The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-06
PRINT paper IS
Still WORRYING
THE COMMITTEE
Subdivision Considering the
Wood Pulp Schedule Seeks
More knowledge.
COUNTER VAILING
DUTY IS OPPOSED
John Norris of New York Declares II
Would Work Against United States
Manufacturer or Consumer-some
Representatives Urged Such Steps.

Washington, June s.-seekinx more
u8ht on the print paper question the
senate subcommittee considering the
wood pulp schedule Of the Underwood
Dill conferred with John Norris Of New
York. chairman Of the committee on
publishers association.
| Print paper costing not over two
and half cents pound is put on
the free list in the Underwood bill,
but representatives Of paper manu-.
facturers. appearing before the senate
committee. urged countervailins
outy because Of the Canadian restric-
tion OF pulp woods. The sub-commit-
Mr.. Norris opposed any countervail.
ing 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.
Only Three Affected.
Companies Of ordinary size would
not be subject to this tax because 1t
does not apply to a production below
S0,00O.000 pounds Of tobacco or 4,0O0,-
600 pounds Of snuff q year, 80 that
OF the 400 tobacco companies in the
countyr. probably only three would
be affected, and Of the seventy-three
oAauA SOIuQ6 MES alSO OHM SnF4A WnNIn
be taxed.
In. the matter of cigarettes the tax
would only, fall on two or at most
three companies out Of 47s and Of the
10000 cigar companies only two have
q product large enough to be taxed.
Seventy. million dollars was the
amount OF the total excise last year
on tobacco products and Senator
hitchcock has estimated that II the
nRNfAARAA kA No
years business the foreign trust
concerns" would have paid the addi-
tional tax as follows:
american Tobacco company. 81.
5000 Liggett and Mayors, $780,
000: Lorillard company, $4,000:
Amertcan Snun company, $4,000:
George w. Helme company, 36s,0o0;
Weiman ID Burton, company, $5l, 900.
] " 4, cte slv1usu Have Been Taxed. -
) ~ fisrs .aisp you'd have been other
companiAt ,S6 bect this tax Ne n
could III shd1h thatsf6sy were Under
the sAme ownership Vrscontrol al any
q the, bts companies, 3. said Senator
Hitochcock. "and in the case Of the
Lordllard company, It would be sub
3ect to much higher rate Of taxation
II It could be shown that It ts owned
or controlled by the. same interests
that are back Of any other company.
Would Reach $4,000, 900.
{ It Is probable. therefore. that th,s
tax n the aggregate would reach
$4,000 a year. which is so large that
It would soon cause a. real dissolution
OF the tobacco trust. II 1t did not it
would yield q handsome revenue to
the treasury and SO handicap the
trust 80 that it could not carry out
its program in crossing independent
companies.
The government already has the
machinery to enforce this tax. To-
obacco and SNUFF manufacture in ali
forms is under complete government
control The power to tax to the point
Of destruction is unquestioned. It ia
summary. simple and irresistible. II
It succeeds in this line Of manufac-
ture II may succeed in. others"
Attorney. General McReynolds went
to the capitol and had an extended
conference with Senator Simmons.