The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-26
HOUSE

HOUSE
WASHINGTON, May %. Springer, OF
Illinois, from the committee On Terri
tories. reported a bill to enable the
people OF Dakota TO form a constitution
and State government. Referred 10 the
committee of the whole.
Also adversely on the Senate bill for
the admission of the State of Dakota.
and for the organization of the Terri
tory of Lincoln. Referred to the COM
mIttee of the whole.
= Baker, of New York, filed minority
reports on both the measures.
Drew, of Arkansas from the COM
mittee on Pacific railroads. reported
bill 10 incorporate the Arkansas, New
Mexico & Pacific Railroad company.
Referred to the committee on private
calendar.
Maybury. of Michigan, from the COM
mittee on ways and means. reported
adversely the bill to carry into effect
the convention made between the
United States and Mexico. signed Janu-
airy Goth, 1885. Referred TO the commit
tee of the whole.
Hewitt, of New York, presented
minority report.
Randall, of Pennsylvania, submitted
a conference report on the urgent de
ficiency bill, and it was agreed to.
After a vain attempt 20 arrive at
some determination as to the order of
business to be pursued during the re-
mainder OF the week, the House went
into committee of the whole on the
oleomargarine bill.
Millard, of New York. gave his hearty
support to the bill and quoted statistics
to show the injury which manufacturers
of bogus butter had worked upon the ex-
portation of American dairy products.
Forbearance has ceased to be virtue.
The farmer could not successfully com
pete with the manufacturer of cleo
margarine. which can be made for
cents pound. Either oleomargarine
must go or the great dairy industry be
wiped out and utterly destroyed.
Cannon, of Illinois. had no scruple
about supporting the DILL. even though
i. were said that it did discriminate in
favor of one industry aud fagainst
another. No tax could be levied that
dii not discriminate in favor or against
some interest. and it was because this
bill did discriminate in favor of the
farmer that he gave the bill his ap-
proval. The census report showed that
practically half the people of Thu
country were engaged in agricultural
interests. while the protests against the
bill emanated from two or three great
lcentres where oleomargarine was
manufactured.
Hammond, OF Georgia. did not con-
tend that the bill was in itsef const tu-
tional. The man who voted for it be-
cause he wanted to raise the taxes
could cast an honest vote without vio-
latfng the Constitution, but the man
who did not vote for il to raise taxes,
but only to suppress one industry in
favor OF another one, prostitutrd the
taxing power of the Constitution to n
base purpose. He quoted from His
cock Speech in support OF the bill, and
from utteranees of Daniel Webster TO
the elect that the bill TO raise taxes was
all right. but the bill TO strike down an
industry for the benefit of another was
all wrong, and exclaimed: Choose We
this day whom ye will follow. God or
Baal, Webster or Hiscock."
Curtin, OF Pennsylvania, was in favor
of the bill which would provide for the
examination of the wholesomeness of
oleomargerine, but he was opposed TO
excluding that article of food from the
people and country by means OF taxa
ton.
Mr.. Killey also said he would not vote
an additional interest tar.
Mr.. Mills, of Texas, said Congress
had sought 10 destroy one industry to
| build up another.
Mr.. Frederick. of iowa. earnestly adj
vocated the bill. declaring that the oleo-
margarine business was only carried on
by means of deception and fraud.
Hepburn, OF Iowa, supported the bill.
He denounced the methods by which
oleomarganne found q market, declar-
ing that none of it was sold under its
proper name.
This declaration was earnestly denied
BY Mr.. Lawler, of Illinois, and col
loauy upon this point took place be-
tween the two gentlemen. in which MI.
Frederick took hand, with the ssser-
ton that Chicago was so used to fraud
that they wanted to palm il OF on the
whole country. (Laughter).
Mr.. Lawler did not relish this attack |
upon his city. and replied with the
declaration that Chicago was to-day
one of the heaithicst cities in the United |
States, that its death rate was less than
that of any other city in the United
States.
at went up little. the other day.. |
suggested Mr.. Reid. Not bit of il, :" re-
piled Mr.. Lawler. Mr.. Frederick re-
marked that the people of Chicago
could not afford TO die; they were too
devilish mean to die
Mr.. Strubbie suggested that the rea-
son was that thew knew they we're
going to hell and did not want 10 die on
that account. (Laughter.)
MI Henderson, of Iowa, said that the
farmers had to get fair play- in this
chamber and il it were not given, II
would be taken. 80
Pending further discTssion, the com
mittee arose and the House took 3 -