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PLAIN TALK ON
INSPECTION BILL.
President Says Court Provision
Seems Designed 10 Prevent
Remedy Of Evils.
Mr.. WADSWORTH'S REPLY.
Regrets That by Innucndo lie linz
pugn> Committee, sincerity
and Competency.

Washington June lj.--Chairmau
Wordsworth OF the house committee on
agriculture tonight made public the
correspondence between President
Roosevelt and himself regarding the
meat inspection bin prepared by the
committee.
Tho president in his letter says that
almost every change w. the house
amendment WAS for the worse and IN
his judgment so framed as to mimi
mize the chance " roofing out the
evils in the packing houses" In his
reply Mr Wordsworth declares the
president Is very, very wrong I'm his
estimate OF the committees bin. calls
attention TO provisions In the bin and
concludes with an expression Of regret
that the president should feel justified
in lmpugnIng the competency Of a
committee OF the house OF Representa-
tIyes. you have no warrant for II.
saws Mr. WadsVorth IN closing
The correspondence between the
president and Mr Wadsworth is as
follows.
PRESIDENTS LETTER.
The White House, Washington June
"a. 1906
My dear Mr. WadsWorth. have
gone over your bill very carefully. aud
not only obtained report from Mr.
McCabc, as told you / would. but also
obtained a report from Mr. Reynolds
ON IT, / am sorry Go say the more
closely ] investigate your propose
substitute the worse | nnd IL. Almost
every change Is one for the worse so
that u hardly seems necessary for me
10 enumerate them. Perhaps the
amendment as YOU have now drafted Il.
is not quite as bad as It was when
you submitted 10 20 me In the first
instance but II Is very. very bad.
There seems to be one point In which
Il Is possible that the amendment is
even worse than the original amend
meut II. as seems likely. there is no
provision for making plants accessible
40 all hours TO the inspectors In any
event. / am sorry to have to say that
this strikes me as an amendment
which. no matter how Internationally,
is framed so as 10 minimize the chance
OF roofing out the evils In the packing
business.
Doubtless II suits the packers, who
object to a thorough going inspection.
much better than the senate amend
ment and | have no doubt that not
only the packers, but their allies IN
business and those stock growers who
are influenced by them. would prefer it,
But / am convinced It would, IN the
long run, be heavy blow TO the
honest stock raiser and the honest
packer 10 adopt these provisions rather
than the far better ones contained In
the senate amendment; for as COM
pared with the senate amendment this
proposed amendment which you tell
me is that Of the majority OF the house
committee would hamper In the most
grossly improper fashion the secretary
Of agriculture IN doing the work which
YOU have appointed him 10 do. and
viii prevent even so much OF this work
as can be done az all from being well
and thoroughly done
III the bill should 20 through IN the
form that the majority Of YOUR COM
mittee proposes. It might be that |
should sign it as working a certain
slight improvement over the present
law. but. II SO. ! should accompany II
by a memorandum explicitly stating
how grave the defects were, and can
not even promise 10 sign II. because
the provisions about the courts. as vel
as about other matters, are so bad
that. BOO my opinion. II thev had been
deliberately designed TO prevent the
remedyiug Of the evils complained OF
they could not have been worse.
IT seems TO me that the surest way
10 keep our foreign trade and. in
deed our interstate trade likewise
in thoroughly unsatisfactory condi-
ton and TO prevent It's rcsumnig
the position which II formerly had, is
10 enact the law In the shape proposed
In the amendments submitted to me by
you,
sincerely yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Hon. James w. Madsworth. Chair
man Committee on Agriculture House
Of representatives.
WADsWoRTHs REPLY.
Committee on Agriculture. House Of
REPRESENTATIVES. Washington. ID. G
June 10, 1906.
MY Dear Mr President received
your letter last night You are WRONG
very. very wrong, in your estimate OF
the committees bill II Is as perfect
a piece Of legislation 10 carry into
effect your own views on this question
as was ever prepared by a committee
OF Congress. Every member OF the
committee Is as absolutely honest ana
sincere as yourself IN his desire 10 Sc
cure the passage Of rigid meat IN
spection bin. They know the meaning
Of the English language.
ITO show YOU how unreliable the
information Is upon which you base
your opinion Of the bin. ! call your at
fention 10 the following language tn
your letter. There is no provision
FOR making the plants accessible al all
hours 90 the Inspectors
III you viii turn 10 page I OF the bill
(copy encl0sedD. line 2. you viii find
the following words. And for the
purpose Of such examination and in
spection. said inspectors shall have ac-
ces. az AN times 10 every part ~ said
establishments Can the English lam
guage De- made any palmer?
"Turn also 20 page 6, line 10. and you
will fnd this language The score
tary ~ agriculture shall cause am eN-
animation and inspection II all cattle.
sheer. swine and goats, and the food
PRODUCTS thereof. slaughtered and pre-
psred in the establishments hereInbe-
fore described Tor the purposes OF in.
tsrstate or foreign commerce Co De
made during the night time. as VOL
as during the day lme. when The
slaughterlug " said cattle, sheep, sNiuL
and goats OF tho preparation ~ said
food products is conducted during the
night time
Therefore. Boz at least one of the
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