The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-10

main comes from Southern and Western
Representatives. The argument of the OPP
position may be briefly stated IN the words
plying to Mr.. Grout and Mr.. Tawney said:
You must make up your minds no5z or
make them up next December. which one
CT two courses you are in favor of-wheth-
sr first you want TO stamp out fraud; if Sc,
you will vote for the substitute We have
offered; or whether you want to stamp out
an industry. m which case you will vote
for the Grout bill.
The object of the GTout bill is to stamp
out an industry, and the Grout bill either
succeeds in stamping out an industry or else
it is absolutely Ineffective and does not ae-
compdsh its own purpose. The idea Jack
Of 1t is to make the manufacturer % oleo-
margarine too expensive for it TO be manu-
featured at all.
There is an effort in the Grout bill to
transcend and overcome the constitutional
SUaTalty-the indirect gUarsnty-of free
dom Of traffic between the States. This bill
woJ {. never have been considered for one
minute, and the committee never would
ha' e passed it. the committee would have
given It no serious consideration now, but
for the fact that all Of Us hold our Faces
at the behest Of constituents somewhere or
othsr''
The bill provides that all articles known
as oleomargarine butterine, imitation but
ter, Or imitation cheese, OF any substance
in the semblance of butter or cheese no..
the usual product of the dairy and not
made exclusively of pure and unadultera5e5
milk OF cream, transported into and State
or Territory, and remaining therein Ter
use, consumption, sale, or storage therein,
shall upon the arrival within the limits
OF such State or Territory, be subject to
the operation and effect Of the laws Of
ercise OF its police powers to the same
extent and ia the same manner as though
such articles or substances had been pro-
duced in such State or Territory, and shall
not be exempt therefrom by reason of be-
ing introduced therein in original pack
ages or otherwise: Provided, That nothing
in this act shall be construed 10 permit
any State TO forbid the manufacture or sale
Of oleomargarine in a separate and distinct
form and in such manner as viii advise
the consumer os its real character. free
from coloration or ingredient that causes
it 10 look like butter.
Section 2. That after the passage of this
act the tax upon oleomargarine as pre-
scribed in section of the act approved
August >. 1886. and entitled An set de-
hning butter. also imposing tax upon and
regulating the manufacture. sale, importa-
ton, and expectation of oleomargarine
shall be one-fourth of l per cent per pound
when the same is not colored IN imitation
OF butter, but when colored in imitation of
butter the tax to be paid by the manu-
facturer shall be 10 cents per pound to
be levied and collected in accordance with
the provisions of said act"
Provisions Of the Substitute
The most important of the provisions of
the substitute for the Grout bill are con-
tanned in the second section, which fcl-
lows:
That all oleomargarine shall be put I'D
by the manufacturer for sale in pac ka ges
Of one and two pounds. respectively. and
no other or larger or smaller package:
and upon every print, brick. roll or lump
OF oleomargarine, before being so put up
for sale or removal from the factory,
there shall be impressed BY the manrl-
facturer the word 'oIeomargarine" If
sunken letters. the size of which shall be
prescribed by regulations made by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue and ap-
proved by the Secretary of the Treasury:
that every such print, brick, roll, or lump
OF oleomargarine shall first be wrapped
with paper with the word -oleomargarine'
printed thereon in distinct letters, and
sad wrapper shall also bear the name OF
the manufacturer. and shall then be put
by the manufacturer thereof in such
wooden or paper packages OF in such
wrappers and marked, stamped and
branded with the word oleomargarine
printed thereon in distinct letters. and in
such manner as the Commissioner of In
terRal Revenue, with the approval OF me
Secretary Of the Treasury, shall prescribe,
and the internal revenue stamp sha III be
affixed 50 as to surround the outer wrap
per Of each one and two pound package
Provided, That any number of such oFigi-
nal stamped packages may be put up by
the manufacturer in crates OF boxes, 4
the outside of which shall be marked the
word 'oleomargaTine. with such other
marks and brands as the Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue shall, by reguia tons ap-
proved BY the Secretary Of the Treasury,
prescribe
4 favorable report on the Grout bill was
made to the House On May 81. by Mr. Hen
r. OF Connecticut, but minority report
was presented by the following members Of
the Committee on Agriculture: J. W Wads-
worth William Lorimer W J. Bailey. G.
H ,.-hite, John S. Williams, J. William
Stokes. and H. D. Allen
The report of the minority in part fol-
lows:
"In view of this testimony the minority
believe they are justified in claiming shat
the Grout bill. II enacted into law. would
destroy the business of the legitimate cleo
margarine manufacturers. In other words.
Congress IS being asked to ruin one INDUS
try TO benefit another; and this, in the
opinion Of the minority, is a thing Congress
ought not to do The minority believe it
is to Se class legislation Of the most pro
nounceG kind and would establish q pre-
cedent which, If followed would create mo-
nopolies, destroy competition, and initiate
against the public good.
THE substitute bill offered by the mi
nority would in our opinion, eliminate all
possibility OF fraud. and would compel the
of and dealers in oleomar-
garine to sell IL for what it really is and
not for butter The substitute offered is
practically an amendment TO sections and
s Of the existing OIeomargarine law. The
licenses for manufacture and sale of this
article are not changed and are as fol-
lows: Manufacturers, $500 per annum;
wholesale dealers, S4SG per annum; T6tail-
eTs, SIS per aRnuna. while the penalties i'm
posed for violations of the law are mate
rally increased.