The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-01-25
COL. J. S. CARR'S VIEWS
WHY HE FAVORS AN INCREASE
OF TIE TOBACCO TAX.
He Addresses a Letter to the Durham
Tobacco Trade-Replies to Win
ston Associations Resolutions.

He Addresses a Letter to the Durham
Tobacco Trade-Replies to Win
ston Associations Resolutions.
From the Durham Sun
As a successful business man h.
acts upon his own convictions, un-
pretnrbed by the action of the Win
ston Board of Trade He addresses
a letter To the Durham, Board of
Trade, in .rswer to an invitation TO
attend a meeting of the Board, as
follows:
Mr.. j. T. Pink, President Durha n
Board OF Trade:
REPLYING oyour favor of the 7th
in which you notify me that a meet
ing of the Board of Trade will be
held this afternoon to select delegates
to visit Washington to oppose any
increase of tax upon tobacco, | beg
to saw, that IN the present impover-
ished condition Of the o. S. Treasury,
and with the administration COM
mitted to reduction of the tariff,
cannot conscientiously oppose d
| moderate increase OF tax upon to
hacco
[ hold that tobacco and whiskey
are two legitimate subjects tor tax
alton. l would have to surrender
| my conscientious convictions should
; [ oppose moderate tax upon these
articles, believing, as a result, a tax
would have to- be placed upon the
| necessaries to supplement the reve-
| nues OF the government. My theory
| is, tax the iuXuries and allow the
[ necessaries to go as near free of tax
alton as it is possible.
| | think it is but fair. however, tina t
| there should be- no such thing as
free leaf so long as there is d tax
upon the manufactured article. /
don't propose To press my views,
still would teel greatly ashamed to
| know that it had conie TO tuat, that
i'll this country citlZens must Be con
demned becau-e they had views oil
their own and lid ed to ex press them
| an, OF the Impression that 1t is d
| MA tier, very susceptible OF proof, hat
| tie raw Teal urouS ut higher prices
when the tax 90 The manufdci ur ct
article Was higher, and has steadily
| decreased with the lecrea-e Ill tlit
! rate OF tx upon The mdnuIdctureC
aTtc le. few men IN Tile tobacco
| trad. have followed it's Oftu.Ies anC
lent al much time IN autendiug upon
aud aiding III the legislation ef1ecUlng
the tobacco Industry as l have giveI
the matter during the past twenty
| years and more aud l am not ready
to desert my own honest convictions
| at the behesU of some who regard the
ma tier differently.
| am not disposed to favor any
move or support any resolution cen
turing any highly esteemed fellow
citizen" because his views upon taxa
ton are contrary to my own, but
propose to do my own thinking anC
act upon my own convictions. Ny
ooIulon il, Il moderate increase o
me tax upon tobacco will help thu
| grover In two ways.
First, il will raise the price O. raw
material, if past experience hold
good, and second, it will allow TIL
administration an opportunity o
fulfilling it's pledge of reducing tn
tariff and that without increasing tn,
already burdeDsome taxes upon tn
necessari.s | may be mistaken, in al
this, hut if am, it is an honest mis-
take, and l do not propose to b.
frightened from my position by con
demnatory resolutions OF Boards o
Trade Telegram he'd over the eoun
try. Yours, very truly,
j. S. CARR.
As result of the meeting of tn
Durham Board of Trade. Commit
tee was appointed to proceed t
Washington in the interest of tn
ASSOCIATION, composed OF the follow
ing gentltmen: j. 5. Carr, Chairman
Geo. W. Watts, J. T. Pinnix