The Washington times., 1902-02-13
Minority Substitute Meas
ure Defeated by a Vote
of ~ to 161.
ALLEN AMENDMENT is SUSTAINED
1t Was Fought Vigorously by
the Butter Men.
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL.
Imposes n Tax of Ten Cents "a Pound
on All Oieo CoIOred in Imitation of
Butter, and One-FOur.h Cent ON
UncoIe-ea:-fenaIfies Provided.

The bill imposing a tax OF 10 cents a
: pound on oleomargarine. colored in imi-
i tation OF butter, passed the House YES
: terday, with sundry amendments. After
C yea and nay vote on substitute meas
ure, offered by Mr.. Wadsworth (Rep.. N.
~, chairman Of the Committee on Ag-
I riculture the majority bill was passed by
) vive voce vote.
Butter Men Against Amendment.
The measure carries with it at least
enc amendment which is very objection
able to the butter interests. and which
they fought vigorously to defeat on the
nocr OF the House. 1t is the one offered
by Mr.. Allen tDem., Ky). providing that
all renovated butter shall be properly
stamped and labeled; that the places
where it is turned out shall be subject
70 Government inspection and that reno
waited butter transported from one state
to another or to foreign countries shall
be properly inspected under such methods
as the Secretary of Agriculture shall pre-
scribe
Allen Amendment Sustained.
Immediately after the measure vr,s
taken up yesterday yea and nay vote
was taken upon this amendment. II was
carried. 152 to i2I. with eight present and
not voting The result was greeted with
applause from the opponents CT lie oIso
/ bill.
Mr. Wadsworth then offered his OH
stitute for the entire bill II was III.
measure agreed upon by the minority II
the Committee on Agriculture. and pro-
'iued That an annual license fee of $500
10 De paid by the manufacturers of oIeo-
margarine. tax of cents a pound u,on
the product and a requirement thar il
would be sold only in one and two mound
Packages. properly stamped and labeled
thus preventing fraud upon the purchaser
Inc yeas and nays were demanded and
the substitute was lost. III to 1s1. with
seven present and not voting. The fol-
lowing was the vote:
Vote on the Substitute.
feas-Adams. Adamson. Allen of Ken
lucky. Bail OF Texas. Boutell. Bowersock
Bowie. Brantley, Bromwell. Broussard
hfuhdidge. Burgess, Burk of Pennsylvania
Surieson, Burnett. Burton, Butler Of Mis-
souri,. Gambler. Clayton. ConnelI Cooner
OF Texas. Cowherd, Dreamer. Crumpaeker.
cummings Dalzell Davey. Davis. De CAT
1enreid, Dinsmore, Douglas Edwards FL
iolt' feeley, Fleming Foster of Illinois.
FOX Gaines of Tennessee. Gillet of New
YORK, Goldfogle, Hamburg. Hedge. Henry
OF mississippi, Henry of Texas. Hooker
howard. Hughes. Johnson, Joy. Kahn Ke-
noe, Claude kitchin, W. W Kitchin, Kle.
bers, Lanham, Lassiter, Latimer. LessIer
Lester, Lever. Lewis of Georgia. Little
Livingston, Long, Loud, Loudenslager.
Lowering, McAndrews. MCCALL Mcclellan
McCulioeh. McDermott McLain. McRae
Maddox, Mahony, Mann. Maynard. Mem
deii, Moon. Naphen, 0verstrest. Psdsett
Patterson OF Tennessee. Pierce OF Tennes-
see. Randeli. Ransdell, Reid. Rhea of Ken
lucky, Richardson of Alabama. Richard
son of Tennessee. Robertson. Rueker.
huppert, Ryan, Scarborough. Schirm.
sheppard, Sims, Slayden. Small. Smith of
Kentucky, Snodgrass. SparkInan. Steele.
Stephens, Talbert. Thompson. Underwood.
Wachter, Wadsworth. Wheeler. White.
liey, Williams of Mississippi, Wilson,
and Wcoten--111
Nays-Acheson, Alexander. AIpin. Bah
cock. Ball OF Delaware Barney Bates.
Bell, Bishop. Blackburn Blakeney. Bris-
low, Brown. Brownlow, Burke of South
Dakota. Butler of Pennsylvania Calder
lead, Cannon. Cassel, Cassingham, Clark,
cochran, Conner. Conry. Coombs. Cooney,
cooper of Wisconsin, Currier, Curtis,
1ushman, DAZZLE, Darragh. Davidson, De-
Armond, Deemer, Dick. Dougherty, Do
Iener, Draper. Driscoll. Eddy, Emerson.
vans, Fletcher, Foerderer. Fordney,
Foster of Vermont. Gardner of Michigan.
iardner OF New Jersey. Gibson, Gilbert
ill. Gillett of Massachusetts. Gooch
iordon. Green of Pennsylvania Greene of
Massachusetts,. Griffith, Grow. Hall, Ham
lton, Haskins. Haugen. Heatwole, Henry
Connecticut, Hepburn. Hildebrant. Hill,
lowell, Hull. Jack jackson of Kansas.
ackson of Maryland. Jenkins Jett, Jones
i virginia, Jones of Washington, Kern,
.etcham, Knapp. Lacey. Lamb. Lawrence
.ewis, Lindsay, Littauer. Littiefeld.
lloyd, McCleary, McLachlan. Mahon.
larshall, Martin. Metcalf. Mickey. Miers.
iiller, Minor. Moody OF Massachusetts
Ioody OF North Carolina. Moody of Ore,
on. Morgan, Norrell Morris. Mudd.
lrtohler. Needham, Newlands. Neyip'
lmsted, Otey. Parker. Patterson OF Penn
yivania, Payne. Pearre. Perkins. Pou.
overs OF Maine. Prince, Ray. Rixey,
Obj. Robinson OF Indiana Robinson Of
ebraska. Rumple. Russell. Salmon. Sell
=. Shatroth. Shallenberger Sherman.
hoWalter. Sibley, Skiles Smith of IL
nois. $. ". Smith. SHOOK. Sperry. Stark.
teyens, Stewart OF New Jersey, Stewart
New iofh, subway, sutherland. TaW-
ey. Thayer, Thomas of Iowa. TirreIl
ompktns of Ohio. Tongue Vandiver. Van
oorhis. NreelanG. Wanger. Warnock
'atson, Williams OF Illinois. Woods.
right Zcnor-t51
Bill in Eject July 1. 1902.
The bill as passed provides that its pro-
sions shall take effect July 1. 1902. 1t
lposes tax OF 10 cents pound on oleo
argarine eolored any shade OF yellow in
litation OF butter and a tax of cne
urth OF ! cent a pound on uncoIored
go. II defines manufacturer of oleo-
argarine as any person who sells.
'nds. or furnishes oleomargarine for use
Id consumption OF others except to his
vi family and guests thereof without
improvisation and say that any such
rSon who shall add to r mix with such
eomarSarine any ingredient or coI0ra-
On that causes it to look like butter
all be held to be q manufacturer OF
ecmargarine" and subject to the proyi-
ems OF the act
Aimed mt Private Consumers.
This Will prevent hotel keepers and
'arding house keepers, public or private,
ON purchasing uncolored oleo and col
ing it without payment OF the tax Of
cents a pound.
The penalty for violation of the law ia
r each offence a fine OF not less than
and not exceeding $500 and imprison.