Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-11
Secretary of Agriculture Wants
No Half Way Compliance
With Inspection Law
EXPECT PACKERS TO OBEY
Says Time For Talking About the Law
Has Passed and Work of Department
From Now On Will Be In Best Ef-
fort to Strictly Enforce Its Provis
ions.

Chicago, July 11-Havng listened to
the views of the packers concerning
the new inspection laws and to the re-
ports of the inspection superintendent,
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson will
end his Chicago tour Of inspection to-
day, aud will return to Washington to
begin drawing up the rules to be used
by inspectors in the enforcement of the
new meat inspection law. That the en-
forcement of this law will be strict and
that the packers will be called upon
for a full observance of all it's sections
was the statement of Mr.. Wilson in
peppery Interview last night, In which
he briefly outlined the intentions of his
department regarding the enforcement
of the law. Altho refraining from crit
icisng the packers in any one partic-
ular Mr.. Wilson commented upon pres
ent conditions In the industry by say
ing that the reports OF his subordin-
ates showed, that in some places the
packing industry is still in bad con-
dition, but that in others it has i'm
proved.
There will be no further conferences
between the packers and the govern
ment, Secretary Wilson said, the time
for that having passed, and from now
on the efforts of the government will
be to enforce the new law
Time for Talking Past.
There will be no more conferences"
said Mr.. Wilson THAT is all over.
The time for seedlings are past and
from now on it means work for the
government to enforce the law. We
have the right to do so under the meat
inspection law, and it is going to be
done. The label on meat will mean
something 1t has something back Of
it, 1t is Uncle Sam and we mean that
it shall be a guaranty to the whole
world that the, products upon which
that label goes are pure and whole
some and manufactured under sanitary
conditions.
I'VE are not going to put that label
on any of last years birds nests or on
bushel baskets that have been found
in back alley. Before it goes on
anything that something must be
shown to be perfect. The United States
have said that they will back up their
meat products with that label guaran-
ty and they are going to do it,
Secretary Wilson delivered his state
ments in his usual crisp manner, the
sentences coming from him like shot
from rapid fire gun. That the label
will be refused the packers, thus deny
ing them the right to ship their goods
unless they comply with the new law,
was the substance of his interview.
Output to be Wholesome.
"rhat mark will not go on any last
years hats" he continued you can be
certain of that. The output of the flu
ture will be good and wholesome if our
inspection can make it so, and if it is
not good we will say so by refusing
the label"
What will be done with these old
rotary Wilson was then asked.
II don't know, and I don't care" he
answered Cali I know is that they
won't be shipped out, because they
won't have any labels. That much is
certain
Asked if the tenor of his remarks
meant that the packers had shown any
disposition to resist the new laws or
had objected to proposed methods Of
enforcement, Mr.. Wilson replied by
saying that his remarks were not
meant as criticism.
81 don't mean by what I have said
that the pack IS are going to try to do
anything like that, but I mean that the
law has been thru the lawmakers
hands and that now it is up to us to
enforce it and that we are going to do
So"