Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-06-13
Report on Packers Matter.

The House Committee on Agricul-
ture decided 10 comply with there
quest Of the Chicago packers to- be
heard OIL tic Neill-Reynolds report
regarding the conditions i'll the Chi,
cago packing houses. The request
was made by MIR. E. Wilson, who
said lie was an employee of the Mel
son Morris Company, but in this in
stance was authorized to speak for
all The Chicago packers. Secretary
Of Agriculture Wilson, DR.. A. d. Mel
vim of the Department, and Mr.. Neill
were present at the hearing. q
Mr.. Wilson made general denial
Of tile existence Of the conditions III
packing houses as set forth in the
Neill-Reynolds report. Some of the
suggestions made in the report he
said, had already been complied with
by the packers, such as additional
sanitary facilities.
As to the charge that canned meats
were boiled in water to "freshen them
up" Mr.. Wilson said there was alb
solutely nothing in this. What the
cans were put III bot water were to
soak off the old labels, which he said,
was an injury 10 the appearance of
the goods on sale.
Hc denied absolutely that there
were any deceased cattle or hogs
butehered for food. Mr.. Wilson de-
seribed in detail the operation Of pre-
pairing canned meats and when asked
by Representative Scott of Kansas,
member of the committee. elbow
about the rope aud other foreign mat
Ter found Will scraps on tlle tJoor,'''
Mr.. Wilson explained that what5was
probably seen in this instance was
the string on the krucklc aud Mlsl
had been1tlEietl l>crtrrr- Ills sIri1igfwaS
used with whicll~to han:s tlle beef in
a smoke house, and when the beef
had been sliced Off, this knuckle end
was left. There was bone in it. The
bone would smash the machine if an
attempt was made to use it.
Flooded With Petitions.
AS Senator Tillmau suggested there
was ga streak of yellow" in the
Senate due TO The fact that practically
every desk in The chamber was cover
cd with kilograms Of protest against
The Anti-pass provision in tile Rail
road Rate Bill as reported by the
Conference Committee.
They were all from railroad men
and in each case consisted of pro-
tests against cutting off the privilege
Of riding free.
In addition there was formal
statement on behalf Of engineers,
fremen, conductors and trainmcn say
ing that they represented 100000
railway employees.
Bill to Be Sent Back.
Tile discussion Of the Railroad Rate
Bill conference report in The Senate
showed that The bill would be sent
back TO the conference. Tic confer
encc announced that they expected
that result.
Busy Day in the House.
Against the days when the House
Of Representatives was in throes of a
tilibustcr OF ''putting off until to-
morrow what it might have done the
day before" must be set the work
accomplished i'll the lower branch Of
!he national Legislature.
In many particulars Tuesday was a
"red letter day" i'll the House, not
only in the number of bills passed,
but in the general character of the
legislation enacted. What bid fair
10 cause endless trouble, the natural
ization bill, was passed under suspen-
son of the rules, the Speaker and
the gentleman i'll charge of the bill,
Mr. Boyngc, Of Colorado, doing tteam
work Of superior kind.
The House refused to pass bill
leasing 10 private firm OF corpora
ton the right to mine coal OH the
Island of Batan in the Philippine
group, although it was stated that
such lease would decrease the
amount paid by the government for
coal very considerably.
For Two hours the House worked
under suspension of the rules and
thell, with tie time set apart for
these measures exhausted, and peace
spreading its wings over the mem
bers, The IesJ CT the day, until adj
jourument, was taken up with the
passage CT bills by unanimous con-
sent, a form nf legislation only pos