Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-26
ALL NEAT TO Be INSPECTED
Important Rider to Agricultural Bill
Tackled on by the Senate.
PACKERS AND PRODUCERS INTERESTED
Products Not Inspected and Bear
ing Brand 60 BE Barred
from Interstate COM
merce.
CFrom a stan Correspondent }


WASHINGTON. May 25.-(Special Tele-
gram.J-The senate today attached to the
agricultural appropriation bill Senator
Beveridge'7 measure providing for an In
specific animation and supervision OF
live ~ - sheep, swine and goats and
O. ~. and food products thereof which
.>Sojects Of interstate and foreign COM
\ ce This bill is the result OF n long
Ssonference between the Department OF
Agriculture and the Department of Com
merce and Labor and is vitality interesting
to packers and stock growers. The un-
sanitary condition Of some packing houses
has not only been the subject of novel
recently issued, which has raised storm
of inquiry, but has been the subject OF
Official investigation on the part of the
president. who has appointed a commission
to investigate conditions in the packing
houses throughout the country.
Senator Beveridge introduced the bill on
May 21 to provide for the inspection of
live stock. with a view of having the same
branded as sound, healthful and At for
human food, and those unfit condemned,
but the present bill went further than that.
1t provided that slaughtering canning and
packing of cattle, sheep and swine should
be performed in a sanitary manner and in
sanitary place, under rules prescribed by
the secretary OF agriculture, and 1t further
provided that the inspectors provided for
under the bill should report upon the sani-
tary conditions of every establishment.
According to the reading of the bill, both
| the stock growing and packing interests
| will be affected by this measure, and It Is
| safe to predict that the house of representa-
tives will be face to face with situation
when the agricultural bill is sent to con-
gress that II never anticipated when 1t
passed the big money bill for the Depart
| ment Of Agriculture.
Cattle Interests Awake.
Today Senators Afillard and Burkett and
! Congressman Kennedy saw the president
in relation. not to this measure, because
they did not anticipate It would so hastily
pass one branch Of congress, but on the
| general proposition which seemed to them
most reasonable, that the stock growing In
| terests and packing interests were entitled
j to a hearing in the matter. The confer
/ ence had between the president and the
representatives from Nebraska is neces-
sarily confidential. Sufficient however,
was learned to show that the president,
while believing that some such measure
as introduced by Senator Beveridge was
needful, was inclined to await report
from the commission now Investigating
conditions In the Chicago packing houses
and they were led to believe that nothing
would be done until a comprehensive re-
port could be made.
Yesterday representatives Of cattle grow-
ing interests of Colorado saw the presi-
dent along similar lines Now that the
senate has adopted the Beveridge bill and
put It up to the house to accept or dis
agree with the bill it will be interesting
10 watch the gymnastics of the house in
the next few weeks.
When 1t is realized that the Beveridge
bill was attached to the agricultural sp-
preparation bill when a point Of order
would have ruled it out it naturally sug-
Eests the question. what did the senate
have in mind when it attached this Inn
portant measure to a money bill as a rideri
Desired to Go on Record.
OF twenty-five republicans who voted
mo" on a rule brought in by the COM
mIttee on rules in the house today. three
came from Nebraska, Kennedy, Mccarthy
and Norris. Their votes were not against
sending the railroad rate bill to conference
but we're In favor OF voting affimatively
| on certain amendments passed by the sen
ate. All three members from Nebrasks
III
companies within the limits OF the Hep
burn rate bill, and as the senate passed
such an amendment, they desired to ex
press their individual opinions that the ex
press companies should be included within
the provisions OF the bill. On three o.
four other amendments they desired t
! have an individual voice to concur In sen
ate amendments, and fearful lest many o
the senate amendments would be traded on
> in conference, their votes were cast II
favor OF instructing the eonferees directly
instead of being compelled 10 instruct them
as in all probability will be the case. b,
indirection-
5 Instruction in Agriculture.
CONGRESSMAN Pollard appeared before tn
: committee on public lands today and mad
: an argument in favor of his bill appropri
ating $4,000 for instruction in agriculture 9
/. the state normal schools OF the Unite
Z states. Mr.. Pollard contended that the sui
: ject OF agriculture is one subject that is Q
I the greatest Importance to the people q
the country and subject most neglected
the curriculum Of our public schools. II
urged that agriculture should be taugh
4 in every district school In ordtr TO do 4
d Il should be taught in the normal school
: OF the country, In order that teachers ma
/ be qualified to teach this important subJec
II was his idea that the United States coul
we'll afford TO furnish pa,t Of the fund
I. for carrying forward this impc rtant worl
Minor Matters at CaHitaI.
Congressman Kennedy was notified toda
: that Tmohas H. Platter. OMAHA, lad bee
granted a pension Of IS.
q Representative Kinkaid today advise
that the Postonioe department had signs
a lease with the First National bank
Greeley for portion Of their bank buildin
as a postofhce
- Senator Burkett was today advised ths
a pension OF s24 had been granted ID. I
- Ferman OF WILDER.
Representative McCarty today seeurGsi a
= reappointment OF James NJ Beaver ~ pos
master at Scribper Dodge county.
. NJ. II. HOriskey OF OMEN. II. f. Gross
= Octavis and A L. Lockwood OF Martin
!, burg. Neb.,have been appointed railws
a mail clerks.
a. Applications to organize national banl
:, approved; First National bank OF Thor
- ton. Ia. with $4,000 capital. by c. H. M
~ Nider. w. II. Bagley, c. A. Parker. o.
~ DenisOn and e. ID. Allen; The First NJ
of tional bank OF Whitelake s. D., with $50
A. capital. by H. W. Hinrichs. John Parke
~ Matthias Gilbert. August Bentner. Jol
"a Goeres and others.