Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-07

which the employees might eat and all of
the big packers furnished coffee to their
employees for l cent a cup.
IT think he said, that the people en-
ployed in stock yards are more than the
average, a healthy class. There are very
few cases of tuberculosis"
Representative Scott asked II Mr.. Wilson
had ever investigated packing houses
abroad.
He had in England. but said American
methods were far superior.
Agitation Affects Foreign Trade.
Have you had any dfhculty prior to this
agitation with your foreign markets.
asked Mr.. Scott
I'VE are having a great deal OF trouble
now" replied the witness
Asked again about times prior to the
present agttations. ne mentioned that some
trouble was had with Germany, but he
did not regard this based on the quality
of American meats.
Mr. Wilson then took up the Beveridge
amendment.
I'VE should very much prefer" he re-
! marked. III the date on the labels or cans
might be omitted" He also suggested that
some carcasses might be found unsound
and at the same time might be Mt for
food. or some portion OF them.
He wanted the language to condemn car
casses only when the carcasses ARE found
to be UNIT for human food
To illustrate. he said. a carcass might be
bruised on the shoulder and otherwise all
right
DR.. Melvin was asked for an opinion and
said that as applied to a live animal II
might be 'unsound" but At for food, but
applied to a dead animal a carcass that
was ''unsound" might not be Mt for food.
Mr.. wadsworth said the whole thing was
whether the animal was or was not Mt for
human food.
whats the use of burdening the law
with lot Of adjectives such as sound
'healthful. etc?"
Mr.. Wilson made the same objection 10
the use OF the words: Impure, ''un-
sound. "unhealthful," etc, wherever
they qualified the inspection throughout
the amendment, and the committee spent
some time in discussion OF the question
There would be no objection, said MT
Wilson. to a sanitary regulation as strong
as practicable. He admitted that the
names of their products did not describe
the article. AS an example his Arm sold
oxford sausage which was pork sau'
sage sold under the name Oxford An
other article named Brown" was simply
beef stew. Representative Lorimer said
that Brown contained beef, pork, pota'
toes. carrots, etc.
As a matter OF fact" asked Represent
ative Scott. is anything you put up called
potted chicken which is not chicken?
mo sir. our potted chicken is made en-
! tirely OF chicken and our potted turkey
= is made OF turkey"
At this point the committee adjourned
until morning.
"A nj
The Wadsworth substitute for the Beve
ridge amendment. which has been in th'
: course of preparation for some days. wal
= made public today. The substitute diferi
y from the amendment of the senate, mrs
II I'm that II leaves the matter discretionarl
} with the secretary OF agriculture II omit
the adjectives used In description OF mea
for human food. these adjectives beini
sound" 'healthful." etc. The substitute
provides that the courts shall review an
grievances Ia the matter OF the enforce
ment Of the regulation when applied TO
It places the cost OF inspection on tn
government instead OF the packers. IL eX
empts the preservative requirements as q
food intended for export and simplihes tn
common carrier provision by allowing rail
roads 70 accept for shipment goods marke'
inspected and passed" without the furthe
restriction that the common carrier ma!
refuse to take the shipment II the pack
ing OF slaughter house from which 1t come
is Unsanitary.
So far as Mr.. Wilson, representing IN
packers had covered the Beverdge amend
ment in his testimony before the commit
tee Il was apparent that the Wadswort
substitute met the exact objections h
raised regarding the Beveridge amendment
CIub women Act.
ST PAUL. June s.-The Federation o