Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-06-06
Progressive Amendment Intro
duced by Senator Hitch
cock at Suggestion Of Attor-
ney General McReynoldS,
SMALL COMPANIES NOT
SUBJECT TO PROVISION
Buah Would Bar From This
Country Products Of Labor
Of Children Under Fourteen
Years Of Ace,

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Washington. June t.ln accord
with suggestions of Attorney General
McRcynolds. Senator Hitchcock ~
Nebraska today Introduced an anti
trust amendment to the Underwood
tariff hiii ahich would levy special
additional excise tax ON sliding or
graduated scale upon manufactures
Of tobacco, cigars cigarettes and
snuff The amenGncnt. comns from
democratic member win receive
thorough consideration from tho H.
nancial committee.
Tho progressive cxciso bill pro-
posed would not reach manufacturer
until he controlled about % per cent
of tho total production OF the articles
over that amount he would he taxed
in q raising scale on tobacco, one cent
pound for the first million pounds
per quarter two cents "a pound for
the second million pounds and 20 on
up 10 SIX cents "A pounu. These grad
lunted taxes would be In addition 10
the regular eight cents a pound tax
that all manufacturers pay ON tobacco.
The same is true of the progressive
tax ON cigars. cigarettes and snuff
Companies of ordinary size would
not ho subject To this tax because u
does not uppiy to q production below
eighty million pounds of tobacco or
four million pounds of snuff "A year,
So that of the 300 tobacco com-
panica ln a. t.Natry probably only
three would be affected and Of the
~ SNUFF companies only three would
ho taxed In tho matter Of cigarette
the tax would fan only On iva or
three companies ont OF as ami OF
t the 10000 cigar companies only TWO
Ihavc production large enough to be
taxed.
seventy millions Of dollars was the
iamuunt of the total excise last year
on tobacco products and senator
Hitchcock has estimated that II the
proposed tax had been levied on last
years business "the former trust con-
Germs" would have paid Tie additional
! taN as follows
american Tobacco COMPANY ST.
200 000. Liggctt q Meyers $1,000
600. Lorillnrd coo $4,000, Amerl-
can suufi company s7Hoo0' George
W. Heme CO.. s6a,000; Wcyman x
Iiurton CO. Sb1 ,000.
There would also have been other
companies subject To this tax if It
could be shown that they were under
the samc ownership or control of any
of the big companies. said senator
hA
OF Iorillard company II would be
subject 10 q much higher rate of tax
alton il II could be shown that II IL
owned or controlled by the snme in-
terests that are back Of any other
company II Us probable. therefore,
that this tax in the aggregate would
reach Si5.0O0.00O a year which is so
large that II would soon cause q real
dissolution Of the tohucca trust. "
il did not II would Yield handsome
revenue to the treasury ana so nan
Gicap the trust that 1t could not carry
ont It's program of crushing ndopend-
cnt companies.
"The government already has the
machinery to enforce this tax. To-
hacco and snuff manufacture In all
forms. Is nndcr complete government
control Tho power to tax TO the
point of destruction is unquestioned.
II is summary simple and frcfsi-
able IT it succeeds in this line of
manufacture II mny succeed IN
others"
senator Borah introduced 40
amendment to the tariff bin which
would bar from entry All goods man-
ufactured wholly or IN part by chill
dren undcr fourteen years of age, or
hN children under sixteen yenrs Of
age. who are required TO work more
than eight hours Il Gay or more than
As hours week II also would bnf
Tan imports made wholly or in part
lv convict labor