THE TAX ON FOREIGN POISONOUS


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We Law before our readers this morning


statement of the tax imposed by the new tariff
law upon foreign poisonous drinks--alcoholic
liquors. Its compared with the tax laid upon
the same things by the law Of l842. We are
indebted for this statement and comparison 20
the Treasury Official table published in the
Union newspaper Of the lst and End inst


Alcoholic drinks Law Of 1912; Law of lS46f


Brandy, sl34 10 on every 800 500 do do
Other Spirits


or l.5asiru dist;sd from sl43 So do do 500 do do
grain,


Other Spirits


manufactured AGO. a., u. s,on !, y,
distilled from - - . - =,
other materials


This exhibit furnishes a theme for reflection.
Here we see the government Of the United
States that boasts of their enlightment, contin-
uing in existence the policy Of raising money
for the public expenses by imposing a'tax up
on the consumption Of foreign alcoholic sub
stances or poisons. Nor is this all. The new
law has lessened the tax on brandy and other
splrituous liquors with view 10 the encour-
agement Of their use and corresponding in
crease of the revenue. flo af


The friends of abstinence from the use OF
alcoholic drinks, will see in this perseverance
of the Legislature in the policy Of raising rev
enue from the importation Of foreign spirtu-
Gus liquors and in lowering the existing tax
upon them. but little 70 hope for from the ex-
istence Of the legislative power in behalf Of
their exertions 10 put a stop to the waste Of
human life, caused by taking into the stomach
the "wa,er OF fire." When we consider that
legislative action upon any given subject is an
expression Of the state Of public sentiment, it
is plain from the deliberations and action of
The present Congress upon the question, that
the public sentiment in regard to the cause Of
abstinence from use Of spirituous liquors, is
very tar from being in harmony with the prin-
ciples Of that cause. This consideration there
fore, and the fact that the Legislature has JUS
reenacled into law the policy Of taxing foreign
sprituous liquors at such a rate as 10 encour-
age their use, should arouse the friends of alb
stinence to renewed exerlions throughout the
whole Union to teach and practice their doc
trines with such zeal, purity and prudence as 10
convert a majority Of the people 10 the truth
In the matter. Then, and not till then, will
the pages Of the Stature Book be purged from
all laws giving bounty to promote the con
sumption af foreign spurious poisons. 5


tu- Our valued correspondent X. Y. will