The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-28
CONFEREES
 IN TANGLE Can't Agree on Meat Inspection. THE DEADLOCK IS ABSOLUTE The House Members Will Not
 Yield an Inch. VIII Not stand For Any Compromise By Which Packer. wnI Pay Cost of Testing Their
 Product.

Washington. June 27.--An absolute dead lock on the meat inspection amendment to the agricultural appro- priation bill was reported by Senator Proctor to the Senate late today after three sessions of the conferees had been held. The Vermont Senator said that the House conferees had decIIn- cd to consider any compromise on the subject of the payment of the cost of inspection by the packers.
 Tho Senate conferees offered to con- promise, he said. upon a tax of five cents a head in cattle and three cents on hogs, sheep and goats to be collec- ted and covered into the treasury the same as other revenue. He read the compromise proposition showing that the $3.00o.000 appropriation by the House would remain fin the bill and tho cost Of inspection would be paid there from.
 Tn reply to a question from Senator Hale he stated that the tax would amount to about one-half of the ap- propriation. The third conference of the day had been concluded a short time before Senator Proctor made his statement. At the conference he ofY- cred the compromise proposition which was met by House conferees with the argument that 1t would be unconstftti- tional .on the ground that Congress has no authority to levy direct tax upon chattels.
 House Won't Compromfse.
 In making his statement senatar Proctor said the conferees had aarasd on practically all other items, but that the House oonferees had positively ra fused to consider any compromiae. r4a then related the particulars of the prr,- vision regarding the cost of inspection and added that the House coi,fereaa had ahanifsfQfU AANffrnA mA. port unless the House provision shouId. be accepted letter for letter. He said the enect of the position taken by tha house would be to cause the failure Of the Legislation and general arrest of business.
 Responding to a question by sera. tor Nelson, Mir. Proctor said that noth- Ing had been said regarding the data on canned meats. we did not reach t. he said They Insisted on their entire provision. there was no chance for compromise on anything'
 Mir. Hale then spoke Of the gravity of the situation and advised that inc Senate refrain from further con1n1er | that might excite feeling. My impress sion is that we will do well to leave 1t over night where 1t is. and that we should do nothing to inflame the sftua4 tion in the hope that better counsel will prevail tomorrow.
 T see nothing better to do." assert ed Mir. Proctor. "the house conferee's refuse positively to join in any re- port"
 Senators Homenway and Hopkins ob- Jected to giving in the Senate details of what had occurred fin the confer ence because the House representatives could not be present to defend their own opposition.
 Mir. Proctor replied that he had only spoken the truth and added that tho Senate conferees had exercised the greatest amiabiiity in dealing with the House Representatives.
 Mir. Hale then in pursuance of his suggestion 10 let the matter lie ovsr. moved an adjournment. but he Pubse- quently withdrew the mesioE in