The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-29
BEEF BAR0NS FEAR
LIGHT MORE
THAN BILL
Caught WITH GOODS ON" THEY
WILL NOT MAKE FIGHT
AGAINST INSPECTION.
WILL co THROUGH HOUSE


| Vaccination May 2S Tie packei
Iare net going 10 make a fahi against
! the enactment into I .aw OF the meat
bill int oduced into the ca.
ate hy Senator Bcverl lge. The bin has
pas ed that body as 4 rider 10 the ag
rloultural bill. ana promises to slide
gracefully through the house ana will
be signed by The president
IN this issue the packers have been.
10 quote the vernacular. caught with
the goods on them The bin came as
great surprise to them They be-
lieyed that It was Iato in the session.
that congress had % much work on
hand 70 take up this matter.
HE Speaker Caunen, Congress
man Lorimer ana other went 70 The
White House with Representatives Of
tho packers 10 protest against the
measure. II Il known thai these same
members Of congress tald tho packers
Ithat they haI better shut their teeth
and take their medicine Il was point
ca out 10 them that they could pass
The cost Of lha inspection along to the
consume S. that II a0uil boom their
bu mess in Europe. AMI that if they
pu mp night the revolving reyela-
lions a. to abuses in The packing
houses would ruin taeir foreign and
badly cripple their home business.
And the Consumer Pays.
The bill provides foi the same scr'
of inspection of meats for home sale
that II provided Tor meats 70 be sent
abroad. II W II cost the packing houses
several million dollars each year, and
they will have 70 pay for the inspec-
ton. OF course, they will pass the cost
of the inspection along 10 the con
sumer but a. II will only amount 10
about or cents a head on each car
cass the burden viii not be appgeciable
IN The Individual beefsteat bat in 1t
ought not % be. but the dealers. pack
ers, wholea alers and retailers probably
will make It an excuse for putting all
iLtdi Hif a itIt II HblilN Hlib tHHA AiHE
harvest off the legislation
To the publication Of a. book, THE
Jungle" can be traced the present in
spection bill "The Juaee' showed
that the in pecton service al the
Chicago packing houses was wholly in.
adequate II wa true that the govern
mcni inspectors pas cd on the health
iulness Of the carcass 's when they
were killed. but after that there was
no inspection and the conditions
were incredibly revolving.
The president read the book and
was more or le outraged al the
statements made Then he made some
inquiries. found that the statements
were all apparently true. anq he was
more outraged than ever. Several.
magazine articles we've published or
the subject by responsible writer's, who
knew what they were writing about
and The President was so much inter
ested that be read thee stories in
proof before they were printed.
R9oseyet Worked Quietly
Secretary Wilson sent commits ion
out. but the President was not saiis
Gcd with a government commi sion.
SO be lent his close pei onal friend J
b. Reynolds a prominent ocial work
cr anI man nr means. in company
with Charles y Ndn iH commi
sioner { labor on % purely personal
Inspection tour
Tho expenses of the Two iHvostira
tols were paid by the government but
they received 30 sala-y and Be invi
teatiGn wa entirely outside the line
Of a government commission IN
las never been any written Iepor
oo sibly there viii NOT be- bu the
president know. all they found out
and 30 do fh. Dlei7crs The packer
we're Mortified. hut for reasons en-f
lrely d neIent from the presidents /