The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-16
COMMITTEE
 TO STlfiD PAT Ay-
 Presidentss Letter is Of f,idered.
 sArlsrr SMrH MEAT REPORT Minority Submits Its Views on the Subject. In Meantime Cannon and wadsworth Will Not Talk But Chairman Has Mailed Answer to Roosevelt.
WITH MEAT REPORT
In Meantime Cannon and Wadsw0rth
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| Washington, June 15.--An informal conference of those members of the | House Committee on Agriculture whose votes authorized the report on thessub- meat inspection bill to which the Pres | ident objects. was begun today. | It is understood the Presidents ob- I Jections will be first considered in de- | tall by the members favoring the sub stitute in an informal manner before | the committee action will be attempt ed Minutes of the informal session will be made by an official stcno- grapher.
 | Chairman Wadsworth of the House Committee on Agriculture, says he shall make no statement whatever regarding | the Presidents criticism of the meat inspection amendment.
 Other members of the committee who attended the informal conference to- day say that the committee will stand pat' on the substitute
 | After the conference with members of the committee, who voted for the substitute, Mir Wadsworth discussed the matter with Speaker Cannon. l It is pointed out by Representatives Adams (Wis.). Brooks (Col.). and 1 Lorimer, (Ill.), members of the Com mittee that the lack of night inspec- | ton to which the President calls at- l tention as being a fault of the substi- l ute, is provided for in two paragraphs of the substitute bill. In one place | the language is: Said inspectors shall have access at all times to every part of said establishment in another, re- ferring to the inspection to be made the language is during the night time as well as during the day time. when the slaughtering of said cattle, sheep, swine and goats or the preparation of said food products is conducted during the night time"
 Minority Report Filed. A minority report signed by Repre- sentatives Lamb (va.)s Bowie (Ala.), and Chandler (Miss), was filed today
 meat inspection amendment reported by majority of the members of the House Committee on Agriculture.
 .In our opinion" the = report con
 c1udes. s'the Beveridge amendment, af-t ter correcting certain minor provisions | will be a far better bill and accom- | plish the purpose intended more satis- | factorily than Is possible under the provisions of the House substitute" The three points of placing the cost l on the government, the court review and the waiving of the civil service law for one year in the selection of | inspectors are made the principal points of objection to the substitute in the report.
 | After stating that the packers are to blame for existing conditions. the re- port says:
 can it be tolerated that those whose acts have endangered the public health and undermined the public confidence shall escape from the condition which they have created without penalty of any kind, and with the added premium | of s2,0OO, ,000 annually from the treas
 ury of the United States to pay the ex-
 penses of correcting their own
 wrongs?
 The Only Contradiction Commenting on the testimony oelote tha Committee, the report says that inc only contradiction made to the | Neill- -Reynolds report was by the gem araI manager of one of the packing houses who undertook to testiIy not | only as to the condition in his own es- | tabiishment, but in that or all the otn- CT establishments in the city or Chi l cago and who not only unoer looA so | testify in rehuttal of statements maoe { bv Messrs. Neill and Reynolds, as to | inc facts within their knowledge epout | oonditions in other establishments than | his own, but actually made a state | ment upon conditions that hao trans | nired when he was not Tn Chlcdso Sl
 all and, therefore. could not possipiy | matters about which ne assuneu '' ~ tighten the Committee.
 | rha court review provision or the auhstitute Is characterized as sWoro over the heads of the inspectors ehsas l ed in the discharge of their dutles' ana to cripple materially the enclencS oa | tha service" Under this provision the renort says a Federal Circuit Judge can review the finding of any inspector and of the Secretary Of Agrlculture'
 whether on a point of sanltatioh or with respect to the condition or any meat or meat food products and tnere- bv have the inspection system Of the limited States intended to protect the nubIic health, to be tried and controlled by the Federal Circuit Courts. We as; sert that it Is not a proper 1udlclaI | function which they have attempted 10 impose upon the courts.
 Civil Service Provision. The waiving of the civil service pro vision i sdeclared to be an unsound and vicious policy" The inspectors ap-
 pointed with1 thi6 otHe the foe periiEifa iife named
 After the conference between Speak cr Cannon. Chairman Wadsworth and other members of the House Committee | or Agriculture today, Speaker Cannon
 was asked regarding the situation and
 had this to say:
 ~ do not care to discuss for publica-
 tior tho report of the House Committee
 or. Aerieulture touching meat inspec- finn It Is now pending before the
 HoTse, and in common with other mem be of the House. l am satisfied that
 |, ,oill receive safe and sound consd-
 eration. I am also satisfied that be-
 fore Congres adjourns, legislation will be enacted to provide for the efficient inspection for one-third of the worlds
 meat product finding markets in the ITrIted States and foreign countries.
 ''The floor of the House is the place
 for debate. consideration and action re- | oardine matter which is pending legislation"
 Chairman wadswcrth has written a letter to President Roosevelt in reply lto that received by him from the White
 House last night
 Second Minority Report.
 A second minority report on the
 house substitute for the Bevesidge
 amendment and signed by Representa-
 lives Haugen of Iowa. and Davis of
 Minnesota, was filed fin the house just
 before adjournment. The same fault
 is found with the court review prop | -H.r -Na-