The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-06-07

hung In line. which had been con.
demned A truck loaded With chopped.
up condemned hogs was in my pres
ence followed H. Il was placed IA
one of the tanks from which lard
comes. | asked particularly about this,
and the government inspector as well
as supt. Hull stated that lard and fe~
tilizer would be the product Of that
tank
"Of the six condemned hogs two
were afflicted with cholera. Three
were marked tuberculsr The sixth
had an ulcer"
A Washington dispatch to the Her
aid Is as follows:
President Roos7velt's fight for a far
reaching law TO compel federal sani
tary regulation and inspection OF the
meat industry is narrowing down 20 81
question Of court review" just Is IN
/ the rate bill fight The BeyeridFs
amendment provides that the secretary
Of agriculture. upon learning that the
packing houses are not Fanilavy with.
I in the meaning OF rules ami reguia
sons by him prescribed, NAY forbid
meat packers 70 offer or cLilroads 10
receive Tor interstate transportation
the meats or meat products Of that
establishment.
Upton Sinclair. wednesday. said that
f he intended to continue his fight on
the beef men. III the packers do not
T get me out OF the way" Mr. Sinclair
received warnings Wednesday from
friends in Packingtown, Chicago, that
his life IS in danger.
The general public are so dissatis
I fed with the limited Information given
/ out that leading citizens are beins
asked 20 write their senators and con
1 gressmen to demand that the fun and
complete report OF Commissioners
Neil and Reynolds be made public.
New York.-A Washington special
SAYS President Roosevelt has decided
to play his strongest card in a supreme
effort 10 bring the beef combine &c
time" II was announced az the white
house Thursday night that he would
on Monday send 10 congress the Neil
/ Reynolds report on pacing house con
dltious in Chicago. accompanied With
/ a message urging the immediate pas
sage Of the Bevcridre amendment tCI
he agricultural bill. which provides
for strict sanitary regulation OF al
meats and meat products therein PRO
duced.
He will insist that the fees for tbs
T fed,ral inspection shall he Paid by the
( packers. He viii reject the substitute
for the Beyeridge amendment. Witch
I Chairman wadsworth and members Of
/ the house agricultural committee havs
been working TO frame and which they
7 have announced VIII be satisfactory
70 the president and packers alike
Senator Beyeridga declares. and his
1 declaration may be said TO be the plat
form OF the administration: III the
conditions shown In the NeiliReynolds
report are true the Beveridg1 amerd
ment should become q law: II they
are not true. the passage Of the Bevcr
I idge amendment is The only thine
which will assure the American people
I that they are not true
Washington, ID. C--Rcpresentative
! Crumpacker Of Indiana. introduced
bill Thursday as a Substitute
I for the Bsyeridge mca; inspection
amendment 10 the agricultural bill il
/ the senate The bill defines the au
/ thority which may be vested In the
+ secretary OF agriculture and lifts the
authority so as not 10 conflict with the
I police powers OF the state.
Edward Cudahy. head Of the cndahy
Packing Co.. Of Omaha. has written
members Of the Nebraska delegation in
congress protesting against the Bcyet
| idye meat inspection amendment "a
+ the agricultural appropriation bill
/ He objects 10 the provision compelling
the packers TO pay for the inspe lion
and complains that the bill IS too drns
tic in every particular.
Chicago. Ill.-A Washington spe
cial says that the Inauguration OF a
crusade to bring the beef trust 20 time
was announced at the conclusion OF q
conference at the white house. NJ
which the following were in attend,
ance:
THE president. Secretary Of Agrl
culture Wilson. Commissioner OF Cor
porations Garfield. Senator Beverage
Commissioners Of Labor Neill Special
Commissioner James 3. Reynolds, who
1 Investigated the conditions at the Chi.
cago stock yards: AloDzo d. Melvin.
chief Of the bureau Of animal indus
try OF the agricultural department. ard
George p. McCabe. solicitor Of the de
partment Of agriculture Attorney
General Moody arrived at the white
house rear the close Of the conference
and WAS in consultation with the plesi
dent on the same general subjec