Show BOGUS CHEESE E DEBATE house spends the day on the filled cheese bill I 1 PASSED BY A GOOD MAJORITY democrats maka an effort to defeat the bill by loading it down with A amendments M acu edmen ts then vote S solidly 0 I 1 1 d I 1 y aa against it t reinforced by E eleven 1 e v e n republicans dealers must most display a sign filled billed cheese sold hero here grosvenor states the amount of revenue to la be R raised alsed washington april 11 after two dais debato debate the house today by a vote vole of 0 CO to 68 69 passed the grosvenor filled cheese bill th the e de democrats voted solidly against the measure together nith eleven republicans republica AS practically I 1 the only nm amendment endmon t adopted was ilan ono one reducing the th tax on retail dealers from W 40 to 12 tho the bill re the he manufacturers of 0 filled cheese to pay a tax of tw annually it annual ayr the wholesale dealers 20 and the retail dealers 1 and for or failure to ray such tax imposes on manufacturers S fine anft of 0 from to upon whole so salat to dealers to 1000 and upon retail dealers from 50 to SW W it also requires the branding of 0 filled cheese and its sale only from original p ack the penalty for or false bran branding ding Is 1 a ine fine of 0 from 50 to the bill requires all retail dealers to post in conspicuous places a sign filled cafes cacero sold litre here in addition it imposes a tax taix of 0 I 1 cent per pound on filled cheese tho the tax to be paid by the manufacturer imported filled ct cheese leese la in subjected to ft A duty of 8 cents per pound the act Is to TO go into effect on the nineteenth day after its hashage pa shage house proceedings washington april 11 tho the house was the only branch of congress Con crets in session today ilia iho filled cheese bill was taken up for amendment under the ove rule mr BIT cannon rep III offered an amendment to reduce the annual license to be paid by manufacturers rs ot of filled cheese from to to mr grosvenor in charge of 0 the measure refused to accept tho the amendment rn ant ile he thought the manufacturer could easily pay mr IT cannon in support of his amendment said while this was ostensibly bly a bill to raise revenue its purpose was to prevent the sale of bogus choose cheese in competition with the genuine dairy product sir terry dero dera ark offered as a substitute little tor for tho the whole measure a bill providing that every manufacturer of articles intended for interstate commerce mho w ho shall sell or ship low grade eradis goods boods pretending by their brands to be cichor trade grade shall hall be guilty cruelty ot of fraud and liable to a tine fine of 1000 FARMERS mr LIT dingley chairman of the ways and means committee made an argument in faor of the original bill tho the proposed legislation like the oleomargarine law lio lie said was waa axce exceptional pit onal it proposed to invoke the taxing power to accomplish an object that pr properly 0 perly came within the police powers of f the states it could only ocly be justi justified flod on exceptional pounds grounds p A treat great and over shadowing interest the frag interest st was being noxiously interfered with by an illegitimate product were it po pon niblo bli to secure uniform state legislation he would not favor this athla legislation but in view of the preat interests involved he believed it should be ran danset passed set but he favored a reduction 0 of f the h proposed tax on retail dealers ah the cannon amendment was voted I 1 down 23 28 to 76 I 1 cannon then moed to reduce the tax on wholesale dealers from n to I 1 I 1 I 1 f I 1 50 this amendment dment was waa bog lost ot t m mi all 5 viva voce vote vol it mr BIT grosvenor Oro venor offered an n i amend anen to reduce th ill tax on an retail mill I a auja 3 1 from HO to 25 5 mr cannon 1 in moved av reduce the tax tt ea 1 to LIE to 10 10 he mal 1 maintain I antal I 1 that tery p U sought loucht N 42 aub sved by a 00 tax would id t rid 13 12 FOR R RS f mr I 1 r grosvenor finally agreed 1 eed I 1 to car mr BIT promise cannon ot of la 12 bich was as A I 1 P to lot 4 I 1 offered in an I 1 amend I 1 reduce the tex tax on filled cheese from rom mt 05 I 1 I 1 to halt half aa I 1 a cent rr per pound lie he li i that a tax on title filled cheese wa ami arguti a an on the farmers who furnished tb thil milk rind and neutral bog boe IMI tu which a hach went into the product and no not t be justified on the around jound cour atit th ali li l I chwe cheese came into comal com tl w with 1 th another farm product how much revenue do you expect eap exp to talmo from rom it tax of 0 one cent r houndt po 1 ed mr otry ompy dc arn ro va pit per il enough Exi ough replied mr air grosvenor io ia X h help oun dIlI the democratic nak to pay th the e eapen se x 0 of f tho the government 1 I L aughter 1 t er and n d a ap pp 1 a usel mr cannons amen amendment dment was waa defeated the tha terry substitute tor for the what bill wo was defeated 31 to log mr owens dem kya moved to re commit the b bill III with instructions to the ways waya and beann committee to report back it a bill providing for or marking anti and branding packages packaged of 0 filled cheass under appropriate penalties but omit ling the th tax and license features fea turca of 0 the th i bill ilia motion was w lost THE BILL PASSED the vote on the final passage ot of the ti bill nv wa taken by yeas yea and naya th bill passed parsed ISO to 68 tho the republicans as aa a rulo rule voted tor for anil and the Demo crait solidly against the bill the fol lowin republicans eleven in number void against the bill aldrich I 1 nel itel knap illinois brumm bromm cannon is connelly illinois evans evana kentucky ken lucky lorimer I illinois long kansas mccall TP I 1 indiana and walker 1 klassa ausetts saturday saturday april was waa met ft for paying tribute to the memory of the late representative W crain of 0 T texas e aas at A t 4 SO 20 the giouse adjourned until monday |