Speech of Hon. George D. Wise, of Virginia, in the House of Representatives
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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. George D. Wise, of Virginia, in the House of Representatives: Thursday, March 3, 1887 The House having under consideration a bill to modify the internal-revenue system of legislation, and for other purposes - Mr. Wise said: Mr. Speaker: This bill contains many important provisions, and, if passed, will afford relief from many of the annoyances and hardships of an odious system of taxation. So far from diminishing, I am satisfied that its effect would be to increase the revenues of the Government by preventing prosecutions for trivial offenses. If gentlemen will examine in this connection the letters from Mr. Durham, the First Comptroller, addressed to Mr. Jones, United States attorney for the western district of North Carolina, they will be convinced that large sums of money are annually being taken from the Treasury for the payment of the costs of such prosecutions without compensating or beneficial results. He tells us that the practice followed in issuing warrants for alleged violations of the internal-revenue laws in this district resulted in bringing to the Treasury during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1886, the sum of $265, and in taking therefrom the sum of $1,807.41. An examination of the accounts of United States commissioners and deputy marshals reveals the existence of methods in the inauguration of criminal proceedings which call loudly for legislative correction. The provisions of this bill, which have for their object the extinguishment of these practices, have been carefully considered and favorably reported by the Committee on the Judiciary of this House, and it seems to me that no one should halt in the opinion that they should be adopted. The producer of leaf-tobacco is limited by existing statutes in the disposition of his crop to licensed dealers, except that he may sell at the place of production at retail directly to consumers, to an amount not exceeding $100 annually. And he is forbidden even to issue as rations or supplies to his laborers or employés tobacco of his own growth and raising in excess of 100 pounds in any special tax year, without first having paid the special tax of a dealer in manufactured tobacco. These restrictions work a great hardship to the tillers of the soil, and should not be continued when there is no necessity for them. They are especially injurious to the small farmers, who should be the objects of the fostering care of the Government, instead of being subjected to unfriendly and repressive legislation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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