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Show A meeting ol the big tobacco mnnu-facturera mnnu-facturera was held here this week for the purposo of making arrangeroeiita to bring pressure to bear upon Congress in favor of the restoration of tho tax on leaf tobaccowheneoldln small qunntltlca. A Congressman who representa n tobacco tobac-co growing district said ol this move: "Theso manufacturers, nearly all of whom are rich or else rapidly growing so are actually envious of tho plcajune traffic In leal tobbacco that ia corrled on by the amallgrowcra of the leaf. They think that if a tax waa put upon the natural leaf it would cause those who now buy the noturoHeal because It can 1 be bad a little cheaper to buy tho man- 1 ufactured artlclo." |