Show Not I Backing in iii Tobacco Taxing Washington lon June 6 In G.-In In view lew of or the Idea that Attorney General proposal for tor a n. graduated tax on the output of or tobacco was ho ito expression of or a n. new now policy on the theart art lari of the Wilson administration to trust evils White House of- of tonight disclaimed that any general gentral gen gen- eral policy had been discussed or adopted The proposal of ot the attorney general 5 was d described as a suggestion offered on Its merits for discussion and bearing neither approval al or disapproval al of at the thc administration when broached to tile the Senate finance committee for consider consideration as UI an nn amendment to the pending tariff bill The attorney general according to White While House House officials wa was convinced on l liy y a of prominent independent tobacco manufacturers that their condition condition con COO In competition with the called so-called tobacco trust was steadily growing moro morn hopeless because the UtA decree or ordering or- or dering the dissolution of oC the trust had hadnot hadnot not brought genuine competition i I Now York Juno June 6 Sixteen 6 Sixteen n hundred Independent tobacco dealers In New JeW NewYork NewYork York and New Nan Jersey have hare requested Attorney General to re reopen reopen roopen ro- ro open the dissolution suit against the American Tobacco com company pan according to announcement today h hv Henry 1 Hunter Blunter their counsel Mr tir Hunter added that the local l independents had the tho support and operation co of Independent mile Inde pendent organizations in Boston Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land larl Chicago Minneapolis Salt bait Lake Lak Butte Hutto San Francisco Los Angeles and New Orleans Inquiry among amonI the local tobacco dealers resulted in tat statements ments that the they were cre In no noVa Va way connected with any action action ac ac- ac tion against the American tobacco trust truet Doth Both 0 O G G. Hemenway a of Hemenway Moser and D D. R. R Lewis of or the StickneY i Cigar company compan denied h any I knowledge of ot any s such eh action j i |