Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-25
OLEO MANUFACTURERS
10 PAY $500 License
Lcsal Retailer VIill Only Have
To Pay SIS Fee Instead Of
$lOO First Suggested.

The famous oleomargarine bill, which
was supposed to put erimp in the bus
mess in this state and to save the but
ter making industry, managed to pull
through the senate, but when it came
to the house, the radical provisions in
the bill were trimmed about $3.50.
The object Of the bill as first intro.
dueed was to make it SO expensive for
/ wholesalers and retailers to handle oleo-
margarine, nut butterine and renovated
butter, that the price Of the butter sub
stitute would materially advance snd
thereby indirectly force the public to
buy the genuine butter.
When the pruning knife had been
applied in the house the following
changes were made in the senate bill:
Manufacturers instead of being obliged
to pay an annual license of $1,000 will
now pay $500. Wholesalers who sell
oleomargariie or any substitute, in
stead of $500 a year, win pay $3.50. The
/ local retailer, instead of an annual fee
of 500, will pay $25. Hotels ana res
taurants need pay only $500 year fol-
serving the substitute and boarding
houses the same.
All that is needed to make the bill
a law is the approval of the governor
The Portland delegation fought the bill
claiming that it would put out of bus
iness an institution that had quarter
of million dollars invested. AS pas
sed by the house and senate, the bill
would only tax the big manufacturer
$500 year, which was not regarded by
the country members as connscating
the business. The whole effect Of the
bill may be to raise the price of butter
substitutes few cents u pound
Anothers senate bill that caused a
furry in the house was one introduced
II the senate by Senator Pierce. It
! provided that the state give eacn re-
turning soldier $25 month while he
was finishing his education in one Of
the big state institutions.
The educational committee, of which
Mrs. Alexander Thompson of The Dalles
is chairman, turned in an adverse re-
port on the bill, although the referen-
dunn was attached, to be voted on at
the next election
Many members Of the house did not
agree with the educational committee
and an effort was made to have it re-
ferred to the Judiciary Or military com
mittee. However, rather than kill it,
the bill was again referred to the cdu-
cational committee, which means send
ing it back to its enemies and to those
opposed to giving the returning stud
ent $25 month to continue his stud.
| les.
Other senate bills passed by the
house this morning are as follows:
Domestic court relationship bill. This
bill passed unanimously. 1t permits
counties of more than 100000 to estab-
lish this court and the bill had the en-.
dorsement of the Portland delegation.
A senate bill providing that county
rreasurers be made the custodian Of all
school district funds was lost, IT was
shown that the county treasurer was a
poorly paid man and that it would not
be right to place on him additional bur
dens.
Senator Strayer's bill, providing that
a pension of any soldier should not be
subject to garnishee or attachment, met
the approval Of the house.
"The city beautiful and planning
commission for cities, whereby an ad.
visory board is created for city council.
men, passed the house. 1t creates
planning commission, especially for
ideas Of the average city alderman, Z.
=. Smith said: "The average city al
derman has about as much idea Of the
city beautiful as hog has about
cathedral. " Speaking on the same bill
Mr.. Dennis said: "The planning com
mission is all right. Many towns are
cursed with people who build their gar
ages on the front line of the sidewalk,
thereby cutting out the view Of theif
neighbors. know some towns where
people are allowed to have hog pens
in their front yards. The bill will pre-
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