The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-20
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Tobacco Men Here to Oppose
i55} raft's Proposition for II
), dttctioi1g Of Tariff.
Low ..JPRl cEssWoUL b, 3 Z LOWER
Resell tioi1s Adopted BY Trade.
Organizatio i etitions
ITO Congress.
Trom our1segQlur5 Corresponden

From Our Reg ilnr Corresponds i.{fS
yyAsH1NGTo ON & p. q. III j an. u Q. Not
even tho Cuban,S reciprocity proposition
aroused the tobacco trade In opposition
us has the efforts Of 9secretary raft to-
secure % reduction In the tariff on Phil
1pplnc products to S25 per- cent. Of tho
Dtnglc rates. Y + His, opposition Is not
based on the amount OF tobacco produced
in the Philippines, but on the fact that
the Islands arc PEG liarly adap tied to the
production OF tobacco and witt cheap la
Dor and a low tariff they could send MIL
lions OF pounds OF raw ana manufactured
tobacco to this country to further de-
press the price Of the domestic product.
Tho cases Of Cuba and the Philippines
from d tho standpoint Of tile Am crican
manufacturers and growers are ntircly
different. Cuban tobacco Is 4 sought for
Its quality. not because II \ Is cheap for
re is the most expensive filler tobacco IN
the world. I II does not displace American
tobacco for ffnoG Cubnn tobac eco were Inn
ported there " ouldi be not thing to take
Its place. It Is true thntsin Florida and
other Southern States tobacco approxi-
mating tho Cuban filler Is u grown but
Notwithstanding the tariff OF so per cent.
or 35 cents per pound on filler and S1.S5
on wrapper, tho Cuban leaf holds It's
own. IA ,sssg
Preparing to M axe Fight. q
sls But tho Philippine tobacco Is d u very
different product, not appealing \ to the
taste Of the fastid ious smoker and must
depend; on its r ow price for its sale,
Thererore, IN It's smanufact ilred state. It
mt stt compete with the Il fillerAs leaf Of
Pennsylv ania, New York, Ohio and Wis
consin and when manufa featured with the
five cent g the two fertH' and the stogie.
Philippine tobacco sells & for q bout flye
and six cents a. pound, and under the pro-
posed reduction can d be ma keted In \ this
country for a little more, which Is ase ye-i
raj cents below he price now oh tatned
for domestic tobacco. SsS For some years
the trade IN IA ~ to bacco has been great;
~ depressed BY some this condition Is
attributed to thet mechinat Ions OF the
American Tobacco Comp and the Sin--ii
dependent X manufa cturers have Joined
with the producers In appealing to the
Department OF Justice and Departmen
Of Commerce for pro lection. Otners claim
that the low price lis due TO owe -produc- 4
ton. M In some parts OF the country q he
farmers have combined to fight! the Amer
crops for his her prices, while IN others
they have agreed to curt all produc ton.
IN the face Of these forts to raise the
price OF the raw INA terial, u tho effort 5of
Secret ary IVA Taft u to open tho American
market ! to g cheap Phil ipp ineM tobnc coI is
meeting with strenuous opposi ton Of the
most pronounced cha ter.{ 8s&
The manufa cturers II ire aqually inter-
ested for a straight cut in the du W on
tobacco means a much greater REQ uction
$proportionntelyfint the tduty on cigars and and
manufactured tobacco than on the raw
Material. The wages s paid in Il Ma Mia
cigar factories are only one M tn the
avera go paid In this country and & oon- =
fronted> with the p osslbilit y Of competition
with cheap tobacco and cheap labor the
American cigar fmanufa cturers are lined
up soldly; against any further reduction:
The Cigar anufacturers IA ssocla tionRo OF
America has sent strong reno INSTANCES @ :
against any, change to every nlember OF
the House and Senat to and ha s appealed
to the National Board Of Trad H for sup.
port II, II he N at ional Cigar Leaf II obacco
Association has dopted resolutions ll
against the proposed reduction and MA, ~
b ljur and sChas. Fox, Of IN CIV Y orx' the
president and chairman of the&Legisla-
tive Committee. have been adore Ing
trade associations throughout the counSl
try. The Associat ton Of SIndepe ndent To-i
sbacco sAIanufa cturers at its recent meet
Ing In Philadelphia the Associat ton q
Retail Cigar Dealers; Of AT erlcaS at Its
annual meeting in Chicago s$la st week.
the New England Tobacco Growers As s.
}sociation at Hartford, Conn, the Cigar
nfanufacturers'iA ssoc iat ion sofsS NV estern
Pennsylvania at Pittsburg, and the Ii e !.
sVana Cigar cturers' Al ciati on OF
Sthe United States a ten eW X rls, have all
adopted resolutions against the chang e:
and petitioned thelr repres Ell atiyes NJ ~
Congress to oppose It. Pet tons to the
same effect have also been presented by
Senators DepeW and Plat New orl 81
Knox and Peilrose, Of Pennsyl vnnia,S SEM
|. ator spooner, Senator Gamble. = epreseinnz en-
6tatives Hill, Hamilton and Sfiras am
Others from q garIna kcrs and B individual
man lfacturers q V F lttsburg. Llegneny,
Hanover, ter. Ada n,stown NJ
vale and Lincoln, Pa, y Tampa, Flu, New
york city, Oalsdale d. Long Island, s. ling :
9hamton, NJ. Auburn. NIlsY:.S t'E ton e;
EHarbor, # Mich, etroit, NJ, , anu
3rookings, IL s.. D, If The n Cincinnati Lear
}Tobacc go Board Of The n ew q orls
T,eaf Tobacco Board OF Trad ana hume
rous other local trade orG'l tons nave NAYS,
also declared their pposl ton .353
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