Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-09
Resolution in Congress Asks
For Reports From All Gov
ernment Inspectors
PLEA FOR SPEEDY ACTION
Garner of Texas Says Quick Work by
Congress is Necessary to Prevent In
Jury to the Stock Raisers-H augen,
of Iowa, Would Make Packers Pay
for the Inspection.

Washington, June Representative
Faulkerson, of Missouri has introduced
a resolution calling on the president
and secretary Of agriculture immedi-
ately to make public any and all in
formation they secure from the Great
army Of meat inspectors employed by
the government or from any other
source. that will tend to credit or dis
credit the product of any plant where
meat products are prepared. The reso-
lution calls upon the secretary of ag-
riculture Immediately to give to the
public his opinion of sanitary condi-
tior of the plants and healthfulness Of
the products.
Today's Hearing.
Washington, June 9.-The beef in
spection hearing before the house COM
mittee on agriculture was begun today
by listening to Representative Garner,
of Texas, who made plea for speedy
action.
"Since this matter came up he said.
"the people who have contracted to
take our Texas steers have become
alarmed and say they don't know
whether or not they are going to take
our cattle and the result is we are In
state of uncertainty. Every day
this thing is continued the stockInan
is losing money
lis not the packer responsible for
= III, nf
Iowa, and continuing he said:
Il believe he iss Last week in my
office l saw a number of kilograms
from stock yards banks to banks in
my section of the country asking them
to telegraph Immediately all their
members of congress. believe they
are responsible for the agitation
Davis, Of Minnesota read q tele-
gram from the South st. Paul Live
Stock Exchange and Live Stock Board
voicing unalertable opposition to hav-
ing the expense placed on packers be-
cause 1t would inevitably come out of
the stock raisers. Mr.. Wilson, who
represented the packers, corroborated
this conclusion
Several cattle raisers spoke against
the expense of inspection being placed
on the packers, they believing the lat
ter would put the cost on the stock
raisers. Haugen said every member
of the committee, so far as he knew
was in favor of the government paying
the cost. This cost has been estimated
from $S,O00,O0O to $2O,O00,00O annually
and congress, he said, at most would
probably not appropriate more than
two rof11inn In vfaw nf fI1{c a Ia
lieved it might be better to assess ~
cost on the packers.
Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball, formerly
OF Kansas, gave the committee her ex-
perience with canned goods, to develop
the fact that canned goods did not
deteriorate with age. F. p. Johnson,
secretary of the Colorado Horse and
Stock Raisers' Association, urged the
committee to expedite legislation for
inspection. He wanted something to
stop "this interminable racket" The
beef men, he said were bearing all
the cost and he said the raisers want
ed the government to pay the cost, but
if there was to be trouble about it,,
I'VE will pay the cost" He said that
for several years the industry had been
working hard to build up export de-
rnand. This matter has set us right
back where we were at the beginning"
The prices Of beef to the producer, he
said, had dropped to rs cents to 81 a
hundred pounds during the past few
weeks, and any bill he said that did not
suit the president, would not relieve
the public mind
DR.. A. D. Melvin, chief of the bureau
Of animal industry, department of ag-
riculture, was next heard. He first
read statement showing increased
vigilance of inspection at Chicago
Moral suasion and withdrawal of gov
,arnment inspection was the only way
the department has to enforce its reg
ulations. In view of the fact that the
product of the abattoir not under in
spection went into interstate commerce,
made the department loath to
withdraw inspection The cost of gov
ernment inspection last year was 2
cents for cattle, Ia for hogs and 1A
for sheep. The proposed sanitary in
spection would increase the cost in his
estimation, to cents per head, for cat
tie and calves, and for hogs and
sheep. The total cost on this basis
would be less than two million. In
addition, he saw the need for an emer
gency appropriation to meet extensions
Melvin was asked what he thought Of
Prices estimate Of cents per head
and replied it was very hard matter
to estimate, that the president might
be right.
The hearings closed with today's
testimony. The committee decided to
toto mn tha inSpection amendment
Monday, for consideration with a view
to reporting it to the house as soon
as possible
SOME INDICTMENTS SURPRISE.