Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-06-21
Washington Letter.
(FRoM Our REGULAR CoRREsPoNDENT.)

That the people OF the country ehall
nay two millions Of dollars annually
for the inspection Of meat which they
buy later at rates affording vast profits
to the beef trust is the proposition made
to the House of Representatives by the
Agricultural Committee. The injustice
Of such measure has not deferred the
committee of the House from forming
and presenting this proposition which
is offered as substitute for the Beye-
ridge amendment that passed the Sen
ate, and which provides for adequate
inspection of meats, at the cost Of the
packers,
The President is emphatically OPP
posed to the measure presented by the
House Committee and if it is enacted
he may veto it or should he sign it be
will attach memorandum which will
indicate definitely and Enthusiastically
to the country that he regards the Jaw
as inadequate and unsatisfactory. If
the Government is required to pay the
inspection charges, the provision, in
the opinion OF the President, will rem.
der the law ineffective He is opposed
to the bill in its entirety and has point
ed out to Chairman W4lsworth of the
committee that the failure OF the COM
mittee to provide inspection at all hours
Of the day and night is defect that he
cannot overlook. The measure as pre-
scented by the majority Of the Commit
tee Is an evident effort to favor the
packers as far as possible and to pro-
tect their interests. There are men In
the House Of Representatives interested
in the beef packing business, notable
among them Speaker Cannon. These
and friends Of the beef trust for other
reasons, are making every effort to pre-.
vent the passage OF a bill that will tall
hard on the butcheries and the Com
mittee measure is an effort to compro-
mise at the expense both in money and
health of the great public that buys
the beef trusts products. Since the
matter has been before Congress and
especially since the publication of the
Neill Reynolds report exposing the UNI
speakably bad conditions that surround
the packing houses Of Chicago and dis
closing the fact that the entire public
is menaced by the filthy dccaying and
poisonous products that issue from Them
the Capital has been infested with the
agents Of the trust who are working
day and night and spending money
with lavish hand to lobby and prevent
legislation alorg the lines Of the Bevc-
ridge amendment. The entire Congress
knows that in matters that come before
the House, Speaker Cannon is praci-
cally all powerful and the effect OF his
interests in the packing business is APP
parent in Chairman Wadswoith's re-
port. A minority report OF the COM
mlttee presented by Representative
Bowie of Alabama obj ects to the pro-
position to tax the people two millions
of dollars annually for the inspection
of meat and says that inasmuch as the
conditions which make such inspection
necessary were created by the packers
and that as the health Of the people is
at stake it would be doubly unjust to
saddle that expense on the shoulders
of an innocent public which is certain.
ly not responsible for the situation. His
report states that there is abundant
precedent for making private indus
try bear the expense incident to its
own business and there is no reason or
Justice in imposing the burden upon
the people. A final objection to the
majority report is the setting aside of
the civil service laws and making it
possible to appoint inspectors as the
result of political influence instead Of
merit which hendicaps them at the
start and prevents them being free
agents.
Next Thursday is the date set by the
Senate for vote on the long delayed
question of the type OF Canal that is to
be constructed at Panama. A canYas
of the Senate indicates that the bill
providing for sea level canal will be
favored. In the House of Representa-
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