigarmaker nights
buy a few Pc Tunds Of tobacco and make few
cigars to SELL Tho argument for the retention
Of the bond system has been that without 1t the
tax could not be collected. because cigars would
in,era SGss W has Why Rus Kept
the many Of cigars IN the hands OF
cubus on trade that ought to be removed. so
that cigarmakers could be free to do their work
81 this subject and compel their representa-
tives to give them freedom to labor. There Is.
Keep the ocas c Of The nternef Revenue De
partment in power. Until this is overcome the
poor cigatmnker mus, continue to work f3r
the business when the law was first passed,
have fortunes. but there Is no chance for others
| until the Internal Revenue law is abolished
There are indications that II tho Governor
signs the Tenement House Cigar bill there will
turers to Jersey City. Several firms have al
ready signiiied their intention to put up tene-
ments and move over their tenants and their
families in order to defeat the purpose Of the
bill; The law would not permit them to put up
30 they must 60 to Jersey City"
Although despatch from Chicago states that
law should give them an opportunity for better
wages and threaten q general strike unless
they get 81 thousand advance. there is as yet
no concerted movement for an increase OF
| wages in New York.