Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-30

their flesh as food: you know also the
promptness with which n farmer would de-
stroy an animal should 1t become danger
Gus to the health of anyone on the other
side of the world who might chance to eat
1t You know how Indignantly he would
reject the advances of beef trust agent
who should propose to buy IL from him and
take 1t To Chicago"
Real Object of the Packers.
While the packing house interests are try
ing to whip the stock raisers into line and
make them pull their chestnuts out of the
fire. the whole object of the agitation from
the beef trusts viewpoint is not much to
shift the cost of the inspection to the Shout
ders of the government as to block the eff
fectiveness OF the Beveridge amendment.
They profess to be solicitous about the cost
of the proposed meat inspection. and covert
Iy threaten TO take It out of the pockets of
the cattle raisers or of the consumers, or
both. But II is we'll understood that they
will do this anyhow.
What they really want to do is to cripple
the effectiveness OF the law by getting
fixed appropriation, knowing perfectly we'll
that II fixed appropriation will never be
large enough. As has been pointed out pre-
viously In The Star. when the packers had
the prospect of getting a $4,000. 600 order
Tor meat products to partially beat the Ger
man tariff they were anxious enough to be
allowed to pay for the inspection out Of
their own pockets.
This the law would not allow them to
DO. Now the Beveridge amendment pro-
poses to do this very thing, but Incident
ally IL VIII subject the whole of the pack
ing business TO a searching scrutiny, and
this Is what the packers do not want So
they protest against the cost and urge a
government appropriation for the work in
confidence that. were the cost provided for
In that way. II could be represented to
Congress as excessive each year and
there would never be enough Inspectors
to
Another objection to an elastic system
OF inspection in the eyes of the trust
would be that 1t would open the door to
independents and the trust alike and any
man who prepared meat for the market
would be able to get government inspec-
ton and certificates such as are dema nded
In foreign countries. and the independents
would thus be let into the foreign market
on equal terms with the trust
The Neill-Reynolds Report.
The Neill-Reynolds report is nearing
completion in its first section. but 1t has
been discovered that the report, like that
of the bureau of corporations on tho
Standard oil Company. will be in more
than one section. The investigation by
the Presidents commissioners is not yet
finished, but Is still being carried on by
proxy.
There are representatives either directly
OF the President in the employ of the
commissioners IN lineage now. ana IDey
are accommodating further data that will be
Incorporated in future report. Nothing
has been said openly about this feature of
the investigation, and the impression has
been given that the inquiry, so far as the
two commissioners were concerned. was
confined to them personally and was now
closed. In this line the commissioners Is
sued an official statement last night-the
first sta ement by the way, that they have
put out. 1t was as follows:
"Messrs. Reynolds and Neill, who made
the investigation of packing house condi-
lions for President Roosevelt, give cut a
statement in reply to what appeared in a
morning paper interview with Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Bloor.
They state that the implication that any
ments submitted by Mr. or Mrs. Bloor were
used basis for any part OF the report is
wholly without warrant The representa-
tlves of the President went out solely for
the purpose OF reporting the conditions
found by them after personal observation
and their report will state nothing fact
that they do not for themselves.
MIR. and Mrs. Bloor acted independently
Of Messrs. Reynolds and Neill and entirely
on their own responsibility. They spent
some days In Chicago working Industrious
". and did bring a number OF people 10
MesSrs. Reynolds and Nell and submitted
to them some written statements of pIac-
tees and conditions said to exist in the
packing houses. Practically nothing sub
mitted by them or stated by any of Those
brought with them could be accepted rs in
any way adequate proof of the conditions
or practices alleged. Nor could any of their
statements be verified or made iasi5 for
any part of the report ."