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Two minority rrrorts werr hl"d TO-DAY II
one aIgned hy lt't representatives. Rnvie lan'h'
and Gambler. all Democrats. Hni ono IVY
REPRESENTATIVES DAVIS " MINI" 'o'h ana
Il.ugen NJ Iowa. Republicans The lN'Nl"'
scpor, objects "a the -rCtiun providing thIt'
tho Government ahlll pay III" cost vt IN
srec.inn. tn the court review clause ana
the provision for the appointment ~ IN
s~rac;ors outside the civil service reRuIa-
,ions Generally speaking, Mesara. btvta'I
and Uaupen are In accord with thes" Oh
iections, lint they alsu suggest an amend
men, providing for 4 division ot the cost
Of inspection and will Offer II In the HOUSE
rs n compromise ON this question,
Tho Davis amendment provides that the'
cost Of ante-mortcu inspection, wherever
Il Ia made within the discretion OF the SEQ
retary Of Agriculture, and the cost OF post
mortem inspection, which il compulsory
under the bill, shall he paid for ont OF "a
direct appropriation from the Treasury |
hut that the Secretary shall cause TO he
kent "a nearly "a possible u record OF the
expense OF the inspection OF carcasseS or
mn rts of carclsses OF animals which go into
the can and to provide regulations Tor i'm
posing a tax upon the packers TO cover the
eypense of this class of inspection.
In other words, the amendment provides
that meats which are sold fresh shall be in
snec,ed at the expense Of the Government.
and that those which go into meat food
products in the cans which are prepared in
the hacking esta Adjustments shall be paid for
nv the hackers themselves. This 1t is esti-
mated. would nearly equally divide the
item OF expense, as the necessity for the
more careful inspection exists with respect
to the prepared meat food products. even
though they constitute a small portion Of
the output as compared Will the whole
output.
Representative Cromer, who voted in the
committee for the Beveridge amendment
with only slight notifications, withheld his
name from the majority report and signed
neither of the minority reports. Since the
aprearance Of the Presidents letter in the
controversy he Is now counted by the
friends of the substitute as in favor of it.
The President pointed out in his letter
10 Mr.. Wadsworth that the matter Of assess
ing the cost of inspection against the Gov
eminent was a matter of secon Diary i'm
portance compared with the other OBJ
Fashionable features of the measure. 1t is
said by those with whom he talked this
afternoon that he has already expressed a
willingness to compromise with the com
mittee on this question along the lines indi-
Gated by Judge Cowan in his statement
made before the committee whileit was con-
Quoting hearings on the amendment. His
proposition was thai the Congress should
make a direct appropriation OF a stated
amount for the expense OF inspection, and
that there should be added a clause assess
ing a head tax upon stock slaughtered to
make up any deficiency which might arise
by reason Of the inspection, and to meet
any emergencies which might arise. h
latter part of this proposition. was not
incorporated in the substitute ST ut eoN which mic makes
1t is said now that the President is willing
to accept such a plan. He had a talk to-day
with Judge Cowan upon the subject. Judge
Cowan represents the Texas cattle growerS
and was one OF the President chlef ad-
yisers in the matter Of railroad rate legisla-
ton, and the President places great reliance
IN his Judgment. Judge Cowan also had a
long conference to-day with Chairman
Wadsworth, but whether or not Mr.. Wads-
worth and his committee will agree to the
plan of compromise upon this question was
not made known to-day.
As the situation now stands Mr.. Wads-
worth is not disposed to call his committee
together to consider any change in the
substitute which has been reported 70 the |
House. The argument is made that the
matter is now up to the House and that
Il must dispose of the amendment as it
sees fit. In order to get the matter before
the committee again it would be necessary
for the House to refer the bill back to the
committee.
Members Of the House; even those who
are friendly to the original Beveridge
amendment, are at a loss to understand
the Presidents criticism Of the alleged
failure Of the measure to include a provision
which would make the packing plants ac- |
ceesible at all hours to the inspectors.
1t ia pointed out. az set forth in MI. Wads-
worth's letter, that the measure expressly /
STIMULATES that the plants shall be accessible
to inspectors at all times, and, further, that
there is a clause which in definite terms
provides for night inspection. They further
hold that the President is inconsistent in
his present attitude toward a court review
provision and has assumed a position di-
rectly contrary to his final attitude upon
the court review question in the railroad
rate bill, -
The members Of the Illinois delegation,
including Representative Rainey, the lone
Democra' in the House from that State,
held a meeting Yesterday before the Prcsi-
dent's letter to Mr. Wadsworth was received
end agreed to stand by the substitute. There