New-York tribune., 1900-05-09
DAIRY INTERESTS WIN.
INFORMATION REGARDING MANUFACT-
URE OF OLEOMARGARINE CALLED
FOR BY THE HOUSE.
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Washington. May S.-By vote of 81 to 1$S the
House of Representatives to-day refused to lay on
! the table the resolution requesting the Secretary
! of the Treasury to furnish statement showing
| the amounts and kinds of ingredients used in the
manufacture OF oleomargarine in the year ended
| June go 1929. and also in the month of December.
| 1899 and the resolution then passed without a
division. The adverse recommendation of the Ways
and Means Committee. which was unanimous ex-
| cept for the dissent of two of it's members-Mr.
| Tawney. of Minnesota. and Mr.. Dollver, of Iowa
| was based on the opinion that the nforma ton
sought could not be disclosed by the Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue VINO is its official custodian.
without violation of law which would make him
haoie to criminal prosecution and punishment by
fine and Imprisonment. and this view of the case
was presented with much force and ability by Mr..
Dalzell of Pennsylvania. who. the spokesman n
of the Ways and Means Committee. made the ad-
verse report on the resolution. This view
taned by the votes of twenty-five Republicans and
ffty-seven opposition members OF the House The
contrary view expressed in the votes of eighty
Republicans and ffty-sx opposition members II
the matter had been left to the Republicans alone
the resolution would have been adopted by a vote
of more than three to one and IL it had been left
to the opposition alone the resolution would have
been defeated.
Despite Mr. Dalzell's vigorous effort to have the
question considered and decided solely as legal
proposition. that followed either
in the half hours debate in the subsequent
spurious butter was sharply and clearly drawn.
The representatives of dairy districts voted solidy
Tor the inquiry. as did a good many other members
who were opposed to paying butter prices for oIeo-
margarine victims of deception and misrepre-
Sentation. The latter did not and do not contend
that oieomargarine is healthful article of
food. or that any person who chooses prefers 1t
should be deprived of the privilege of buying and
eating 1t; but they do contend that those who pre-
fer butter shall not be cheated into buying oleo-
he of btItfa
prevented.
In the course of the debate Mr. Tawney produced
the patented formulas for the manufacture of oleo-
margarine, and then exhibited big chunk of stear-
Inc, a substance unfit TO be taken into the human
stomach, large quantities of which, he asserted
are used in the manufacture of oleoma rgarine al
though the name Of that article does not appear
in any patented published formula as a COM
ponent of that product.
Nearly all the members who represent cotton
growing districts to stife the inquiry on the
ground that it would be a blow to the cottonseed
oil industry. OF course this Is denied by the rep
resenatives of the dairy interests. who and
profess to know that the proportion of cottonseed
ingly small both actually and relatively; and theg
Iurher assert that the proportion and quantity OF
which enter into the manufacture are also reia-
Of the and OF
are Th aeieteIious are unquestionably large.
skirmish preliminary to general assault on the
dhishonest dealers who sell oeomargarne under
manufacturers of the commodity who encourage
Il fn m [9 90 So on he part of the dary interests
unfair and dishonest competition. and the part
who sell spurious article for the genuine
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