Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-30
CIRCUIT BILL TO PASS
That Is What the Enemies OF
OIeon1argarine Expect This
Session of Congress.
WOULD KILL THE oLEo INDUSTRY,
the Coioring ofthe Product
Text of the Measure.

Washington, May 30.-After an ex-
citing contest lasting many months
| the advocates of the Grout bill Placng
an almost prohibitive tax on oleomar-
garine and like imitation buffers sue
ceeded yesterday in having that meas
ure fayOrably reported from the house
committee Oh agriculture. The vote
was 10 TO in favor OF the bin. The
opposition to the measure had taken
form in a substitute providing add
tional safe guards against the fraudu-
lent sale Of oleomargarine. but not go
ing TO the extent Of the GrOut bill.
The vote Oh the substitute was tir$t
taken, and il was defeated-.S To O. An
effort was then made 10 amend the
circuit bin by including within its re
strictiOns old rancid butter, known AZ
renovated butter. The friends Of the
GrOut bill resisted all change and de
feated the amendments to q. The
bill was then favOFabiy acted upon by
the following vote: Yeas-Henry. Bak
er, COnnell, Wright. Haugen, Dahlc.
Lamb, Neville. Cooney, Gordon-lO.
WadSwOrth. LOrimer. White.
Bailey of Kansas. Williams Of Missis-
sippi, Stokes and Allen.
Puts OIeo Under state Law.
The bill as reported is as follows:
That all articles known as oleomar
garine. butterine, imitation butter, or
imitation cheese, or any substance in
abe sem Alliance of butter or cheese not
the usual product of the dairy and nor
made exclusively of pnre and unadul-
tered milk or cream, transported into
any state or territory and remaining
therein for use, consumption, sale or
storage therein. shall upon the arrival
-. Il.
tory he subject tn the operations and
effect OF the laws Of such state or ter
ritory. enacted IN the exercise of its
police powers. To the same extent and
I'm the same manner as though such
articles or substances had been pro
duccd in such state or territory. and
shall not be exempt therefrom by Tea-
son of being introduced therein in orig
inal packages or otherwise. Provided.
that nothing in this act shall be con
Strued to permit any state to forbid
the manufacture or sale of. oleomar-
garine in Il separate and distinct form
and in such manner as will advise the
consumer Of its real character, free
from celebration or ingredient that
causes 1t to look like butter.
where the Prohibition Comes In.
"Section -. That after the passage
of this act the tax upon olcOmargarine
a prescribed in section s OF the act
approved Aug. =. 1886, and entitled
An Act Defining Butter: also ImpoS
ing Tax upon and Regulating the
Manufacture. Sale, Importation and
Expectation of Oleolnargarine.
shall he onc-fourth OF cent
per pound when the same *
not colored in imitation of butter: hut
when colored in imitation of butter the
tax TO be paid 10y the manufacturer
shall he 10 cents per pound. to be
levied and collected in accordance
with the provisions OF said act"
Hope to Pass 1t This Session.
There will he majority and minor
ty reports submitted. After their sue
cess yesterday the friends OF the bill
expect to urge the matter to speery
consideration before the the house, in
hope of securing action in one or both
branches Of congress at this session,