The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-12
Committee Said TOHavO.
Reached G Compromise
On This Point.
PRESIDENT is
STANDING FIRM
Speaker Cannon Says Just
Law Will be Passed and
Henry Promises It Will
Have Teeth to It.
Conferences at
White House.
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rom our Regular Correspondents

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ss (From our Regular correzoondent.)
# WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 11.-Mem-
bers OF the House Committee on Agricul-
6ture steadfastly refuse to sve any def
nite information regarding the trend OF
their work to-day. It is understood,
Il however, that the committee has agreed
upon the crucial point Of tho contro-
versy between packers and the advocates
4 of rigid inspection-tiils was as to where
the cost OF inspection should be laid.
NJ 1t Is understood the committee has
ngreed upon a compromise under the
terrns OF which both government and
packers shall bear a2the cost. The BILL
will propose that the sum OF So, 900. 900 be
appropriated to defIay the cost OF In
spect.on. Should such cost exceed that
,um the Secretary ot Agriculture Is to
# be empowered to require the packers to
& pay a fee for the inspection Of each
animal slaughtered. Tn.s plan is advo-
y Gated by the cattle growers, and'sis 1h-
1erstood to be acceptable TO the packers.
The scomniitteAf spent considerable time
Il on other features OF the b:H. but 1t is
Y understood no final decision. was reached
regarding any Of them. n $f3s!d5 n
The Government Label.
The committee was locked lii It's room
for six hours. When The session ended
Il a $50 o'clock this a ftelnoon mem oers
L said they had agreed to observe strict
a secrecy regarding what had R5cen done
There was general statement how
( ever, that nothing had been dGne nnai-
6 ~ The Beyeridge amends1ent was
( taken as the basis OF action, and the
Il greater part Of 1T was gone over tenta-
u lively. It Us understood the Committee
II found itself generally in favor Of strik-
& lrg from the Beyeridge amendment the
D requirement that the labels on the cans
Il containing prepared rnea ii products shall
"a Dear this date oftm manMfact tura. # 8 sS
The nrobien Of Fed 1arals jurtad tettonst to
s enforce sanitary eglila tton IS, snn which
q The question: of constItu tioEAiasy III x-aB
II raised. hns IA tentative golli tlo,, at least
lin a 9prnpo ton to lave all label Il far
q every $cha cter Of Eiesat product, canned
4 and otherwise. Issued : by the hetre tAry.
and attached to the product only after
II such sanitary regula tons asatthe Eecre-
81 tary shall prescribe lave been compiled
& with and approval given Is government
There government lahels are
38s % then be the passpor. OF nlea products
Into interstate and foreign t,ade, ard
4 Lomnlon carriers are 70 be forbidden TO
4 accept for shipment signlisnnts or
goods without official government 4 bsie,,
This provision. like all others, Is only
liz the tentative stage. 4s as
Conferences at White II ouse.
Consideration OF the pror,osed s,nea1 In
specton law occupied son1e .irne ,n-day
al the White House. The Prcyident con-
suited with several s. members OF Con-
gress regarding the question. Repre-
sentative Henry Of cnnnectlcrt one or
the members OF the Agrlcult21alisCo Cont
n mittee. talked whit tbs President, but
at the conclusion OF his conference, 81 h {
said he could not 30 into details concern
Ing the situation.
a satisfactory meat ipEoectlon law
Il will be enacted" said Mr. Henry. 4...It
Will he "a law. which will have teeth.
too. t viii be along the Zines Of the
\ proposed amendment OF Senalo Beveridge
Ito the asricultural appropriation hill but
there may be come modification Of that
proposition. H.5 255 IN
Speaker Cannon and Senator Hopkins,
{ Of illinois, also discussed the subject OF
meat inspection with the President.
t"'As TO meat Inspection said iths Speak
er. ~ haven't talked five mlnr,;t- Will,
the members OF the Agricultural Com
nittee5 about theamatter. The committee,
in Its wisdom, will report to the House
such ii measure; as 1t shall dee., just.
and we. as the great body OF the House,
will pass upon the committees prqaosi-
ton. The House will pass m insr@ctia,,
measure that will be Just and fakt alike
e y Ills puplic. we PacheT'J, siho stock
raisers and the shippers
President Standing Finn.
Senator Beveridge, tof Indiana, who
drew tbs amendment to the agricultural
appropriation bill concerning nea in
spection. after talk with the Presi-
dent. declared that the talk about the
proposed amendment being unconstitu-
&tional was beside the real question. & He
said 1t had been drawn and redrawn
carefully several times, and he thought
there was no doubt Of its constitutional
ity. He added that II the government
were required to pay. tl,a cost OF inspec-
ton, 1t simply would mean the defeat
{ OF the objecr OF the measure. He 4also!
added that the report that the Presl-
dent had agreed to a compromise on the
measure was absolutely without iounda-
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