The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-06-06
MEASURE TO
STOP FRAUD
TEXT OF SENATOR cLARK's
PURE WOOL BILL.
STAMP TAX FOR sHoDDY
Mixed Goods Must Be Tabled by Man.
ufacturers-AIso by Makers
Of Clothing.

Washington, June 2.-The following
is the text of the anti-shoddy bill, in
troduced in the senate by Senator w
A. Clark:
Be it enacted by the senate and
houseof representatives of the United
States of America in congress Assem-
bled, That for the purposes of this
act the words pure wool" shall be
understood to mean sleeps wool
which has not been previously used
in the manufacture of any other arti-
Gle, goods, or fabrics, and the words
'woolen goods" to mean goods or
fabrics. composed wholly CT such wool
Section 2. That for the purposes OF
this act all manufactures made in imi-
tation of wooden goods which are not
composed wholly Of pure wool shall
be known as linked goods"
Sec. 8. That manufacturers of mix
ed goods shall pay $50 per year; that
every person who engages in the pro-
duction of mixed goods, as defined in
this act as a business, shall be con-
sidered a manufacturer thereof. That
wholesale dealers in mixed goods in
this act shall pay a tax of $25 a year;
that every person who sells mixed
goods, as defined in this act by the
bolt, or in a condition not ready for
consumption, shall be deemed a whole
sale dealer in mixed goods. That upon
mixed goods as defined in this act,
when manufactured or sold or remov-
ed for consumption or use, there shall
be assessed and collected a tax of
one-tenth Of one cent a pound, to be
paid by the manufacturer thereof, and
any fractional part of a pound shall
be taxed as a pound. The tax to be
levied upon mixed goods by this sec
ton shall be represented by coupon
stamps, and the provisions of existing
laws governing engraving, issuing,
sale, accountability, effacement and
destruction of stamps relating to to-
bacco and snuff, as far as applicable,
are hereby made to apply to the
stamps provided by this section.
Sec. 4. That every manufacturer
of mixed goods, as defined in this act
shall file with the collector of internal
revenue of the district in which his
mandatory is located such notices,
inventories, and bonds, shall keep
such books and render such returns of
material and products, shall put up
such signs and afix such number of
his factory, and conduct his business
under such surveillance of officers and
agents as the commissioner of inter-
nal revenue, with the secretary of the
treasury, may by regulation require.
But the bond required of such manu-
%facturer shall be with ~sureties salts
factory to the collector of internal
revenue, and in a penal sum of not
less than $500; and the sum of said
bond may be increased from time to
time and additional sureties required
at the discretion of the collector or
under instructions of the commission
er of internal revenue. And sections
1892, 1898. 1924, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1928,
1899, 3240, 3241 and 3243 of the re-
vised statutes of the United States
are. so far as applicable, made to ex-
tend to and include and apply to the
taxes imposed by this act and to the
person upon whom they are imposed.
Sec. S. That every person who car
ries on the business of a manufacture
er of mixed goods, as defined in this
act, without having paid the special
tax therefor, IS required bv law. shall.
besides being liable to the payment
OF the tax, be fined not less than ST.
900 and not more than 5000; and ev-
cry person who carries on the bust
ness OF a wholesale dealer in such mix
ed goods without having paid the spec
ial tax therefor, as required by law,
shall, besides being liable to the pay
ment of the tax. be fined not less than
$50 nor more than $500 for each Of
Tense.
Sec. 6. That all manufacturers of
mixed goods shall mark, label or tag
such goods in plain printed letters and
figures which cannot be detached ex.
cept by design, and the mark, label
or tag shall state accurately the con.
stituent ibers or other materials or
substance OF which such goods are
composed and the relative portion or
percentum of each.
Sec. z. That all clothiers, tailors
or other persons who shall make any
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