The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-04
Provisions of the Measure, which Diff
fers Materially from the One
Received by Senators.
BIG MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE BILL
ADOPTED BY VOTE OF 135 TO 40.
Measure that Is Intended to Promote
Efficiency and Give Omcers
Better Standing.

WASHINGTON, April 3--At the conclu-
sion of a lively debate to-day the Senate
passed the oleomargarine bill by a vote of
80 to 81. The discussion was largely in the
nature of a reinforcement of arguments
previously advanced. Mr. Spooner, of Wis
consin, made the principal speech. main
tanning that Congress had ample authority
to enact the proposed legislation because
IL 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 Virginia, moved to recon-
nit the measure to the committee, holding
that 1t was unsatisfactory to many sena-
tors and ought to be perfected. The mo-
ton was defeated-35 to 81. During the
afternoon a perfect flood of kilograms
poured into the Senate from all parts of
the country urging senators either to sup
port or to oppose the measure.
The measure as passed by the Senate diff
fers 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 regula-
tons Of any State or Territory or the Dis
trict of Columbia into which they are
transported, whether in original packages
or otherwise; that any person who sells
oleomargarine and furnishes II for the use
of others, except TO his own family who
shall mix with ii any artificial coloration
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 oleomargarine colored so as
to resemble butter a tax of 10 cents a
pound shall be levied. but upon oleomar-
garine not colored the tax shall be one
fourth of l cent per pound; that upon adul-
terated butter tax of 10 cents a pound
shall be levied, and upon all process or
renovated butter the tax shall be one
fourth OF l cent per pound. The manufac-
turers of process or of renovated or of
adulterated butetr shall pay annual tax
of s6OO the wholesale dealers shall pay
tax OF $3.50 and the retail dealers a tax OF
S4S per annum. The measure provides reg
ulations for the collection of the tax and
prescribes minutely how the various prod
uots are to be prepared for market.
In one of the closing speeches Mr.. Spooner
said IL was idle TO suppose that the present
federal OF state laws on the subject of oleo-
margarine had been effective. In fact the
existing federal law really had been an aid
in the defrauding of the consumer Mr.
SpoOner maintained that Congress had the
power which il frequently had exercised
to levy tax upon an article not merely for
revenue. but for the general public well
fare He instanced as a tax of that kind
the tax or SlO a pOunu upon opium used for
smoking and the tax placed upon lottery
tickets Ii was manifest. he contended
that those taxes were not levied for the
purpose of raising revenue. but expressly
for another and clearly evident purpose
At 3 O'Clock Mr.. Scott, of West Virginia
moved that the bill be recommitted to the
committee. His object was. he said that
the measure might be perfected. because as
IL stood il was unsatisfactory to many sen
ators The motion was lost-S5 10 gas
follows:
Yeas-Aldrich. Bacon, Bailey, Bate. Berry.
Black burn. Carmack. Clark OF Montana
Clark OF Wyoming. Clay, Culberson Dry
den. Dubois, Foster Of Louisiana, Gibson
Heitfeld. Jones OF Nevada. McEnery. Nc
Laurin OF Mississippi. McLaurin OF South
Carolina, Mallory. Martin, Millard, Patter-