Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-07
.BRATTLEB0R0 LOCAL.
CONGRESSMAN HASklNS THE
AUTHOR.
He and Not Tawney Of Minnesota
Wrote the New Important Section Of
the Oleomarearn Bill.
Editor The phoenix:

the Oleomargarine Bill.
Editor The Phoenix:
Dear Sr:-In looking over the Montpe
lier Waterman of this week | discovered
"A brief editorial having reference to the
| oleomargarine legislation from which l
make the following extract:
ITO Representative Tawney of Minneso-
Ia is due the credit of a very important
amendment to the Henry bin which Is in
tended to take the place of the Grout bill
for the regulation of the sale of oleomar-
garne. Mr.. Tawney secured the insertion
of provision in the bill by which any
person coloring oleomargarlne and selling
the colored product to another will be re-
Earded as manufacturer and be sub
jected to the same conditions"
Mr. Tawney is not entitled to receive
the credit of the amendment above refer
red to- which clause of the bill is as fol-
lows: Sec. 2. That the first clause of sec
ton three of an act, entitled, IAN act de-
fning butter. also imposing a tax upon
and regulating the manufacture, sale, i'm
portation, and expectation of olcomarga-
rine," be amended by adding thereto. after
the word, "oleomargarnc, at the end of
said clause, the following words
And any person that sells. vcnds, or
furnishes olcomargarine for the use and
consumption of others, except to his own
family and guests thereof without com
pensation, who shall add to. or mix with
such oleomargarne an ingredient or
coloration that causes IL to look like but
ter shall also be held to be a manufactur-
er of oleomarEarine, within the meaning
of said act and subject to the provisions
thereof"
ON the 18th inst. the committee on aEr-
culture visited tho ,nanufactorv of the
standard butterine romDanv located about
| two miles Northeast of the Capitol and
| within tho District of Columbia. where we
witnessed the manufacture of oleomarga-
| rine from its first 10 its last stage of pro-
| duction. This factory has an output Of
about 700 600 mounds per month and nearly
all of its entire product is colored in imi-
tation of hutter
In order to demonstrate how the pro-
| visions of the several bills then pending
| before the committee might be evaded bv
retail dealers proprietcrs of hotels. res
| taurnnts and riding houses who desir
| ed TO Mace before their guests the coIored
| article in imitation of butter one of the
| employes took a cake of uncolored oleo-
| margarine and with the aid of a wooden
| paddle and n small quantity Of anotto
ana after n,anipulatinp II for n few mo-
| ments If had the semblance of yellow but
| ter. and this was done while I'm a cold
| state
| After the hearing had been closed the
| members of the committee who We're
| friendly ia the nroposed oleomnrga rina
| LEGISLATION cot topether and apuointed n
| siib-c on1rnittee Of which was "A member
| with instructions to take the six several
| hills which were before the committee
| and write out "a substitute tpon which we
| could all stand shoulder TO shoulder in
support of to be reported to the fun com
| ,nittae tho next morning at ten o'clock
| That evening re-drafted the bill in
sertinp therein the aforesaid second sec
| tion and I aid that without any sugres-
tions from Mr. Tawnev or any other
| member Of the House. excent those Of orr
| committee who were agreed that n t,ro-
| vision Of this kind ought to be incorporat-
| cd In tho hin
| We mot toqetber tho nex+ r,,orninp al
| o.,5 o,clocls I road nv draft n Tho ,nern-
! hers present and the first section which
| is that of the original Grout bill re-iutro-
duced by Mr. McCIearv also being the
! first section of the Tawnev hin and the
/ Harry brI which had the word "vellov,'.
| added was agreed lpon.
| The second section which was written
| nv myself word for word as before stat
! ed was also adopted without a dissenting
! vote
! Tbe third s.ctiou was ra-droftad hv Mr.
! Smith of Michigan and Mr. Grof az mi
nnis and that was odonted and this is
! Win but , sligbt cbanga In ito nhrosaoi-
| orv the second section Of the Grout hill
as re-introduced hv Mr. NcCIearv and
I Mr. Henry OF Connecticut
| The commissioner of internal revenue
| had found II somewhat difHcult to enforce
the provisions Of the law having reference
! ~ vholesoIe dealers in ELECTROMAGNETIC
| keepinr hooks and rendering returns to
| hin, which hooks were IN he omen ar all
! times for irsnection 70 anv internal rove
! mo oaBcer or AGENT for tho Reason maj
! no ,,a,a,ty We irc,,rr,d for ron-cornrIi-
ance herewith. This was section Al of the
| NcKinle, hin annroved October lst 1Sqa
ye agreed IN ada thereto n clause nrovid-
inc a nenoItv for non-comnliance 7 die
tated the wordinq Of maj cIouse and II