The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-15
Roosevelt Entirely Dis
 approves Substitute,
HAS SO INFORMED WADSWoRTH
Thinks Measure Will Not Meet
 the Existing Conditions.
Chairman of House Committee on Ag- riculture Declines to Discuss Op-
 position of the President.
 Features of Report.

 approval of the new meat inspection bill as completed today by the House committee on agriculture. He ex- pressed this view today to Chairman Wadsworth of the House committee when MT. wadsworth called on him and submitted the draft Of the new measure and asked the Presidents opinion. The President declared that the bill was not at all adequate to meet the conditions.
 After careful reflection. Chairman wadsworth, of the House committee on agriculture. has decided that he will not discuss In any manner the objec- tions of President Roosevelt to the meat inspection amendment as report- ed to the House today. He will. how ever. refer the matter to his com mittee at a meeting to be called with- out delay when the details of the ob- jections which the President Is under- stood to have pointed out, will be cons | sidered.
 i In the majority report on the meas- ure. which Chairman Wadsworth filed in the House just before adjournment today, the statement is made that the I public interest in the matter is fully | appreciated, also it Is of great impor- tance to the business interests of the country as well as to the health of the people. These are also stated to be the reasons why the committee has
 
 I and thoughtful consideration" Cause of the Delay. Any seeming delay" the report con- 1 tinues ''has been due solely to the de- sire of the committee to give this im- portant subject full consideration so that the measure which they present may meet approval of the House and meet the expectations of the couutry" An account of the hearings Is given m the report and the manner of con- siderlnR the Beveridge amendment stated to be not only paragraph by ] paragraph, but line by line and word l by word"
 | The Committee finds themselves in entire accord with the general purpose of this amendment, there being no dis | agreement whatever, either among members of the Committee or among the different interests affected upon the proposition that the most rigid in- spection of the meat and meat food products which constitute so large . part of the food of the country must 1 be insured.
 But while concurring heartily in the general purpose of the amendment your Committee found themselves dis agreeing to such an extent with it's | requirements and phraseoiogy that a sub seemed to be the simplest way in which to present their views
 The report next details the sub- stance of every paragraph of the sub | stitute, the provisions of which were made public last night.
 Commenting upon the wisdom of | placing the cost of inspection on the | government the report says:
 Tn recommending that the cost of | inspection provided for in this meas ure be met by an appropriation from | the public treasury, your Committees | have followed what they believe to be | 1 islation practice.
 The men whose duty 1t will be to | expect the provisions of this act will be government officials and their sal- aries should be paid as are the salaries of all other Federal officers. by all the | people and not by the special tax lev- | led against a given interest.
 Payment for Inspection. | "The proposition to create by | special tax on single industry fund | which shall be held at the disposal of an executive officer to be drawn upon at his discretion, without legislative l enactment seems to your Committee to be an abdIcation on the part of Con- 1 gress of one of It's important functions
 "Practically all of the provisions l touching the payment of governments l officials are In line with the recom- mendation your committee has made | in this case There seems to De no | good reason why tnls pTActic~ ShouAu l he changed now. The pure food Dill 1 now pending before Congress, If en- acted into law will entail for It's en- 1 forcement a very considerable ex- pense wbich if is hoped will follow this leg l jsiati5n will be the restoration or pub- | ifr confidence, not only in our own l country but in other countries, Tn the | nuritv and wholesomeness of American meat and meat food products. .Your committee do not believe that this 9biect would be attained by leg islation which requires those wno are to be inspected to pay the cost of the inspection On the contrary we believe that the knowledge of this fact would discredit the inspection and cast sus- picon upon 1t.
 "In his recent message to Congress transmitting the Neill- -Reyonlds report the President of the United States re- commended that the cost of the pro- posed inspection be borne by the pack CTS. but stated plainly that he would favor the Governments paying It were if not for the danger of an insufficient annropriatfon. Your committee believe ,hev have met this objection by the provision incorporated in the suhsti- tute. This provision follows the lan- guage of a provision for a similar pur- p1se which has been satisfactory for many years in supplying the require ments of the customs service.
 A minority report is In course of preparation by Representatives Lamb of Virginia and Bowie of Alabama. and will be filed with the House tomorrow.