Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-14
Senator Scott Says He is Receiv-
ing Letters Daily Begging SEN
ate to Get Through With 1t.
ENDORSED j. ]. HILLS ADVICE
That Oratory be Suspended and That
Congress Promptly Pass the
Tariff Bill.

Washington, May 14.--Asking that an
interview with j. J. Hill be read to
the senate Immediately after that body
convened today, Senator Scott endorsed
its advice TO Congress that orator. DO
suspended, and that Congress promptly
pass the tariff bill.
"This.'' Mr.. Scott said, '.Is in line
with letters am daily receiving beg
ging ana praying that these gentlemen
(waving his hand over the senate
chamber), get through with their wind
tanning and let the country go ahead
with its business"
Senator $Beveridge spoke in support
of an amendment offered by him rea-
tive to the internal revenue tax OH to-
laceo and its products. contending that
the government has lost S1Si,000C00 III
tho last eight years through the regeal
OF the war tilncttaS Of 1885, Mr.. Bcyer-
idgc undertook by his amendment TO in
crease, the present rate or Internal
taxes on tobacco snuff, cigarettes aul
{cigars worth more than 10 cents, Mt
Bereridge declared that the tobacco
|trus. which, he said was the American
Tobacco company, had derived great
benefit from the loss of revenue, which,
he said was due to the law repeating
the increased rates of 1898. The law
providing foi. the high rates Of 1895 per-
United the manufacturer to reduce the
size OF the packages in which the to-
bacco is sold to the people,. according
to Nh Beyeridge. I'm 1901 this. in
creased tobacco tax was removed, said
The, but the short weight packages of
Ito lsaceo We're continued by the very,
law that removed the tax. The manu-
facturer still collects the war time tax
from the people, but instead of paying,
lit to the government, he keeps it for.
himself" !5.
/ MI. Beveridge declared that his
amendment would not affect the cigar
makers OF the country. because, he said:
at does not enhance the tax on any
cigars except those which sell for 10
cents or more.
Claiming that his amendment would
Increase the revenues to the extent
aof over S21,000000. Nj. Beveridge as
serted = that he tiobacca. trust s now
reaping q vast benefit through failure
to enact such legislation as he pro-
posed. sss.t S;gs
Mr. BeNeridge controverted sthe idea
that the continuation by law of the
SshortHfeight war time packages after
the war tax had been remover did not
allect@ the pug tobacco business. Line
law he said, does, not fix the size
of. the cut that is SOLD. but the man
!llfactlrersn G pkg tobacco got the war
lax OIL this article out the people by
sSellingsa smaller cut than the plug and
this practically still continues. When
a box of plug tobacco is sold by the
trust to the retail dealer. there is
marked upon each plug u place for. the
5eut. BY decreasing the. size of these
cuts very slightly, the tobacco trust
through the retailer gets the war time
price for a cut from a. plug of tobacco
by marking the cut a little smaller.
Upon taking up the iron and steel
sections Of the tariff bill. Mr.. Aldlicll
asked that the 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.