The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-21
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r'nat inarectinn amendment 10 tho Aari.
cultural Appropriation hill soon after u
met to-day and plunged ~ onCe into n
discnssIon " the meat question Chair.
man Proctor ,of the Agricultural Com.
mitteP IN charge ~ the bill, made humorous
reference Ia the activity of the Chicago
meat packers in bombarding Congress
with protesting kilograms.
They are all in alnost exactly the came
wording said the senator, indicating
that they were prepared by tho Chicago
meat packers and sent ~ their suggestion
Most " them arc dramatically incorrect
another proof Of their Chicago origin"
They are not only packers Of meat but
packers of men as we'll, " said Mr.. Proctor,
Judging from the SUCCESS they nave had
in rounding up people To aend telegrams.'
Mr.. Proctor opposed the House amend
ment proposing TO put the cost of the tax
upon the Government He asserted that
the packers ought to pay it.
Mr.. B~everidge Of Indiana opposed the
House amendment. He said that the
appropriation Of s.. OoO. 900 to cover the cost
of inspection was an unwarranted raid upon
the Treasury. Immigrants pay for their
inspection, manufacturer of oleomargarine
pay the expenses Of inspection OF their
products, and why should not the packers
pay" said Mr.. Beveridge. The Indiana
Senator closed with a tribute to President
Roosevelt.
MIR. Lodge Of Massachusetts, created
amusement by saying that il might
be considered audacious for any Sena-
tor to speak on the meat amendment
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House bill had been settled between
the House CO committee and the President
and that there was really nothing left to be
said. But I'll venture to submit a few
remarks in conformity with the obligations
imposed upon this Senate by that much
discussed instrument, the Constitution of
the United States"
Mr.. Lodge said that the packers should
be required to pay the xpenses of the in
spection. He insisted also that canned
goods should show upon the label the date
Of manufacture,
1T may be. as these amiable gentlemen
who do our packing tell US said he, that
meats that have been canned for five years
are as good as those recently, put up: But
If this Be so why do the packers object to
putting the date on the labells
Mr.. Lodge said that the conditions in the
United States were no worse than they
were in foreign countries. Great Britain
usually held up her hands in horror, with
an exclamation: How bad they -arel"
and by inference, How good we are!'
Mr.. Lodge closed with an attack on the
Chicago packers. He said they were the
centre Of the whole trouble. They sneered
at Agents Reynolds and Neill, and impu-
IDENTITY tried to sneer the matter out of on
gress.
They brought this whole exposure upon
themselves and I suppose they now wish
they had not precipitated it. Mr.. Lodge
said the trouble with the Chicago packers
was that they had always defed the law.
He cited the numerous convictions for
violations of law. He said the packers
were doing more to promote socialism than
Mr.. Warren Of Wyoming defended the
House amendment and declared that the
form o~finspection provided by the Beveridg &c
amendment was -monstrous doctrine
Mr.. McCumber of South Dakota favored
the Beveridge amendment and opposed
the substitute.
At 2 O'Clock the sea level canal bill was
laid before the Senate and speeches we're
made by Mr.. Morgan Of Alabama advocat-
ing the sea level type and by Messrs. Per-
kins of California and Proctor of Vermont
in favor Of the lock level construction,
The Senate took a recess from 8 to 8 P. NJ.
and on reassembling o up the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill.