Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-15

rived great benefit with no loss of the
revenue which, he said was due to the
law repeating the increasing rate of
1895
The law providing for the high rates
of 1893 permitted the manufacturer to
reduce the size of the packages in
which tobacco is sold to the people, ac-
cording to Mr.. Beveridge. 'In 1901 this
increased tobacco tax was removed"
| he said, but the short weight pack
| ages Of tobacco were continued by the
very law that removed the tax. The
| manufacturer still collects the war
| time tax from the people but instead
| of paying il to the government he
keeps it for himself"
MIR Beveridge declared that his
| amendment would not affect the cigar
| makers of the country because, he said,
| it does not enhance the tax on any
| cigars except those which sell for 10
| cents or more.
| Mr. Beveridge controverted the idea
that the continuation by the law of the
short weight wartime package after the
war tax had been removed did not affect
| the plug tobacco business. THE law,
he said docs not fix the size of the cut
that is sold. but the manufacturer of plug
| tobacco got the war tax on this article
out of the people by selling a smaller
cut than the plug and this practice still
continues
Upon taking up consideration of the
sections of the tariff bill relating to iron
and steel Mr.. Aldrich asked that the
Senate pass over the paragraph relating
to pig iron as the committee on finance
| cir
ing the duty on cast scrap iron.
| Mr. LaFollette complained that he had
difficulty in obtaining from the committee
on finance information to guide him in
! his course on the tariff bill, and the state
ment brought Root to the defence of the
committee The committee, said Root, in
| reporting a House bill was under no OBJ
legation to furnish information to the
| Senate, except on those paragraphs on
which it proposed amendments McLau-
rim declared that in reporting the meas
ure the finance committee stamped the
entire bill with its approval as forcibly
with respect to amended sections as with
respect to sections reported without
amendment.
LaFolette and Rayner upheld this
| view.
| Gallinger characterized as a great fal-
| lacy the charge that the effect of the
protective tariff was to add to the do
| nestle price the duty levied on the goods
| Referring to a criticism by LaFollette.
! Root said senators would do well to con-
| fine themselves to clear-cut, short state
merits and ito refrain from defamation
and from general discussion and for home
consumption"
Root said Aldrich showed admirable
poise, self-control and good temper,
| though subjected to constant attack,
Misrepresentation and fault finding"
When Root took his seat Rayner said
he would like to know VINO on the Demo
| cratic side had attacked the chairman
Of the committee on finance. Rayner
spoke in friendly terms of Aldrich and
said he had not heard one work spoken
against him on the Democratic side.
LaFollette. resuming discussion of the
bill, sarcastically referred to the "su-
preme confidence of the senators from
New York" and to the constitutional
authority which he had so later acquir-
Cd" In the case of the glass schedule.
IaFollette said Root told Aldrich that
he would have to explain it if he ex-
pected senator's to vote on the House
provision.
! .sOf course" said LaFollette, coming
here with all his prestige he may well
take to himself rights that do not belong
to other senators on this floor
1.-The man who comes here to please
! somebody else should be kicked out of
| thi, chamber" declared Money. Money
i ,rrfh nd addressed
of his remarks personally toward Root,
! who sat quietly in his seat meanwhile.
| Il have not heard anybody" Money
| continued. "denounce the senator from
Rhode Island. nor have l heard one word
of vituperation."
| Speaking in complimentary terms OF
Aldrich he called tor any evidence OF
accommodation of him from the record.
Money said Root had lectured the Sen
i ate. when he has got fairly warm in
his seat he will not indulge himself on
this subject" said Money earnestly. he
| will see how useless it Is to do that anu
] his course is the result of being new
member He win how unnecessary IL
Its He will see how unfortunate II Is ior
i q new senator to come and propose uoilis
things on business methods. 1 nope ne
will not drag business methods into this
chamber fear that there has been 100
much business method in this Dill. we
do not want men to come here with those
methods. We want them to come ana
adopt legislative and senatorial methods
as the best means of transactlng pusi-
ness. Gentlemen should not get so impa-
4 tent to correct somebody else who does
not agree with them.
i We do not want any lecture on our
business here. 1t does not become any