Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-14
Succeed in Getting Committee
. Place Cost of Inspection
on Governments
An AGREEMENT is REACHED
Likely to Insure an Inspection Clause
In the Agricultural Appropriation
Dill, But Will Place the Cost of In
spectior Upon the Government-To
- Offered Today.

Washington, June IA meat in
spection provision has been completed
BY the house committee on agriculture
and will be presented to the house for
action probably today, which it is de-
that American meats and meat pro-
ducts are healtlful, clean, and in every
respect wholesome and fit for food.
The important features of the legis-
lation are thar it places the cost OF
the inspec ton on the government and
makes an annual automatic appropria-
ton of 81 100000 to pay the expenses.
It requires rigid post-mortem and
ante-mortem inspection of all animals
killed for food. 1t requires a govern
ment label as Il passport for all meat
and meat products which enter inter-
state commerce, and in addition to
this label, certificate of purity to the
culture for such products which enter
foreign commerce. To secure this label
the product must be handled in ac-
cordance with sanitary regulations to
be prescribed by the secretary of agri-
culture, who is authorized to employ,
without regard to the civil service
law, for the first year, an adequate
corps of efficient inspectors to super
wise the enforcement of his regula-
tons.
1t prohibits the use of preservatives
Or chemicals in the preparation of meat
foods which are deleterious to health
and leaves the matter of determining
this question to the secretary of ag-
riculture. The label on the produc.
Is to Indicate the ingredients. but the
date Of manufacture is not required to
be stated.
The sanitary requirements which the
secretary is to prescribe and enforce
must insure complete sanitation as to
all buildings. whether Slaughter houses
or canning establishments
There are many penalty clauses at
taching to violations of all these pro-
visions. The common carrier Is sub
sect to heavy penalty if he accepts
for transportation any goods not
bearing the government label or in
case of foreign shipments, in addition
to the label. not accompanied by the
required certificate. The packers are
subject to a heavy penalty for false
labelling as TO contents of packages.
Trade. names are to be allowed in
some cases. in the discretion of the
secretary, but in all cases the con-
tents of the package must be stated
"A VII ION, ,,f 81, nf thn
ions of the regulations is made mis-
demeanor punishable by a fine not to
exceed $4,000 or imprisonment not to
exceed two years. There is special
penalty against the bribery of in
spectors, being Imprisonment from one
to three years, and fine of from $1,000
to $4,000 for offering a bride and the
same punishment for the acceptance Of
q bride on tie part of inspectors.
Farmers and small butchers are ex-
cepted from the operation Of the regu-
lations.
This conclusion of the committee was
reached after three full days of con-
alteration following the exhaustive
hearings held in connection with the
official reports regarding conditions in
the packing houses at Chicago; the
statement of the packers, and the rep
resentation Of the live stock raisers.
Minority Report.
The conclusion represents the judg-
ment of nine members of the committee
as against seven. who preferred the
Beverage amendment slightly altered.
A minority report will be made to the
house by some of the members dis
senting.
Representative CORNER, of Indiana,
led the forces of the committee favor
ing the Beyeridge amendment He Of
fered four amendments to the Bev-
eridge amendment and then moved its
adoption by the committee in place Of
the substitute which had been perfect
ed.
On this motion he was sustained by
Representatives Henry. of Connecticut
Haugen, of Iowa, Davis, Of Minnesota,
republicans, and Lamb, of Virginia,
Bowie, of Alabama, and Chandler, of
Mississippi, democrats. Nine votes
were recorded in the negative of this
motion, and the substitute was then
adopted by the nine negative votes on
the other motion.
Amendments.
The four amendments which Mr.
Cromer offered to the Beveridge
amendment are ali contained in the
substitute They were:
Ffrst-That in the destruction of UNI
fit meat products the destruction
should only be for good purposes.
Second-That the inspection should
be restricted to continental United
States" and not extended to it's pos
sessions.
Third-Waiving the civil service
operation for one year in the selection
of inspectors.
Fourth = Excepting the farmer and
small butchers from inspection.
The members who voted for and
carried the substitute were Chairman
Wadsw orth, of New York, Scott, of
Kansas, Haskins, of Vermont Lorimer.
of Illinois, Brooks of Colorado, Adams,
of Wisconsin, Cocks, of New York, re-
publicans; Lever, of South Carolina,
and Trin1ble. of Kentucky, democrats.
Representative L;lFane, of Pennsyl-
vania, was unavoidably absent, but
left word that he was in favor of the
substitute. Representative Field, of
Texas, was absent, and Delegate An-
ews of New Mexico had no vote.
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