The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-21
MEAT BILL UP
IN THE SENATE
Proctor of Vermont Not Salts
fled With the White
House Agreement.
BEVERlDGE ALSO Walls
LODGE MAKES ATTACK UPON
THE PACKERS.
BEVERIDGE ALSO Walls

ATE T%SNEHS
Washington, June Ex-senator Proctor
today called up in the senate the agricuI
tuTal appropriation bill, and made the
usual motion for agreement to the re.
quest for a conference. He then made .
statement concerning the house substitute
for the meat inspection bill. saying there
were essential points Of difference between
the two houses One of these, he said
was the omission by the house Of the sen
ate provision requiring that the date OF
Inspection De placed on cans containing
meat, and the other the transfer Of the
cost or inspection from the packers TO
the national treasury. Speaking of the
latter change, he said that il was radi-
cal, and in his opinion, unwise; and ad-
Flsed that the house amendment on that
point be not accepted The packers could.
he declared, afford the expense of an ad-
VertiSement, for, looked a in that light
the government certificate would be of
immense benefit Mr.. Proctor also charged
that the numerous protests which have
been coming to the senate on this SUBJ
5ect have common origin in Chicago
and in support Of his statement read a
number of protests to show the language
TO be practically the same wherever they
may be dated.
Beverage Agrees.
Senator Beverage agreed with Mr.. Proc
tor as 10 the unwisdom OF the house
NAloA4&GS All me lalaLIeES OF GATE OF labels
ana cost OF inspection, but expressed graf
IhcatiOn that the provision for night sur
Neluance had been retained. The two es-
SenLla4 changes he considered as most i'm
pOrtant declaring that if the date is not
10 be used IL VIII be possible TO pass off
as fresh meat that which may have been
the date was stamped on meat Shipped
abroad, and argued that the same plan
should be pursued with refernce to meat
consumed at home. Why, he asked should
the people pay for the packers inspection
ana not the packers themselves, and,
agreeing with Mr. Proctor said the guar
antee stamp would be worth S. 900 or
Slo.00o000 for advertising purposes. Look /
ing a the matter IN that light the cost Of
inspection would not be a burden because /
the inspection would be a great benefit. /
The cost would at the most be infinitesi-
mal-S cents per head for cattle and . !
cents for swine. II would be impossible
for packers TO increase the price Of meat
or decrease that OF stock on account Of I
this slight charge; hence the alarm on (
this account was groundless-
Packers Should Pay.
The inspection should be paid out of the
profits Of the packers themselves. and not )
BY the government the StOck-grOWers nor I
the consumers. He predicted that the /
house appropriation would be inadeduats (
10 meet all the demands on it, while the 4
lee system provided by The senate would /
adjust itself 10 the demands made upon It 4
he pointed out that national banks pay
for their inspection. as do Oleoma-garine !
N 2 rl7If aofr1reTs an even ir4ruju-arfS COM,
Ing into the United States. Hence, the .
proposition is not novel If he said. the
plan IS TO be changed there viii be a I
vast drain on the treasury. and predicted /
that SO 900 a year would soon be re-
quired for meat inspection alone. He said 1
me packers alone are responsible Tor the /
agitation that had been aroused but pre- 4
dicted that in the end the result would be 4
= restoration of confidence and therefore /
beneficial IIe credited the rrosnecfiy-o /
success of the measure to the president /
who had stood firmly from the beginning /
Tor the most complete inspection bin on 4
he statute books OF any country.
Lodge Wants Labels Dated.
Senator Lodge also spoke for the SEN
SIZE provision. although ne said il might \
~ considered ''audaci0Us 10 do so in view 4
0f the announcement that the house had I
perfected the measure and the president /
had accepted IT He pleaded especially +
for the dating of labels, because the public
has the right 10 know what it is buying
lie did not agree that the producers and
Iho consumers would rot feel the effect of /
tue tax, for. judging the future by the
past. the packers would find in tax Of a I
few mills an excuse for an increase Of
several cents a pound on the meat they
sell and a similar decrease on the stock
they buy Nevertheless. he thought the
packers should paw the cost be charged I.
The Chicago packers with trying to defeat
The attaciz from Europe did not alarm
NJ. Lodge very much. for he said that
practices in foreign countries are no whit
better than our Own he read neBspa-
fqor extracts 20 snow tfldL III EuZldlQ rot d
ten eggs are used in making pastry. and /.
fevered cattle are butchered for beef and
also quoted an article from an English re-
view to show that morals in that country
are not ali they should be
Scored the Packers.
Discussing the group OF men in control
OF the packing industry. Mr.. Lodge said
their history has been of utter defiance of
law and public opinion He referred to
2 recently published interview with Nelson !
Morris. in which this great packer showed ,
Massachusetts senator said the writing Of ]
2 book brought about the present situa-
ton. and il may occur to the packers that
the writing of books is not so contempt [
The men responsible for the meat pack
ing and Standard Oil mOnOpOlies, said Mr..
Lodge. have done more to advance social
Ism. anaTChiSm. unrest and unWhOlesOTne [
the socialists in the world. He said the I :
people would resent having their food / :
tempered with. and made sport OF mere
greed for money, and that they are right z
IL insisting that these packers be put on Z
the same basis as manufacturers Of other Y
foods whose products are inspected. >
Senator Warren defended the packers !
and denounced as simply mOnstrous' the ?
proposition Of Messrs. BeVeridge and Proc 1
tor that they should be required to ad- S
4 erfise their business in a prescribed way. 2
He said the legislation IS aimed al the
farmers and stOck-grOwers. and contend :
ed that instead Of taxing them and the {
hackers for the proposed inspection, the S
entire country should paw the expense.
Mr. Warren had not been speaking long
when the morning hour expired. rendering
Il necessary to diSpiace the appropriation
BIN with the canal bill
REGULARS WON OUT.
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