Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-08
0LE0 BILL PASSED.
Vote Stood 196sto % For the $i bE Grout Measure.
REVENUE REDUCTION BILL REPORTED


 Ways and Means Committee Agrees
 to SiO,O0O,GOO Decrease-The Most
 Annoying and vexatious of the War Taxes to Be Abolished.
 WASHINGTON. Dec S.-The house yesterday passed the Grout oleomarga- rinc bill by a vote of 196 to 92. The substitute offered by the mG,rity of the committee on agriculture, which imposed additional restrictions on the sale of oeo- margarine to prevent it's fraudulent sale as butter and increased the penalties for violators, was defeated by d vote of 1l3 to ITS.
 The bill as passed makes all articles known as oeomargarinc, butterinc. imi- taton butter or imitation cheese trans ported into any state territory for consumption or sale subject to the police power of such state territory, but pre- vents any state or territory from forbid ding the transportation or sale of such product when produced and sold free from colorution in imitation of butter. The bill increases the tax ole0mar- garine colored in imitation of butter from 2 to 10 cents per pound and dccreases the tax on olcOmargarinc uncUlored from cents to one quarter of cent per pound.
 Chairman Payne of the ways and means committee late in the afternoon submitted the report of that committee signed by all the Republican members ill favor of the bill reducing the war rev enue taxes about Si0,OO0,OOO. The re- port says in part:
 Tn making the reductions in the bill reported the committee have sought to remove the more annoying taxes ill the war revenue act by the entire abolition of those which were most veNatious and by a reduction of those which seem to have proved a great burden upon the several branches of trade to which they were applied
 The report then gives the changes ill detail, with estimated amount of reduc- tion. which has heretofore appeared. It continues:
 The , cent stamps on bank checks, certificates of deposit. drafts, postal money orders, etc, are very annoying to a large class of people. and much com plaint has been made to the committee, especially from the smaller towns and from farmers.
 Another source of annoyance has been the tax of 1 cent on express receipts and telegraph messages. There is no doubt but that this taxation has caused more widespread annoyance and trouble than anything else in the act. The committed, therefore, have stricken these taxes from the law. The tax on deeds and convey aNceS has been quite burdcnsomo i'll nu- mcrous instances. as well as the tax upoE insurance and leases The tax upon promissory notes and mortgages has been very oncrous upon the debtor class It has seemed to them that it was enough to pay interest without paying Il tribute to the government upon every transac- ton of this kind. These are the principal items ill amount that are stricken from the schedule. while the other taxes of like character arc small in amount and present an obvious reason for their re- peal"
 After giving the reductions in detail, aggro gatng $40. .OO0346, the report says:
 Tn making the foregoing reductions your committee believes that the bill goes as far as it is safe to go in reducing the revenue. They also believe that they have made the reductions so as to do away with the most annoying and vexatious taxes under the act and also to relieve such business as is best entitled to relief under all the circumstances. While gretting that they cannot at this time make report finally disposing of the war taxes. except such as congress may deem it wise hereafter to keep upon the statute book. yet they congratulate the country that they are able to report d bill strik- ing off 10 per cent of this kind of taNa- tion.'
 e Alr. Payne said that he would call up the bill in the house next Tuesday after the legislative bill is passed. No pro s-ramme for debate has been fixed
 No business of importance was trans acted by the senate yesterday in open session. Practically the entire Iegisl:- tive day was consumed by an executive session.
 The developments ill the senate in exec utive session in connection with the Hay Pauncefote treaty were:
 An agreement on the part of the sen ate to vote on the amendment offered by the committee on foreign relations pro yidin" for the policing of the canal Oil next Thursday at 5 c clock.
 An amendment was offered by Sena- tor Teller striking out the treaty pro- hibition against The fortitcation of the Nicaragua canal when constructed. -
 The conclusion of Senator Morgans speech.
 A speech by Senator Teller in opposi- tion to the treaty.