The Washington times., 1906-06-15


and Senate. and then the real struggle
will have Just begun
Stick to Their Bill.
So deep is the feeling of indigna tion
in the House today that several MEM
bers. realizing as they did the terrific
import to the packers of any delay in
finally settling the meat question, de-
clared that they did not see how the
President. after disapproving so stren-
uously of the provisions of the House
bill. could bring himself to sign IL into
law even If the Senate agreed to IL.
In the same breath, however. they re
iterated their intention to stick TO
their form OF the bill and allow the
country to judge whether they OF the
President or the Senate should be held
responsible for the delay.
President Opposes House Substitute.
Chairman wadsworth. of the House
Committee on Agriculture. called on
the President yesterday afternoon and
heard from the Chief Executives own
lips that he was opposed to the entire
House substitute for the Beveridge bill.
The President explained in unmistak-
able terms that the failure Of the House
committee TO include in its substitute n
provision that there shall be an inspec-
tiOn of the meat at all hours, either in
the day or in the night, made him op-
posed TO the measure, as he was con-
VII ced that such measure would
prove inadequate to meet the SITUATION
IL is not thought by those in touch
with the situation that the PRESIDENT
will veto the House bill II II should be
passed by the House and Senate. He
would vastly prefer, however, TO have
the Beveridge' measure enacted into law.
In submitting TO the House its report
OF the committees s hearings on this meat
question. which was stirred up largely
in the beginning by the Bureau of Ami
nal Industry, represented by Or. Mel
vim, and the report OF MeSSrs- Reynolds
and Nell, the committee says:
Government Employees.
'In recommending that the cost Of the
inspection provided for In this measure
be met by an appropriation from the
public treasury. your committee have
followed what they believe to be sound
Government policy and wise legislative
practice.
The men whose duty il will be to
execute the provisions OF this act will
be Government officials. and their sal
aries should be paid as are the salaries
OF all other Federal officers-by all the
people, and not by a special tax levied
against a given interest. The PROPOSE
ton 70 create by a special tax on a
single industry A large fund which
shall be held at the disposal of an exec
discretion without legislative enactment,
seems to your committee to be an alb
dication on the part OF Congress OF
one of its most important functions.
'Onc OF the most important results
which il is hoped viii follow this legis-
lation will be the restoration of public
confidence, not only in our own country
but In other cou1 tries, in the purity and
wholesomeneSS of American meat and
meat products. Your committee do not
believe this object would be attained
by legislation which requires those who
are to be inspected to pay the cost or
the inspection. On the contrary We be
lieve that the knowledge Of this fact
would discredit the inspection and cast
suspicion upon it.
Committee Provisions
''In his recent message to Congress-
transmitting tho Neill-Reynolds report
the President Of the United States rec
commended that the cost of the proposed
inspection be borne by the packers, but
stated plainly that he would favor the
Government paying it were II not for
the danger of an insufficient appropria-
ton. Your committee believe they have
met this objection by the provision In
corporated in the substitute. This pro-
vision follows the language of a pro
vision for similar purpose which has
been satisfactory for many years in sup
plying the requirements of the customs
service