The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-13
BUTTER BILL
PASSES HOUSE
Measure Provides For Inspection
of the Renovated Product.
WAR CLAIMS ARE ALLOWED
HOUSE DECIDES TO REIMBURSE
VARIOUS PERSONS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The house

uIASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE house
VI today passed the oleomargarine
bill There was no division on
the final passage, the real test of
strength having been made on a mo-
ton 10 .recommit. which was defeated
by majority Of a. The provision to
require the inspection and branding of
renovated butter, which was adopted
in committee of the whole. was re-
/ tanned today on an aye and nay vote.
AS finally passed, the bill is somewhat
modified from the form in which it
was reported from the committee on
agriculture.
1t makes OleOmargarine or imitation
butter or cheese transported into any
state or territory for use, sale or con
sumption therein subject TO the laws
of such states or territories, notWith-
standing that il may be introduced in
original packages, and imposes q tax
of 10 cents per pound on oleomargarine
made in imitation of butter OF any
shade Of yellow" When not made in
such imitation the tax is reduced to
one-fOurth Of 1 cent per pound.
The second section is intended to pre-
vent dealers, hotel prOprietOrs, restau-
rant and boarding house keepers from
cOlOring the uncolored article, by max
ing any person who cOlOrS the product
and then sells or furnishes to others d
manufacturer within the meaning of
! the act
Penalties Are Provided.
Penalties for violation of the act are
fine Of not less than $50 nor more
than $500 and Imprisonment for not
| less than thirty days or more than
/ six months The new section relating
to the inspection and branding of reno
/ waited butter is as follows;
That the secretary of agriculture is
| hereby authorized and required TO
cause a rigid sanitary inspection 10 be
made from time 10 time. and at such
times as he may deem necessary, OF all
/ factories and stOrehouses where butter
| is renovated: and all butter renovated
at such places shall be carefully in
spected in the same manner and TO the
same extent and purpose that meat
4 products are now inspected.
THE quantity and quality Of butter
renovated shall be reported monthly.
| All renovated butter shall be desig-
mated as such by marks, brands and
/ labels and the words renovated butter
Shall be printed on all packages
! thereof.
| mo renovated butter shall be
shipped or transported from one state
/ to another or to foreign countries IN
less inspected as provided in this sec
ton,
War Claims Are Allowed
/ War claims occupied the attention Of
/ the house after the passage of the
oleomargarine bill and the day was
made notable by the passage of the
/ first bill for the payment of claims Of
i United States citizens arising from the
! Spanish war. II carried something
/ over S55,000 for the payment of 2O2
/ claims for property taken within the
i United States for the use of the army.
An omnibus bill carrying claims ag-
! gregating S2,114,552 for stores and sup
I plies taken from loyal citizens during
/ the civil war, also was passed. These
| claims were allowed under the pro-
/ visions Of the Bowman act and the bill
was Identical with one passed by the
! HOUSE. at the last session. Two other
bills, which have been before congress
/ for twenty-eignt years, &c refer GER
! tain claims for additional COmpensa-
ton by the builders of certain monitors
during the civil war TO the court Of
claims, were passed.
The bill which passed the house last
session to pay 176 claims, aggregating
S2114552. allowed by the court of
! claims under the Bowman act for
/ stores and supplies taken from loyal
/ citizens for the use of the United
States army during the civil war, also
was favorably acted upon. The next
bill considered was one TO pay claims
for property taken for military pur-
poses within the United States during
the war with Spain. Il appropriated
S55,175 for the payment of 202 claims,
the payment of which was recommend
ed by the military commission which
investigated the cases.
This bill and another for the relief OF
the trustees of CarsOn-NeWman col
lege at Jefferson City, Tenn, also were
favorably acted upon after which all
the above bills were passed by the
house. Then, at 4:02 p. m, the house
/ adjourned.