Show GROUT t BILL REPORTS I Details of Arguments by Proc Proctor Proctor Proctor tor and Heitfeld a 4 A tOW LOW AT RY t I IDAHO JL MAS A Ap PIPA P PO p P B B PAIR PLAY C Special I Correspondence Washington Jan UNe GlIe St telnet resort made mad by tAte die committee on agriculture ad aad forestry of or the senate on Oft the tilt so called GUt oleomargarine bill wn has bas some e interesting points In hi it w which were w re II not DOt oit ott when the hIS bill was favorably reported from fro the house com corn committee I tee to that branch of congress So o far as the Identification of the I commodity to the wholesaler is in con states stales the committee the law la of 1 has been Men successful So far as I the identification l of the tile commodity to the consumer is I concerned con the law of i 1 is of little litt value the tile evidence be he being lug ing that very large proportion of the goes to the consumer finally as butter utter either etther I Ip as 5 a s p ber of the retailer or as u 5 a tI I ruest at a hotel otal taunt restaurant n or board I tug lair ras house hous eIt It P from testimony received I Ib by b the C committee e that hat through h the leg Jec legislatureS legislatures of thirty tw states stales with of the tb population of the t United States the people have ex cx expressed pressed their disapproval di al of oleomargarine priM garine colored COIo in tA semblance of butter er that those who wIlD have been charged with the tb duty d t of enforcing the tate laws taws re regarding regarding garding the product are positive in the opinion that so s long as all rt t is colored colo in imitation of hatter butter butt r fraud fraDd tenon UDOn the consumer n If not nut upon the dealer can cannot canot cannot not ot oe os prevented Claim Backing BR of State Officiate So far as M a the tee has been heeD able aWe to ascertain this measure has bas the approval of all an state officials and toc d whose duties are the en eD enforcement forcemeat of the tile jaws maws regulating latla the and sale of oleomargarine ol Inc ine The committee has bas listened with inte Interest in interest terest te St to the die representations of the livestock interests interest and an ti the seed Hed oil manufacturers and an the majority tn are unable to see nee in th measure any anything anything ny thing thine that can greatly Featly injure either The committee is of the opinion that if oleomargarine is the wholesome me and nd nutritious product hat that those tholie interested in its It and sale claim it to tobe tobe tobe be It U will mat with a ready demand in its natural color col r and especially as af the tax on the uncolored product is by this bill reduced from 2 cents to one of 01 a a tent eat per Bound Heitfeld Stands for Oleo The majority report was presented to the senate by Senator Proctor the minority miD rit report of Senator Senat r Heitfeld of Idaho This Tide report contains the fol following lowing Oleomargarine Oleo ne is a 14 article of commerce This has nas been distinct distinctively distinctively ively held beld by the supreme court of or the United States Sites Coloring mutter hatter is III used both in the making of but butter batter r and in the manufacture ture of oleomargarine ol for the purpose pu of catering to the tastes of consumers who have ave been brett accustomed to a gener generally generally generally ally yellow tint in both food pro products products ducts It IK it the universal opinion of those thos tb engaged en in the Ule manufacture of o oleo olee oleomargarine margarine that t a tax of ot 10 cents a R pound upon the ue product colored catered a yel yet yellow low tint will wilt destroy that industry for fortHe tile tHe reason rea which whim experience has bas shown Users there would not be any considerable demand for oleomargarine In an uncolored seed ored condition This opinion is based upon efforts which have already been made to introduce and sell ell eli the uncolored uncolored uncolored ored product m In states where laws Is now prevail The object there therefore therefore fore of Imposing impo this excessive tax of o 19 18 cents a pound upon colored oleomargarine oleomargarine garine is not for the purpose of rais rals raising raising ing revenue but for the purpose of prohibiting its manufacture manu and of thus th destroying the industry It is II of or no Jt Importance that the proposed legis legislation lation reduces the tax on oa uncolored oleomargarine from Z 2 cents a pound to toMe toMe Me a pound Unless there here is reason to believe there would be R a substantial production of that kind of article the increase e of the tIN tax of 10 cents a pound would in all aU probability prevent any substantial revenue being derived from rom its f manufacture are Should She Sh ld Hot Wot ot Ruin Hum Industry The assumes that the Ute lawmaking power of the government desires deare to ID prevent the possibility of ofrain fraud rain in the tale sale Ie of or oleomargarine o t itS as s butter and not net to destroy de roy the industry Indu itself They therefore f re recommend Je Ie lee Matlon upon ullOa the subject which vf v fraudulent frau Jt sales as a near Dear ethic as laws can cian provide The proposed d bill is not BOt a revenue measure It is Ia nc for the purpose of raising revenue j 1 reducing surplus revenue In tact fact in no o sense is It H a measure resting re for its authority upon the taxing power of the t e Its Ita object abject to Is to prevent competition be between betwee between tween twee two to home industries by bj building up one oae and lid destroy d in the other J S N ANTWERP |