The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-30
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h.r,go packing houses II III" Ho,sn acts
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While there neerns To he a very general
sentiment Ia Congress IN favor Of n measure
that VIII provide regulations s~tricter than
hose now m Iorce 70; the inspection Of
meats, a good many members NJ the House
are doubtful Hs 10 the constitutionality
and legality of the measure winch the
senate passed. II II maintained that an
inspection Of all meats and meat products
NJ the places where they are prepared is be-
yond the authority Of the Federal Govern
ment, for the reason that part at least of
these meats and meat products do not go
into interstate traffic.
The Federal Government, II Is maintained.
has no jurisdiction over products that are
used wholly within the States where they
are PREPARED. This argument, together
witt citations from decisions Of Federal
courts UNFOLDING il. has been laid before
Speaker Cannon and II ernEers Of the House
Conn ittee on Agriculture and will have
consideration.
kilograms protesting against the more
drastic provisions of the measure continue
TO be received by Senators and Representa-
lives from the cattle raisers, who make
the general plea that any additional expense
imposed upon the packers will tend To iniure
the business Of the Tanchmen. Most of
the prominent associations Of cattle raisers
have sent protests of this character, and
have succeeded in arouslng the interest of
many Congressman, particularly those from
the West and the Southw est There is no
complaint against the cattle r~aisers, and in
view OF the attitude of the latter it X likely
that a strong effort will be made to have the
bill amended so that part at least of the opst
of inspection shall fall upon the Govern
ment and not upon the packers.
Commissioner of Labor Neil and Special
Treasury Agent Reynolds, who made the
investigation of packing house conditions
under special instructions from President
Roosevelt, gave out a prepared statement
to-day in response to assertions made in
n newspaper interview by Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Bloor. In that statement Messrs.
Ncill and Reynolds said;
The implication that any Of the documents
or formulas or statements submitted by Mr..
and Mrs. Bloor were used for any part of
the report Is wholly without warrant. The
representatives of the President went out
solely for tho purpose of reporting the condi-
tions as found by them after personal OBJ
servation. and their report will state nothing
rs a fact that they did not sec for themselves.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blo0r acted independently OF
Messrs. Reynolds and Seill, and entirely upon
their own responsibility. They spent some
days In Chicago, working ndustriously and
did bring a number of people to Messrs. Rey-
mol Is and Nell, and submitted to them some
written of practices and con-
ditions said to exist in the packing houses.
Practically nothing submitted by them or
stated by any Of those brought with them
could be- accepted as in any way adequate
proof of the conditions or practices alleged.
Nor could any OF their statements be verified
or made a basis for any part Of the report.
II came out to-day that Special Agent
Reynolds had made a visit to New York
last week and had spent a day inspecting
the local packing houses. Commissioner
Neill did not accompany him. While no
definite Information "a to what Mr.. Reynolds
found has been disclosed. it was inferred
from what was said by officials that his
inspection showed that sanitary conditions
ll lnt new 10Th EMBELLISHMENTS were not
all that they should be. Mr.. Reynolds will
submit a supplemental report to the Presi-
dent on this phase of his inspection work..
Senator Beveridge Of Indiana, the author
OF the meat inspection bill. is out in an
interview tonight in which he says these
things:
We are now in a period of the moral
regeneration of American business. The
meat inspection bill is a part Of that general
regeneration. Its purpose is to make Ger
tain that the American people shall get
from our packers just as good meat and
meat food products a. the European people
get from them. The European Govern
ments demand hat We subject all meats
.hipped to them to careful inspection, and
we on our part concedc that that demand
Is Just. That is the reason why the Federal
Government provides such careful inspec-
ton of meats sold abroad. But IL it he
conceded, as it Is, that we ought to inspect
meat sold to the people of other countries,
We ought to inspect meats sold to the people
Of our own country.
Il do not care TO ray at this time any
thing about conditions in any packing
house in this country. ] have no desire
10 punish any one for past offences. What
] desire is the enactment of the law. If
the law ia enacted | am willing that bygones
shall be bygones. But | insist that the
American people and the world shall have
the warrant Of a~statute Of the United States
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