Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-09
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know WHttntr lllc nOS was afterwards
cleaned or not.
At this point. Representative Lamb.
Pa, wanted to know if the chairman
was summing up the testimony.
No, sir" replied Mr. WadswOrth.
II am talking of what | WAS criticized
for yesterday, because | propose to ask
Mr.. Reynolds the same questions. In
my Judgment | was perfectly justified
in asking those questions"
Then addressing himself to Mr.. Rey-
nolds, lac put the question: do you
know whether that hog was sent to be
canned or sailed uncleancd?"
Il d" not" WAS the reply.
Don't YOU think that statement in
your letter of transmittal which says
that the matters set forth in the report
were founded on fact, was not quite
true
II do not. sir, no. | think the state
mcnt is perfectly true"
"But did YOU sec that no" 50 To the
can-explain it any way you please, !
do not want To embarrass YOU or OK
anime YOU as a pettifogSer.
The. reply to this was Il rCitelation of
The circumstances that the hog fell ana
VAS made filthy, picked up and placed
with the others.
Representative Brooks. COLO. brought
out that according to the census the
fresh beef was substantially % per cent.
of the products of the packers. It COW
vrs practically all the mutton and %
per cent Of the hog products. In view
OF these statistics. Mr.. Brooks got the
assent of the witness to this. but MI.
Neil objected. He was not willing to
give - per cent. Of the. meat clean
lii Of health He had not Investigate
ed in other cities where beef is dress
ri ami understood the census report APP
Piled to them also.
Modifying his acceptance Cf Nh Brooks
statistics. Nh Reynolds wanted it noted
that their report found fault with thu
buildings ~ to their unstn!tarv cnndI-
ton Thos. buildings were Old of wood
ANA easily absorbed.
Representative Wharton. WI" repre-
ecntS the ''Packinstcwn" district IN
Chicago. was given an opportunity to be
heard and d, clarcd he wanted |" resent
~ "A Islander the statement ny Mr.. Neil!
yesterday regarding the moral condition
of the employees, the statement III tn" re
port being that the conditions tended -
produce moral degeneration.
Mr. Wharton cunt"nGrd that the condi-
tons set forth in the report were only
violated in cases aud did not prevail
generally lie said he hnd lived adjacent
to the Chicago stock yards Since he was
thrcn wears old. Lad worked in the yards
ana was familiar with III their opera
, L., tn I,T
was III mucl3 rIranu"ss in putting IN
meats AZ there WAS in any II Itel Kitchen
A large part Of the statement Of Repre-
sentative Wharton was based on the fac:
that he had been Il guide in the packing
house. He declared that there Were no
places where guides were not permitted
to take visitors.
Representative CrumplckCr Of Indiana
asserted that the Bcvcridge measure I'M
luurstionabv was invalid ana already had
been declared so by decisions Of the court
He referred to the case Of the United
States vs. Boyer. in which tn" opinion
of Justice Phillips was to the effect that
| tn" government had no right to inspect
the packing plants and that its province
was confined to the inspection Of mea;
for interstate business.
Continuing. Mr.. Crumpackcr said that
the Inspection to he effective must bc pu:
| on Il legal basis. States must do the in
speeding Of meats in preparation for com
mcrcc. he said. for the government could
exercise no jurisdiction over the business
unless it was for Interstate commerce.
There was no question. he said. but that
the packers could drive every federal in
spector out Of their plants if thcy de-
sired
His deductions after reading Numerous
opinion were that the federal government
could hav" nothing to 10 with the manu-
fIcturc Of 4 commodity as Congress is
limited t" commerce. and comm,rcc sue
crods manufactures" Until Il commodit !
entered the channels of commerce, h.
said. Congress could exercise no super
vision whrtcvcr.
"Whcu the states have established q
thorough inspection service nf packing
houses and c',nn"rs and within their
boundaries, for tn" protection Of their
own people, said he. the question will
have been solved for then the whole pco-
PIE will have been prntcrtcd."
Taking up the BcvcridGc amendment.
Mr.. Crumplck"r said il would put ont Of
bus mess Ill Of tho butchers in Indiana.
Iowa. Michigan and WISCONSIN. who sold
their product to commission merchants;
in Chicago, for the government could nos
give the mnspcction. He said this would
ne true "f states surrounding any Of the