Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-07
Kennedy Bsstirs Himself to
Secure an Appropriation.
He WILL BE SUCCESSFUL
Ready Letter Writer Of the Railroads Falls
Into Impcr ant Error.
AMERICAN WOMEN COMPLAIN OF THE TURK
seized and Thrown In Jail on
Arrival In Consta ntinopfe and
Then Discharged with
cut Explanation.
CFrom a SIAN Correspondentl

From STAFF Correspondent)
WASHINGTON Feb. 6.-(Spccal Tele-
gram )-Congrcssman Kennedy is deter
mined If such Ching he possible. TO secure
as large an apprppria tion for meat inspec-
tion at the packing houses as was carried
in last years agricultural budget and to
emphasize in some way the necessity for
continued inspection by the government.
Since the failure Of the efforts put forth
by himself and Mr. Pollard whom the
urgency deficiency bill was before the house
10 secure an increase in the appropriation
reported by the committee on appropria-
tions, TO the end that Secretary Wilson
might put on an additional force of in
spectors to meet present demands Mr.
Kennedy has been insistent that something
should be done for the farmer. BY reason
OF his inquiries he has learned that there
is a feeling among some OF the members
on the agricultural committee that the
packers should pay for the inspection
instead of asking the government TO do Il.
This is so foreign TO what was intended
by the law that Mr. Kennedy has been
stirring himself for the last few days in
an effort TO counteract this influence.
AN inspection on the part of the packers.
where they put mp the money for inspec-
ton purposes. would not create confidence
abroad said Mr.. Kennedy today THE
stamp Of the government agent is the only
stamp recognized. If we should permit
I the packers To do their own inspecting I
have grave doubts IL any of the foreign
governments would accept our meats and
ruin would stare both the packers and the
farmers in the face. 1t is part OF the
business OF the government to see to II
| that the meats that go from our packing
houses are in prime condition and that
| the inspection complies with the require
| ments of foreign countries"
Protest from Kenyon.
Mr.. Kennedy today received from w. ].
c. Kenyon. manager of the Union stock
J yards at South Omaha two important tele-
| grams. One notifies him that resolutions
passed yesterday by the South Omaha
Live Stock exchange urging The committes
\ on saesfieult,sEst ~ nlaksA snaxa apprppristfon
I FOR paying the cost of rhspecti5n as here
tofore existing had been mailed to chairSA
man Wadsworth OF the agriculn0si con, :
| mittce. The other telegram was as follows:
| have Just wired you n copy of the rcso-
lutons passed by the Live Stock exchange.
| My understanding is tnat the government
| is now considering the question OF lnspec-
! ticn expense, which footed up last year to
/ something like SS01O0. and that there is q
. disposition to saddle this expense upon the
| 10 the fact that ar the present time the
| packers purchase live stock freely upon all
! markets, and that 1t is not possible TO de-
1 tect by an exterior examination tuhcrcu-
| losis in cattle and numerous other diseases
in hogs and sheep until a post-mortem
examination has been had. In the mean
time the packers have purchased and paid
for the animal outright, and when the
in the packing house the packer has no
recourse on the seller II, however, the
The backing houses is shouldered upon the
/ packers it will result in the loss OF con-
as'''t' as tHe mack pSCEor cannot AFFORD TO assume
the maintainanco OF inspection expenses
1 and stand the. enormous loss which he Is
now subject to by. reason Of post-mortem
| oxamna tons bringing to view diseases that
not hy 10 shond [H 'Tf the uPS@ packer S
compelled TO pay for an exnmination or TINS
kind. which is in the Inc Of the puTe, food God
| commission? u would be class leKlslauoh
pure and simple,
wndsworth Promises Action.
! This telegram was shown to Mr. Wads-
worth by Mr.. Kennedy. Mr.. Wadsworth
said that In all probability the agricultural
committee would favor the present system
of government inspection at government ex-
pense Mr. Wadsworth further said that II
Secretary Wilson would abandon certain
lines of work which lac has mapped out for
his department tho money thus saved could
he used for continuing tho present iuspec-
tlun service without seriously interfering
with packing interests, and tho money thus
obtained would he sufficient to tide the de-
partment over until next fiscal year. II In
believed Secretary Wilson viii see the inn
portance OF this statement and act accord.
ingly
Bedc Reluctant 10 Come.
Congressman J. Adam Bede of Minnesota.
one of the great orarors of congress, is re-
luctant TO go to Omaha on February "a to
participate in the celebration of the Nc
Kiney club, although he will be In Peoria
on February %. However, IL is believed
Congressman Kennedy will land Mr.. Bede
for the evening Of February "a.
Letter Writer In Error.
Letters which are coming from railway
employees in Nebraska 10 members of the
Nebraska delegation and which appear to
be written by the same typewriter and on
the same quality of paper make one very
| serious mistake, They all. or nearly ALL
I urge the delegation to vote against the
{ Esch-Townsend bill As matter OF fact,
4 there is no Esch- Townsend bill pending be-
. fore congress. That bill died with the close
5 of the ffty-irst congress. The Hepburn
bill has taken the place OF the Esch-Town-
g send bill, embodying many Of the features
] OF the former measure. and bears the name
of the chairman OF the interstate and for-
eign commerce committee of the house.
: This explanation IL made TO set right the
, clever letter writer who is undoubtedly
4 connected WIN IdliIOdu headquarters
; in Omaha.
Calling the Turk 20 Time.
! Two American women have been so bru-
tally treated recently in Constantlnopls
y that Secretary Root has taken necessa ~
steps toward securing redress. A short
time ago Miss Anna Snyder, a member OF
' a prominent family of Cedar Rapids. Ia.
and Miss Elsie Stern daughter or Judge
Stern of Buffalo, NJ Y, took a trip to
r Europe with a party OF friends. Whea
they reached Berlin they decided to extend
their trip to Constantinople. whore other
n friends were awaiting them The were
provided with passports which had been
properly yised by the Turkish representa-
r tives. yet Immediately upon reaching the
Turkish capital they were seized by gem
. darmes and hustled on 70 prison Here