The Washington times., 1906-07-05
WILSON ARRANGES
VISIT TO PACKERS
Says Meat Men Are Ready
to Cooperate With
Officials.
BENEFIT TO FOREIGN TRADE
Secretary Thinks Present Day Pub
licity a Blessing in Disguise for
the Future Market

Secretary of Agriculture James VIII
son will start next week on his tour Of
the packing centers Of the country. He
viii open his series of engagements in
Chicago, where he VIII meet the man
ayers of the packing interests, heads ct
concerns and immediate subordirates
and take up the matters connected with
enforcement Of the new meat inspeation
law.
The Secretary is not able yet 20 STATE
on what day he VIII reach Chicago. hut
he Is assured the packers win accom-
modate themselves to his convenience.
He viii go just as soon as the work
incident TO closing one fiscal year ami
opening a new one in the department
IS closed. His tour viii occupy most OF
summer and autumn.
Packers Ready to Cooperate.
DR.. A. d. Melvin. chief OF the Bureau
Of Animal Industry. will probably ac~
company the Secretary TO Chicago.
where the first general discussion will
be had looking to corporation between
department and packers. Cooperation
Is to be the watehword. 1.-THE packers
are anxious TO make the law effective
and TO have their customers know as
l'f''sE-AtAN
said the Secretary. Except once in q
while. we viii have no trouble enforcing
the law. That nnce-in-a-While fellow is
the one we viii have 20 watch. We'h
enforce 1t on hisn; the others viii make
no trouble"
The Secretary is likely to be in Chi
cagO a week or more, investigating cons
diuons in the packing houses. informing
himself about improvements already
made. and learning Just what Is planned
for future betterments-
1T isn't possible to give any schedule
OF dates for visiting different cities" he
said. That viii depend ON conven~
ience. but l am going 10 see all the
packing institutions
Publicity TO Help Packers.
Secretary Wilson is confident in the
near future the American meat indus
try will be seen TO have been greatly
benefited, rather than injured, by tina
recent publicity and the legislation re-
sulting.
There is going 10 be a campaign of
publicity and promotion, TO convince the
world that American meats are what
they have long been recognized 10 be,
the best I'm the world. When this law
is in complete operation % said the Sec
retary. I'VE viii be able To show the
agents of foreign countries the best
livestock IN the world, slaughtered ana
prepared in the best and most complete
establishments, and subjected TO the
most perfect inspection. We viii lose
no time making the world know these
things
trade is not realized as 10 ought 10 -e-
We have the best meat because We are
the only country where they raise she
cattle and the corn side by side. We
are the worlds corn country. Now. our
Western stock. raised and faJteued
cut of doors is famous as showing the
least percentage of disease known. our
C0Tn-fed beef is the best. Nobody else
has the corn TO make anything like il.
Faults of Foreign Cattle.
The cattle of Europe are finished
largely on the by-products of our mills.
Argentine and Australian stock are
raised on grass and finished on grass.
They can't compare with our cOTn-fed
stuff. In Europe and Britain they raise
stock on grass, and then finish IL on
turrips with oil cake, cotton seed cake.
or peanut oil cake from Egypt-the by
products of flax, cotton seed and pea
nuts after the oil has been extracted.
Why, Denmark sells England So, 900 600
worth of butter "a year, made by feed
ing these by-rroducts TO cows We
don't even use these things IN feeding
because our corn Is SO much better.
Yet large proportion of American
farmers live by producing the things
We supply to other countries to feed
their stock. Half the prime Scotch
beef is really American cOTu-fed; moth
ing else can be substituted and sold as
prime Scotch They know in England
and in Germany that our meats are the
best, and We are going TO see that
everybody else nnds IL out. The meat
industry viii grow so much that before
many years we viii look back on this
incident OF 1906 and recognize that il
was just one of the things marking the
beginning of the real greatness Of the