St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-16
DRESSED BEEF.
Senators and Representatives
Hear More Debate.

Hear More Debate.
Gen. Sanborn addressed the house
and senate Judiciary committees last
night on the Scheffer meat inspection
bill. His arguments were against it.
He opposed it for these reasons:
We therefore submit that this bill
ought not to pass because
First-It establishes a careless, use
less and varying local inspection by one
neighbor of his neighbor's cattle, for
fee paid by the neighbor, and abolishes
for this state the perfect inspection
which is made at Kansas City and CHI
cago.
Second-Because it shuts out of sale
in this state Chicago and Kansas City
dressed beef. which the records show to
have been the pureSt and best in the
market, and substitutes this careleSsS
inspected local product.
Third-It compels every farmer who
is going to kill a pig. calf or lamb that
he wants to sell pound of, to hunt up
an Inspector and pay him fee.
Fourth-Because it will reduce the
price of cattle alive; it will diminish
the demand from Chicago by the amount
sold from there in Minnesota and by
the 500, 900 cattle per annum sold to for
eign nations. This will cut the price in
Chicago at least Is per cent. The sup
ply will remain the same. The Mon
tana steer will stand Oh this market for
sale at price Is per cent less than he
does now. And no Minnesota butcher
will buy cattle at any higher price than
Is per cent below the present price.
Fifth-ThiS bill commences at the
md tn iln ha nf iua
cattle. That can only be done by cut
ting down the supply, the demand re-
naming the same. Shut out Montana
cattle if you want higher prices. This
bill cuts off demand and leaves supply
the same. That will never raise prices
of cattle.
Sixth-lt will increase the price of
beef to the consumer; it will cut off the
dressed beef supply from Chicago, and
leave the local butchers to fix their own
price for the beef. They say that they
can't make money now. They complain
that they must have larger difference
between the price of cattle and the
price of beef for their profit. There IS
no way this profit can be legislated out
for them but by reducing the price of
That is what this bill is for. Will you
do it?
Seventh-The inspection fees the pro-
ducers of the state will pay under this
bill will amount to something like $685.
$3.50. Add to this the expense and an
noyance to the producer himself, who
must travel after and get an inspector
within twenty-fOur hours of the time
he kills any calf or pig from which he
intends to sell pound.
Judge Brisbin, in defending the bill,
said:
"Have we right to protect our own
industries? 1t is right of local self
preservation. The opposition to this
bill is only that Gen. Sanborn has read
lot of stuff here. (Applause. ]
Is it any argument against
our establishing inspectors here
that they have good inspectors
in Chicago or Kansas? The bill is the
very best that could have been drawn.
The people have become afraid and
there is an uprising. The people are
afraid of being dominated by trusts.
There amt a backhouse concern or
scavenger establishment in this state
that is not Incorporated. [Applause.
This bill is drawn in the interests of
home rule.''
Gen. Baker scathingly attacked the
Armour trust.
81 would like to know what meat doth
this. our Armour, feed upon that he
hath grown so great as to defy sover-
eign State?'
The commissioners meet Monday
night to hear final arguments and take
action