New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-29
PROCEEDINGS Al ALBANY.
THE OLEoMARGARINE BILL DEBATED.
HOW THE FARMING INDUSTRY is INJURED-A RUL'
ING OF TIE sPEAKER QUESTIONED.

HOW THE FARMING INDUSTRY is INJURED-A RUL-
ING OF THE SPEAKER QUESTIONED.
ALBANY, March 2S.-The Senate to-day de-
bated for two hours the bill introduced last week by the
Committee on Public Health prohibiting the sale and
manufacture OF oleomargarine within the limits OF this
State There little opposition TO the BILL and the In
tensy OF feeling aroused by the sales Of oeo
margarine for butter shown by the measure being at
once ordered to third reading. Ordinarily measure OF
such importance would be considered for weeks before
put position to be passed the first time bills on
the order OF third reading were reached.
Mr. Low stated that committee at the outset had no
conception OF the extent to which food aduteraton was
practised half OF the sOcaed butter sold In this
state made hog fat and oils imported from France
and Italy colored by chemical substances and deodorzed
by soda and other chemicals OF 100 600 pounds
OF butter sold between I0.000000 and G000O00O were
bogus At present the State little grain the
being brought from the West. Nearly all OF the
375 900 farms In the State devote ed to stockrhsng
and dairy products One half OF the population OF the
State, he declared, derives its subsistence
directly from farms, and half OF the
remainder suosist indirectly farm industry.
Oemargarine has the price OF butter 10 cents
pound. involving loss OF S4OO0Oo0 to farmers and
cheese ! cent per pound, involving loss OF several
millions of dollars making total material loss of from
$1,000, 900 to $4,000 900 10 the state.
Mr.. Plmkitt opposed the section OF the bill approprl-
atng $4,000 to the state Dairymcns Association, 10
carry into execution the provisions OF the bill
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800 and $500 to $50 and 5000 respectively which was
adopted The bill also amended so AZ to provide
that Commissioner should be appointed by the GOV
enOr, with the advice and consent oI1he senate, 10 re
ceiye salary Of $4,000
The Speaker made another ruling to-day that caused
much adverse comment. On March Is iill passed
by the House permitting the dumping OF sawdu9 dye
stuiIs and other refuse into running streams IN Lewis
Oneida and Herdmer counties, which furnish monve MOI
power motion TO reconsider was made In tme ana on
Thursday of last week the bill amended
as 10 apply 10 the whole state. Tho bill went
to the Senate for concurrence On iues9ay S tiT I'm, o
recalled from the Senate, aud today MI. mum
moved 10 reconsider the votes by which 1t passed
Mr. BOyntOn raised point of order that under he rules
the motion reconsider could only be made WITHIN Two
DAYS after the passage OF bill. The Speaker decided
that the motion reconsider was in ORDER the bill beng
in the same condition as it mad been recalled rom the
the decision Of the chair was susta ned ny q
vote of Il to 81. Mr.. Hunt desired "a
amend the bill by exemptng the Black Rlver
the water OF which is used for drinking purposes
The motion TO reconsider was los-ayes, AZ; nays AZ
Mr.. Boynt0n said the decision that motion 10 recon
slider could be made more than two days after D wa.
passed opened TO blocking all legislation, ana was
adangerOus precedent. ~,
The annual appropriation bill received from the
Senate with amendments. The Assembly noiconcuIre red
In the amendments and conference cOmnlltee was
ordered to be appointed with request for llke com
as the House committee, Messrs. LittlelOhn, EdWln
O'Neil, e. w. johnson and Weloh.
The bill providing the reservation OF 80 per cent oil
the value OF contract work by the Controller OF the CITY
New York to be paid to such contractor ON or
the expiration OF thirty DAYS from the completion aug A
piration of the work, and Mr.. Van Aliens Dill providing
FOR the cancellation OF redeemed bonds and other secu
ties OF the sinking funds OF NewYOrk City, were passed
The House rescinded its action for session on Satufda!
and adjourned TO Monday night.
Mr. Roosevelt this morning, when asked In reference 70
the dispatch sent by him yesterday to MI EEsrs con
cerning the OF Speaker sheard on the Newl
reform bills replied that he the dispatch. While he
did not wish 10 be understood approving speaker
mast he was confident that speaker would henceforl
do all he could 10 further those bills