Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-06-14

"oSAlAStoH, June 9.-Ihe senate
yesterday listened to two set speeches.
one by Mr.. Morgan in support of his
resolution providing for an inyestiga-
tlon by a senate committee of the at.
fairs on the Isle of Pines. and the
other by Mr.. Hopkins in opposition to
the sea level canal bill. Neither
measure was acted upon. Some time
was also spent in considering the
District OF Columbia appropriation bill.
House on Sunday Civil sill.
With the exception OF an hour spent
on pension legislation, in which time
557 bills for relief of soldiers of the
civil and Spanish-American wars
were passed, the house labored yester-
day on the sundry civil bill, making
much Roadway toward final passage.
Under the lead of Mr.. Keifer of
Ohio, the house refused to transport
silver coins and other money by reg
istered mail, insisting that their trans
rortation should be handled by ex-
press companies as at present. Dur
ing the arguments it was contendei
that the west and south wanted sill
yer dollars for circulation.
The conference report on the bill
prohibiting aliens from fishing in the
waters OF Alaska was agreed to, also
the senate amendments to the bill for
bidding the Importation, expectation
or carriage in interstate commerce of
falsely or spuriously stamped articles
OF gold or silver or their allows.
These tive bills now go to the presl,
dent for approval.
Is Inspection Legal?
Washington, June AT the after
noon session of the house committee
investigating meat inspection, Mr..
Crumpacker of Indiana discussed Ie-
gal questions in all their phases, but
said the question before congress was
whether it has authority to take the
1ontrol OF products intended for in
5 serstate commerce. His deductions af-
ter reading numerous opinions, were
that the federal government can have
nothing to do with the manufacture of
a commodity, as congress is limited
ITO commerce, and commerce succeeds
manufacture. Until the commodity
enters the channels of commerce, he
said, congress can exercise no super
vision whatever. Several members
OF the committee asked why the pack
ers had not objected to inspection in
the last IA years.
Because" said Mr.. Crumpacker.
the law was made for the packers.
They wanted it and perhaps the coun-
try wanted it, but they could obey
such portions as they wanted to ami
ignore the balance.
When the states have established
thorough inspection service OF the
packing houses and canneries within
their boundaries, for the protection If
their own people" said he, "the ques-
ton will have been solved. For then
the whole people will have been pro-
tected.'
Taking the Beveridge amendment
Mr.. Crumpacker said it would put out
OF business all the butchers of Indi-
ana, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin
who sell their product to commission
merchants of Chicago, for the govern
ment could not give them inspection.
He said this would be true of states
surrounding any of the great markets
OF the country. He said there were
about $50 inspectors in Chicago AMI
that either the conditions in the pack
ing houses had been wilfully exagger-
ated or those men had been GRIMM
ally careless to permit conditions so
horrible without one word OF protest.