Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-04-12
CLEO MEASURE IS
PASSED BY SENATE
Goes Through by a Vote Of 80
to 81 After Animated
Debate.
OUTLINE OF THE BILL
Differs Considerably From tho House
Measure-ProvIslons Against
Deception Arc Very
Stringent.

Washington, April Sat the on
clusion of a lively debate yesterday the
senate passed the oleomargarine bill
by q vote OF 80 to 81.
The discussion was largely In the IA
ture of a reinforcement OF arguments
previously advanced. Senator Spooner
Of Wisconsin made the principal
speech, maintaining that congress had
ample authority to enact the pro-
posed legislation, because it was in
the interest of the people.
In an earnest protest against the
measure Senator Vest of Missouri held
hat congress vas invading the powers
Of the states.
Senator Scott Of West Virginia
moved to recommit the bill to the
committee, holding that 1t was unsat-
isfactoYy to many senators and ought
TO be perfected. The motion was de-
fcated, 80 to 81.
"A substitute for the bill offered by
Senator Money on behalf Of the minor
ity Of the committee on agriculture
was defeated, % to 80.
During the afternoon a perfect Hood
Of kilograms poured into the senate
from all parts of the country, urging
senators either to support or oppose
the measure.
The detailed vote on the bill follows;
4 tdS-4AlllSOl, lbuIIilllll, blIIONS,
Burton, Clapp, CoCkrell, Cullom, Deboe,
Dietrich, Dillingham;, Fairbanks, Fora
ker, Foster Of Washington, Frye, GAL
linger, Gamble, Hale, Hanna, Hans
brough, Harris, Hawley, kean, Kearns,
kittredge, Lodge, MCComas, McCum-
Der, Mcmillan, Mason, Millard, Mitch
ell, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Platt
of Connecticut, Pritchard, Proctor,
Quarles, Spooner-39.
Nays--Aldrich, Bacon, Bailey, Bate,
Berry, Blackburn, Carmack, Clark Of
Montana, Clark of Wyoming, Culber-
son, Dryden, Dubois, Foster of Louisi-
ana, Gibson, Heitfeld, McEnery, Nc
Laurin of Mississippi, McLaurin OF
South Carolina, Mallory, Martin, Pat
terson, Pettus, Rawlins, Scott, Sim
mons, Stewart, Taliaferro, Teller, Vest,
Wellington, Wetmore-3l.
The measure as passed by the senate
differs In some respects from that
passed by the house OF representatives.
1t provides hat o~leomargarine and
kindred products shall be subject to
all the laws and regulations of any
state or territory or the District OF Co
lumbia, in which they are transported,
whether in original packages or other
wise; that any person who sells oleo-
margarine and furnishes ii for the use
Of others, except to his own family,
| IN nj III IL VT ohg lAANllNlAl
C]oloration that causes II to look like
butter shall be held to be a manufac-
turer and shall be subject to the tax
provided by existing law; that upon
oleomargarine Colored so as to re-
semble butter q tax OF 10 cents n pound
shall be levied, but upon oleomargarine
not colored the tax shall be one-fourth
Of l cent per pound; that upon dull
terated butter q tax OF 10 cents a pound
shall be levied; and upon oil process or
renovated butter the tax shall be one
fourth OF l cent per pound. The manu-
facturers Of process or of renovated
or OF ~adulterated butter shall pay an
annual tax Of 5000; the wholesale
dealers shall pax 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 pre-
scribes minutely how the various prod
uCts are TO be prepared for market.
Just before adjournment the senate.
on motion of Senator Penrose, chair
man of the committee on immigration,
made the Chinese exclusion bill the un-
finished business.