Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-04
VOTES TAX ON 0|EO
Senate Passes the Bill for Heavy
Tax on the Colored
Article.
Final Vote on the Measure Was
80 to 3l-Several Amend.
ments Accepted.
Tax OF Ten Cuts a Pound or
Adulterated Butter--Process !.
Butter Also Taxed.

Washington, April AT the conclu-
afternoon the senate passed the oleo-
margarine bill by vote of 80 to 81
The discussion was largely in the ma
ture of a reinforcement or arguments
previously advanced. Mr.. Spooner. OF
Wisconsin, made the principal speech
maintaining that congress had ample
authority to enact the proposed legis-
lation because it was in the interest OF
the people.
In an earnest protest against the
measure, Mr.. Vest, of Missouri, held
that congress was invading the powers
of the states. Mr.. Scott. Of West Vir-
ginia, moved to recommit the measure
to the committee. holding that it was
unsatisfactory to many senators and
ought to be perfected. The motion
was defeated 35 to 81.
,, A substitute for the bill was offered
by Mr.. Money on behalf of the minor
ity of the committee on agriculture, but
it was rejected 20 to 80. During the
afternoon a perfect flood of kilograms
poured into the senate from all parts
of the country urging senator's either
to support or to oppose the measure.
The detailed vote on the bill fol-
lows: Ess scs
Yeas--.Allison, Burnham, Burrows,
Burton. Clapp Cockrell, Cullom, De-
Doe. Dieterich, Dillingham;. Fairbanks,
Foraker, Foster of Washington, Frye,
Gallinger, Gamble, Hale, Hanna, Hans
brough, Harris, Hawley, Kean, Kearns,
Kttredge, Lodge, McComas., McCum-
Der, Mcmillan. Mason, Willard, Nit
chell. Nelson Penrose, Perkins. Platt
OF Connecticut, Pritchard, Proctor,
Quarles, Slpooner-39.
Nays-Aldrich, Bason, Bailey, Bate,
Berry, Blackburn, Carmack, Clark of
Montana, Clarke OF wyoming, Culber-
son, Dryden. Foster OF Louisiana, Glib
son. Heitfeld, McEnery, McLaurin of
Mississippi, McLaurin of South Caro-
lima, Mallory, Martin, Patterson, Pet
tts, Rawlins. Scott, Simmons, Stewart
Taliaferro, Teller, Vest. Wellington,
Wetmore-31.
The measure as passed by the SEN
ate differs In some respects from that
passed by the house of representatives.
1t provides that oleomargarine and
kindred products shall be subject to all
the laws and regulations of amy state
or territory or the District Of Column
bia, into 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, who shall mix with it 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 ole0maragarine SO as to re-
pound shall be levied, but upon oleo-
margarine not colored the tax shall be
one fourth OF one cent per pound: that
upon adulterated butter tax of ten
cents pound shall be levied; and up
on all process or renovated butter the
tax shall be one fourth of one cent per
pound. The manufacturers of process
or Of renovated or of adulterated but
ter 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 a1lnum. ~ &s
The MEASURE provides regulations
for the collection of the tax and pre-
scribes infinitely how the various pro-
ducts are to be prepared for market.
Just before adjournment the senate
on motion OF Mr.. Penrose, chairman
OF the committee on immigration, made
the Chinese exclusion bill the unfin-
ished business.