The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10
President Will Dismiss
Extire Staff of Gov
ernment Employees.
IWADSWORTH TURNS
SINCLA AIR. DOWN
Suggested That Cost of Proposed
Inspection be Divided Be
tween Government and
Packers Cattle Rails
crs Ask for Quick
Decision.
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tFrom Our Regular Correspondcnt.)
Bs .s WASHINGTON, D. c.. Juno 9.--The
indications are thn "a very strong effort.
Il viii be made to have the House Com-t
\ smittecion Agriculture recommend that
tho cost sof n the proposed Inspection of
the beef entering into interstate isc COM
merce be divided between the packers
and the government.
This suggestion was nrst /, /, = ma de II II by
Judge IS. n. Cowan,t counsel for the Texas
Cattle Raiserst Associat tion. In his state 4
q ture to- day Judge Cowan. who is / one
J Of the ablest Ia awyers In Texas. made q
very clear statement. to the committee
a III the course OF which he decla red that
& the ..tntcrests OF raiser and packer In
this case were Identical :s that while the he
agitation OF the subject was proving
lthurtful ,toAthe packers. It was hurtful In
precisely the same degree to 4 the men,
who raised the cattle. n 5a
He wanted quick action OF some char
acter, IN order that all & meat entering
& into Interstate commerce should bear
government label assuring Its purity and
4 whofesomeness. y E was then that Judge
NJ #Cowan SI1ada the pro oposal tha an &appro-
priation, Of say ,,ooo. .olO. be made 70
4 defray the cost Of inspect tion, with spo wer
= invested in the Seer etary Of Agriculture
TO charge a fec for such inspection, When J.
4 the appropriation, should be exhausted
The suggestion appeared to meet t with
much favor at tho y han nds Of the com:
Il nittee, SO much 50, ii fact. that there
seems strong likelihood OF the m alters
being settled In II this manner. r 40 COM
mittec wants ;t 10 Il settle the contrversy
as soon 20 sssble. realizing the In tury "
the agitation S. dolnE 70 the growee1.sI.o9af q 2
we'll the paekln inS
7;fs Rebuff for Sine aiir e sa
i1hs oonn1it tnes has X dectded that ID VIII
c1lica hns !. o also y g s1 De;
ss5 Mr. Sinclair ph sis the autto of The
y Jungle e,,'' d ne book dealing With Packing
Town condit lions, !, a work that frst direct
~ ed The attention Of the a r sident TO
the subject wired Chairman y, W,adsworthj
THAT he would like to appear before the!
rommittce. Mr.. Wadsworth wired N.
reply that he would not be needed MT ~
v Sinclair, replied that he thought Z he 4 had
y as much right before the COMMITTEES as
q the paid represent tive B Of ss the beef
y trnst,'. but the hairman Of the commit
tee did not mako answer.
The session OF the committee n to-day
was hardly so interesting as e those OF
I. preceding days. Little new mi tier lis
being brought out. The report OF the
lnves tigat!on X OF the packing estab bltsh,-}
nlents by the Department Of Agriculture y
4 WAS printed overnight and was in the
q hands OF the members OF the committee.
Further study OF the report develops
more clearly the fact that II is simply
rorrobora tiy.e IS OF s that submitted by
,Messrs Reynolds and ~ ell. Il RI
II Is rumored tonight that the Presi-5
aent will see that every government In
i spector at the Chicago stock yards. is
,hnt the fslaxness OF these oricials who
I serve 5understhe Bur eau OF Animal indus
;iry8of the Department. OF Agriculture, is
4 largely re esponslble for conditions n the
e packing houses. AZ III iISg