The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-04-29
TOBACCO TAX TALK.
THE NEW STAMPS TO BE ISSUED TO.
MORROW NIGHT.
Special Arrangements for Fast Trains
West and South on Tuesday.

Tuesday, May lst, the new and reduced
tax on tobacco goes into effect. With
manufacturers and shippers here it will be
the busiest day for years.
! For five or six months the trade was
paralyzed by the agitation OF the tax q,;es-
| tion in Congress. IL was for months i'm
possible to foresee whether the tax would
be retained or abolished, or il abolished,
whether the rebate OH stock in hand would
be allowed or not.
STOCK READY FOR SHIPMENT.
In that period Of uncertainty the fac
tories were nearly all idle.
When the present law was passed they
all went to work. and they have accumu-
lated -ock by hundreds OF thousands OF
pounds. All they are now waiting for is
stamps.
Collector Russell, several days ago, re-
ceived o supply OF these. and has so ar
ranged matters that tomorrow night, be-
ginning at II O'Clock, the manufacturers
VIII have the stamps ordered by them
handed over, and may Immediately 20 to
their factories, and by daybreak have their
goods stamped and ready for shipment
Every manufacturer is anxious to get his
goods into the hands OF the retail dealer as
soon as possible. Hence the desire 10 ship
Tuesday. To enable them to do that
wOrllmen at the factories will be busily
employed all night previous.
To meet the cNtraoTd diDary demand upon
them for transportation the railroad COM
panies have been notified to prepare theni-
selves to run extra cars and trains.
RAILROAD ARRANGEMENTS.
Mr.. Kelley, general freight agent of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, said yester-
day in response to a question aS 10 what
arrangements they had made TO meet the
demands OF the trade:
We have arranged with the Scioto Valley
aud the Pacific Central and st. Louis rail-
way for special through iast-frcight trains
from Richmond TO Chicago. The lines
from Ashland to Chicago have guaranteed
us thirty-siX hours. We have arranged
and will certainly make the run from Rich
mOnd to Ashland in twenty hours. Allow
ing say twenty-four hours for possible de-
lays, we feel certain OF making inside OF
eighty hours from Richmond to Chicago on
tobacco delivered TO Us on and after MAY 1st.
We are promised somewhere in the neigh
borhood OF million Of pounds.
Mr.. Drake, general freight agent Of the
Richmond and DanyiIle railroad. said
We have made special arrangements with
all OF our connections to run fast trains for
the prompt movement of tobacco on and
after lst OF Nav.
We have promise Of very large ship
ments, but it is impossible to say definitely
rs TO the exact amount. We have promise
OF very large shipments North and West.
Our southern shipments will no doubt
equal, il not exceed, shipments to the
North.
THE STAMPS.
There are five dealers here who will need
each stamps and transportation for about
300. 900 pounds.
The Scent stamps are either printed
from the old plate, modified for this pur-
pose. or are lG-cent. Stamps, across the face
Of which have been printed the date OF the
act of Congress OF this year under whicn
the reduction was made.
REDUCTION AND THE CONSUMER.
1t is to be hoped that the reduction of
the tax from rs TO cents per pound will
give prosperity TO the trade OF Richmond.
II has received many hard knocks, and is
entitled 10 see better days.
People are often heard 10 say that the
consumers will not derive any benefit from
the reduction; that he will not get any bet
ter piece or paper OF tobacco for 10, 20, or
30 cents now than he did before. Proba-
bly, that will be the ease for a little while.
But it will not last. The consumer will
eventually reap benefit. These are times
of big advertising. quick sales, and small
profits.
Before long some dealer will be inform
ing the public that he is prepared to
give them the benefit of the taX-reduction.
When one or two get to this point all the
others must follow. When it comes TO that,
the consumer will begin TO realize his
benefit: the manufactures will receive his
in the greater demand and larger sales and
lessened capital neces,itated by the lessened