The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-03
TIE TOBACCO MEN OF THIS CITY
want 10 be llcllescd ef tho Ia.eraai Raye.
nue Taxa Meeting Hold, l.'

hue AhS-A MectlnE Held, -'u
An important aud interesting meetln,
OF cigar and tobacco manufacturers O
this city was hold in the rooms Of III,
Chamber Of Commerce last evening ioI
the purpose OF adopting n resolution
asking the abolition OF tho Interna
revenue tax SO far as It applies 10 the
manufacture and sale Of tobacco and
cigars. ,s' A ~ g''T'
The meeting was organized by elect.
Ing Mr.. a. G. F. Ebeling. chairman and
Howard Wilkinson, secretary. On mo.
ton tho chairman appointed Messrs.
Augustus Pollack, O. F. Brandfass,
Henry seamon, Hugo L. Loos and Thos,
+. Jones committee to draft resolu.
ton cmbodyins tho sentiment Of the
meeting. 7.' ''@' =. ~
Tho committee reported tho following.
which was unanimously adopted: ~
"WhERrAs, The cigar manufacturers
and tho West Virginia Tobacco Com.
pHny, Of this city, arc almost united in
their opposition to a continuance Of tho
Internal Revenue system affecting the
tobacco industries. They believe that
while the. Treasury OF The United States
Is burdened with a surplus; that this
war method" OF internal taxation
shouM be abolished. They believe thew
have been tho tax collectors OF the Gov.
ernment long enough. They believe to
have yielded to business cmbarrassnentsI
and loss In consequence OF periodical
agitations OF reductions OF rates-and
have never been indifferent to tho oner.
GUS conditions OF tho system, abrogatinp
the freedom Of their business and debar.
ring many Of their employees from as.
seftinG their ability to establish them.
selves in tho business on their own &C.
count. lI G.I7Il ~
1T is for tho purpose OF securing n
formal expression on behalf OF the 10.
bacco manufacturing interests Of the cily
OF Wheeling, at the meeting held We'd
nesday, April ., 1890, at the rooms Of the
Chamber OF Commerce, in opposition to
the legislation proposed by tho Ways
and Means Committee, Of Congress, al.
tecting the tobacco industry, and in favor
Of the total abolition OF the internal
revenue system relating to tobacco and
cigars, that the tobacco and cigar manu-.
lecturers assembled, request permission
to present to tho West Virginia mem.
bers OF Congress the following: ~ NJ |!
Resolred, Tint We appeal to our mem
bers OF Congress to use all honorable
means to have the Internal Revenue
'ystcm, as applied to cigars and tobacco,
abolished at as early date as possible"
The Secretary was instructed to fur
ash OF copies OF same to the members
y Congress from this State, TO the
Chairman OF the Ways and Means Com. {
nlttes OF Congress, and to the daily {
)apers. Z, 17,. - |,
On motion, tho cigar and tobacco man
ltacturers throughout the State were re-
luested to cooperate in petitioning
congress US above. l.i a5-5. --65
There is an AFFECTION to tho bill now
before Congress in that it makes re- {
iuction in the revenue on manufactured {
obacco and allows the three dollars n I
housand tax to remain on cigars. Cheap {
isars, the only kind generally manu-
actured in this part Of the country, are
title more than smoking tobacco put up
n peculiar packages. This puts cheap
lgars with a heavy tax on them in
!irect competition with smoking tobac-
os with q light tax. Garfield Assembly,
Composed Of cigar makers, also met last t
light and took similar action to that
AIKEN by the manufacturers. isEl