Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-06-19
IS NOT SATISFIED
With SUBSTITUTE
PRESIDENT DIsAPPRovEs OF
CHANGES IN MEAT INsPEC-
TON MEASURE.
CHANCE OF CURING
EVILS Is MlNIMlZED
Roosevelt Writes Letter to Chairman
Of House Agricultural Commit
tee Giving His views-objections
to Be Considered.

Washington, June Secretary
Loeb Friday gave out the following
summary Of the letter President
Roosevelt wrote Chairman Wads-
worth. Of the house committee on ag-
riculture, disappearing of that COM
mittees substitute for the Beverage
amendment to the agricultural bill re-
garding the inspection of meat prod.
ucts:
in the letter to Mr.. Wadsworth the
president stated that almost every
change in the proposed house amend
ment was change for the worse as
compared with the senate amendment,
and that, no matter how unintention-
ally, It WAS. in the presidents judy
ment, 30 framed as to minimize the
chance Of roofing out the evils in the
packing business; that the president
felt It would doubtless suit these
packers who objected to thorough.
going inspection. but that he also felt
It would In the long run be heavy
blow to the honest stock raiser and
the honest packer; that the proposed
amendment would graveiy hamper the
secretary Of agriculture in doing the
work appointed him to do, and would
simply defer the day when we could
restore the foreign and interstate
trade On the meat to satisfactory
position. The president has explained
verbally that he Is far less concerned!
with the question as to whether the
packers or the government should pay
for the inspection than with certain
other features in the bill"
10 Consider Objections.
i An informal conference OF those
members Of the house committee on
agriculture whose votes authorized
the report on the substitute meat IN
spsotion bill to which the president
objects, was begun at 1880 O'Clock
Friday. No regular meeting OF the
committee had been called and It is
understood that the presidents objso-
lions will hrst be considered in detail
by the members favoring the substi-
tuts In an informal manner before
comnittss action will be attempted.
Minutes of the informal session will
be made by an Official stenographsr.
Chairman Wordsworth, Of the house
committee on agriculture, says he
shall make no statement whateveI
regarding the presidents criticism O,
the msat inspection amendment. OH
Sr mOmbers Of the committee who at
tsndsA the informal conference sas
that the committee will stand pat
on the substitute,
II II pointed out nv Representative
Adams (Wis.), Brooks Neolo,) and
Lorimer (ul). members Of the aom
mittee, that the lack of night inspec
hon to which the president calls ut
tention q being a fault Of the suhsu
tute, ia provided for in two paragraph
OF the substitute bill. In one place thu
language IL: Said inspectors shall
nave access at all times to every par
OF said establishment" In another
referring to the inpeotion to be made
the language IL: During the nigh
time as well a. during the day tim,
when the slaughtsring Of said cattle
sheep, swine and goats or the prepare
fion Of said food products ia condncte,
during the night time"
in the majority report on the meas
are which 6Aatrman Wadsworth file
in the house Just before adjournmsn'
the statement u made that the publ
interest in the matter is fully apDre
eiated; also It's great importance 1
the business interests of the country
as well as to the health of the psc
pie. These are also stated to be tn
reasons why the committee has give
the subject most paiastakiAg an
thoughtful consideration"
COMMITTEES Favors Inspection,
An account Of the hearings Is give
IN the report, and the manner Of con
sidsring the Beveridge amendnsu
stated to be riot only paragraph b
paragraph, but Inns by line and wor
ty word. The committss find then
selves IN entire accord with this ge4e,
al purpose Of this amendment, thss
bedng no disagreement whatsvsl
either among the members Of the con
naittss Or among NJ different intsssGl
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