Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-08
THE TOBACCO TARIFF,
Uniform Rate of Soc. Pound Advocated
The Sumatra Wrapper Leaf.

Yesterday was tobacco day with the WAYS and
means committee, and +. A. Schroeder of New
York was the first witness to appear. He advo-
Gated uniform tariff of 80 cents pound on all
leaf tobacco. as it was prior to 1893 An increase
Of the tariff would result in the American man
ufacturers reducing the cost OF the filler and
the wages OF cigar makers. 1t costs, he said
about IL cents pound to raise tobacco here,
and such a duty was protection to the former
The farmer himself enjoys the Sumatra wrap
per and rejects his own. To increase the duty
on Sumatra leaf from SO cents to 81 pound
might increase our acreage of leaf, but not the
price. American smokers would have to be
educated TO use the native wrapper and in the
meantime would be apt to take to cigarettes
or pipes. The necessity of specific duty was
shown by the fact that one inspector might
charge a duty of IS cents pound for a leaf
that at another port would be entered for IS
cents. He thought the committee would be
asked to increase the duty Oh stemmed as COM
pared with unstemmed tobacco, but said il
ought not to be over As or 30 cents pound
CIGAR MEN NEED LAW PARTNERS
In answer to Mr.. Flower witness said that it
would hardly be possible for an American citizen
to start in the business of making cigars without
q lawyer, or he might end up in state prison.
Said Mr.. Schroeder III conclusion, Il would not
De inc aDOl!lOn OF the internal revenue
tax and the resulting competition OF the small
cigar makers, because L know that they cannot
compete with me. They could not do it before
We had the internal revenue law and cannot do
it now. They cannot present their goods in the
style in which the regular manufacturer pets
them up, or If they can even now they soon be-
come regular manufacturers themselves be-
cause they find some one to back them and help
them put their goods on the market if they ara
attractive.
GROWERS NEED PROTECTION.
]. s. Vanduser Of Elmira, NY, said every
body realized that something must be done to
help the American farmers. In times past
they had found profit in raising leaf tobacco.
Now that industry was threatened. Today
there Is no longer a demand for American
grown wrapper tobacco. 1t had been replaced
by the Sunatra wrapper, pleasing to the eye
but inferior In haver. There was no profit in
growing tobacco here if the wrappers were not
| to be protected, for in the wrappers was all Of
| the profit.
. VARIOUS VIEWS.
J. Erthlier, representing the New York leaf
board of trade, asked the committee to wipe
out entirely the internal revenue tax He said
/ that they wanted q uniform rate of duty OF 35
cents pound on all tobacco imported
L. X. Dtffenderfer, secretary Of the Pennsyi-
l vania tobacco growers association, complained
that three-fourths of the Sumatra tobacco that
/ came into this country came i'll filler, when
not an ounce Of it could be used for that pur-
pose.
l.. II. Neudecker. representing tie Baltimore
| board OF trade, favored abolishing entirely the
| internal revenue tax and putting a specific
duty OF 80 cents per pound on all wrappers, 20
| cents per pound on all filters, IS cents per
pound on all stripped leaf, and a uniform duty
| of - per pound on all cigars
| Geo. VI. Trader, manufacturer OF Atlanta
Ga, and Danville, Va, favored abolishing the
Internal revenue tax.
Walter Z. Barnett, representing the cigar
makers Of New York favored aboiishing what
| Is known as the impor tation brand
Mr.. 5. Wise, of the Cigar manufacturers
association of New York said the internal Ia =
was . great protection to the cigar manufac.
turer, as 1t prevented fraud by reflllng the
empty boxes.
Moses Crone Of Cincinnati agreed with Mr.,
| Wise.
George H. Hopkins of Detroit wanted to re-.
| duce the tax TO cents per pound and repeal
the other features Of the internal revenue law
| Robert Stewart, secretary of the Baltimore
tobacco board of trade said the large tobacco
manufacturers thought their reputation wa,
sufficient protection
A Buffalo Woman Inherits 81 900, 600
Mrs. L. b. Burr Of Buffalo. MY, has Just re
ceived notice that she is heiress to fortune O.
sl,O0O0O0 A few days ago Supervisor Miller
OF Yorkshire, Cattaraugus county, NY, re
ceived letter from Attorney General Tabor
asking information about Solomon Lincoln O.
Yorkshire, or, If dead, of his heiress. The lot
ter states that Lincolns grandfather has dice
leaving to him a fortune estimated at $1,000,
600 Solomon Lincoln came to Buffalo from
Yorkshire and entered in business, dying min,
years ago, and leaving one daughter, now Mrs
Burr. The estate consists Of real estate in tn,
vicinity Of Bangor, Ne.