The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-05
IF YOU READ THIS
You VIII Know What ssFiIled
Cheese" Is,
That the PaDers Have Been Full
Of For Weeks.
1T is THE VARIETY
Of Cheese That Tastes Like
Cottonwood Block,
COIored YelIOW-Perhaps You
Get 1t Where You Board.
Congress Has Passed a Law
CALCULATING Tt.
That the Papers Have Been Full
OF For Weeks.
r is THE VARIETY

WASHINGTON. June 5.=The senate had
one Of the busiest sessions Of this con-
gress today. Late in the day, the filed
cheese bill was passed as it came from
the house, by a vote Of 81 to 10, thus
completing the legislation on this sub
ject. The measure is analogous to the
oleomargarine law. The bill defines
filled cheese to embrace all sub
stances made Of milk or skinned milk
with the admixture Of butter, animal
oils or fats, vegetables or any other oils
or compounds foreign to such milk and
made in imitation or semblance OF
cheese"
Manufacturers of filled cheese are
taxed $500 annually, wholesale dealers
$3.50 retail dealers So In addition 10
these taxes the product 1tself IS taxed
one cent per pound and imported hlI-
ed cheese is taxed cents per pound IN
addition to import duty. Ut is provided
that filled cheese shall be packed by
the makers in wooden packages only
and branded with the words filled
cheese ia black faced letters not less
than two inches in length 1t is also
provided that all retail and wholesale
dealers in filed cheese shall display IN
a cons icuOus place in their sales room
a sign bearing the words filled cheese
sold here in black letters not less than
six inches in length, upon a white
ground.
Several efforts to add tariff amend
TnGnL5 TO the OH We're QGL1IALGl All
amendment by MIR. Stewart. Nevada
for tax OF 10 cents per pound on wool
was laid on the table, 32-l4- Another
amendment by Mr. Lindsay repeating
the One-eighth deherential duty on
sugar was tabled. 31-16.
After the disposition Of the cheese
bill an animated contest occurred over
Alr- Lodges motion to take up the Inn
migration bill.
The controversy over the number Of
battleships remains open. Mr. Quay
motion from the senate to recede from
its amendment reducing the NUMBER OF
ships from four to two, being defeated,
II to %.
The senate also defeated. II to 81. a
motion by Mr.. Lodge to recede from its
amendment relating to sectarian Indian
schools.
An unsuccessful effort was made by
Mr. Gear. chairman Of the committee
on Pacific railroads, to have the eighth
day of next session fixed for the hear
ing of the bill funding the Pacific rail-
passed for scientific Inquiry into the
seal life in Behring sea.
Mr.. West spoke in opposition to the
filed cheese bin. He said the oleOmarg-
arine law had turned out to the benefit
of AIessrs. Nelson. Norris and Armour
who added the OIeOmargarine tax to the
product sold to poor people, and this
law would operate in the same way.
Mr. Vest proposed two amendments,
viz: That the measure should not be
taken to extend the police power Of the
with the police power of the states and
that Skinned cheese made from
skim milk be included with filed
cheese
Mr.. Sherman urged that the bill was
designed to stop an obvious fraud.
Mr.. White Dem, Cal.) asked what
had become of certain proposed amend
ments covering wool and the Dingley
bill
Let me inform the senator inter
jected Mr.. Mitchell CRep., Ore) that 7
intend to offer as an amedment the
Dingley bill, pure and simple, without
the change of a dot"
THAT is interesting" unused Mr.
White, and I would like to know how
the senator from Ohio Sherman ex-
poets to vote on the Dingley BILL
Mr.. White then turned his attention
to opposing the cheese bill.
Speeches We're made in favor Of the
bill by Senators Gear of Iowa, Villas Of
Wisconsin and Chandler of New Hamp-
shire. Mr. Chambers sarcasm stirred
up considerable confusion, during which
he had several rapid colOquies with
Senators Vest, Villas, Mills. Smith and
others
Mr. Smith asked if Republican sen
ators We're united on the bill
''The Republican party is somewhat
dilapidated," responded Mr.. Chandler,
but by no means So much 50 as the
Democratic party We on this side of
the chamber do not flock together as
I tremendously as we ought to do and
we are continually deranged by the
/ presence Of these POpulists on this
/ side"
An amendment by Mr.. Vest stating
4 that the bin was for revenue and not
4 for police purposes was tabled, yeas 81,
nays IA.