Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-06
LIGHT IS SOUGHT
AST0PR|NT PAPER
Senate Finance Subcommittee
Confers With John Norris
of New York.
OPPOSITION is RAISED ;
TO REMOVAL OF DUTY
Antitrust Amendment by Senator
Hitchcock, Would Affect Tobacco
Manufacturers.

Seeking more light eu the print paper
question. the Senate finance suhco,nmit-
tee considering the wood pulp and paper
schedule OF the Underwood tariff hill
conferred today with John Norris of New
DIRK. chairman cf the committee on pa
per of the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Print paper costing not more than ~,
cents a pound was pat on the free list
in the Underwood bill. but representa-
tives of the paper manufacturers appear
ing before the Senate subcommittee urged
n counteryail ne duty because OF Ia
madam restrictions on PAPER woods. The
subcommittee has not Yet acted on that
proposal. Senators johnson Of Maine.
Smith o. Georgia and Hughes of New
Jersey constitute the committee.
Mr.. Norris is opposed To any counter
railing duty on the ground that every
measure which the United States has
imposed upon the Canadian provinces
has reacted against the American paper
maker and consumer. He submitted a
long brief on the subject To the ways
and means committee. including elapo-
rate data to which Mr. Norris said to-
day there was nothing Ia add.
Free listing of Photographic films used
| in moving pictures probably will be
recommended to the finance committee
| by the subcommittee in charge OF the
sundries schedule inc argument ts
| that % per cent of the films used IN
this country are manufactured by one
American concern
81. Gennert of New York today filed a
| brief asking that all Photographic films
( be free listed. on the ground that me
| Eastman Kodak Company has monopo-
~ OF the business. That cor - att n
! has been and is conducting it's ~ siness
| in films and other pho.og ap,l, goo
in violation of the Sherman anti-trust
law said Gennert.
The Eastman company has e. oil'
protesting against free Est.. i.ihs o.
| the ground that raw mater.as ale ust.-
able.
Special Tax on ToD..oe9.
! Senator Hitchcock OF Nebras stey
/ day introdu ed an antitrust Al a.itH, n
| to the bill which would .ety sse ad-
| ditional excise tax sid,ns ad-
uating scale upon manufact re 8 " to-
| bacco, garet ,es. cigars add snait. This
was in accordance with suggestions by
| Attorney General McReynolds
! Ii would levy a heavy AK on inanufac-
! turers producing more than sotnOUu
| p~undS of toaacNo or ~ d,hlJ lou IDS OF
| snuff annually. Senator nitch, ock esti-
| mated that the tax would atIec. only
| three tobacco companies, two or three
| cigarette companies and two cigar COM
| panies. 1t void begin as soon as q
| manufacturer control ed approximately -
per cent of the total production, and prob
| ably brinS the government Slo.uoHe z
year.
| Senator Borah has introduced Al
| amendment to the tariff bill witch would
| bar from entry "a / goods Manufactured
| wholly or n part by children under four
| teen years of age. or 10y children under
| sixteen years of age who are requ red 10
work more than eight hours ~ Or
more than forty-e gh; hours Week. IL
also would bar ali imports made wholly
| or in part by convict labor.