Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-03-23
FIFTH edition
A Talk About lhe Ia,


Inc @seting Of the manufacture, -,
easinets men called for YESTERDAY ss sll
noon at the Builders' Exchange ys a'si'
tended by number Of iu,e,ts,sa Wv y.
out there was nothing like a. fn"A
present f.s there should have hesr "Aui
sideiing the importance Of The ms,,.1 co.,
lie meeting was called In o,sh
y. H. u. Montgomery, and ON tts NV
Samuel ii. Biynard Wa c"tins 1 molea
chair and Fer IL Gilts was elan,., las
tary. Wien the chairman ApU.n %vls
hat the me thug was opfn tor hnan
MIR. Montgomery stated thai Tho Snn
was TO see II some action couid r VSea
taken toward having the tax Of Al @@ .
VI 900, which l. now ltDposei o /" w. Ns
facturers and business mtn ren,ar many
said that petitions to This elect had ' i 10
circulated and signed by qui , %En
Der. he considered this tax n, p., aai
oppressive, and thought the m,sn, ala
tu ers and business men Of I'M ~
should be relieved from #. '!
William ii. PiersUn ALEC ih'u,h, g..
this tax was unjust and showed Gnx "s'
some business, 1t Ia paid thres q fan,
Times over on the same article, Al :,
which eventually comes out OF tDe no,,'
cts of the consumers. wv"
ID. W. Taylor said that he kncy y, =.
least TWO large manu- eactunup T,n,
that would have b. en- located la Ihs S1s
hal II not been for Is tax, and ths,,'
lore he thought that 1t was a Lurl,,
which retarded the growth anl prospsrii,
oil the city. '
Chairman Baynard thought that M.
tax was a great temptation to some MN
to make false returns, so as to epiu N
advantage over u more con.esn,im,
dealer.
Samuel X. Smith OF the Harlan & ElS.
lingsworth Company, inquired If any "a,
present knew whether the tax was NM
upon the products manufactured b, d.
firm or whether upon the materials nun
chased by them to manufacture Into IN.
iehed products. He had alwaye calcu.,,d
the tax paid by The Harlan and i ollIug.
worth Company upon the amount pad
for labor.
Several said that the tax was levied On
the materials purchased, aud when 4
Revised Code was produced, this VA,
found to be the case.
j. h. Z. Montgomery moved that
committee of three be appointed to have
bill drafted, to be presented TO the Leg.
stature, asking that the lAN proydng
Tor the imposition OF this tax shan bs Ic.
pealed.
ID. W. Taylor sad that The BoAya Of
Trade has committee appointed tot As
same purpo'e, and he offered au amend.
ment that this committee cooperate wit
that OF the board. The amendment wa
accepted and upon the qu, stion being ~
II was carried, aud the chair appointed ]
X 4. Montgomery, William II Piesq
and Samuel X. Smith as the commute.
Several Of those present ma lie remafi
on the injustice OF this tax, and the sen,
ment Of all was that II should be reprslsi
The meeting adjourned to meet at b
ulloI the chairman.
1t was learned this morning that as
Board OF Trade committee have been q
viscd by their attorneys that there is VI
little chance of the law being repealed
the present Legislature, they will l
take any further action ON the matter.
IL, however, the intention OF the conn
tee appointed yesterday to have a
prepared which they will present 10
Legislature, and put that body on rec
In regard TO Its passage.