The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-15
Plan F[A1'[Y
REJECTED BY
PRESIDENT /. !: |
Turns Down COmprO-
mise Measure Giving
Victory to Packers,
{ HAS CONFERENCE
WITH zWADSWORTHl
Later Issued Formal Letter Set
ting Forth Views Upon
s5 Subject.
/. GREAT sTRUGG GLE OVER
BILL SOON TO BEGIN
Repres sentative Lamb, Il '.:' of Rich
rrlond, ding il Eight to
Have Cost Placed Upon
Packers What Bev- III
Grid dge Thinks
Of Report.
GREAT $sTRUGG e OVER
BILL SOON 4 TO BEGIN
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(By y.Associated Press. }


u tive $yyadsworth, chairman Of the House J
Committee on Agriculture, had con-, on.
ference late this afternoon With Frcsi-S
Il dent Roosevelt, regarding the action OF
the House committee on tho meat tn-}
spection bill. He submitted to tho sPreest-y
4 dent the substitute for the Beyeridge
amendment agreed upon by the commit -
tee. ard sought his opinion OF It. The he
u President told him frankly that he could
4: not approve OF 1T In fact, after reading
8the substitute carefully, the President
told Mr.. 5vadsworth that he disapproyed
!. OF It absolutely. 3s;3a
The President discussed the sub ject5
With Chairman yyadsworth for a time.
indicatlag to u, In the specific points son
hich III dis agreed "a ajor.tySof
t,e I1ouse 20 nlniit Tssi
Views Expressed 7 in Letter. III
After hIs confercnce Il with Chairman
B Wadsworth President Roosevelt wrote:
letter to him. stating. In q definite
and formal way. his objections II 70 4, the the
suhstitute for the BeVeridge amendment.
drafted by the House committee. It did
8sS not differ In any essential way from the
statements made by the President to!
Mr. Wadsworth personally. The Presi-l
dent wrote the letter, however, IN order
that his position might be dlstinct ~. un-
i derstood and be OF record. 70 copy OF;
stthe8letter was made public at the White
House, the President preferring tina
+ for the present at least. It should be
,r5s,S S1ai q
and his committee
After careful reflection, Chairman
yYadsworth decided that he will not dis
I cuss In any manner the objections of
President Roosevelt. He will. however
refer the matter to his committee at
meeting to be called without delay, when
the details OF the objections which the
President Is understood to have pointed
outswill be considered. .2
Report to House.
In the majority report on the measure
which Chairman Wadsworth filed int the
House just before adjournment to-day
the statement Is made that the public
interest In the matter Is fully pprec ciated;
also Its great Importance to the pusln mess
Interests OF the country, as we'll as to tho
health Of then people. These are also
stated to be the areasons why the commit
tee has given theIsubJect most pains
taking and $thoughtfuI sconsideration.'';s
"Any seeming delay the report con-
tinues, ''has ben due solelyto tho desire
3 of the committee to give this important
subject full ton, SO that the
measure which they may present would
merit the approval Of tho House and meet
the expec ectations OF the country.
e "The committee find themselves in en-
Tire accord with the general purpose of
the BeverIdge amendment. there being
10 disagreement whatever, either among
members OF the committee or among the
#different interests affected, upon the prop
siposition that the most rigid lnspectlon5
4of the meat and meat-food products,
,vb,ch constitute SO large q part Of the
\ fnod az the country, must be insured, 4li5
s7"rant while concurrlng heartily III the
Y ..en eralt rlrpose of the amendment, your
Committee found themselves disc greelngs
10 such an extent with Its requl ren:Shts
and d4phraseology that substtut to seemed
Il to be the simplest way IN sWhlich 'o pre-
sent thelrSs views. s35si ss
Cost Of Inspection.
Tho report details the q pstance of
! eyery paragraph OF the sun*titute, the
8proyisions OF which were made pun1los
4 last night. + Commenting on the wisaoul
Of placing the cost OF inspection on the /
government. the report says; s3 ,S3s
s,<i'In recommending tnat t!le costs - ~ s''s
inspection provided for IN this measure 1
be be, met by an appropriation from the
public treasury, your committed have 1
4 followed what they believe to bas SOUND
4 government policy and wise legislative
practice, q a s, 4 e9sss
IN his recent message to Congress,
transmitting the Neill-Reynolds report.
the President Of the United States re-
Il commended that the cost OF the proposed
Inspection be borne by the packers, but
stated plainly that he would favor the
governments paying y !, we're J. Y i not e for
ton. Your committee belieYes they have
met this objection by the provision ans
corporated in tho substitute, This pro-
vision follows the langnage q g pro,
vision for a similar nurpose, which has
been satisfactory for many years In sup
plying the requirements Of The customs
service. IA 81 Il y.
aration BY Representatives Lamb. Of F:rr