The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-01-18
THAT TOBACCO TAX.
WHAT COL. JULIAN S. CARR THINKS
OF IT.
of Trade-Yesterday's Meeting
To-day's Meeting.

To-day's Meeting.
The Winston Tobacco Board of Trade
sometime ago adopted the following res
olutions which were published in THE
GLOBE Of yesterday:
"Whereas. The Winston Tobacco AS
sociation has heard with surprise and
regret that Col. Julian S. Carr, of Dur
ham, n. c., has written letter to the
ways and means committee at Washing
ton, d. c., advocating and advising a
large increase Of the tax on manufac-
tured tobacco, and
"Whereas, We believe that any increase
Of the tobacco tax will be seriously detri-
mental to the general tobacco interests,
therefore be it
"Resolved, That the Winston Tobacco
association feels bound to condemn the
reported action of our highly esteemed
fellow citizen, Col. J. S. Carr, and that 1t
is the sense of this association that any
increase of the tobacco tax whatever
will be serious injury to growers, deal
ers, consumers and manufacturers gen.
orally, and place AL additional burden
upon them at time when least able to
bear it. We therefore earnestly appeal
to every tobacco board of trade and as
sociation in the country to unite in an
earnest appeal to the senators and mem
bers of congress to oppose any increse
Of the tax on manufactured tobacco"
Yesterday afternoon the Durham To
bacco Board of Trade held a call meet.
ing to consider the question Of sending
delegates to Washington to GO before the
ways and means committee in regard to
the increased tax on tobacco.
Col Julian S. Carr was notified by the
president of the board Of the meeting,
and wrote the following letter to him:
Mr. J. T. Pinnix, president Durham
Board of Trade:
Replying to your favor Of the 18th, in
which you notified NE that meeting of
the Board of Trade will be held this
afternoon to select delegates to visit
Washington to oppose any increase of
/ tax upon tobacco. l beg to say, that in
the present impoverished condition OF
the United States treasury, and with the
administration committed to reduction
Of the tariff. l cannot conscientiously
oppose a moderate increase of tax upon
! tobacco. hold that tobacco and whis
alton. | would have to surrender my
conscientious convictions should | op.
pose a moderate tax upon these articles
believing, as a result, tax would have
to lie placed upon the necessaries tt
supp :ement the revenues Of the govern
ment My theory is, tax the luxurie
and allow the necessaries to go as nea
free of taxation as it is possible. I thinl
it is but fair, however, that there shoulc
be no such thing as free leaf so long
as there is tax upon the manufactured
article. l don't propose to press N,
views, still l would feel greatly ashamec
to know that it had come to that, tha
in this country citizens must be con
demned because they had views of thei
own and dared to express them. ar
of the impression that it is matter, yer
susceptible to proof, that the raw lea
brought higher prices when the tax o.
the manufactured ,iCie was higher, an,
has steadily decreased with the decreas
in the rate Of tax upon the manufacturer
article Few men In the tobacco trad
have followed its fortunes and lent q
much time in attending upon and aidin!
in the legislation affecting the tobacc
industry as have given the matter dur
ing the past twenty years and more, an
am not ready to desert my own homes
convictions at the behest Of some VIII
regard the matter differently. l am nc
disposed to favor any move or suppor
any resolution censuring any "highl
esteemed fellow citizen" because hi
views upon taxation are contrary 10 IN.
own, but propose to do my own think
ing and act upon my own conviction:
Ny opinion is, a moderate increase c
the tax upon tobacco will help III
grower in two ways.