The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-19
HOUSE PASSES
PHILIPPINE BILL
Tariff Reduced to Is Per Cent
of DingIeY Rates.
AMENDMENTS VOTED DOWN
PURE FOOD MEASURE NEXT UN-
DER CONSIDERATION.
AMENDMENTS VOTED DOWN

Washington, Dec. 1S.-In the absence
OF Speaker Henderson, who attended
the wedding of Representative Black
burn of North Carolina, Mr.. Dalzell
of Pennsylvania today presided over
the deliberations of the house.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal, Mr.. Hit of Illinois, from the
committee on foreign affairs, reported
back the De Almond and Mccall TeSO-
buttons calling upon the secretary OF
state for the facts with relation to the
claims of Great Britain and Germany
against Venezuela and generally for
statement of the diplomatic situation
with reference to the Monroe doctrine.
The report recommended that the De
Almond resolution lie on the table and
that the Mccall resolution, which called
for all the correspondence in the case,
be adopted.
Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee asked
why Italy and other European coun-
tries, which were figuring in the con-
troversy, We're not named in the reso-
luton.
Mr.. Hit replied that he was advised
that the correspondence was similar in
each case. The recommendations of
the committee were agreed to and the
Mccall resolution was adopted.
Philippine Bill.
of the whole and took up consideration
of the bill reported by the ways and
means committee yesterday to reduce
the duties on articles the growth and
product of the Philippine archipelago
from Is per cent of the Dingley rates
(the present tariff to % per cent.
Mr.. Payne explained the bill. The
Philippine government. he said, needed
a revenue and for that reason it was
impracticable to totally abolish the du-
ties.
Mr.. Richardson said he believed any
duty was unjust, unconstitutional and
un-American, but he favored any re-
ductiOn. He gave notice that he would
vote to recOmmit the bill, with instruc-
tiOns to report it back amended so as
to provide for free trade with the ISL
ands.
Wright Favored Free Trade.
Mr.. Mcclellan of New York recalled
the fact that General Wright, vice gov
ernor of the Philippines, in a hearing
before the ways and means committee,
expressed the opinion that the free i'm
pOrtatiOn of Philippine products would
best subserve the interests Of the ISL
ands.
Mr.. Swanson of Virginia also argued
in favor Of free trade with the Philip
pines.
The bill was further discussed by
of Texas, Crumpacker of Indiana and
Green of Pennsylvania.
Amendments Voted Down.
All amendments were voted down in
the committee of the whole. In the
house Mr.. Richardson moved to re-
commit the bill with instructions to the
committee to report it back, amended
SO as to provide for free trade between
the United States and the islands. The
lion IaFc1 tod
10. a party vote except Mr. Mccall
(ReD.. Mass.). who voted with the DEM
ocrats FOR the motion. The bill was
then passed without division.
The house then took up consideration
OF the bill to prevent the adulteration,
misbranding and imitation of foods,
beverages, candies, drugs and cOndi-
ments in the District of Columbia and
the territories. known as the pure food
bin. It was arranged that Mr.. Hep
burn should control the time for de-
bate in favor of the measure, and Mr..
AdamsOn of Georgia that against it.
Mr.. TOmpkins of Ohio, VINO reported
the bill. said it was the embodiment of
the views not only of the majority of
the members Of the committee but of
vast majority Of all persons and assO-
Citations that have sought to prevent
fraud and injury in the sale OF food
products and drugs that come within
the scope of interstate commerce.
Provides Against Fraud
The bill, he said, did not prohibit
the manufacture or sale Of any food
product not deleteTious, however
adulterated nor inhi5it the sale Of
adulteTated drugs but it does provide
that all adUlterated foods and drugs
shall be placed on the market under
their true names and in such manner
IS 20 advise the purchaser what he is
getting lie referred to the revelations
before the committee, where il was
shown that fraud and deception was
practiced in foods not suspected of
being other than genuine by the gen.
eral public
Mr.. AdamsOn opposed the bill. tax
ing the ground that the states could
deal adequately with the situation. He
said he believed thoroughly in the pro-
lection Of the public against fraud, but
he did not believe in imposing the task
on the federal government. No one
could contend. he said. that a state
could not punish common cheats and
swindlers if they deceived in that they
sold one thing and delivered another.
Goldfish in Danger.
MI Gardner of Massachusetts op-
posed the bill. He declared that it
would interfere materially with many
legitimate industries. BOracic acid he
said. was used in the preservation of
Goldfish, and under the terms of the
bill probably would be regarded as
deleteriOus to health by the govern
ment chemists. He said he would Of
fer an amendment to meet the objec-
tiOu to the bill In conclusion he said
there was a great deal of humbug
about the cutlery against adulterated
foods. If we ate adulterated foods. ne
said, we did not want to know any
thing more than we wanted to know
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which we were sometimes surrounded.
He said he believed the anti-spitting
and other sO-called health regulations
and ordinances were overdone.
Without action on the bill the house
at 4:35 p. m. adjourned.