Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-19
MEAT INSPECTION AGREEMENT
Dispute Between President and House
of Representatives Settled.

OF representatives SSItICu.
The basis of a complete agreement
on the meat inspection legislation be-
tween President Roosevelt and the
house committee on agriculture was
arrived at yesterday, says a Washing
ton dispatch at the White House
Speaker Cannon represented the COM
quently spent time explaining the sit
uation to the committee in its room al
the Capitol. The bill was practically
completed when the committee ad-
journed today.
1t will authorize an annual appro-
priation of $3,0O0,000 to pay the cost OF
inspection and will contain no pro-
vision for the levy of an assessment
20 make up any deficiency in the
amount available for this work, as
suggested by Mr.. Cowan, representing
the Texas Cattle growers. and later
urged by the president.
The court review provision will not
be contained in the measure. This
action meets the suggestion Of the
president. The words "in the judg-
ment of the secretary Of agriculture
will not be inserted, as suggested by
the president, and this conclusion now
meets Mr.. Roosevelt's approval.
The section waiving the civil service
law for one year in the selection OF
inspectors will go out of the provision
also one of the presidents recommen-
dations.
There is to be no date on the label
of the packing Of meat food products
In this the president yields to the COM
mittee. The language which gives in
spectors the right to the packing plants
at all times is amplified by the words
whether the same be in operation OF
not"
With these changes made, the presi-
dent has indicated his entire satisfac-
ton with the measure which was re-
ported from the committee as sub
stitute for the Beveridge amendment
and was today recommitted to the
committee that the changes may be
made.
Speaker Cannon was accompanied
to the White House by Representative
Adams Of Wisconsin. member of the
agricultural committee. Ordinarily the
speaker does not take the active part
in legislation which he has in the pres
ent instance. 1t has been explained
however, that he regards the passage
of an adequate meat inspection bill
with all possible speed as vitally essen
tial to the welfare of many important
lllIOuSlOul TIC
The objection which was urged to the
president as a reason why he should
not insist on giving authority to the
secretary of agriculture to levy a tax
to make up any deficiency was the
constitutional provision that congress
shall levy all taxes. A head tax on an
imals, IL was pointed out, would be an
exceedingly unequal one, as the value
of a fine beef steer would be mucr
greater than a steer of inferior weight
and condition, yet the tax would have
to be the same. The same condition
would prevail as to all other animals
killed for food.
The guarantee of the constitution OF
every mans right to have his griev-
ances heard before a court was also
presented to the president forcefully
as a reason why the decision of the
secretary of agriculture should not be
made final, as would be the case should
the words ''in the discretion of the
secretary Of agriculture" be inserted
throughout the measure. In this argu-
ment. it is understood, the president
acquiesced on the ground of its con-
tanning a fundamental principle of
guaranteed rights.
Although tomorrow and Wednesday
have been set apart for the passage
of bills under suspension of the rules
in the house, it is probable that agri-
cultural bill will be sent to conference
without delay.