The Mena weekly star., 1906-06-14
ANOTHER REPORT SENT IN
Agriculture Committee Gets Depart ment Experts Story of the
 Packing House Scandal.
THE TWO DOCUMENTS DO NOT CONFLICT
The President Sends n Letter to oh"irhi'i Wadsworth in Which He states th"' There is No Difference Tn SuDsuihoe Between the Neili-Reynolds ana the Department Reports.

Between the NeilI-Reynoids and the
 Department Reports.
 Washington, June 9.-In response to A request from the house committee on agriculture, President Roosevelt Friday forwarded to Representative Wadsworth, the chairman of that com mittee. the report made to him by 2 committee of the department of agrl- culture regarding conditions in the Chicago meat packing houses. Accom- panying the report was a letter from the president in which he points out that there is no conflict in substance between the Neill-Reynolds report and that of the agricultural department experts.
 The president quotes a letter receiv- ed from a most competent and trust worthy witness in Chicago that the hacking house proprietors aEe manifesting almost "a humorous haste Ito clean up, re-pave and even to plan for future changes. New toilet rooms are being provided, with additional dressing rooms and clean towels. The presidents correspondent says that "the haste towards reform would have been amusing if it were not so nearly tragic"
 The president says his investigations have not been completed but that enough has been developed in my judgment to call for immediate thoroughgoing and radical enlargement Of the powers of the government in in- specting all meats which enter into interstate and foreign commerce" Following is the text of the letter of the president to Chairman Wads- worth:
 My Dear MT Wadsworth: In ae. cordance with your request I send you , herewith the two reports of inspee- , ton by the committee apointed by the department of agriculture on April , and 18th This committe had already been appointed when I notified the secretary that I desired that such a commission should be appointed in order to make the investigation. Sub sequent complaints to me and the con. sideration of complaints already made showed that the charges were not only against the packing houses but , also to a certain extent reflected up- on the action of the government in- spectors and I came to the conclu- sion that it was best to have an in- l vestigation by outside individuals who could not be charged with being in any way interested in the matter. Accordingly before the completion of the investigation by the department of agriculture I directed Mir Neill and MT Reynolds to make an investiga- ton, the first report of which has been laid before congress Much testimony has been offered to us which has not been considered in this report, for MT. Neill and Reynolds in this re- port confine themselves to stating in more or less summary way the facts . as to which they had been eye-wit- nesses; and what they have said can not be successfully controverted. Some of the ground traversed by Messrs. Neill and Reynolds is not touched upon in the report of the com mittee of the agricultural department. As to the ground covered in common by the reports of the two investigat- ing committees there is no conflict in substance as to the important matters, , although there is a marked difference in emphasis. this being partially due to the greater length and detail of the report of the committee of the de- partment of agriculture. In my judg- ment the emphasis of the report of Messrs. Neill and Reynolds is abund- antly justified by the facts
 To show the immediate and extra. ordinary change for the better which the mere fact of their investigation IS already bringing about in the con- dltlon of the packing houses in Chi cago, 1t is only necessary to instance the following portions of letter re. celVed rom a most competent and trustworthy witness in Chicago whose name 1 will give the committee if it so desires:
 "On Monday l began a tour of all the great packing houses, going first to Libby's, then Swift's.
 Tuesday all the morning discussed changes that ought to be made and caught a glimpse of the awakening at Armours. In the afternoon visited the plant with the superintendent wednesday l rested and contem- plated the awakening of packing town. It is miraculous. Thursdav did Nelson Morris, with the superin- tendent Nelson Morris has done much to make things better By the time the next inspector arrives thev VIII have still more new layatories toilet rooms, dressing rooms etc Cuspidors everywhere, and signs pro- hlolting splitting. In most, the awak- ening seemed to come by force from without.