Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-06-21
MEAT BILL Is FIXED
AGREEMENT is REACHED ON I'M.
sPEcTloN MEASURE.
Court Res,ew Provision is Stricken
Out in Accordance with Presidents
Experimentation of Secretary
of Agriculture Not Final.

Washington, June 19.-The basis of
complete agreement on the meat in
spection legislation between Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the house commit
Tee on agriculture was arrived at at
the white house. Speaker Cannon rep
resented the committee in this in
stance and subsequently spent some
time explaining the situation to the
committee in it's room at the capitol.
The bill was practically completed
when the committee adjourned.
1t will authorize an annual appro-
priation of $3,0O0,000 to pay the cost
OF inspection and will contain no pro-
vision for the levy of an assessment
to make up any deficiency in the
amount available for this work, as
suggested by Mr.. Cowan, representing
the Texas cattle growers, and later
urged by the president The court
review provision will not be con-
tanned in the measure This action
meets the suggestion of the president.
The words Sin the judgment of the
secretary of agriculture" will not be
inserted, as suggested by the presi-
dent, and this conclusion now meets
Mr.. Roosevelt's approval
There is to be no date on the label
of the packing of meat food products.
In this the president yields to the
committee.
The section waving the civil SER
vice law Cor one year in the selection
of inspectors will go out of the pro-
vision, also one of the presidents
recommendations With these changes
Eiade the president has indicated his
entire satisfaction with the measure,
which was reported from the commit
tee as a substitute for the Beveridge
the committee that the changes might
be made.
Cannon Aids Agreement.
Ordinarily Speaker Cannon does
not take such active part in legisla-
ton as he has in the present instance.
II has been explained, however, that
he regards the passage OF an adequate
meat inspection bill with all possible
speed as vitality essential to the well
fare OF many important industries
throughout the country. The objection
which was urged to the president as a
reason why he should not insist on
giving authority to the secretary of
agriculture to levy tax to make up
any deficiency was the constitutional
provision that congress shall lew all
taxes. A head tax on animals, it was
pointed out, would be an exceedingly
unequal one, as the value OF a fine
beef steer would be much greater than
a steer of inferior weight and condi-
ton, yet the tax would have to be the
same. The same condition would pre-
vail as to all other animals killed for
food
The guarantee of the constitution of
every mans right to have his griey-
ances heard before a court was also
presented to the president forcefully
as to why the decision of the secre-
final, as would be the case should the
words lin the discretion of the secre-
tary of agriculture" be inserted
throughout the measure In this argu-
ment, it is said, the president ac-
quiesced.
II is probable that the agricultural
bill will be Sent to conference with
ont delay.
Don't be fooled and made to believe
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I'D. H.. .SHRAUGER