The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-14

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cultuu appropriation hbi, sur . t"s
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Hapfeseht aiiye Crrfnef ~ indiana eaa
pui ~ 4 digrrt vpte IN tho tiu4ne Committee
nm agriculture to-day and vas defcai~i
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ginit and Candlrr ~ WS'tsippi ue'nr.
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tho f,llu eips yiiei y nnstiI Chairman
Wtdawor'h q Ncv YORK. Stottrf Kansas
Harkina II Vrtnonl. lJrimcr az Illinois.
Brooks ~ CnDrndo. Adams ~ WiaCrna,n
and cocks NJ New Nori Hnpuhlicnha.
Lever ~ south Carolina and Irilnble ~
Kentucky baru. ...'a
Absent lalru ~ rcunsylvania. Rep
publican, DnI tiold- " t',sa, Democrat
After tho ro,,I ,tgr nmrulu'n, had hrcn
reiecicd M committee liUpi"d - subairtu'"
which follows tho line. 'lHIit"d M 1ur SIS
deepa'uhpa hi moruiu. On III" question
Of aruropriHti'r tg,uuO 80 II" cover the oN-
pensc ot iu-Ioruuu ilo vote Wa II 10 g,
Chairman Nadzwurb l'uE permitted To
vote the proxies OF Me- ~. IHican ana
Fields. Tho SIS Who voted against tho APP
Preparation wet, the anne a. thof" who
voted fur 'En Beverage amendment, except
that Mr.. tromer dId not vote on the propo-
sition.
II L. probable that minority views will he
filed against trvcral provisions of HE sub
etitutr, ariGc from those Of placing the cost
upon the general Government, MIR. Bowie
and scveral Of the others who favored tho
original PeveridCe amendment also opposed
the new provision which lernIts the APP
pointment of inspectors outside the civil
service. They contend that this makes the
appointments OF a political character, and
they made strenuous objections to placing
the inspectors 1utsidedhe civil service rules
and regUiur {; =. In fact, the CON mittee
spent n large portion of to-day discussing
this matter. The court review provision of
the substitute was also assailed by the
mir ority, but it will remain in :he slbsti-
tute.
The committee expected to be able to
report the agricultural bill with the meat
inspection amendment to The House to-day,
but owing to the long wrangles over the
various provisions Of the substitute was
unable to do so, and twas not until 0 O'Clock
JO-DlRnl liltI n lllldl dBictliiDLN vas =
The bill with the amendment will be re-
ported to the House tomorrow.
The members of the committee who voted
to fix the cost of inspection upon the Govern
ment believe that they nave met the PreSi-
dents objection to such an appropriation.
The President expressed in his message
to Congress transmitting the Neill-Rey-
nolds report the fear that the work Of in
spection might be jeopardized at any time
by the failure Of Congress to make an APP
preparation to carry it on. This has been
one of the strong arguments of those who
have favored assessing upon the packers
a head tax on all stock killed to pay
the cost of inspection. The COMMITTEES
framed the matter so as to make the APP
propriation for inspection a continuing
one, and it will remain so until Congress
repeats it.
The friends Of the substitute maintain
that they have provided for a complete
system of inspection, in the language Of
the President, covering meat from the
hoof to the can" under sanitary regula-
tons to be prescribed by the Secretary
of Agriculture, and have provided for the
labelling, stamping and tagging of all meat
food products before they are offered for
interstate
The measure does not place the burden
of responsibility for carrying unTholesome
products upon the carrier, but reuu Tres
that the shipper shallHinsure their whole
someness before they are offered for inter-
state This wholesomeness is
guaranteed by the ksystem, Of inspection
be stamped as inspected and passed by the
inspectors under the Department Of Agri-
culture. = -
Representative Lorimer, who has been
instrumental in looking after the interests
of the packers, declared to-day that he
had no doubt that the packers would be
glad to comply with the provisions Of the
! law, and furthermore, that it would meet
all the demands Of the cattlemen for a
settlement of the agitation and the demand
of the public for proper inspection.
The substitute, as made public to- night,
provides for ante-mortem inspection at
the discretion of the Secretary OF Agricul-
ture and requires post-mortem inspection
cattle, sheep, swine and goats to be pre-
pared for human consumptiona at any s!augh-
tering house, meat canning or similar es-
tablishment for transportation or sale as
articles of interstate or foreign commerce.
Those found to be sound, healthful, whole
some and fit for human food are to be
marked, stamped, tagged or labeled as
inspected and passed, and those found
unit, unhealthful, unwholesome or other
wise unfit for human food are to be marked.
inspected and condemned, and when thus
condemned shall be destroyed for food pur-
poses, and IAN inspector shall p ersonally
superintend such destruction"
For the purpose of these examinations
the measure provides that the inspector
F, shall nave access at all times to every part
Of the Strengthening and canning establish
ments. 1t further provides that all meat food
products found to contain dyes, chemicals,
representatives. or ingredients which render
them unsound, unhealthful or unfit for
human food shall be tagged, inspected and
condemned and destroyed for food pur-
poses.
Tho provision with respect to preserva-
tives, however, is not to apply I. meat food
products intended for export when they are
packed in accordance with specifications
or directions of the foreign purchaser,
when no substance is used in the preparation
in conflict with the laws of the foreign ooun-
try to which the article is intended to be
exported.
The measure requires that the label
upon canned goods shall state that the
contents nave been inspected and passed,
and the inspection shall not be deemed TO
be complete until the product. has been
sealed, and no product shall be sold or offered
for sale in interstate and foreign commerce
under any false or deceptive name, but
trade names may be used.
The Secretary of Agriculture is directed