The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-19
Zones Stands With Lamb.

NilIttul FaSiSs
tones Stands With Lamb.
CAPTAIN Lamb, who has been standins
None In tho Virginia delegation, APP
parcntly, In advocating that the packers
8payatlie cost OF Inspection. OF their PROD
ucts, secured a valuable ally To-Day IN
the person OF Representative William a.
Jones. who had been absent, conductihs
his campaign for renomination when
7 ended with his victory Of Saturday
II shall vote to put the cost upon the
hackers, where it should be placed" said
Mir. Jones to day "It Is prcposterous 70
say the government should bear the
cost of compelling the meat packeT to
nut up wholesome meats III clean1s
manner. especially when they admit that,
II there Is not an inspection law passed.,
they will lose all their markets.
tits believed that Representative Rlxey
will also vote to put the cost on my
packers although he formerly adVocateu
the governments bearing tho cost.
AZ CAPT. Lamb accompanied Mr.. Granville
Valentine, Of the Valentine Meat JUICE
Company, Of Richmond, to see Secretary
Wilson, OF the Department of Agricuiturc,
to-day relative to the meat inspection
law. Mr.. Wilson said that an inspector ,t
would have to oversee the manufacture
Of the meat juice which enters very
largely into interstate and foreign COM
nerce. Mr.. Valentine does not op1ect ~
the least to the inspection OF his product
4 byssthe government. The reputation OF
Il fhe valentine meat Juice for strength and
purity isIabsolutely established, and, ti'c
manufacturers have been protesting for
wears against Its having to compete with
: The cheap and utterly unwholesome prod
/! ucts Of SO many OF the packing-houses,S
which are sold at a lower price.
The government buys very little Of the
Valentine Juice, while It purchases very
literally Of other brands, giving us req ga
son therefor the less cost Of the latter.
1T lis probable that government insp Z,
Il ton would increase the market for the
Richmond product, as 1t would reveal the
superiority Of the Richmond product,
Republicans Distressed.
III The Republicans admit their distress at
Sltlle turn legislation concerning meat IN
spection is taking They realize that tlle
investigation has caused the demand Tor
hacking house products to fall off enor-
s,nously, which will cause the price 81
cattle to 20 down. This, In turn. Will
cause reduction in the price the corn
D growers will receive for their grain, TOT
cheap cattle make cheap corn. The corn-
4 growing and cattie-rais!ng. States nave, IN
tl,e%nlan, been the inainstay or the rs
1 pabllcan partyafor years i =,
But cheap cattle and cheap corn VIII
be la Id at the door of the party in power,
and the result vii! be that many West
ern districts now represented In Con-
sress by Republicans will pick up good
Democrats Fl to send to Washington.
Strangely enough, the Republicans seem
to have only just awakened to the fact
that far-reaching political results are
to be expected OF al! this impure meat
agitation, even though rigid inspection
bill be 9assed within q week 1t VIII
take several years for the packing people
to get their trade back to the proportions
ttsl,ad reached before the investigation.
Captain Lamb called attention to a
striking fact to-day in discussing this
meat inspection question. It touches
Snlithaeld hams. There Is one dealer IN
Richmond who handles 5000 Snithfelds
every year, according to Captain Lamb.
An Inspector will have to be placed at
Smithheld to pass on the products OF the
curing establishments. Captain Lamb
says, before the hams can be shipped 10
North Carolina Or other points outside
the State. Z.
tho fact that while the minority OF the
committee Is supporting the President,
It Is doing so without having received
the slightest intination from the White
House as to the wishes OF the administra-
tlon. I'VE claim the President is sup
porting u.s." he said. Captain Lamb was ,
Inclined to crlticise the Republican mem
bers OF the committee who blame the
President for endcavoring to influence
Legislation. and then go to the White
House to confer with tho President with
q view to learning the kind OF bill he
wants.