Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-06
SENATE RECEIVES
TOBACC0.SC|HED|:|.U|L|. | !.
MI. Shoots Amendment Very
Soon Stirred Up a Great
Big Hornets Nest.
A DANIEL COME TO JUDO y D MENT
Virginia Senator Declared Tint AM.
other Bogus Report Had Come
From tho Committee.

Washington, July g. III senate COM
| ntittee on finance today completed it's
consideration Of the internal revenue
provision Of the bill fixing xes on to-
bacco and it was reported to the sem
ate soon afterwards.
The&existing rate of SO a thousand on
cigars Weighing more than three pounds
per thousand was retained, but Il pro-
Vision was added increasing the tax on
high grade cigars. This proviso fixes a
tax of IS thousand When the whole
sale price is between $T5s and s110.g
tax is fixed at 50 a thousand. On cigars
weighing 80 pounds or less 81 thousand
. the house rate of 81 is reduced to IS
cents a thousand, an increase of q
cents over the existing rate. On cigar
cites weighing more than three pounds
q Thousand, the house rate Of So so is re-
talned. but on those weighing not more.
than 30 pounds the house rate is re-
dnced from s1.50 to $1.2o a thousand,
which still leaves an increase over the
existing tax The provision classifying
rolls of tobacco wrapped in tobacco as
cigars and those wrapped in paper or
other substances than tobacco as cigar
cites, is retained. The tax on snuff is
fixed at s cents a pound. The tax OH
chewing and smoking tobacco is also
made 8 cents a8pound. and this rate Is
made to cover fine cut, cavendish, plug
or twist, cut or granulated tobacco OF "
every description. The existing rate OH
8snuff ana smoking and chewing tobac-5
co is 6 cents t54g M
The new rate on tobacco is made ap-
tplicable to "tobaGeos twisted by hand
or reduced into condition to be con-
suned or in any manner other than
the ordinary mode OF drying and curing,
preparing for sale or consumption even
If prepared without the use of any ma
chine or Instrument and without being
pressed or sweetened.
Included In tina provision are also all
fine cutEshorts or refuse scraps, clip
pings, cuttings and sWeepings
a u The use of coupons or any form of
premium slips in packages Of tobacco is
prohibited by a new Sc cti ion This Sec
ton Is considered to be broad enough
to prohibit all forms Of trade stimulants
through the promise of gifts.
The laws governing the sizes of pack
ages of cigars are re-enacted. Addi-s
ltional sizes of packages of smoking to-
bacco are permitted by the senate en-
,actment. tt is provided that the new
taxes shall not take effect until July
i. 1910,
e. a ,a4nett;s nest Of opposition wa $
siir:'s' sosi in the senate when Mr.. Smoot
.ressSsNrt9sl the amendment.
t.'te new provisions had only been
reel when Senator Daniel. senior min
or * nienber of the finance committee.
arose and inquired of the senator from
Utah whether he had said these amend
ments had been reported by the COM
mittee on finance,
Receiving an affirmative reply, he
promptly denied the correctness OF that
statement. Ii
1T is another bogus report from the
committee. declared Mr. Daniel
q The Virginia senator proceeded to
say that the committee on finance had
not acted on these amendn ents
s8t They had been considered, he said.
only by the Republican members of
that committee.
Mr.. Daniel then offered a resolution
declaring that every member of the
the right to be informed of all meetings
OF the committee to which he belongs
and the right to vote on every PROPOSE 1
ton referred to the committee by the
senate. This resolution. he said. had
been prepared and was introduced with
the authority Of all the Democratic
members of the senate. He would, he
said. ask an aye and no vote on the
resolution at the proper time.
Mr.. Aldrich said that he would call
q meeting of the finance committee for
tomorrow morning to give the minority
members a chance to express their
opinion.
1t was agreed tilat the TOBACCO
offered by Mr.. sinoot
would be printed, that d meeting of th,,
finance committee would be held to-
morning for{all OF its members
and that the tobacco tax would not be
considered until tomorrow.
Z The tariff bill was then reported to |
the committee OF the whole of the SEN
ss