The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-09

/ / resent NldL assumption. ana 50 lDAlB a.
am permitted to remain I do not intend
/ to submit 70 such lOrcly professions as
| are made here.
At the first opportunity Mr. Aldrich
moved to lay the amendment on the table
which was agreed to by # to 81.
Tobacco Tax Amendment.
The tobacco tax amendment was laid
before the senate after the disposal Of
the other measures. Mr.. Martin protested
| against it as carrying a large increase of
taxation on the tobacco industry. It was
{ he said, an increase Of 80 per cent of the
tax on manufactured tobacco and he pre-
Glcteo mat II could bring into the treas
/ ury N00Q0,00o additional revenue.
The manufacturers and dealers" he
I said, will not pay this tax. They will
reimburse themselves Out Of the pockets
This" said Mr.. simmons of Nor5a
/ Carolina, referring to the increased to-
bacco tax, is direct tax on the labOring
class, who actually consume 80 per cent of
all chewing tobacco and snuff
! The tax, he asserted. bore much too
/ heavily on the independent tobacco men
and was an actual advantage to the trust
Bailey Kills Time.
/ After Mr.. Simmons had concluded. Mr.
| Aldrlcn called for a vote on the tobacco
amendment. but Mr.. Bailey said Mr. Dan
/ lel who had been called from the cham
/ Der, desired to speak. Therefore Mr. Bal
/ ley spoke for the avowed purpose of hold
/ ing the floor until the Virginia senator's
| return
Protesting against the proposed advance
| IN the internal tax on tobacco and snuff
| the Texas senator said:
! 80 You republicans think you can do any
/ thlng because you are convinced the
/ country is afraid OF US
/ But the time will come when the peo-
! pie VIII say it is better to be governed nv
/ fools than rasCals. You viii tempt fate
/ 100 tar- You fan to lay any tax on the
/ incomes Of the rich and exact tribute
from the poor by taxing their tobacco
At this point Mr. Bailey Welded the
/ floor 20 Mr.. Daniel who moved to amend
the finance committees proposition by
striking out the proposed s cents on to-
Dacco and snuff and retain the existing 6
cents tax This was rejected by a vote of
a to "a
BY 50 to . the committees tax amend
ment was then agreed to.
Rradley's Amendment Accepted.
Senator Aldrich accepted Senator Brad
/ leys amendment 70 remove the 6 cents q
pound on leaf tobacco and it was agreed to
T by a viva VOce vote. This is practically
[ the same provision as that which passed
the house II removes the tax of cents
a pound on the tobacco grower as ven
dor and thus removes what is supposed to
have been the cause of the night rider
attacks in Kentucky and Tennessee. Thers
/ Is little doubt that the provision will re-
main in the Dill.
The tobacco tax schedule as a whole
was adopted by the senate.
An amendment proposed by Senator Cur
I tbs of Kansas providing for coUntervail-
ing duty on crude oil from any country
imposing duty on American oil, such
duty to be One-haf OF the duty levied on
/ American oil, was adopted by a vote of a
/ TO 81.
/ Senator Burton said the purpose of the
I amendment was to prevent oil coming in
/ free from Mexico. where he said. the
! STANDARD Oil had rErac ~,
No Drawback.
Senator Gore offered an amendment
providing that importers of crude Detro-
ieam shah not be entitled to the draw
/ back provision OF the tariff bill. Senator
/ AldTich and Senator Curtis promptly &C
Ceptig this provision, it was made a
part of the amendment offered by Mr..
/ Curtis.
The Curtis amendment was then agreed
to.
Mr.. Stone offered an amendment pIac-
ing hides. leather and shoes on the free
list 1t was on motion Of Mr. Aldrich laid
en- the table, 10 10 y.
Al amendment by Mr.. Newlands. Gre
SGns tariff commission, the adoption of
| which he urged in an extended speech
was laid on the table
/ Advocating the placing of crude asphalt
tUm on the free list, Mr.. Burton said such
action would reduce from 5 to Is per cent
the cost of asphalt paving.
! ms proposition was opposed by SenaIOl
Flint. who declared that free asphalt
meant the further strengthening of the
asphalt trust
is there an asphalt trust?" inquired
Mr.. Bailey.
Yes" retortsd Mr.. Flint.
Point by MIR. Daley.
Please say that loud enough for the
attorney general TO hear il" appealed thS
Texan.
Mr. Burton obtained an aye and nay
vote on his amendment and it was re-
jected. 81 to %.
When. at o'clock, it became known
that Senators LaFollette Beveridge. Bris
tow and others had speeches which they
desired to deliver before the final dis
position OF the BILL it became very evi
dent that there would be q night session
and many predicted that the hour woulC
BE- late before the final touches could b,
placed upon the measure.
/ After the disposal Of the tobacco snS
oil provision. il was discovered that NAM
other senators we're prepared 10 presen
amendments
An amendment by MI Dixon of Mon
tana. raising the exemption clause OF tn
inheritance tax, an amendment by Mr.
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