The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-08
HUMOROUS HASTE
Hurry Exhibited by Packers in
Cleaning Up.
Is So characterized by Agents of
the Government.
NELL is BACKED UP
By Another Report Turned in
by the President.
He Writes a Letter to Chairman
Of House Committee.

Washington, June SIN response to q
request from the house committee on
agriculture, President Roosevelt today
forwarded to Representative Wads-
worth, the chairman of that committee,
the report made to him by a committee
of the department of agriculture regard
ing conditions in the Chicago meat
packing houses. Accompanying the re-
port was a letter from the president in
which he points out that there is no
conflict In substance between the Neill-
Reynolds report and that of the agri-
cultural department experts.
1t is said in the latest report that the
packing house proprietors are manifest
ing almost "a humorous haste to clean
up. re-pave and even to plan for future
conditions"
New toilet rooms are being provided
with additional dressing rooms and
clean towels. The report says that the
haste towards reform would have been
amusing if it were not so nearly tragic.
The president says his Investigations
have not been completed but that
enough has been developed in my
judgment to call for immediate, thor
ough going and radical enlargement of
the powers of the government in in
specting all meats which enter into
interstate and foreign commerce
Following is the text of the letter of
the president to Chairman Wadsworth:
The Presidents Letter.
''The White House, Washington, D.
c., June s. 1906.
my Dear Mr.. Wadsworth: In ac-
cordance with your request send you
herewith the two reports of inspection
by the committee appointed by the de-
partment of agriculture on April and
13. This committee had already been
appointed when I notified the secretary
that / desired that such a commission
should be appointed in order to make
the inVestiga ton. Subsequent com
plants to me and the consideration Of
complaints already. made showed that
the charges were not only against the
packing houses, but also to a certain
extent reflected upon the action of the
government inspectors. and I came to
the conclusion that it was best to have
an investigation made by outside indi-
viduals who could not be charged with
being in any way interested in the
matter. Accordingly before the COM
pletion of the investigation by the de-
partment of agriculture directed Mr.
NeilI and Mr.. Reynolds to make an in
vestigation. the first report of which
has been laid before congress
to US which has not been contained in
this report. for Mr.. Neill and Mr.
Reynolds in this report confne them
selves to stating in more or less sum
mary way the facts as to which they
had been eye witnesses; and what they
have said can not be successfully con-
troverted. Some of the ground trav-
ersed by Messrs. Neill and Reyonlds is
not touched upon in the report of the
committee of the agricultural depart
ment AS to the ground covered in
common by the reports of the two in
vestigating committees there is no con-
flict in substance as to the important
matters, although there Is a marked
difference in emphasis. this being par
TALLY due to the greater length and
detail of the report of the committee
of the department of agriculture In
my Judgment the emphasis of the re-
port OF Messrs. Neill and Reynolds Is
abundant1y justified by the facts.
'To show the immediate and ex-
traordinary change for the better
which the mere facts of their investi-
CATION is already bringing about in
the condition of the packing houses in
Chicago. it is only necessary to in
stance the following portions of a let