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1nowledrc whatever OF the condl-
ziiohs. me burden of stating whether
81 not the Secretary was Fight.
.is Will Nullify Good.

\ iYn,, may possibly remember tho re-
cent judicial decision In Chicago IN
which the packers were corrernedD
sI I wish to repeat that this provision
is. In my judgment, one when II en-.
acted into law will nnliify the. major
part OF the good which can pc IN y.
pected from the enactment OF TINS iaW.
You assert that the packers in - >.
,,pon having a rigid inspection1 iam ),
passed. IL they sincerely a ,,, ,,a,s,
rigid inspection law, they WI. in nj
upon this provision peiis , .n 90.
Leaving II i'll Is incompaa'p'u, :, ".
a,,r;nr q properly efficient law.
ma 80 much OF your letter as sp.a '.s,t
AZ nv having made innuenaos 49,.
: Committee OF the House. or Oh .ou'
4. ,.,n,,Iadf-e OF the English ialsuas. !.
n,cl II Is not necessary 10 i' iA '' (,
answer.
Attitude Of Adams.
You state that If !, or my a .lIn the
N, ~ ,o,,,t out specifically wherein ny
~, Mi fa,,s ~ accomplish my purposs'
~. o,,' MI, he promptly remediea'. =
,,,nnv 10 tell you that nave 70
s. az 4 member of your comni s'.
.s, ADAMS. seeing him by reaue ..,s
{ sta,no sneaker. and ] went over VIZ ;,
III, ~ ,nreti,er with Mr.. McCaoe anu
AZ, Peynolds, tho paA!ous points :,
.rhich the Bill, as you have reporteu
4 ~. t,;,s 10 accomplish our PURPOSE
and made the specific recommends =.
.,a,,s necessary in each case TO rellieus
) ,ha failure. and in each case ~;
4 Adams stated that he personlly woulu
,ri.nnt# the alterations we PROPOSED.
IT, agrees with me that the court
\ review proposition should be eSciuaeo.
YIa arrees as to the dozen otne'@
changes which We think should &c
made. IF these changes, when NJ.
4 ADAMS SAYS he thinks should be
&adopted, are adopted, your amend 'el,
b ment will become as good as the
Beveridge amcndment-in MT. ME-
& Cabe's opinion. somewhat better tha 's
ina Beveridge amendment Is, II un-
changed.
Fighting Against Sham.
care not a whit for the language
az the amendment. What am con-
oerned with is to have 1t accomplish
the object I have In view-namely, a
4 thorough and rigid, and not q shanl'
\ inspection.
IA Tn nv Judgment the amendment, as
renorted by you, fails to accomplish
this object: whereas the Beyeridge
amendment and the House amend.
q ment. with sthe changes which Mr..
IS adams has stated he will gladly ac-
a.tcpt, both substantially accomplish
tho purpose ] have in view Will,
accordingly, sadly accept either, or.
t8 lccept any alteration of eit1!cr5or OF
4 both which will accomplish this end.
&i5 Yours truly,
NH 5, 4 THEODORE ROOSES ELI.
Hon. James w. Wadsworth,
Chairman Committee on Agriculture.
+ Mr. Wadsworth is in New York to-day
It is not known whether he will repl
to President Roosevelts letter. It !
only fair to say that the chairman o
the Committee on Agriculture hns tn
absolute confidence of his colleagues o.
the committee and in the House, with
out regard to party. He Is q man o
great wealt til, a gentleman-farmer of Gen
essee county, n. where his peopl
have been farmers for generations. an
has given Very close attention. to tn
work OF his committed. IT is believe
that while lie does not want to do tina
which Is unfair to the masses Of III
people. his regard for vested interests
Is rather higher than his regard for tn
rights of the masses Of the people.
Statement by Beveridge.
Senator Beveridge o-day made the fol.
ewing statement in reference to the con.
rorersy between the President! and Mr.
regarding the night inspection
lause OF the amendment TO the agrcul.
ural appropriation bill reported by Mr.
Tadsworth's committee:
& I'm my opinion. the Wadswcrth
substitute does make the omission re-
ferred to. 1t provides to use Its ex-
act language, AN examination and
inspection OF all meat food products.
and sor the purposes of such exami-
nation and inspection, said inspectors
shall have access at all times 10 every
part OF said establishment
.'The Wadsworth substitute does
not permit inspectors TO packing
houses for any other purpose.
But at ni+ht, when no work is
supposed tor be- done and no meat
: supposed to be Inspected Is the time
when improper practices are said to
OCCUR in the packing houses. Ger
tainly, then is the time when any
/ improper practices would occur.
aEf5k therefore my Dill PROVIDED mat
q the inspectors shall have access dur
ing the night time as well as during
the day time to every rsrt OF any
establishment hercinbefors described
without respect 10 whether or not
Z any Strengthening or other woHi is
7 being done therein
The purpose of this Was to put
i the packing houses under the sur
Y veillance OF the inspectors when
closed. as well as when open. This
E provision. which deem important,
the Wadsworth substitute onits. Mr..
thinks his language coy
rs ers this point. do not At the very
+ least, therefore. there Is an emphatic
difference of opinion. and In a law as
vital as this, affecting the health and
uv,s OF the people, It's provisions
SHOULD be clear beyond cavil and dis
pate. The President and Mr.. Rey-
,polds all agree that the langna1< OF
i,Sy amendment is far preferable TO
that Of the Wadsworth substitute.
1.-THE amendments to the House sub
a s1itute. which they have ser' to Mr..
Adams, of the House commtltee. have
been submitted TO me. II adopted,
these amendments will make the sub
stituta substantially the same as my
8 bill to all intents and purposes, al
though the language is not so clear
tn VnIl lAIun