The age-herald., 1900-12-08
10 CENTS POUND TAX Considerable Objection Raised
 But to No Avail
 WILL HURT COTTON OIL MILLS
Mir. Grout Claimed That 1t Will Do Much Towards Helping the Dairy Interests of the country-The
 Vote Was 198 to 42.

Washington, December 1.-The House to- day passed the Grout oleomargarine bill by a vote of 19S to 92.
 The substitute offered by the minority of the committee on agriculture, which im- posed additional restrictions on the sale of oleomargarine to prevent its fraudulent sale butter and increased the penalties for violations, was defeated by a vote of 113 to IFS.
 The bill makes all articles known as oleomargarine, butterine, imitation butter or imitation cheese, transported into any state or territory for consumption sale, subject to the police power of such state or territory, but prevents any state or ter ritory from forbidding the transportation or sale of such product when produced and sold free from coloraton in imitation of butter. The bill increases the tax on oleo- margarine colored in imitation of butter from two to ten cents per pound, and de- creases the tax on oleomargarine uncolored from two cents to two and a quarter cents per pound.
 Under the arrangement made yesterday the Grout oleomargarine bill, which was postponed to allow the army reorganization bill to be disposed of, came up for consid- eration in the House immediately after the reading of the journal.
 The bill makes all articles known as oleomargarine, butterine or immitation cheese transported into any state or ter ritory subject to the polce powers of such states or territory. It increases the tax on manufactured butter colored in imita- tion of butter from to 10 cents per pound and decreases the tax on manufactured butter uncolored from two to one quarter of one cent per pound.
 An attempt was made to reach an agree ment for final vote this morning, but 1t failed.
 Henry Opened the Debate.
 MT. Henry of Connecticut. who Is in charge of the measure, opened the debate in its support He explained the feature of the bill. The increase of taxes on colored imitation butter, he said, the majority of the committee on agriculture believed was absolutely necessary to protect the dairy in- terests of the country.
 4. MT. Wadsworth of New York; chairman of the committee on agriculture, who, with six other members of the committee, signed the minority report against the Grout bill explained the substitute which the minority would offer for 1t. MT. Wads- worth charged that the purpose of the sup porters of the Grout bill was to destroy the manufacture of oleomargarine not to regulate its sale
 MT. Grout of Vermont, the apthor of the bill, at this point assumed charge of the measure and spoke in support of it. He de- clared that the purpose of the bill was to suppress fraud in the sale of a food product by preventing the coloring of oeomarga- rne in imitation of butter.
 The cause of the enormous amount of fraud and the illegal selling of oleomarga- rine, he said, was due to the great profits derived from the sale of the imitation be- cause of its absolute counterfeit of butter. He said that, including the payment of the present internal revenue tax of cents the cost of making oleomargarine was not more than 10 cents per pound
 MT. Wadsworth of New York, chairman of the committee on agriculture. who, with six other members of the committee, signed the minority report against the Grout bill, asserted that the minority were SssA >tA -s~~~--t = a<ss tnEfEe ta ,ssyart -sie rrers4r now pract1ced in the sale of mi= tation butter as the mapority could be. The only difference was that the minority rec ognized the value of oleomargarine as a wholesome and nutritious article of food and entitled to a place as food product. In support of his statement he read the testimony of a number of scientific men. He charged that the purpose of the sup porters of the Grout bill was to destroy the manufacture of oleomargarine, not to reg ulate it's sale.
 Would Eliminate Fraud.
 The bill prepared by the minority, he added, would eliminate all possibility of =