Woodruff County news., 1906-07-05

WORK ACCOMPLISHED.
 Washington. -- Congress completed Friday the execution of it's legislative programme and adjourned Saturday.
 On the eve of adjournment the diff ference between the house and senate on the important bills pending were adiusted. As a result.of the action taken the following measures were laid before the president for his approval:
 The railroad rate act
 The agricultural appropriation bill, including the meat inspection amend ment.
 The pure food act.
 The president signed the railroad rate bill at 11:45 Friday night. It goes into effect in 60 days.
 New Epoch in Legislation.
 Had rothing else been done this con- gress these measures would stand out as monuments to the present national administration. In emphatic manner they mark the beginning of new epoch in federal egislation-govern- , mental regulation on corporations and < the invocation of the police power, so to speak, to stay the hand of private greed and protect the pocketbook and the health and general welfare of the masses.
 In the end the house has had it's way mostly regarding the railroad rate bill. Oil pipe lines remain in the meas ure as common carriers, but the com modity provision of the bill has been fixed so as to make the prohibition of an alliance between transportation and production apply only to railroad companies" The railroads cannot own coal mines or transport their own products, but Standard Oil and the in dependent oil companies can pipe their own product. The senate yielded on this point because the house refused to give in by an overwhelming vote, and otherwise the whole bill would have died.
 Senator Tillman contented himself with severe roast" of the Standard Oil influence, and then as the one in charge of the measure voted to accept NHC OOulCIcuCS TcpOTt. uc SeudIo gained a part of its contention in a readjustment of the anti-pass feature of the bill which prohibits free trans portation to every one save certain excepted classes, including railroad employees and their families, and the officials. attorneys. surgeons, etc., of the companiea.
 
 House Victory in Meat Bill.
 The meat legislation was a complete victory for the house. The senate agreed to the conference report and the house formally ratified it. There were two points in controversy-th payment for inspection service and the question of putting dates on the labels or cans and packages of meat prod ucts. The government will pay the cost Of inspection, instead of the pack CTS, and labels will not require the date of inspection or canning of the contents.
 In announcing the failure of the sen- ate conferees to win on these disputed points, Senator Proctor said the bill accomplished great deal, inasmuch as It provides for thorough inspection oI all meat products and the sanitary regulation of packing plants, and that the conferees felt they could not lose everything by holding out for distinc- i've features which the public would not accept He paid his compliments 10 the packers in strong terms and charged them with having engineered the scheme that created sentiment in laVor of making the government pay 'he cost of inspection. Other senators entered their protest against the con- inverted provisions of the measure, put nnally the conference report was adopted.
 Tn the house, acceptance of the re- port was pure formality. One i'm portant new feature of the measure as It passed both houses is an added appropriation of $900000 to the s3,- ooo'ooo for inspection provided in the house amendment. This was brought aoout by combining the amount orig Inaily appropriated to the bureau of "nimal industry for inspection under 'ne old system with the new perma- AenI appropriation.
 Pure Food Bill Criticised.
 The conference report on the pure Iooa piil was adopted by both houses "i.hout any change. In the opinion VI Dr. Wiley and other officials of the aericuitural department, 1t is a good aeasure as far as it goes, but MT. .uanh' or Chicago, who had charge of .ne conference report, says that it was noe as good as had been hoped for.
 is weak in that it does not provide standard by which drugs, foods and alinRs can be measured to determine n,, ~nesner they comply with the law. nat important question is referred to s.e, ne courts, which under the bill as 1t "'' 0saams law must add to their