The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-15
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fpt tho llcyefidgr meat Inspection afnend-
nrni IA the Agricultural Appropriation
lill After the Agricultural Committee
yesterday adopted tho substitute Chair.
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President aud to-day hc received from
The White HOUSE n letter In which tho
President In unmi-,akahle 4, terms makes
II plain that II Ia totally, absolutely and In
every essential particular unsatisfactory 10
him.
The President letter has not been made
public. and Mr. Wndswoth Knight declined
to discuss the subject, but enough ~ II IL
known 10 warrant the assertion that the
President is much displeaHed over The out
come Of the deliberations NJ the Agricul-
turnl Committee on the subject Of meat In
spection, From the first he has maintained
that the Beveridge amendment met the re-
quirements Of the situation, and now that
the House COMMITTEES has made such radical
changes in ito provisions I've has taken occa-
sion TO express 20 Chairman Wadsworth bis
opinion that the substitute IL entirely I'M
satisfactory.
In his MESA &c transmitting the Neill-
Reynolds report the President took a
strong position in favor Of a head tax on
siaughtere ed stock to pay the cost Of in
spection and assigned his reasons for be-
lieving that the expense should not be
paid by a n appropriation from the Treasury.
The Wadsworth substitute ignores that
recommendation and ap%propriates 81 900 900
from the Federal Treasury to defray the
cost Of inspection. Furthermore, the sub
stitute provides that the inspectors shall
be appointed outside OF the civil service
regulations, which course would naturally
be Objectionable to the President.
There are other provisions which do not
meet the views of the President, apd be-
cause Of his expressed disapproval and the
attitude of at least seven members Of the
committee who share his opinions and favor
the Beverage amendment as It stands a
lively fight is expected in the House when
the subject comes up for consideration.
II II cdId Lldt llduN II IL q &c
number Of Republicans in the House are in
favor of the original Beveridge amend
ment, with slight notifications, and their
views will be express ed in q minority report
which will be filed tomorrow by Represen-
tative Bowie Of Alabama and concurred
in by several other members Of the oom-
mittee.
There Ia also much speculation as to what
the President will do in the event that the
substitute passes the House and is agreed
to by the Senate In order to disapprove
it he would be forced to veto the entire
Agricultural Appropriation bill. AS the
matter now stands, with the President 30
strongly opposed to the Wadsworth proviso,
ito friends are very much disturbed, while
the friends of the Beverage amendment
have taken courage
1t is said tonight that Chairman Wads-
worth will call a meeting Of his committee
and submit to the members
the Presidents objection, and 1t il possible
that the entire matter may be reopened
before the committee. When Secretary
johnson of the Colorado Cattle and Horse
Raisers' Association was before the COM
mittee he said his people were not very
particular as to the kind Of measure passed,
but they wanted ons to stop the present
agitation. He added, however, that the
people would be satisfied with any provision
which the President would approve, and
that his sanction would be evidence to them
the provision was all right. In view
of this statement the agitation may be
revived, and no one is able to predict now
what the outcome will be.
Chairman Wadsworth late this afternoon
filed the report Of his committee on the
substitute for the Beveridge amendment.
The report says that the committee finds
itself in entire accord with the gen eral
purpose OF the Beveridge amendment,
there being no disagreement whatever
among members Of the committee or any
Of the interests affected upon the PROPOSE
ton that the most rigid inspection Of the
and meat food products. which oonsti-
tute so large a part of the food of t he
country, must be insured.
In recommending that the cost Of inspec-
ton be met by an appropriation from the
public treasury, the report says the CON-
followed what they believe to be
sound governmental policy and wise legis-
practice. Continuing 1t says:
The men whose duty 1t will be to execute
the provisions of this act will be Government
officials and their salaries should be paid,
"a are the salaries Of all other Federal Off
GERS, by all the people and not by a special
tax levied against a given interest. The
proposition to create by a special tax on a
industry a large fund, which shall be
held at the disposal Of an executive officer,
to be drawn upon in his discretion without
legislative enactment. seems to be an alb
on the part Of Congress OF one of
it, most important functions"
HELD COURT IN HOSPITAL.