The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-12
0LE0 BILL LOSES
SOME STRENGTH
Measure is Still Assured of Ma
jority in House.
SOME AMENDMENTS MADE
PROCESS BUTTER MAY BE EFT
BY THE ACT.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE voting on
amendments 10 the oleomargaTine bill
in the house today indicated a consid-
erable change of sentiment since last
congress, when the bill had l06 majori-
ty. 1t was evident that the opposition
TO the measure has gained strength.
While the passage OF the bill is not en-
dangered, it is not likely that the ma
JOrity tomorrow, when the final vote
! is taken, viii exceed thirty.
The opposition today was strong
enough in committee of the whole TO
adopt two important amendments, one
providing that nothing in the act
should be construed TO prevent the
manufacture and sale of OleOmarga-
rine in any state for consumption en-
Jirely within such state, and the other
| 10 provide for the inspection and
branding of renovated or process but
1 ter The latter amendment was espe-
| cially obnoxious TO the friends of the
measure, and when the bin was report
ed to the house a separate vote was de-
! manded on it, That vote was pending
when the house adjourned. Although
the amendment commanded majority
OF twenty in committee of the whole,
where no record is made, il is not I'M
( likely that the action of the committee
VIII be reversed tomorrow, when MEM
bers are obliged to go on record.
several committee amendments
adopted today changed the phraseOlogy
of the bill. the most important being
| mat making the 10-cenJ tax apply to
oleomargarine made in imitation of
/ butter of any shade of yellow"
Considerable feeling was injected into
the proceedings toward the close of the
session.
Section 3 was recast somewhat from
the form originally proposed by the
committee, but the substance Of the
section, taxing colored oIeomargarine
( 10 cents per pound and reducing the
tax on uncOlored oleonarga rine from .
cents to one-qudrter of 1 cent per
pound, was retained.
Amendment as to Ice.
Mr.. BurlesOn of Texas created a great
deal OF merriment by Offering a SubSti-
tute for section g. in the language of
I that section, to impose a tax OF 10 cents
per pound on manufactured ice sold in
imitation Of the natural product. OK
cept where sold in blocks of one and
TWO pounds and stamped counterfeit
ice. Mr.. BurlesOn, amid much Taught
er, declared that his substitute demon
! Strated the rank absurdity and injus-
tlce of the selfish, designing and am
: bilious statesmen from Minnesota.
The same vicious principle, he said, un-
derlies both propositions. His amend
ment was ruled out on q point of or
| der, as was one offered by Mr.. Grosve-
nor, to place a tax Of 10 cents per
pound on syrUps in imitation of maple
syrup.
Mr.. Allen Of Kentucky proposed to
test the good faith of the friends of the
on by offering an amendment to pro-
vide for the inspection, under the de-
paTtment of agriculture, Of mauufac-
I tories where butter is renovated. and
requiring that all renovated butter be
stamped as such. The amendment was
carried amid a considerable display Of
! enthuSiasm--12 10 TO-
Mr.. Henry. in charge of the bill. Of
I fered an amendment. which was adopt
ed 70 provide that the bill shall "a
into effect July /. 1902
Works in Trust Pro.Iem,
Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee offered
an amendment TO place an Internal rev
enue tax of 10 per cent on The products
OF steel corporations, and On the prod
ucts of other corporations knows as
trusts of per cent. A point of order
against the amendment was sustained
/ Mr.. WadswOrth offered the substitute
Tor the entire bill which had been pre-
pared by the minority of the agricul-
tural committee. In explaining its
provisions Mr.. Wadsworth displayed al
4 his desk the form of packages in which
oleomargarine would be sold hereaf-
ter If the substitute were adopted. The
members congregated about him while
he made his exhibit Samples of the
product were placed on a salver and
handed around the house Many of the
! members tasted ii. A breezy debate
followed, notwithstanding the lateness
I of the hour, and when the vote was
taken the substitute was defeated
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