Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-06-07
TO MAKE IT PUBLIC
The President Has Decided to Send
the Neill-Reynolds Report
to Congress.
PACKERS FORCED EXPOSURE
Executive Believes Immediate Leg
isIatiOn Of Drastic Mature Re-
auired to Cure Evils which
Have Developed.

Warrington, June 2.-President Roose
welt decided Friday to make publ
the report of Prof. Charles P. Neil
commissioner of labor, and James I
Reynolds, of New York, concerning tn
conditions of the meat packing estab
lishments as they found them on al
inquiry instituted by the president
primarily for his own information. TIL
report of Commissioner Neill and Mr.
Reynolds will be sent to congress mex
Monday. It will be accompanied by
special message of President Roose
welt In which he will take strong
ground In favor of immediate and dras
tic legislation to correct the evil
which are exposed In the report.
The president had not expected tc
make public the report Of Commission
er Neill and Mr.. Reynolds. He fell
that Its publication might injure the
packing house industry in this country
Primarily the information contained In
the report was obtained to be used az
basis for the legislation proposed
in the amendment to the agricultural
appropriation bill by Senator Bever-
idge, of Indiana. He did not imagine
there would be serious opposition to a
proposition to afford such inspection Of
such meats prepared for domestic con-
sumption as Is afforded to meat prod.
ucts intended for shipment abroad
The meat packers, however, rose In
arms against the Beveridge amend
ment, being insistent in opposition to
1t not only In principle, but In the ques
tion of paying for the proposed inspec-
ton.
Representative Wadsworth, Of New
York, called on the president Friday.
He is chairman Of the agricultural
committee of the house, to which the
proposed amendment will be referred.
He indicated to the president the III
tention of the committee to consider
the amendment proposed by Senator
Beverage and adopted practically
without division by the senate, and 20
prepare substitute for 1t that would
'be fair to all parties concerned"
The attitude of Mr.. Wadsworth was
not satisfactory to the president. In
view of the facts reported to him by
Mr.. NELL and Mr.. Reynolds, the presi-
dent is of opinion that immediate leg
lslation of a drastic nature is neces-
sary to cure the evils which have been
developed. He decided, therefore, tol
make public the Nelll-Reynolds report,
Berlin. June 2.-The meat packing
revelations give the meat interests
Of Germany powerful arguments In
support of their petition to the govern.
ment not to modify the meat tariffs
and regulations in the event Of COM |
mercial treaty being negotiated with |
the United States. The meat commits |
sions as represented by the National
Associations of Dealers and Slaught-
erers memorialized the government In
March not even to consider relaxation |
Of the import prohibitions. DR.. Max
Pollaczek, editor Of the Deutsche
zeitung, the Quadi-weekly Or
gan OF these associations, said to the |
Associated Press that the petition
could not be pressed more energetical-
ly and hopefully, and that the demand
that the war department stop buying |
canned meats for the army has been |
So far as the public is |
concerned, ordinary potted meats al
ready are wholly excluded.