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r to have the c4areti manufacturers imse'rt aNe+.' :-ork Ciquret Tax Stanp underneath thr: cellophane on ezc;`u pack of L iFrrets 5 ola' i:n ",'ew York asons in oclnosit:V to a bill proposed b~ ~ e'ew• York .4'cser.b2'}• `f.&NUIFhCTIIRERS':' 1. Each of the six: cigaret nanufacturezs will have to set ua a production line iust for New York, 2. The FTC now list 167 brand and brand i:tetss of cigarets - each k of t'hese brand! and' brand iter:s >~ould' haue to r,o through separate production lines for New York. ' 3. The nanufacturer.s ti.•ould' have to d'etermine' the aaproximatc number of each branci! and brarrd iter.. it r,lanufactures that would be sold in -Ne1~ 7•ork.. Under eatimdtioeli wou1d' lead' to brandi outa,a,cs' and shortages. Th ~i~i -z : tii:'„3~,1.d: . C}=5;T.lh't'. i'?1C~ d.T=._.`•a:T~1C>?}', nHt.tF'r~:ay- G~, the ir;al:u/itCtilr'e'rs, the 1:ho1e3'ailerti, Lh!e ret'r'llt'rs and r1?uC .:oncumer:c unnslnns. Damagedl and stale ciparets k•ouldl h'ave' to gu, back to: the ci'Earet factarv for rer)'lacerent. hhcrlrsa'Jers c..nuld: not turn to: who,2e- aaters in, other nearby states forr extra i'nN-pn'tor•. Thesc rn~i°~_aM~j~L'' fl'~!'1L".~ nt~?n~'.~ _r~~.°e :. s.n..u.rcti.-`~.. . - •_ 6. The New 1°oIh cigaret: tax' "5tar.,U uridEr the celi:or,;drl~ ],0°,:1.: re,a::ire anotcler ievei oi stC~LY.' inventory ' iT: xyu'i> c : F'a're:iCUs e~ . Cigx'Le't's would have to be' segr'egated in warehous:e~5. Iii:e ,aanu- facturer, >;.culd ha :-e te pa)• for Zorc iToor space in war>r°riou_es. 'iek t:tJr. r..'s3';SJf,:ct,Jlf'r ei;°C'S ,Prc a1C :`!t.IG.h I:I. u4+rs i.vl Cu)1C.:I'..l' At .,};iC... U)~L:ti..L.~LL'~ tl:...i:~C t.'SC .............,.:~1'l.l:~.~ u"'C's Ill?t: S'taz:p fG>T aItk•' Std;tC' o,r, the fed.b:3Z gQ'L`e:rTir cT L. ~. Affi):3'Iig the NFF' Yor}" SFi~t7`.i WoL)'lti TeJtl]re -S-LC'.'C3~ii i::ac;iYi:n'C'T;.' Or silce' ch'u ngl" liL the L'•.ethol'~i of ..^~' cr....'~^I n'Z . r_3,Liii,.:C r r'_.. . 1 be r"' 4nc ^~n.'1~, i . . _ '_._~ .~ L`dCilil:ll lv~::ultl ' :lalfc' tCU be idC'le~ioT,CQiC,~I.`L1LL ~ ruuC:h~1'hery ~ ttia'tt now s~~t.a.rsitis~ clgar.ets~ a't't triC~ 1GIi1C:lesalE'~ tf:".~L'1. ~e'1111©t be L1sE3' at the' lllai!?Jia'ci.uTlrllp, jCl'c'1'. 'Sl-e'r'1:(3ra ana i'7 7n ~e '~` icok'fS' ~r?S?g''r~~.en.t :~o~r~ f~.tlf~r7'CP'. . .. - . c 1s1.c ,, . ..Ln.v:i:0l4a18T ° lo'se ils d7Si~.oa;nt S.'$. i n: T'd 11",ij.. k."li1i~ ~. ~ ~ nT ~ )'•r~P~aen~~T~,, tne'~ W'.ho~~i,e~5.2~1er~,~ f'1P~f2!)~.°:P or f?Ir~p~.a~n,i~^,E.;71 cr~irna~~ r_¢~~ b.l7.rely ..~~~:"..T~~~ n.Ar.l_.rt1T.`t ~ 1'ITtai:)7ti' e'.vAry" _. The wholesaler k'ould' have to rai',sc nrices to stonr in business _ and t?::s F:ould add' 4o inflation which, in turn, xoulai ra'ke pili}, m.7rE' attractive to the' c:09-ssUG•e'r. p'o ' , 1 r,,l1s Ii ~' cai ~6 .., ca J' l' 1~~ ~~ •.+c.~.

I 1. Tlt`ie New York Y Sta Pl]) tlntjeT tho CCJ 1olaf7ane' ro'l7I<' ... : L' ::c:w :W:I: :`c~c.~-1 , 1. iz w. c1 -..1..c c ::,,c -- i~nlicensing of who:esaler~s a~~o~te' r~3?e states. STATE: l. The New York Stamp alone would not identify New York upstate cier.rets fram ci'aarets sold' ir, New York City. 2. There i:a3 no boot,lef,gi!nQ b1" orga!?:zed cri'inE iT, ir7r1: n("foSe ]96:when ieW 'iork stast'ed the t:ax ;piirnT '_U r2diculous lieie;nuv.. ii'i tiie last three vE'a'rs, , LoltuMi5'Si'oSler ili/i'.~ hu's' criuo7seu everJl plIan to co:r.bat cig,3ret bootlegging except the right plan. h3e has endorseri: (11' A uniform fedcral cigaret: said was not feasib]e'. (2) ta.?€, - which, he liater The federal contraband' bill which Yvssed' Congress las'tt v'ear and' doesn "t work. (It was anlv estir:ated to, be 30% effective anyti-avy at best.) (3) The New York Tax Stamp und'ez pack ofci~Rarets. the cellorhane on each (41' O~~~1:f.~r e'a U'aTl'1" unl'.^35'_.n.3t?1'C. , ci:'.3o4:: ~a.^.~ ]r.'C's~,`-.nFl,ttle i'deas. 3. History has proven that organized crime can cope with any o: the so-cal?ed' gir;r•.ic}i5 - The onlr vi'ah]'c^ soIution ;s to red'uce iFia tdh,: _ L ;U wLanler Scott r.°.C'?i W. A. ~''FLlslf{ERTY'