Arizona republican., 1906-06-19

 AGREEMENT House Committee and Pres ident Get Together
Court Review Feature Gees by the Board, President on His Part hakes Concessions.

Washington, June 1S.-The basis of complete agreement on the meat ln- spection legislation, between President Roosevelt and the house committee on agriculture, was arrived at today st the White House. Speaker Cannon rep resented the committee in this instance and subsequently, spent some time ex- plaining the situation to the committee in it's room at the capitol The bill was practically completed when the com mittee adjourned today.
 It will authorize an annual appropri- ation of 8, OOO 900 to pay the cost of Inspection and will contain no provjS- ion for the levy of an assessment to make up any deficiency in the amount available for this work as suggested by MT Cowen, representing the Texas cattle growers, and later urged by the president.
 The court review provision will not be contained in the measure. This ac- ton meets the suggestion of the presi- dent. The words in the Judgment of the secretary of agriculture" will not be inserted as suggested by the presi- dent and this conclusion now meets MT Roosevelt's approval.
 The section wsiving the civil service law for one year in the selection of in spectors will go out of the provision, also one of the presidents recoDlmen- lations.
 There is to be no date on the label of the package of meat food products. In this the president yields to the com mittee. The language which gives in spectors the right to enter packing plants at all times is amplified by the words whether the same be in opera tion or not"
 With these changes made the presi- dent has indicated his entire satisfac- tion with the measure which was re ported from the committee as sub stitute for the Beveridge amendment and was today recommitted to the com mittee that the changes might be made.
 Ordinarily Speaker Cannon does not take such an active part in legislation as he has in the present instance. It has been explained, however, that he regards the passage of an adequate meat inspection bill with all possible speed as vitally essential to the welfare of nanJ. important industries through out the country.
 The objection which was urged to the president as a reason why he should not insist on giving authority to the i secretary of agriculture to levy tax to make up any deficiency was the con stitutional provision that congress shall levy all taxes. A head tax on animals, it was pointed out, would he
 dn exceedingly unequal one as the
 value of a fine beef steer would be much greater than a steer of inferior
 weight and condition, yet the tax would have to be the same. The same condi- | tion would prevail as to all other ami
 mals killed for food.
 The guarantee of the constitution ol
 every mans right to have his griev- ances heard before a court was also presented to the president forcefulIy as
 to why the decision of the secretary of agriculture should not be made final
 as would be the case should the words | "in the discretion of the secretary oi agriculture" be inserted throughout the
 measure. In this argument, 1t Is said i the president acquiesced.
 ! It is probable that the agricultural
 bill will be sent to conference without
 delay.