The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-05-31
House Committee Giving Attens
ton to a Proposes improves
nnent in That Line.
PACKERS CAN HAVE A. HEARING
Other Side Would Then Also Have To
Be Heard.
Presidents Private Probers Say They
Will Report Only What They
Saw Progress on the
Railway Rate Bill.

4
Washington, May 30.-The agricul
tural appropriation BILL to which spe-
cial interest attaches because of the
meat inspection amendment placed on
it in the senate, is now before the
house committee on agriculture. The.
bill would have been sent direct to
conference Monday had not Williams
of Mississippi indicated that he would
L0biect to unanimous consent for such
procedure. There will be a meeting
of the committee before a conference
is asked. So far there has been no
request made for a hearing on the
part Of. the packers. It is understood
| that this request would be granted by
the committee, coupled with the I'M
(dastanding that if the packers were
heard the committee would desire also
to hear the other side, and this might
lnecessitate making public the special
reports regarding sanitary conditions,
ETC., now in the custody of the presi-
dent
Report of Neill and Reynolds.
The report of Neill and Reynolds,
| special commissioners Of the president,
regarding their Investigation into the
sanitary and other conditions existing
at the several packing houses is be-
| ing expected Neither NELL or Reyn-
olds will disclose the nature of their
report, but it can be stated authorita-
lively that it will not contain affida-
! Wits or testimony Of any kind from
any one but rather will be a complete
summary Of what they themselves saw.
To supplement the report which will
go to the president the investigation
| is still going on, based on certain
charges which it is stated the presi-
| dent desires to have either confirmed
or denied.
They Give Out O. Statement.
| Neill ard Reynolds made the fol-
lowing authorized statement: "Messrs.
Reynolds and Neill, who made the in
vestigation OF packing house condi-
tions for President Roosevelt, gave out
a statement. in reply to what appeared
| in a morning paper as an interview
with Mr. and Mrs. Richard BloOr.
FIIsllres' state fire Implication that any
Of the documents or fornulaes, or state
ments, submitted by Mr.. or Mrs. Bloor
We're used as a basis for any part of
the report is wholly without war
rant.
| Only Report What They Saw.
1.-THE representatives of the president
went out solely for the purpose of
reporting the conditions as found by
them after personal observation, and
their report will state nothing as a fact
that they did not see for themselves.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bloor acted independents,
| " of Messrs Reynolds and Neill, and
entirely on their own responsibility.
They spent some. days in Chicago
working industriously, and did bring
number of people to Messrs. Reyn-
olds and Neil and submitted to them
some written statements of practices
and conditions said to exist in the
packing houses.
Couldn't Be Accepted as Proof.
| Practically nothing submitted by
them or stated by any of these brought
with them could be accepted as in any
way adequate proof Of the conditions
of practices alleged. Nor could any of
these statements be verified or made a
basis for any part of the report"