The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-06-14
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING
Aa raa t1EE-.F8 1IG
What is Being Done Day by Day By
the National House and Senate.
Danger to Quarantine Bill.

There is decided danger that the
quarantine bill intended to give Fed
eral aid In yellow fever guarantees,
which has passed the Senate House,
will fail because of a deadlock among
the conferes on the seventh section
OF the bill providing that Interstate
traffic may be carried on without in
terruptlon through a state under yell
low fever quarantine, under certain
regulations; that is, that through
trains may make their regular runs
without taking on or letting off pas
sengers OF freight within the quaran-
tined state.
Report on Packers Matter. -
The House Committee on Agricul-
ture decided to comply. with the re-
quest of the Chicago packers to be
heard on the Neill-Reynolds report
regarding the conditions in the Chi
cago packing houses. The srequest
was made by MI. E. Wilson, who
said he was an employee Of the Mel
son Morris Company, but In this in
stance was authorized to speak for
all the Chicago packers. Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson, DR.. AID. Mel
vim of the Department, and Mr.. Neill
were present at the hearing.
Mr.. Wilson made a general denial
of the existence Of the conditions in
packing houses as set forth in the
Nelll-Reynolds report. Some of the
suggestions made IN the report he
said, had already been complied with
by the packers, such as additional
sanitary facilities.
As to the charge that canned meats
were boiled in water to "freshenathem
up" Mr.. Wilson said there was ABB
solutely nothing in this. AVhat the
ans were put in hot water we're 10.
soak off the old labels, which be SAID
was an injury to the appearanceof
the goods OF sale.
He denied absolutely that \ there
were any deceased cattle or hogs:
butchered for food.@ Ma. sWlsonede-'
scribed in detail hesoperation ofpre-
pairing canned meats and when asked
by Representative Scott OF Kansas,
a member of the committee, How
about the rope and other foreign mat
ter found wifi scraps on the. foor,"
Mr., Wilson explained that what was
probably seen in this instance was.
the string on the knuckh and what
had been dried beef. This String. waa
used with which to hang the beef in
a smoke house, and when theg beef
had been sliced off, this kfnucEle end
was left. There was a bone.in. it; The
bone would smash the machine If an
attempt was made to. use it. snaR :
Flooded With Petitions.
As Senator Tillman qsuggestedst there,
was ga streak of yellow" in the
Senate due to the fact thatspractisaHN
every desk In the chamber was cover
ed with kilograms of protest against
the Anti-Pass provision in the Rail
road Rate Bill as reported BY the
Conference COMMITTEES. SIS -
They were all from railroad men
and in each case consisted of pro-
tests against cutting off ithe privilege
Of riding free.
In addition there iwas{ a1fafmaI
statement on behalf of engineers.
fremen, conductors ndtrainmeh saw
ing that they represented 100000
railway employees. ~ TOE&x a
Bill to Be Sent Back.
The discussion of the Railroad Rate
Bill conference report in the Senate
showed that the bill would be sent
back to the conference. The c6nfef4l
ence announced that they expected
that result. 49,
Busy Day in the House.
Against the days when the House,