The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-29
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Thr hll fo.day vent Automatically 10 the
Ilois' tornmttrr on Agriculture Mem-
hers ~ the cnfnmitlcc @hid that tho Senate
amcnimrrt would he considered ~ new
legislation and that II tho p~ackers 80 de-
sired hearings would be- granted
Prcsid' ut Roosevelt toby conferred
with Senator carter ~ Montana and G. +
Neill. Commissioner 81 Labor, author oG the
report on ~ nltary conditions IN the Chicigo
packing houspa. Th ir'a' leut still sta tes
his position Ia he that the Neil report will
be withheld from the public II Congress
quickly cnacts an inspection law but II the
packers cast obstacles in the way he will
give out tho entire report let the conse-
quences be what they may.
There IL no disposition among the Re.
publicans in Congress 10 demand the pub
~lication Of the report. John sharp Williams.
the Democratic loader. however, probably
will introduce a resolution calling m the
President for it. He maintains that II con-
ditions in the packing houses are a. unclean
and unhealthful as IL now charged, the
American puhhc Silouu hho" 'he WHOM
truth.
After leaving the White House to-day
Senator Carter said
"The meat inspection amendment placed
in the Agricultural bill has met with opro-
sition from the packers ard their friends
who seem to be bending every effort to
defeat it," The President says that If
the amendment is enacted into law he
will be content TO remedy the evils COM
planned of through the Jaw.
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he will fell constrained i'll the discharge
Of his official duty to the public to send to
Congress the reports in his possession re-
lating to the abuses existing in the packing
houses. He feels that II is better to refrain
from making the reports public, not through
any regard for the packers particularly
but because an official statement OF the
facts would injure the stock raisers OF the
country, thus making them innocent VIC
tins OF a line Of abuses for which they
primarily we're not in any sense respon-
sible.
-The only answer that can be made to
the consumers Of our meats at home and
abroad will be the enactment of a law
through which an efficient and sufficient
inspection shall be made.
"One of the principal questions is whether
the packers or the Government shall pay
for the inspection service. 1t seemsa FORE
gone conclusion that the packers will de-
eide that Uncle Sam should pay for the
work"
Many members Of the House, including
Speaker Cannon. are unquestionably. In
clined TO take up the packers side OF the
contest, hut the Prcsident's stand and
the belief that the. popular verdict ia Ger
tain to favor stringent meat inspection
forces them to be wary. They will not
oppose the amendment itself, but are rails
ing questions Of detti in the construction
Of the measure.
The Beveridge bill provides that the
Secretary of Agriculture shall" appoint a
sufficient number Of inspectors to do the
work. 1t is suggested that the word may
should be substituted. But the princip9
bone of contention is whether the Govern
ment or the packers should pay for the
inspection. The bill provides that the
packers shall stand the expense. II it were
attempted TO place the burden on the Govern
ment and to figure out the cost in advance
in order to make an appropriation it is
believed hat a snag would be encountered
that wei Id at least delay the final enactment
Of the bill, or the effective operation of the
law il onoe enacted.