St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-12-12
GEN. CIRCUITS BILL PASSED.
The House DO Not Believe in Bogus
Butter.

Butter.
The entire session of the House Friday
was occupied with the debate on the
Grout oleoma rparine bill which passed
bv vote OF 1876 10 90 Party lines were
not drawn. In general it was the city
against the country, and the country
won. The bill as passed makes all arti-
Giles known as oleomargarine, butterine,
| i'm tatlOn butter or INIT alton cheese,
| transported into any state or territory
! for consumption or sale subject to he
| police power of such state or territory
forbidding the transpor atien or sale of
such product WHEN produced and sold
free from c0loratlon in imitation OF but
ter The bill increases the tax on olto-
margarine colored in limit alton OF butter
from to 10 cents per pound, and de-
creases the tax on oleOmargarine un-
colored from 2 cents to "A OF cent per
pound. Mr. Henry o. Connecticut, who
is in charge OF the measure, opened the
debate in its support
Mr., Wadsworth OF New York, chair
man o. Committee on Agriculture, who,
with 9th, r members of the committee
signed the minority report against the
Grout bll explained the subs itute
which the minority would offer tor it.
The author OF the bill, Mr.. Grout fol-
lowed in support Of the measure. twas
intended, he said, to prevent fraud upon
the people from which honest dairymen
were suffering in marketing their prod
uct. Last year 1O4,000,0O0 pounds of
oleomargarine were pr, duced, and it was
tair to say that 90 per cent Of this reached
consumers under the guise OF butter
Yellow, of all shades, was the natural
color of butter, by which it had been
known to the world ever since the time
WHEN Jael, wife of Heber, the Kennite,
brought it forth in a lordly dish" Mr.
Fleming asked if Mr. Grout would agree
to an amendment imposing a tax OF 10
cents pound on all art,fcially coored
butter. NO." emphaticallv replied Mr..
Grout. PERSONALLY would prefer not
to have any bu ter colored. But in any
event butter tells its own story and no
one can mistake it. Mr.. Grout exhibited
OF oeomargarine purchased
within the week iu Chicago and sold for
dairy butter. On the wrapping paper
was a faint impression of The word |
'Oleomargarine," printed on the corner
and cunningly hidden by being folded
over once or twice.
After short debate under the FIVE min
ate rule the substitute proposed by the |
OF the committee was defeated, |
l13 to 17S.
The Grout bill was then passed, 1913 to
-. 1t provides as follows:
That all articles known as oleomar-
yarne, butterine, imitation butter or
cheese or any substance in the
of butter or cheese not the |
usual product of the dairy, and not made |
exclusively of pure and unaduterated |
milk or cream, transported into any
state or territory or the District of Co.
umbia and remaining therein for use,
sale, or storage therein,
shall, upon the arrival in the limits OF
such state, or territory or the District OF
Columbia, be subject to the operation
md fleet of the laws OF such stare or Ter
itory or district Of CoIum bia, enacted IN
he exercise OF its police power rs, to the
amt extent and in the same III inner as
hOugh such articles or substance had
1t en- produced in such state or territory
n the District of Columbia, and shall
lot he exempt theretrom by reason of
icing introduced therein in original pack
-ges or otherw Sc F.; provided, that moth
ng in his act shall be construed to ptr-
MT any ST ate to Iorbid the manufacture
II salS OF olcomarg arne in a S, parateand
stinct form and IN such manner as will
dvise the COZ sumner of lis real character,
rec from colora'iun or ingredient that
auSrs it to luok like butter.
Section 2 That after the passage OF
his act the tax upon oeomargarne as
in section 8 Of the act ap-
roved Aug 2, 1886, and entitled An
ct defining Blu ter, 50 imposing tax
pon and regulating the manufacture,
ale, Importation and expectation OF
leomat garine, shall be one lou~th of
me cent per pound when the same is not
olored in imitation OF butter, but hen
Oored in imitation OF butter, the tax to
e paid by the manufacturer shall be 10
ents per pound, to be levied and col
scted in accordance with the provisions
i said act.
In the discussion and vote party lines
we're not drawn. In general it was the
lty against the country and the country
Won.