The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-12
PACKERS WILL NOT
ATTEMPT ANY
I" JOKER
THEY ARE ANXIOUS TO RESTORE
CONFIDENCE or PUBLIC IN
PRODUCTS.
DISAGREE AS TO PAY


Washington. D e. lpna 1.-THE
House Committee On Agriculture ri
morrow viii begin he consil laraticn n
the provisions Of the neqeFidge meai
inspection measure. There are six
points of the controversy between the
friends Of a rigid inspection bin that
! viii insure clean and wholesome meats
for the public aud he Wordsworth ela
ment in he committee which will en-
deavor 20 weaken the measure by TIM
posing a minimum ef expense and rel
gulation upon the paclers The points
Of difference are as follows:
First Cost Of in nection.
second--tIse Of nrescrratives ami
dyes in meat products
und, unwholesone sardlrRfdlnfwym
Third Exchdiag tie words us-
ound, unwholesoae AMI maiealihfala
In designating meat nnGt far foad
Fourth Placing ife daip n GOVERN
mcnl inspection on tho labels u eaif
ned goods
Fifth Empowering ha syernmet
70 destroy The earea ses % condemned
animals.
Sixth Phrase leey II the hiii ol
constitutional por.a.
Disagree s TO Paw.
There is growing inclination
among member the committee 20
have The government pay tle cost of
inspection Practically all tho Ilepuli
leans favor doing s.iss ha! she peant
srats still believe lhe buraen onghi Il
be assumed BY the packers. A corr
promise has baea suggested rnder
whrch an aparupr.aflon VIII no made
| lrnen year covering tHia cos I irsnec
Ion with d prayi d tia III tha eveati
lnf deficiency Il shall he made nally
levying upon tha packers.
There is counter proposal also
twisting this arrangement about 50
that the criginal cost shall fall upon
the pacekrs. with the government maxi
| ng up the shortage, If there hold he
| a shortage of funds. The chances
favored the first named compromise
which. as Judge CJwan. representing
ihe Texas livestock men, explained
today, will cause everybody interest
ed 10 see that congress apprcpriateJ
enough m ney at the outsei 10 insurs
he completest insnec ion ami thus
avoid the dcfeat of he ent re law. MS
was feared by the pre- ident IN the
event Of an insufficient appropriation
Preservstives in Dispute.
The other points r. con roversy viii
cause more discussion. particularly
the ones relating TO the use Of preser-
vatiyes and .gnating the kinds of
meats that may be put up for food
The packers are striving earnes ly 70
he permitted to put preservaiives in
their meat products. and a part Of the
committee led by Representative Al
ans, is holding ON. for the ahsoiule
exclusion Of an dyes ana harmful
chemicals.
The Wad worth substitute proposes
an artfut arrangement by which dyes
and preservaiiyes may be used "in
quantities not ini riGgs 10 public
health"
a compromise viii likely be reach
ed by which it win be provided that
Inc prcserya ives nor dyes shall be
used that reader The food products un-
I fit for food
There viii be a sharp 4 spute al o
over Chairman Wadsworth effort TO
knock from the Beveridge bin the
words "uuwh ltsome unhe8lthful AMI
'unsound" in reference TO animals that
may no be slaughtered for food lie
thinks the words unfit for food are
ample 10 de- crihe the kind Of cattle
ard h-gs that should he rejected NJ.
Adams declared thar the other words
heuld nor be srIcken out by his vote.
asserting that their inclusion in the
law can do no harm. while in the Or al
of a case they might DO a great deal
Of go.d
Want Old Canned Meats Sold.
Members of The commit ee are m
certain whether ineistence should be
made. as provided in The Bever dge
BIN. bat be dale of inspee ion sAa'l
appear on fhe labels II the ca7rei
90 ds. The packers protect siroagiy
against ttis. asserting hat such 2 law
wili destroy the sale II great qganii-
ties uf meats canned several wears
ago. b-t in perfectly good condition..
Wadsumih has removed thi requir.-
ment from The Beverage bill and. as
the c.mm ttas Is Inclined 10 believe
that property CARED meats eFea six
or seven wears oil ars as good ~
Ehen frsr put un. z may be isf OCT
aifoe thor
There VIII be nc Objection % aid