Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-23

an amendment on the Payne tariff
bill removing the tax on leaf tobac-
co. 1t was on April 5, last, that Mr..
Stanley made a speech on this sub
jet, and captured a majority of the
House for his amendment. With
righteous indignation and flashing
eye, Mr.. Stanley turned to the Re-
publican side of the House and, in
ringing tones, said: Nov, de-
mand that this committee do one of
two things: either permit my amend
ment or defend your refusal on the
floor of this House" With Chair
man Payne fighting him ike
| a tiger, the amendm en- z
was passed, Mr.. Stanley was
victorious, and the American Tobac-
co Company and Standard Oil were
delivered a crushing blow This in
ternal revenue tax of 6 cents per
pound on unstemned natural leaf
tobacco is in the interest of the To
bacco Trust. The Standard Oil
Company owns the American Tobsc-
co Company. The tax prevents the
sale by the tobacco grover of uu
manufactured tob.cco to the con
sumers of natural leaf. With the
duty removed the leaf can be sold
throughout the South by the grower,
and the American Tobacco Company
no longer can hold monopoly Of the
tobacco market. AS soon as the
Payne bill went over to the Senate,
Senator Aldrich eliminated this
provision from the measure, and I'M
der his bill the internal revenue tax
of 6 cents per pound will remain on
natural leaf tobacco. Although this
tax has never produced any revenue
to the government, yet at a nod
from Standard Oil and the Tobacco
Trust, Senator Aldrich hastens to
do their bidding, put more money
into their coffnrs, and fasten closer
the shackles upon the poor tobacco
grower in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Having witnessed the slavery and
poverty Of the tobacco grower of
Kentucky due to this tax, and the
control of the price of their tobacco
by the Tobacco Trust, caused the big
heart of Stanley to melt in pity for
his people and his soul to rise in re-
volt at the rapacity and greed of the
Tobacco Trust The tobacco grow.
ers of the South will owe him a debt
of gratitude that they cannot pay in
lifetime.
1t is not as a critic and as a chron.
icIer of his qualities as a statesman,
d philosopher, an orator and pub
lie man that | like to discuss Mr..
Stanely. l like to thirk and talk of
him as a man and companion, and
| would like to have everybody know
him in that capacity as know him.
Ii is when he has thrown aside the
cares and work of investigation that
he shows the best side of his many
sided nature. He is the most con-
genial and companionable of men,
and his wonderful vocabulary and
beautiful imagery are seen to the
best advantage, and which makes
him raconteur without parallel,
and q prince among men without a
PR His warm heart aadhis gener-
Gus nature are then witnessed in all
their beauty, in that entity that AL
mighty GOD called His masterpiece
"a man. lie never shirked a duty
and he never betrayed a friend; his
hand was ever open % succor the
, helpless, and ever closed to defend a
friend He hates a fake and o fraud
IKE the devil hates holy water
Anightly and chivalrous, gentle and
kindly, he believes in the holiness Of
home, and he believes the place TO
take the true measure OF a man is
Inlt in the marketplace on the amen
corner not tie forum or the field,
but at his own freside lmere, he
believes that man lays aside his
mask, and you may learn whether he
is an imp or an angel. king or cur,
hero or humbug. He cares not what
the world says Of man, whether it
crown him with bays or pelt him