Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-06-14

which has passed the Senate House.
VIII fan because Of deadlock among
the conferes on the seventh section
OF the bill providing that Interstate
traffic may be carried on without in
terruption through state under vel
low fever quarantine, under certain
regulations; that is, that through
trans may make their regular runs
without taking on or letting off pas
sengers or freight within the ouaran-
tined state.
Report on Packers Matter.
The House Committee on Agricul-
ture decided to comply with the 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.. f. Wilson, who
SAID he was an employee of the Mel
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
vln Of the Department, and Mr.. Neill
were present at the hearing.
Mr.. Wilson made general denial
or 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 III water to "frcshcn them
up" MIR. Wilson said there was alb
solutely nothing i'll this. What the
cans were put in hot water were TO
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-
scr1bed in detail the operation of ore
parlng canned meats and when asked
by Representative Scott of Kansas.
Il member of the committee, Glow
ABOUT the rope and other foreign mat
ter found with scraps on the floor
Mr.. Wilson explained that what was
probably y seen in this instance was
the string on the knuckle and what
mad 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 le1t. There was bone in it, The
bone would smash the machine if an
attempt was made to use it.
Flooded With Petitions.
Ac
was "A streak of yellow" in the
Senate due to the fact that practically
every desk in the chamber was cover
ed with kilograms of protest against
the Anti-Pass provision in the Rail
road Rate Bill as reported by the
Conference Committee.
They were all from railroad mon
and IN each case consisted of pro-
tests against cutting off the privilege
of riding free.
In addition there was formal
statement or behalf of engineers.
hremen, conductors and trainmen saw
ing that they represented 100000
railway employees.
Bill to Be Sent Back.
Inc discussion of the Railroad Rate
5lii conference report in the Senate
showed that the bill would be sent
back TO the conference. The confer
enee announced that they expected
that result.
Busy Day in the House.
Against the days when the House
OIL representatives was in throes of
iillbuster or putting off until TO-
morrow what 1t might have done the
day belore,' must be set the work
accomplished in the lower branch of
the national Legislature.
In many particulars Tuesday was a
"red letter day" in the House. not
only In the number of bills passed.
but In the general character of the
legislation enacted. What bid fair
to cause endless trouble, the natural
lzatlon bill, was passed under suspen.
son OF the rules, the Speaker and
the gentleman in charge of the bill.
Mr. Boynge, of Colorado, doing tteam
work Of n superior kind.
The House refused to nsss q hill
leasing TO a private firm or corpora
ton the right to mine coal on the
Island of Batan in the Philippine
group, although it was stated that
such lease would decrease the
amount paid by the government for
coal very considerably.
For two hours the House worked
under suspension of the rules and
then, with tie time set apart for
these measures exhausted, and peace
Spreading It's wings over the mem
berS, the rest of the day, until ad-
Jourument, was taken up with the
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