The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-04
CLEO BILL PASSED
srNATE PUTS THROUGH THE
pAIRYMEN's MEASURE.
TAX ALMOST PRoHIBITIvE.
DrALERs WHO HANDLE PRODUCT
MUST PAY WELL.

OIeOmaFBar1ne an. Ats hindred
Products Also Made Subject TO
Laws of Various states Into which
They May BE Transported-AduI-
lerated Butter Must Also Pay Ten
cents = POund-Any Dealer Who
;OIors OIeOmGrgarine. Except for
lis own Family Use, Must Pay Tax
: n Manufactures.
washington, April 3.-At the conclu-
sion of a lively debate to-day the SEN
ate passed the oleomargarine bill by
vote of 80 to 81.
The discussion was largely in the ma
ture of a reinforcement of previous
arguments on both sides.
The measure as passed by the Sen
ate differs in some respects from that
passed by the House of Representa-
tives. 1t provides that oleomargarine
and kindred products shall be subject
TO all the laws and regulations of any
state or territory or the District of
Columbia, into which they are trans
ported, whether in original packages
or otherwise, that any person who sells
oleomargarine and furnishes it for the
use of others, except to his
own family, who shall mix with
1t any artificial celebration that causes
it to look like butter, shall be held to
be a manufacturer and shall be subject
to the tax provided by existing law;
that upon oleomargarine colored so as
to resemble butter a tax of 10 cents
pound shall be levied, but upon oleo-
ri a a hn
fourth of one cent per pound; that
upon adulterated butter a tax of 10
cents a pound shall be levied; and
upon all process butter the tax shall
be one-fourth of one cent per pound.
The manufacturers of process or reno
waited or adulterated butter shall pay
an annual tax of $500, the wholesale
dealers shall pay a tax of $3.50 and the
retail dealers a tax of $4S per annum
The measure provides regulations for
the collection of the tax and prescribes
infinitely how the various products are
TO be prepared for market.
Senators Express Their Views.
Mr.. Rawlins of Utah maintained
that Congress had no authority to reg
ulate the police powers within the
states.
In opposing the measure, Mr.. Teller
admitted that it would be regarded by
the courts as a proper revenue meas
ure, but he regarded 1t as a tax upon
consumption.
Mr.. Foraker of Ohio conceded that
oieomargarine was wholesome article
of food although he confessed that
prior to the pending debate his preju-
dices had been against the product.
Mr.. Penrose of Pennsylvania advo-
Gated the bill.
Mr. Carmack of Tennessee, who ex-
planned that the dairy interests of his
state were greater even than the cot
ton seed oil industry. nevertheless re-
garded the bill as vicious legislation.
Mr.. Spooner, who made the princi-
pal speech, declared that Congress had
the power, which it had frequently ex-
ercised, to levy tax upon an article
not merely for revenue, but for the
general public welfare.
To Tax AduItcrated Butter.
Mr.. Money closed the general debate
in reply to MI. Spooner.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Har-
ris of Kansas was adopted, "A to %,
placing a tax Of 10 cents pound up
on adulterated butter, and a quarter
of one-cent a pound upon process or
renovated butter, and providing regu-
lations for the collection of the taxes.
In an earnest protest against the
measure, Mr.. Vest of Missouri said
Congress in enacting the bill was in
vading the powers of the states.
Mr.. Vest characterized the proposed
law as simply parliamentary assassin
alton of one industry by another.
Some amendments suggested by Mr..
Foraker were adopted, intended to
remedy the objection that the measure
placed every family in the land under
the espionage of government officers
and also to prohibit the use of any
artificial coloring in the manufacture
Of olemargarine.
Mr.. Scott of West Virginia moved to
recommit the measure to the commit
tee, holding that it was unsatisfactory
to many senators and ought to be
perfected.
The motion was lost, 80 to 81.
An amendment offered by Mr. Harris
was agreed to, providing that whole
sale dealers who vend no other oleo-
margarine or butterine except that up
on which a tax of one-fourth a cent
pound is laid, shall pay 5000; and re-
tail dealers of the same S..
Mr.. Money offered on behalf of the
minority of the committee on Agri-
culture a substitute for the bill. The
How the Vote stood.
substitute was defeated. 20 to 80.
The bill, as amended, was then pass
ed. SO to 81, the vote being as follows:
Yeas-Allison, Burnham, Burrows,
Burton, Clapp, Cockrell, Cullom, De-
Doe, Dietrich, Dillingham;, Fairbanks,
Foraker, Foster of Washington, Frye,
Gallinger. Gamble, Hale, Hanna
Hainsbrough, Harris, Hawley, Kean.
Kearns, Kittridge, Lodge, McComas,
McCumber, Mcmillan, Mason, Willard,
Mitchell, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins,
Plat of Connecticut, Pritchard, Proc
tor, Quarles, Spooner-39.
Nays-Aldrich, Bacon, Bailey, Bate,
Berry, Blackburn, Carmack, Clark of
Montana, Clark of Wyoming, Culber-
son, Dryden, Dubois, Foster of Louis
lana, Gibson, Heitfield, McEnery, Nc
Laurin of Mississippi, McLaurin of
South Carolina, Mallory, Martin, Pat
terson, Pettus, Rawlins, Scott, Sim
mons, Stewart, Taliaferro, Teller, Vest,
Wellington, Wetmore-31.
On motion of Mr.. Penrose, chairman
of the Committee on immigration, the
Senate made the Chinese exclusion bill
the unfinished business.
The Senate then, at $40, went into
executive session and at 5:15 ad