Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-15
REVENUE FROM TOBACCO.

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MI. Beveridge declared that his
amendments would not affect the cigar
makers of the country. because, he said,
it does not enhance the tax on any ci-
sars except those which sell for 10
cents or more.
Claiming that his amendment would
increase the revenues to the extent of
over s2l,G00G00, Mr.. Beverdse as
serted that the tobacco trust is now
ireapng a vast benefit through failure
to enact such legislation as he pro-
posed
MIR. Beveridge controverted the idea
that the continuation by law of the
short weight war time packages after
the war tax had been removed did not
affect the plug tobacco business. THE
Law he said. does not fix the size
Of the cut that IS sold, but the manu-
facturer of plug tobacco got the war
tax on this article out of the people
by selling Il smaller cut than the plug,
and this practise still continues. When
q box of plug tobacco Is sold by the
trust to the retail dealer. there Is
marked upon each plug a place for the
cut. BY decreasing the size of these
cuts very slightly the tobacco trust.
through the retailer, gets the war time
price for u cut from plug of tobacco
By marking the cut little smaller"
Upon taking up the iron and steel
sections of the tariff bill, Mr.. Aldlicil
asked that tho senate pass over the
paragraph relating to pig iron, as the
committee on finance Wished to con-
slider an amendment affecting the duty
on cast scrap iron.
An extended debate took place on
an amendment offered by Mr.. Cum
Minis reducing the duty on round iron
from six-tenths to fiFe-tenths OF one
Il Z t., -
etc. from fouI-tenths to three-tenths
81 one cent pound. Mr.. Aldrich OBJ
.jfcted thai these duties as reported
to the senate We're lower than current
duties In the Dingley bill. Mr.. Oliver
| pointed out that these iron products
| Mr.. Cumnins insisted that the iron
and steel industry needs no protec-
| ton,
| An La Toilette declared that "he
had not a dollar in this business"
meaning the steel and iron industry.
Neither have ~ responded Mr..
! Oliver, mot a dollar
II am glad to hear it, responded
| Mr.. La Folletc. who added that he was
only interested III getting at the facts
/. as TO relative cost of making iron bars
| IN this country and abroad
\ MI. La Toilette complained that he
/ had difficulty in obtaining information
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brought from Senator Root retort
that the committee. in reporting
| house bill, was under no obligation
| tcfurnish informat ton except on those
paragraphs on which It proposed
| omendements.
ROOT ANSWERS LA TOILETTE.
Referring 10 criticism by AIr. La
| Toilette Mr.. Root said senators would
I Go we'll to coniine themselves to clear
cut short statements and TO refrain
| from defamation and from general
discussion for the purpose of strength
ening gentlemea in their own states
/ lie said that the senate had been more
| than 9 month struggling with the tar
| if bill and had not passed through
/ more than cne-seventh of the par
agrapl,s.
III gentlemen think that the people
Of the country will applaud them,'
!, confined AIR. Root lin my jedg
ti;lent they are much mistaken
/ Air. LaFollette made sarcastic refer
/ ence 10 this supreme confidence of
! the senator from New York.
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