St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-21

hrst.taXlng cigars and cigarettes weigh
ing more than three pounds 50 per thou
sand. and cigarettes in papers not
weighing more then three pounds 81 per
thousand, and Wrapped in tobacco 30
cents per thousand. thus leaving the
taxes on these articles unchanged from
the present law. The provision in the
income tax amendment relating to a tax
on building ana loan associations. which
were exempted by the house and stricken
out when the senate subcommittee e.
ported the bill. has been restored, with
the DruViSO that the tax shall not Oe
levied upon those institutions which
make no loans except to shareholders
for the purpose of enabling them to
build homes. The following, which was
in neither the house bill nor the bill
framed by the senate subcommittee. Is
inserted:
TOBACCO AND SNUFF.
Every person whose business it is to
manufacture tobacco or snuff for him.
self. or who employs others to manu-
facture tobacco or snuff, whether such
manufacture be by cutting, pressing,
grinding, crushing, or rubbing of any
raw or leaf tobacco, or otherwise pre-
pairing raw or leaf tobacco, or manu-
featured or partially manutacted tobacco
or snuff. or the putting up TOR use or
consumption of scraps, waste, clipping,
stems or deposits of tobacco. resulting
from any process of handling tobacco or
by the making or preparing of leaf to-
baccO. tobacco stems, scraps, clippings
or waste. by sitting, twisting, screening
or any other process, shall be regarded
as a manufacturer OF tobacco. Every
person shall also be regarded as man
uiacturer OF tobacco whose business 1t
Is To sell leaf tobacco in quantities less
than the original hOgShead. case or bale:
or who sells directly 10 consumers, or TO
persons other than duly registered deal
erS in leaf tobacco. or to duly registered
dealers in manufactured tobacco. snuff
or cigars, or TO persons who purchase
III original packages Tor export: and
all tobacco 50 sold by such person shall
be regarded as manufactured tobacco.
and such manufactured tobacco shall
be put up and prepared by such manu-
facturer III such packages only as the
commissioner OF internal revenue. with
the approval Of the secretary
of the treasury, shall prescribe;
provided that farmers ana grow
erS of tobacco. who sell leaf tObac-
co of their own growth and raising shall
not be regarded as manufacturers of
tobacco. and so much of section 3244 of
the Revised Statutes OF the United States
and acts amenuatory thereof as are in
conflict with this act are hereby re-
pealed."
MKINLEY BILL.
The language of the bill repeating the
Mckinley act has been modified to
considerable extent. The house bill
provided for the repeal of ''all acts or
parts OF acts inconsistent herewith
The senate subcommittee bill when
first reported struck out that language
and named the Mckinley bill by title
and repealed it outright, as we'll as all
acts inconsistent with the present bill.
Tie bill reported today provides Specif-
ically for the repeal of section 3 OF the
Mckinley act, the reciprocity section,
and inserts the following. abrogating
the treaties made under this section:
All agreements or arrangements
made or proclaimed between the United
States and foreign governments under
the provisions OF said section are hereby
abrogated. of which the president shall
give such notice to the authorities Of
said foreign governments as may be
required by the terms OF such agreement
or arrangements"
Sections 10 and l6 of the Mckinley
law are repealed specifically. These
sections provide that the produce of the
forests upon the st. John and st. CroiX
liyers. i'll Maine, and their tributar-
les, may be admitted free OF duty.
The following section. which was in
serted in the bill by the senate SUBJ
committee. has been eliminated from
the bill, the effect being to leave the
HAWAIIAN TREATY
in full effect and force: That the
president of the United States shall i'm
mediately upon the passage of this act
give notice to the government of the
Hawaiian Islands that the United States
means TO terminate the treaty OF June
3, 1915. made between the United States
and his majesty the king of the Ha-
wallan Islands, as provided in the third
article of said treaty, and it is further
enacted that after the expiration of
twelve months from the time of giving
such notice the said treaty shall be
terminated, and It's provisions cease to
be obligatory upon the contracting par
ties thereto"
The following provision. which was
in the Wilson bill. and remained in the
Senate'S subcommittee bill when first
reported, has been struck out, leaving
the present law TO remain in force:
That section 1884 of the Revised |
Statutes be amended so as TO read as fol- |
lows: The secretary OF the treasury IS |
hereby authorized. except as otherwise |
specially provided in this act, upon |
production of satisfactory proof to him /
Of the actual injury or destruction. III
whole or in part. of any merchandise |
from any cause whatsoever while the |
same remained in the custody of the
officers OF the customs i'll any public or |
private warehouse under bond, or in the |
appraisers stores undergoing appraise- !
meut, IN pursuance of law or regula- |
tlons OF the treasury department, or |
while IN transportation under bond |
from the port OF entry to any port in the |
United States, or while in the custody |
of officers OF the customs and not in |
bond. or while within the limits OF anv
port OF entry and before the same have
been landed under the supervision of |
the officers OF the customs, to abate or
refund, as the case may be. out OF any |
moneys IN the treasury not otherwise |
appropriated the amount OF import |
duties PAID or accrued thereon. and |
likewise TO cancel any warehouse bond
or bonds, or enter satisfaction thereon |
in whole or part. as the case may be /"
Mr.. Mcpherson Dem. N. j. explained
his relation to the balance OF the finance
committee, stating that he had assented
to the report believing that the bill was
the best ubtaInable IN committee. He
added:
THERE ARE TWO SUBJECTS
in the bill which have received much
public attention. and l will state to the
senate, as | have already stated. nv
views on them. First, disagree with
my colleagues as to that section which
provides for an income tax Ample pro-
vision having been made for sufficient
revenue, it is unnecessary, il is un-
DemeGraIie, it is ua-American. and, as
L believe, it is unwise. and shall move,
at the proper time, to strike il from the
bill. Secondly, disagree with my col
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