The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-04

food. although he confessed that prior
TO the pending debate his prejudlces had
been against the product The measure
was defective i'm some particulars, In his
judgment, and he advocated the adop-
ton OF some amendments he had pro-
posed.
one of his objections 10 the measure
was that IL placed every family In the
land under the espionage OF government
officers. and one OF his amendments was
amendment provided that no artifi-
cial coloring should be used in the manu-
facture OF oleomargarine. As the bill
stood, he pointed out. no oleomargarlne
could be manufactured with ingredients
that would impart yellow cast TO the
product
upon the BILL replying. briefly 70 some
of the points made by Mr.. Spooner.
MOTION WAS LOST.
At o'clock Mr. Scott CIV ya.) moved
that the bill be recommitted 10 the com.
mittee. His object was, he said, that
the measure might be perfected, because
az II stood II was unsatisfactory TO many
senators. The motion was lost-J5 10
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich. Bacon. Bailey,
Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Garmack; Clark
Dryden. Dubois. Foster QLa.), Gibson.
Heitfed. Jones (NevD. McEnery. Mcl.au-
rim (Miss). McLaurin Is. CO, Mallory
llns Scott Simmons. Stewart. Taliaferro,
Teller. Turner, Vest, Wellington, wet
more--S5.
Nays-Messrs. Allison. Burnham. Bur
rows, Burton. Clapp, Cullom, Deboe, Diet
rich. Dillingham; Fairbanks, Foraker,
Foster tWash.l. Frye, Gallinger Gamble
ley Kean. Kearns, Kittredge, Lodge, Nc
Comas, McCumber. Mcmillan, Mason,
Mitchell, Nelson. Penrose. Perkins. Platt
Comm ,IPritchard, Proctor ouarles'
Mr. Spooner said that Il was idle to
suppose that the present Federal or state
laws on the subject OF oleomargarine had
been effective. In fact, the existing Fed
eral law really had been an aid In the
defrauding OF the consumer. Mr.. Spooner
maintained that congress had the power
which IL frequently had exercised. To levy
a tax upon an article not merely for rev.
enue. but for the general public welfare.
| He instanced as a tax or that KIND inc
tax OF $40 pound upon opium used Tor
smoking and the tax placed upon lottery
| tickets IL was manifest. he contended
that those taxes were not levied for the
purpose OF raising revenue, but expressly
| for another and clearly evident purpose.
| Mr. Harris CkasD then offered his
amendment placing tax OF 10 cents a
| pound on aduterated butter and a tax
OF one-Guartcr OF a cent a pound on pro-
cess or renovated butter. and providing
regula tlons for the collection Of the taxes
II was adopted--44 TO 26.
MR. VESTS CHARGE.
Mr.. Vest declared the bill was not In
| tended as a revenue measure, and he
| challenged any senator 20 say that II was.
| The measure. he said. was simply parlia-
mentary assassination OF one industry by
| another
The verbal amendments suggested by
Mr.. Foraker earlier in the session were
adopted.
An amendment offered by Mr. Harris
was agreed TO, providing that wholesale
dealers who vend no other oleomargarine
or butterine except that on which tax
| OF one-fourth OF n cent "a pound is LAID.
shall pay $500, and retail dealers. OF the
same. -.
Mr.. Money. on behalf Of the minority Of
| the committee on agriculture. offered a
substitute for the bill. it was rejected
| - 10 30.
The bin as amended then was passed
| 80 20 81 the detailed vote being as follows:
Neas-Messrs. Allison. Burnham. Bur-
rows. Burton. Clapp Cockrell Cullom,
| Deboc. Dietrich. Dillingham;. Fairbanks,
Foraker. Foster Cwash1. Frye, Galiinger.
| Gamble. Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough. har-
| riS Hawley. kean. Kearns. l<ittrcdCe.
| Lodge McComas McCumher. Mcmillan.
| Ma son. Miliard. Mitchell Nelson. Penrose,
| Perkins. Flat tConnD. Pritchard. Proc
/ tor. Quarlra. SpOoncr-a;a
| Nays-Nlessrs. Aldrch. Bacon. Bailey.
\ Bate Berry. Blackburn. CarmaCk Clark
| fMontD. Clark tWvoD. Culherson, Dryden.
/ Dubois Foster tLal, Gibson, Heitfeld.
| McEnery. McLaurin MISS, McLaurin
| (S c.. Mallory. Martin. Patterson. Pet
tus Rawlins. Scott. simmons. stewart.
Taiiaferro. Teller. Vest. Wellington. Wet
mOre-3l.