The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-08
Measure Aimed at Cleo Is Given
Heavy Majority.
THE VOTE Is 1876 TO 90
A MORE LENIENT SUBSTITUTE
FAILS TO CARRY.

u p3Ip2Ila FSdEHe 70 prevent It's fFaUQu=
lent sale as butter, and Increased the
penalties for violations, was defeated
b. a vote Of 1I3 to Us.
The bill as passed makes all articles
known as Oicomargarine. butterine. I'M
ftarton butter or imitation cheese,
transported into any state or territory
/ for consumption or sale subject to the
police power OF such state OF territory
/ but prevents any state OF territory
from fOrbidding the transpor. alton or
sale of such product when produced or
sold tree from cOloration in imitation
4 OF butter The bill increases the tax
, on oieOmargarine COlOTed in Imitation
OF butter from to 10 cents per pound,
ana decreases the TAX on Oleomargar-
4 Inc. uncolOreds from cents pound
TO a quarter Of a cent Der pound
A long ana interesting debate pre-
/ CeCed the vote, IN the course of which
1 those who favored the GrOut bill
claimed the additional tax on cOlored
OleOrnargariue was only effective rem
/ edy Tor preventing fraud upon the pub
lie, while those who opposed it con-
tended that fraud would be prevented
( by the substitute and that the real pur-
pose of the GrOut bill was to destroy
the oleOmaTgarine industry.
AlT. Henry Comm. who is in charge
of the measure, opened the debate in
rs "a 5ftt4 - nc EAA9ldiltQ TIE 1lILeS
of the 7 a. The increase of the tax on
colOred imitation butter, he said, the
majority of the committee on agricul-
ture believed was absolutely necessary
TO protect the dairy interests of the
country. ThirtF-two states already lad
absolutely forbidden the manufacture
or sale OF Oieon1argarine COiOTed in i'm
itation Of butter, he said and this face
proved -eeHcf1sfVely the policy Of a large
majority of the people against the eX-
istenCe of manufactured butter in cOun-
terfeit form. AIr. Henry went exhaust
lively into the figures as to the cost Of
the article TO show that. including the
payment of the present internal revenue
tax of > cents, 1t was not more than 10
cents peF pound. Mr.. Henry said the
increase Of the tax would prevent the
large profits which were the incentive
10 violate the laws of the state and
government and defraud innocent pur-
chasers. while the reduction of the tax
on oleOmarGaTIne in its natural COlUrS
would enable those who desired to con
sumo it TO procure il at a lower cost
than heretofore.
Takes DEPOSITS Side.
Mr.. Wadsworth N. ". chairman of
the committee on agriculture. who with
six o-.ler members OF the committee
signed the minority report against the
GrOut bill. asserted with emphasis mat
the minority were just as earnest in
their desire to prevent the fraud now
practiced in the sale of imitation but
ter as the majority could be. The only
difference was that the minority recog-
nized the value of oIeomargarine as a
wholesome and nutritious article of
food and entitled to a place as a food
product. In support o. this statement.
he read the testimony Of number of
scientific men, He charged that the
IA te -
bill was 70 destroy the fnanufserHre of
OieOmargarine. not to regulate It's sale.
The bill prepared By the minority. he
added would eliminate all possibility
of fraud, by compelling the sale of oleO-
margarine in original packages of one
or two pounds stamped with the word
"OleOmarga rine, and bearing the inter
nal revenue -GX stamp, and imposing
additional ana heavy penalties for vto-
latioR of she law.
Grout Defends His Bill
Mr.. Grout. in support of the bill de-
cIared that its purpose was to suppress
fraud in the sale of a food product by
preventing the colOTing Of oleOmar-
gaTine in imitation Of butter. Over le4.-
600 900 pounds Of OleOmaTEarine had
been manufactured and sold last year.
That VS. about One-ninth the total Of
the butrer consumption of The United
States.
Mr.. Grout produced figures TO show
that oieomargaTine cost less than 2
cents per pound ana was worked or on
The public by the retailer at from IS 10
80 cents per pound He gave pracJi-
cal illustration Of the manner in which
oleomargarine is solo by having
brought into the house a box full Of
packages of what looked like butter.
Each was wrapped in brown wrapping
paper The packages were. passed
around and after they had been ex-
amined Mr.. G-out defied anyone 10 tell
whether they contained butter or ole
onargine Then he turned up corner
of the wrapping paper, which had been
apparently CaTeleSSly folded down. and
displayed the printed sign, -OleomaT-
garinc.
Mr. Lorinler Un1 made a vigorous
speech ia opposition 10 the bill.
Mr.. Bailey (kan.) supported the suo-
siftute He said that laboriHg men
from all parts of tae country had pro
tested to the committee against the
CrouI bill.
Mr.. Crosvenor COJ opposed the GrOut
bin. which ne said. was designed 10
destroy one industry for the benefit OF
another, He said that II the mdnutae-
ture OF oleomargarine was Destroyed,
as the bill would destroy il. the cost or
butter would increase % per cent 10 the
labOring man.
Mr. Lamb lAla.) and Davidson (Wis.).
supported The bill.
Mr.. Tawney CMinn), who has been
closely identified with the proposed leg
islatiOn closed the debate with speech
IN favor of the Gr0ut blll
An amendment was adopted provid-
ing r1at the act should go into effect
July 1. 1891.
Mn. Galley CTex) closed the debate
against the biz. He contended that the
pretense OF the bili-that IT was 20 pre-
vent fraud-Was itself a fraud.
Mr.. WadsWorth N. ", on behalf
of the minority of the cOmmittee, then
offered the substitute prepared Dy the
minority The substitute was dsfeated
1l3 TO rs The bin was then uassed,
1876 TO 81.
Vote Against the Bill.
Those voting in the negative We're
Aldrich, Allen fky.), Allen CHissD,
Atwater. Bailey CEan.D. Bailey 'TeK),
Bail. Bankhead. BarthoidL Bartlett.
BeIIamy. Boutene HllsD. Brtntley
fFa1 BrOmwell. Broussard 0aD.
Burke CTeXJ, Burkescn. Burnett Bur
ton. Carmack. Catchings, Clayton
Cowherd. Cummings Cussack. Davis.
Degraffenreid, Finley, Fleming, Foster.
Fowler Fox. Gaines. Gayle, tiriggs
fGaD. Grosvenor, Hawley. Hay, Hedge,
Hendy fMiss.1. Henry tFex.e John
stone. Joy. KHchin, Kieberg, Lehman,
Lassiter, Latfmer, Lester, Lewis Lin
ney, Litele, Livingston, Long. LurimeT.
Loud, lowering, Met 1ellan. McCuilOch.
McDermott. Mann, McClain. McRae,
aphen. Noonan. Pearce (Mo.t, Pierce
ITenn9. Randall Rhea C<y0, Rhea