New-York tribune., 1906-06-30
MEAT INSPECTION SURE
Senate Yields to House IN Matter OF
Cost of the WorE.

Washington June 29-When the conferrees
on the Agricultural bill met to-day the house
representatives announced that under the in
structions voted by the house they would be
compelled to insist upon the house provision IN
regard to meat inspection without compromise
of any kind
The Senate conferrees stood out for the COM
nromise proposition offered by Senator Proctor
to divide the expense of inspection between the
packers and the government. by retaining the
So 600 600 appropriation. but taxing cattle hve
cents and swine sheep and goats three cents
head which would result in revenues of about
81. 100000 annually. When the conference broke
up Senator Proctor announced that ne would
ask the Senate for instructions.
When Mr. Proctor presented the report OF the
conferrees to the Senate he said because of the
great principle involved the Senate conferrees
had decided to advise the Senate to yield on the
meat inspection amendment, and not the least
beneficial of these effects would be that IL
would open the way for new packers, FOR mere
after the government stamp. and not the good
will of the house would be the guarantee OF the
character of meat
Senator Hanshrough another of the conferrees'
suggested that more time would insure the sue
cess of the Senate bill
Senators Proctor and Hansbrough requested
the Senate to authorize the conferrees to accept
the House provision, and Mr.. Proctor entered a
motion to that effect.
Senator Beveridge advocated the adoption of
the notion saying that the country is 10 De
congratulated upon securing better law than
could at first reasonably have been expected
Senator Nelson declared that the bill had been
shaped in the interest of the packers and the
range cattlemen
when" said he. I'VE come here and ask that
their goods be correctly labelled. these packers
get up their hind legs and say You can
have it, To me, in the absence of that lahel, IL
seems legislative abortion. and we submit IKE
licked dogs and accept their meat not knowing
whether II he fresh or as old as Metnuseiah. I,
for one, do not feel like submitting, and should
not do so If the provision had not been attached
to appropriation bill.
Senator Simmons condemned the course OF the
packers but Indicating his acceptance under
duress he denounced the conduct of the packers
piece of audacity and effrontery~ He ad-
mitted that he would sign the conference report
Congress had already surrendered TO the
STANDARD Oil monopoly and the fact that IL
now is again to surrender to the second greatest
monopoly in the country was exceedingly hu-
initiating
Senator Stone confessed TO speaking I'm behalf
of the packers. among others of his constituents
Speaking of the great injury to the meat IN
dustry that the agitation had caused, he advo-
Gated speedy action. He complained especially
of the practice of holding the packers OF the en-
tire country responsible for the derelictions of
few packers in Chicago.
Senator McCumber said:
I'VE have met the enemy and we are theirs;
indemnity. $3.O0OOOO" He opposed the motion
to reCede.
Mr. Proctor withdrew his motion and the bill
went back TO conference.
Late in the afternoon the conferrees returned
to the Senate Chamber and Mr.. Proctor pre-
sented the report. IL was read and comment
was agreed to. II carried the meat inspection
provision presented by the House. Tonight
the House adopted the conference report amid
considerable applause. This passed the bill. and
when signed by the presiding officers of both
houses it will go to the President