Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-12
1R[ 0LEO BILL PASSED
Amendment Providing for Brand.
ing of Renovated or Process
Butter Adopted.
Opponents Of the Measure Make
an Effort to Recommit
the Bill.
1t Is Voted Down and the Bill
Then Passed Without
Division.

upon an amendment to the oleomargar-
Inc bill, which provided for the inspec-
ton and branding of renovated or
process butter. 1t was adopted. A mo-
ton to recommit the bill was lost by Iii
TO 161. The bill then passed without
division.
The voting on amendments to the
eleomargarine bill yesterday indicated
the change of sentiment since last con-
gress, when the bill had LOG majority
and that the opposition to the measure
has gained strength. The opposition
was strong enough in committee of the
whole to adopt two important amend
ments, one providing that nothing in
the act should be construed to prevent
! the manufacture and sale of oleomar-
garine in any state for consumption en-
/ tirely within such state, and the other
to provide for the inspection and
branding >of renovated or process but
ter. The latter amendment was espe-
cially obnoxious to the friends of the
measure, and when the bill was re-
| ported to the house seperate vote was
demanded on it. That vote was pend
ing when the house adjourned. Altho
the amendment commanded majority
| of twenty in the committee of the
whole, where no record is made. it Is
unlikely that the action of the commit
4 tee will be reversed today when
members are obliged to go on record.
Several committee amendments adopteS
yesterday changed the phraseoiogy Of
the bill. the most important being that
making the 10 cent tax apply to oleo-
margarine made in imitation of butter
of any shade of yellow" Consider
able feeling was injected into the pro-
ceedings towards the close of the ses-
sion.
/ The committee amendment to strike
out the adjective yellow" before the
word butter in the proviso attached
| to the first section, to the effect that
nothing in the act should be construed
to permit any state to forbid the manu-
! facture of oleomargarine in such form
as would advise the consumer of it's
real character free from coloration to
cause it to lock like butter caused some
discussion until II was explained 1t was
| proposed to add after the words but
ter the words "of any shade of yell
low"
p
OF the bill, explained that this latter
| amendment was to meet the charge
that without this modification the pro-
viso might be construed to make white
oleomargarine subject to the tax of
ten cents.
The amendments We're agreed to
without division. making the language
of the proviso read, Butter of any
shade of yellow"
| Section 3 was recast somewhat from
the form originally proposed by the
committee, but the substantance of the
section, taxing colored oleomargarine
10 cents per pound and reducing the tax
on uncolored oleomargarine from 2
cents to one-quarter of cent pound,
was retained.
Mr.. Allen, of Kentucky, proposed to
test the good faith of the friends of the
bill by Offering an amendment to pro-
vide for the inspection, under the de-
partment of agriculture, of manufac-
tories where butter is renovated and
requiring that all butter be stamped as
such. The amendment was carried, 127
to 107.
Mr.. Henry. In charge of the bill, Off
cred AN amendment, which was adop-
ted, to provide that the bill should go
into effect July l, 1909.
Mr.. Wadsworth thereupon offered the
substitute for the entire bill, which had
been prepared by the minority of the
agricultural committee. In explaining
its provisions, Mr. Wadsworth dis
played at his desk the form of package
in which oleomorgarine would be sold
here after If the substitute We're adop-
ted. The members congregated about
him while he made his exhibit. Sam
pies of the product We're placed on a
salver and handed around the house.
Many of the members tasted 1t. A
breezy debate followed, notwithstand-
ing the lateness of the hour. and when
the vote was taken the substitute was
defeated-115 to LAG.
When the committee arose, Mr.. Taw-
ney ReN, Minn.) demanded sepa-
rate vote on the amendment relating
to renovated butter, but he described
the amendment by the wrong number
and discovered his error only after that
amendment, with others of a minor
character, had been adopted in gross.
The exposure of the mistake tickled the
enemies of the BILL but Mr.. Tawney
proceeded to retrace the parliamentary
trail by moving reconsideration of
the vote II took some time to straight
en- out the tangle, but this was accom-
plished finally.
Under an agreement the remainder
of the day was devoted to consideration
of bills from the committee on war
claims.
The Senate.
Washington, Feb. 12.-When the SEN
ate convened today Turner of Wash
ington, presented a memorial from the
National Antitrust League, enumer-
oting certain trusts and combinations
which the memorial sets forth We're op-
Grating in conflict with the Sherman
anti-trust law. The petition prayed
congress to take action in vindication
of its law. Turner said the memorial
contained some allegations against tho
present attorney general and immedi-
predecessor but he did not wish to
be understood az fathering the charges.