The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-06-14
TEXAS CATTLE WAIT
ON INSPECTION BILL
Representative Garner urgea
Haste, Saying People Re-
fuse to Buy.
STATE or UNCERTAINTY
Haussn. Of Iowa. Asserts the B.lisf
That the Packers Are Responsible
for This Aoitation-Who
Will pay1

Washington. June is.-The beef In
spection hearing before the house COM
mittee on agriculture began today by
listening To Representative Garner OF
Texas, who made plea for speedy
action.
since this matter came up" he said.
''the people who have contracted TO
take our Texas steers have become
alarmed and say they don't know
our cattle. and the result Is we are
In a state OF uncertainty. Every day
this thing II continued the stockman
In losing money"
lis not the packer responsible for
this condition. asked Representative
Hnugen OF Iowa. and continuing. he
said.
II believe he Is. Last week In my
office I saw a number OF kilograms
from the stock yards banks TO banks
In my section OF the country. asking
them To telegraph Immediately all their
members OF congress. believe they
are responsible for this agitation"
stoekmen Would 30 Taxed.
Davis, OF Minnesota. read a telegram
from the South st. Paul Live Stock
exchange and live stock board voicing
unalterable opposition To having the
expense placed on the packers. be-
the stock raiscrs.
Mr.. Wilson. who represented the
packers. corroborated this conclusion
Haugen said every member OF the
committee. so Ear ms he knew. was In
favor OF the government paying the
cost. This cost has been estimated at
from $4,000. 900 to- s.O.00O.000 annually
and congress. he said. ut most would
probably not appropriate more than
100000. In view OF this he believed
II might he better to assess the cost
To the packers.
Mrs. Isabel worrcll-Ball. formerly
OF Kansas. gave the committee her
experience with canned goods TO de-
vclop the fact that canned goods did
not dcteriurate with age.
Do Anything to Hurry u.
+. =. Johnson. secretary OF the Colo
RADIO Horse and Stock Raisers' associa-
ton. urged the committee To expedite
legislation for inspection. He wanted
something To stop this interminable
racket" Beef men. he said were bear
Ing all the cost.
'The raiscrS want the government to
pay the cost, but II there is To be irou-
BILE about II we will pay the cost"
He said for several years the industry
has been working hard tn build up the
export demand This matter has sc;
ginning" The price OF beef TO the pro-
Queer. he said. has dropped I5c TO 81
per 100 pounds during the past few
weeks. Any bill that did not suit the
president would not relieve the public
mind.
DIR. a. d. Melvin. chief OF the bureau
OF animal industry. department or agri-
culture. was next heard. He first read
n statement showing increased vigilance
l,. h. Nnanartfnn n NNhiHnRO- Moral
suasion and withdrawal OF government
Inspection was the only way the DEPART
ment had To enforce It's regulations. In
view OF the fact that the product of the
abbatoir In not under inspection before
Il went into interstate commerce. made
the department loath To withdraw In
spection.
Cost Of Inspection.
The cost to the government OF In
spection last year was cents for cat
tie, ~ cents for hogs and la cents for
sheep.
The proposed sanitary inspection
would increase the cose In his estima-
ton TO cents per head. for cattle and
calves. and cents for hogs and sheep.
The total annual cost on this basis
would be less than s.. 100000. In add
ton he saw the need for an emergency
appropriations To meet extensions.
Melvin was asked what he thought
OF the presidents estimate OF cents
per head and replied 10 was n very
hard matter To estimate. but that tho
president might be right.
The hearings closed with today's tes-
timony. The committee decided to take
up the inspection amendment Monday
for consideration with "A view To re-
porting Il TO the house as soon as pos
sible.
Call for information.
Representative Fulkerson OF Missouri
has introduced n resolution calling on
the president and secretary OF agri-
culture To Immediately make public any
or all Information they secure from tho
great army OF meat inspectors en-
ployed by the government" or from any
other source that will tend To credit or
discredit the product Of any plant
where meat products are prepared. The
resolution calls upon the secretary OF
agriculture Immediately to give to the
public his opinion OF the sanitary con-
dition OF plants and the healthfuiness
OF products.