Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-21
SENATOR LODGE
WARNS PACKERS
DECLARES PUBLIC WILL NOT
STAND EVERYTHING
Milllonalres. He Said, Who Make
Light Of Books and Newspapers
May Shortly Change Their
Views
BY Associated Press.

BN Associated Press.
WASHINGTON June 90 Senator
Proctor today called ur in the senate
the agricultural appropriation bill and
made the usual motion for agreement
to the request for a conference He
then made statement concerning the
house substitute meat inspection bill,
saving there were essential points of
difference between the two houses
one of these, he said, was the oInis-
sion by the house of the senate provision
requiring that the date of inspection
be placed on cans containing meat and
the transfer of the cost of inspection
from the packers to the national treas
ury. 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
5everidge Argues
Senator Beveridge agreed with Mr..
Proctor as to the unwisdom of the
house changes in the matters of date of
labels and cost of inspection, but eX-
pressed qualification that the provision
for night surveillance had been re-
tained. He thought that the inspection
should be paid out of the profits or the
packers themselves, and not by the
government, the stock growers nor the
consumers.
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 made
upon it.
Senator Lodge also spoke for the sem
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 a
right to know what it is buying. He
charged the Chicago packers with try
ing to defeat the legislation.
The attack from Europe did not
alarm Mr.. Lodge very much, for he
said that practices in foreign countries
are no better than our own.
Discussing the group of men in con-
troll of the packing industry Mr.. Lodge
said their history has been one of utter
defiance of law and public opinion. He
referred to a recently published inter-
view with Nelson Morris, in which this
great packer showed contempt for writ
ers OF books, and the Massachusetts
senator said the writing of a book
brought about the present situation,
and it may occur to the packers
that "the writing of books is not so
contemptible.'
The men responsible for the meat
packing and STANDARD Oil monopolies,
said Mr.. Lodge, have done more to ad-
vance socialism, anarchy, unrest and
unwholesome conditions in the United
States than all of the socialists in the
world. He said the people would not
have their food tampered with and
made sport of for mere greed of money
and they are rightly insisting that these
packers be put on the same basis as
manufacturers of other food whose
products are inspected.
Senator Warner defended the packers
and denounced as simply monstrous"
the proposition of Mr.. Beveridge and
Proctor that they should be required
to advertise their business in a pre-
scribed way. He said the legislation is
aimed at the farmers and stock grow
ers, and contended that, instead of tax
ing them and the packers for the pro-
posed inspection, the entire country
should pay the expense.
Mr.. Warren had not been speaking
long when the morning hour expired,
rendering it necessary to displace the
appropriation with the canal bill.