The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-27
Country and City Dealers Aiming to
Get the War Tax Rebate.

Get the War Tax Rebate.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
Every little storekeeper in the states
of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and
Arkansas, if he be handler of tobacco
in its varied forms, is burning midnight
oil figuring ON how much he is going to
make on the change in the revenue tariffs
on July !. What would apply to the states
named above would apply to others as
well, but the New Orleans factories and
wholesalers are most interested in them,
and they know more about what they are
doing.
Hundreds Of thousands of dollars-it will
doubtless go into the millions-will be pad
to the storekeepers July in rebates on
the tobacco goods which they have on
hand.
These dealers have seen a chance to
make money out of the transaction by
sticking up for that date, and when the
revenue collectors come around, instead
OF nnding few stray boxes of the weed
ON their shelves, the government minions
will find rows of boxes and boxes on top
of them-tobacco to burn. to chew and
cigarettes by the thousand
If told I'm brief, the story is this:
When the special war revenue tax went
into effect at the time of the Spanish-
American war, the manufacturers did not
raise their prices to the dealers percenti-
Oily, and bore the brunt of the revenue tax
themselves. Therefore, now that the tax
Is TO be relieved and be lightened very
greatly these same manufacturers and
wholesalers do not propose to lower the
price to the country dealer, because thew
nave nNVa raised
But the government act provides thai
all these country dealers shall receive a
rebate on the stock which they have on
nahd' AS the stock will be no cheaper 70
them' whether purchased now or later.
on account of the circular instructions is
sued by the factories. the small merchants
are taking stock by the carload. They
VIII make that much money by the deal.
Inc rebate will amount to about 60
cents per 1000 on cigars and cheroots. In
case of big stock, that allowance will
amount to considerable sum.
But. mans bill must amount 10 $40
before It will be allowed by the govern
ment. Unless 1t reaches that sum tt
will not be pnd.
Look at that wareroom.' remarked
the manager of one of the leading tohac-
co concerns of this city yesterday To n
Picayune reporter. I'VE have never done
N'aA'NeH NhoiA VIC are QOlnG fO-0lV
The country orders are piled a foot deep
our business extends into Louisiana Al
ALBANIA, Mississippi. Arkansas and Texas
Know that the country storekeepers in
those fve states are preparing for a
great harvest of the revenue rebate. They
are now ordering stock for ninety and
100 days, instead OF for thirty as was
their custom. / suspect that every man
ufacturT over the country will have 10
cancel many orders on July J. They will
be unable to MI them before that time.
for their capacity is already overtaxed.
After that date the dealers will not want
the stun. OF course. they are not tell
inS us that they want the stock so as 10
be able to collect the rebates on II. but
we can see through the orders marked
rush. and I'll wager my last cent that
" the goods are not IN their stores by
july there will be a cancellation by
wire But Il Is a legitimate business spec.
ulation, and why should they not take adj
vaptage Of ~"
''won't business be dead after July iY''
was "A fecicr.
Dead Dead. say don't thlkl II will be
70 dead that we will take vacation. ia
fact, ] have some correspondence from
several Eastern manufacturer, who cav
that they are going 20 give all their
salesman q two months vacation after
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