The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-06-14


Report on Packers Matter.
The House Committee on Agrienl-
ture decided to comply with tie re-
quest of the Chicago packers To be
heard on the Neill-Reynolds report
regarding the conditions in the Chi
cago packing houses. The request
was made by Mr.. E. Wilson, who
said he was an employee of the Nell
SON Morris Company, but in this in,
stance was authorized to speak for
all the Chicago packers. Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson, Dr. A. ID. Mel
win of The Department, and Mr.. Neill
were present at the hearing
Mr.. Wilson made a general denial
of the existence of the conditions in
packing houses as set forth in the
Nelll-Reynolds report. Some of the
suggestions made IN the report he
said, had already been complied with
by the packers, such as additional
sanitary facilities.
AS to the charge that canned meats
were boiled il water to 'tfreshen them
up." Mr.: Wilson said there was alb
solutely nothing in this. What he
cans were put in hot water we're 20
soak off the old labels, which he said,
was an injury to the appearance Of
| the goods on sale.
He denied absolutely that there
were any deceased cattle or hogs
butchered for food. Mr.. Wilson de-
scribed in detail the operation of pre-
pairing canned meats and when asked
by Representative Scott of Kansas,
member Of the committee, "How
about the rope and other foreign mat
ter found with scraps on the floor, -
| Mr.. Wilson explained that what was
probably seen in this instance was
| the string On the knuckle and what
had been dried beef. This string was
| used with which to hang the beef in
smoke house, and when the beef
! had been sliced off, this knuckle end
was left. There was a bone in it. The
bone would smash the machine if an
attempt vas made to use it.
Flooded With Petitions.
As Senator Tillmaa suggested there
was ga streak of yellow" in the
Senate due to the fact that practically
every desk in the chamber was cover
Ell with telesrams Of protest against
the Anti-Pass provision in the Rail-
road Rate Bill as reported by the
Conference Committee.
They were all from railroad men
and in each case consisted Of pre-
tests against cutting off the privilege
Of riding free.
In addition there was formal
statement ON behalf of engineers,
frenaen, conductors and t~ainmen say
ing that they represented 230,o90
railway anaSlav0as,
The discussion of the Railroad Rate
Bill conference report In the Senate
showed that the bill would be sent
back to the conference The confer
ence announced that they expected
| that result.
Busy Day in the House.
Against the days when the House
of Representatives was in throes Of q
filibuster OF putting off until to-
morrow what it might have done the
day BEFORE must be set the work
accomplished in the lower branch O.
the national Legislature.
In many particulars Tuesday was a
cred letter day. in the House, no.
only in the number of bills passed
but In the general character of the
legislation enacted What bid fail
TO cause endless trouble, the natural
izarion bill, was passed under suspen
son of the rules, the Speaker ane
the gentleman in charge of the bill
Mr.. Beynge, of Colorado, doing ttean
work of superior kind.
The House refused to pass a bill
leasing to a private firm or corpora
ton the right to mine coal on th'
Island of Batan in the Philippine
group, although it was stated tina
such a lease would decrease th'
amount paid by the government. fo
coal very considerably.
| Fer two hours the House worket
nnder suspension of the rules an.
tl.en, with tie time set apart fo
these measures exhausted, and peac
| spreading its wings over the mem
bers. The Iest ei the day, until ad
journnent, was taken up with th
passage cf bills by unanimous een
| sent, a form of legislation only pcs
sible when there are no breakers n
sight.
Rnssian Officers in Tolls