The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
INSPECTION BILL
 FAILS ID PLEASE President Expresses Entire Dis-
 approval of Measure BILL GOES BEFORE HOUSE
Chairman WadsWorth Will Not Com ment on Presidents Objections, But Will Let the Subject Be
 Threshed Out in House.

Washington June 4--A careful exami- . nation of the substitute proposed by the committee on agriculture of the House for the meat inspection amendment of Senator Beveridge to the agricultural bill was made this afternoon by President | Roosevelt.
 | The President It can be said, is opposed to the House substitute in its entirety. He may not go so far as to veto the i bill if it should De enacted by Congress with the House amendment attached, but he has made it clear that he does not deem the House provision at all adequate i Representative Wadsworth of New York chairman of the House committee on az riculture, had a conference late this aft ernoon with President Roosevelt regard ing the action of the House committed He submitted to the president the sub- stitute for the Beveridge amendment agreed upon by the committee, and sought his opinion of 1t. The president told him frankly that he could not approve of it. In fact, after reading the substitute care- fully, the president told MT. Wadsworth that he disapproved of 1t absolutely.
 Shows Points of Dlsapproval. | The president discussed the subject with Chairman Wadsworth for a time, indi- eating to him the specific points on which he disagreed with the majority of the House committee. He pointed out that the failure of the committee to provide for inspection at all hours, either of the day or of the night. was a defect which he could not pass. and he urgently ds- approved also of the court review clause ! of the substitute. The President did not lay special stress on the proposition of the committee that the government should pay the expenses of the inspection al- though he feels that if the government Is required to pay the inspection charges the provision will render the law less eff ] fective than otherwise 1t would have been. | After his conference with MT. Wads- worth. the president wrote letter to him stating In definite and formal way his objections to the substitute for the Rev. eridge amendment, drafted by the House committee. It did not dfIer in any essen tial way from the statements made by the president to Mir. Wadsworth personally. | The president wrote the letter. however, in order that his position might be dis tinctly understood and be of record No
 
 president preferring for the present at least, 1t should be In the hands of Chair man Wadsworth and hs committee 1 It Is regarded as possible by the presi- dent that Congress may enact the meat inspection law along the lines marked out by the House committee. If such a measure should be enacted the president does not say he would not approve of it.. but If he should sign 1t. he would append | t~ l... cate definitely and unmstakably to the country that he regarded the law as in- , adequate and unsatisfactory.
 VIII Not Discuss Objections.
 After careful reflection, Chairman Wads- worth of the House committee on agri- culture has decided that he will not dis 1 cuss in any manner the objections of President Roosevelt to- the meat inspec- ton amendment as reported to the House today. He will, however, refer the matter to his committee at a meeting to be called 1 without delay when the details of the objections which the President is under stood to have pointed out will be con- sdered.
 In the majority report on the measure which Chairman Wadsworth filed in the House just before adjournment today, the statement Is made that the public inter- est in the matter Is fully appreciated also | Its great importance to the business in- erests of the country. as well as to the | health of the people. These are also stat ed to be the reasons why the committee has given the subject most painstakng and thoughtful consideratlon.'
 Want Full Consideration.
 Any seeming delay the report con- l tinues, ''has been due solely to the de- sire of the committee to give this mpor- tant subject full consideration so that l the measure which they may present would receive the merited approval of the 1 House and meet expectations of the coun- i try"
 An account of the hearings is given in 1 the report and the manner of considering 1 the Beveridge amendment stated to be mot only paragraph by paragraph, but | line by line and word by word.
 The committee find themselves in en- tire accord with the general purpose of ] this amendment, there being no disagree 1 ment whatever. either among members | of the committee, or among the different interests affected upon the proposition that the most rigid inspection of the meat and meat food products which con- | stitute so large part of the food of the country must be insured
 But while concurrng heartily in the general purpose of the amendment your committee found themselves disagreeing to such an extent W1tn us requirements and phraseology that substitute seem l ed to be the simplest way in which to present their views.
 ' The report next details the subs tance of every paragraph of the substitute. the provisions of which were made public l last night,
 ! Commenting upon the wisdom of placing f the cost of inspection on the government the report says:
 i Follow Sound Government Policy.
 Tn recommending that the cost of in- spection provided for In this measure be met by an appropriation from the public l treasury, your committee have followed what they believe to be sound govern mental policy and wise legislative prac- | tice.
 The men whose duty it will be to exc cute the provisions of this act will be government officials and their salaries should be paid as are the salaries of all | other federal officers, by all the people and not by the special tax levied against a given interest. The proposition to create | by a special tax on a single industry a | large fund which shall be held at the l l (Continued an Seventh Padai