The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-10
PACKERS CLIQUE
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old time in the senate. provided the
house does not accept substantially the
Beveridgef amendment. Members Of
that committee have conferred inform:
ally with Senator Hansbrough of North
)ak.ota, who will be one of the senate.
tor Proctor does not return, and he has,
informed them that the senate will not
stand for any radical departure from
the Beverldge proposition, but if nee
essary will keep the bill in conference
until public opinion can be so focused
on the house as to compel it to yield.
This is the dangerous point Of the
house committee program. Every mem
Der OF the house is to 60 before his
time, and the spectacle Of the senate,
which is not a representative body,
forcing the body that is representative
to do something which the people are
demanding, will be a spectacle that will
send the cold chills UP and down. the
average congressman s spine. If the
senate will stand pat, as Mr.. Hans
brough says. it will, the house in the
end must yield, no matter if it first
passes the substitute bill reported by
| the Wadsworth committee. g..
Fred. e. johnson, representing the
| Colorado cattlemen, was witness to-
day before the committee. Chairman
! Wadsworth and the other cattlemen
On the committee. tried to induce him
| to corroborate. their extravagant asser-
lions that as the result Of the present
/ agitation, American export trade in
meat has slumped 40 per cent, with a
| hogs and sheep. Mr.. johnson, who
is an expert, said he supposed possibly
the value Of cattle had declined rs
cents head as the result of the agi-
tation, but this had not yet affected
| the producers, as their stock had not
been offered for sale. 90. =.
Figures Too High.
AS to hogs and sheep, there had been
no loss thus far. He declined to con-
firm the assertion about the loss of
had no figures but thought the figure
quoted was too high.
The entire committee realized that it
was important to enact legislation as
soon as possible, in order to quiet
the public mind, and all possible haste
will be made on Monday. It is prob
able its bill and report will 20 to the
house Monday afternoon.
Representative Davis Of Minnesota
today made good his assertion of the
other3 day that the cost of inspection
if paid by the packers, would not fall
Upon them, but upon the cattle raisers
and shippers When Mr.. Wilson, repre-
senting the Chicago packers, was on the
stand on Wednesday he stated with EN-
phasist that this cost would fall upon the
packers. Mr.: Davis denied this, but al
that time had no data to prove he was
correct Today he read telegram
(which he had Just received from Charles
Ii Haas, president Of the South st. Pau
Live Stock Exchange, which said:
"The St. Paul Live Stock Exchange
and the Live Stock Board Of Trade o1
Minnesota favor a. fair amendment tt
tthe meat inspection law, but are unal
terably opposed to saddlipg the expense
on the packers, as it would necessarily
be DEDUCTED from the. farmers and pro
Senate Backs President.
This South St.. Paul company is I
branch of the Chicago packers trust
and after Mr.. Davis had read his tele
gramy Mr. Wilson and the members O.
the committee were compelled tos admi
that they had been mistaken when urg
ing that the cost would ultimately fal
not upon the producer but upon thu
The president is watching the pro
Ecedings in congress with undisguiset
interest, and believes that in the enc
he will get what he wants. He hal
been told that the senate will supper
his position and believes that the repor
is correct. If it is, he doesn't car
how big a. fool the house committee
| makes Of itself. =, ~.,..,,, o. .,-4a..~