Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-28
PASSES BEEF BILL
HOUSE ADOPTED COMPROMISE w.
sPEcTIoN MEASURE.
IS SENT BACK TO THE SENATE
Williams and De Almond Enllvened
the Extraordinarily Leader Re-
Dukes "Muok Raklng" at Expense OF
Chairman Wadsworth.

WASHINGTON move to suspend
the rules, discharge the committee OF
the whole house on the state of union
from the consideration OF the senate
amendments to the agricultural APP
preparation bill, disagree to all the
amendments except No. 30 with the
amendment recommended by the COM
mittee on agriculture and ask for a
conference with the senate on the dis
agreeing votes"
Interest was shown in every part of
the house when Mr.. Wadsworth made
the above motion soon after reporting
the agricultural appropriation with the
compromise amendment relating to
meat inspection.
Mr.. Wadsworth, in explaining the
changes made in the substitute for the
original meat inspection amendment,
said that the changes were mostly IN
verbiage and then took them up seria-
tim. He called attention to the elimi-
nation of the court review clause and
the date of inspection.
In a semihumorous vein, Mr.. Will
liams of Mississippi said:
I'VE must must, under the rules OF
the house, vote this proposed legisla-
ton up just as 1t comes to us, nursed
by the speaker and the president and
approved of by the committee. be-
cause the committee on agriculture
could not well do anything except APP
prove after these two great ruling au-
thorities had spoken; we must vote IL
up or vote It down.
"As a broad general principle, Mr.
Speaker, all sanitary legislation ought
to be paid for by the public. The rea.
son for that rule Is that nobody is as
rule responsible for unsanitary con-
ditions. When the bubonic plague or
yellow fever invade the country, every
body knows that nobody wants to be
the vehicle of the transfer Of these
dangerous diseases. Nobody wants
to catch them for the purpose Of CIV
ing them to other people. That is the
reason of the rule that the public
ought to pay the expense, but the very
reason points out the exception. Some
times an unsanitary condition Is
brought about by the voluntary action
of the evildoers. Whenever that is
the case, then the expense OF curing
the condition which has been brought
about by their acts ought to be borne
by them (applause), and I for one had
hoped that the laundering in the in
dex about making the evildoers stand
the expense of curing their own evil
doing would be followed up more
strenuously than 1t has been.
Now, l wish to add this: There
has been some undertaking in connec-
ton with this matter, and I want to
pay my individual tribute to mem
Der of this house. I think that in this
particular legislation he has been mis-
taken, especially upon the point OF not
making the evildoers pay for curing
the evil condition brought about by
their own action. There has been
some undertaking in which there has
been disposition to charge all sorts
of wrong motives upon the gentleman
from New York (Mr. Wadsworth), the
chairman of the committee on agricul-
ture. / served with him for eight or
ten years upon committee OF this
house. / have known him to cast
more votes against his own interests
than any man in this house. He is a
worthy son of noble sire and an hon
est man If God makes honest men;
and / believe he does"
With fine sarcasm Mr. DeArmond
said it would be an awful injustice to
compel a millionaire packer through
whose establishments the agents OF
the government went, compelled to
swath their noses and clothes with
disinfectants, to pay cents for the
inspection of beef and cents for a
hog or sheep in order that his products
might go through interstate and for.
eign commerce and be sold" Satir-
ically he said that would be an out,
rage.
Mr.. Adams of Wisconsin, whose eff
forts to bring about harmony between
conflicting interests, has been crown
ed with success, closed the debate.
The amendment was then adopted.
A vigorous conference was held at
the desk between the speaker, Mr..
Williams and Mr.. Wadsworth. The
speaker later appointed Messrs. Wads-
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