The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-08-21
PROTEST AGAINST FREE SUGAR
Secretary Carlisle Says the Revenue,
on Sugar is an Absolute Necessity.

Secretary Carlisle Says the Revenue,
on Sugar is an Absolute Necessity.
The following is the letter from
Secretary Carlisle protesting against
repeal of the tax on sugar:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.,
| WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. Is.
| Hon. lsham q. Harris, Chairman of
| tho Finance Committee:
Dear Sir-Hour letter advising me
that the House of Representatives had
passed and sent to the Senate bills put
ting sugar coal, iron and barbcd wire
| on The free list and requesting an Ofli-
8ial statement from me as to the effect
that the passage oi these bills, or eth
cr of them, would have upon the rove
nucs of the government. is received
and in response | have the honor To say
that according to the most careful es-
Inmates that can be made, if no change
is made in the proposed revenue lcgis-
! latiOn which has recently passed
| through Congress, the total receipt in
| to the Treasury during the current tis-
cal year will be rs follows:
| From duties on impoEts. Senate Dill,
including Sl3 600, GOO on sugar, $40, 1000,
600 from internal taXes-whislicy $95,-
600. 600 : tobacco, $33, ,000, 600: fcrmcntcd
| liquors, $33 OOO, ,O0O--income, Sl5 5.OOO,-
600 0lcomargarine, 81 500 900: playing
cards, 81 .OOO, 900; miscellaneous, 5000,
600: from sale of lands and other mis-
| cellancOuS sources, $50, 900, 900. Grand
total $3TS, ,OO0UO0.
The estimated receipts for the pres
cnt fiscal year from the proposed tax
on income and playing cards and the
proposed addition tax of 20 cents per
| gallon on distilled spirits, are, it will
be observed, much less than is stated
in the various tabulatcd statement
| which have been heretofore used in
the discussion of these subjects, but
| | am satisfied the amounts here given
are approximately correct. The pro-
posed income tax will not become pay
able by the terms Of the bill recently
passed, until ON or before July /, lS05,
(which is the close of the fiscal year.
and it is estimated by the commissioner
of internal revenue that by reason Of
the large stock on hand, the receipts
from the tax on playing cards will not
amount to more than 81 OOOOO during
| the year. The estimated increase Of re-
ccipts on account of the additional tax
on distilled spirits during the present
year has already been prevented to
Il great extent by the withdrawal Of
large quantities OF goods from tho
bonded warehouses and the payment
of the tax thereon, 30 cents, and this
process is still going on.
The total expenditures during the
current fiscal year will be rs follows:
! Civil and miscellaneous. including de-
icicncics in postal revenues, $50. O.OOO,-
600 war, including rivers and harbors,
$1,000 900: navy. including new YES
sells and armament, $33, ,OU,OOO: Indians,
$40, 600, 600 pensions, $l43, 800, 900; in
tercsts, $50 100000 total, 1868, 900. 600:
estimated surplus, $1,000 900
! The duty on sugar proposed in the
! recent bill Will, according to impOrta-
| tions of that article during the fiscal
| year lS93, yield an annual revenue OF
! Sl3, ,9jS, and the duties on the other
articles mentioned in your communica-
ti0n would yield under that bill about
81 900, 900; that is to say, iron ore, S2IO,-
020; coal, $I36, ll0, and barhcd wire,
fencing wire and wire rods, Of iron or
steel, when imported for the manufac-
ture Of barbcd wire fencing, about
| 100000.
1t will be seen, therefore, that if SUI
gar alone Is placed upon the free list,
| the expenditures during the present fis-
cal year, will exceed the receipts to the
amount of $2S, lIS, ,OJS, and is the duties
arc removed from all the articles spool
! fled in your letter, the deficit will bc
$40, Hts, OJS not including any eXDcndi-
lures on account OF the sinking fund,
or the payment Of 81, ,363, 900 of Pacific
railroad bonds, which will mature dur
ing the fiscal year. In Wow Of the cx-
listing proposition and requirments Of
the public service, | am OF the opinion
that it would not be safe to place all
the articles enumerated in your letter,
or even sugar alone, upon the free list,
without imposing taxation upon other
articles or subjects sufficient to raise
an annual revenue of about $50, 600, 900.
hay Q the honor to be very respectful
ly yours. j. G.. CARLISLE.
Note.-The bonds of the Pacific rail
j.! road guaranteed by tho government to
heamount Of ~, 362, 900, mature during
the present fiscal year, and the amount
is not included in the above estimate of
expenditures, n.