Connecticut western news., 1906-06-28
CONFER ON MEAT BILL
House Passes Inspection Meas ure and Sends It to the
 Upper Chamber.
WANT PACKERS TO PAY COSTS
Senators Declare That Meat Men, Not Government. Should Bear Financial Burden - Animals Slaughtered on Farms and Shipped Not to Be Af- feeted by Proposed Law.

Farms and Shipped Not to Be Af-
 feeted by Proposed Law.
 Washington. June a6-The meat in spection amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill was adopted by the house without division.
 The agricultural appropriation bill was then sent to the senate with a re quest for d conference. The senate agreed to a conference.
 MT. wadsworth. chairman of the committee on agriculture. reported to the house the agricultural appropria- ton bill with compromise amend ment
 Mir Wadsworth in explaining the changes made in the substitute for the original meat inspection amend ment said that the changes were most E- in verbiage and then took them up in order.
 Farmers Not Affected.
 MT. 0lmstead called attention to one section of the amendment providing that on and after Oct. 1. 1906. no per son. firm or corporation shall transport or offer for transportation and no car rier of interstate or foreign commerce shall transport or receive for transpor- tstion from one state or territory or the District of Columbia to any other state or territory or the District of Columbia '-any carcasses of meat or meat food products unless marked in spected and passed In another DOT ton of the amendment the provisions of the act requiring inspection shall not apply to animals slaughtered by any farmer on the farm and sold and transported as interstate or foreign commerce"
 He wanted to know how these two sections harmonixed.
 MT. Wadsworth replied that the com mon carrier need not inquire He knows when farmer gives him car eass for shipment that the inspection feature of the amendment is waived.
 Changes Pointed Out.
 In the senate NIT. Proctor made . statement concerning the house substi tute for the meat inspection provision saying that there were two essential points of difference between the two houses
 One of these. he said. was the omis- sion by the house of the senate pro- vision requiring that the date of in Epection be placed on cans containing meat and the other the transfer of the cost of inspection from the packers to the national treasury.
 Speaking of the latter change, he said that it was radical and in his opinion unwise and advised that the house amendment on that point be not accepted The packers could. he de tisement
 To Protect Domestic Consumers.
 Senator Beveridge agreed with MT Proctor as to the unwiSdom of the house changes in the matters of date of labels and cost of inspection. but expressed qualification that the pro- vision for night surveillance had been retained. The two essential changes he considered as most important. de claring that if the date is not to be used it will be possible to pass of as fresh meat that which may have been inspected five years ago. He said that the date is stamped on canned meat shipped abroad and argued that the same plan should be pursued with reference to meat consumed at home.
 He agreed with MT. Proctor that the millions for advertising purposes.
 Looking at the matter in that light. the cost of inspection would not be burden because the inspection would be q great benefit The cost would at the most be infinitesimal, s cents per head for cattle and ; cents for swine. It would be impossible for packers to increase the price of meat or decrease that of stock on account of this slight charge
 Annual Tax May Reach Sfo,ooo, 900.
 He predicted that the house appro- priation would be inadequate to meet all the demands on it. while the fee system provided by the senate would adjust itself to the demands upon it If. he said. the plan is to be changed there will be vast drain on the treas ury. and he predicted that S10.O0O.00O ayear would soon be required for meat inspection alone.
 Senator Lodge also spoke for the sen ate provision. although he said it might be considered '-audaciouS to do so in view of the announcement that the house had perfected the measure and the president had accepted it." He pleaded especially for the dating of labels. because the public has the right to know what it iS buying.
 He did not agree that the producers and consumers would not feel the ef- feet of the tax. for. judging the future by the past. the packers would find in tax of q few mills an excuse for an increase of several cents a pound on the meat they sell and q similar de crease on the stock they buy.
 More Packing Houses Condemned.
 Chicago. June 2ti.-InSanitary condi- tionS have been found to exist in some of the Chicago independent meat pack .E-T y+I.-