Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10
TRICK OF BRITISH TRADERS
John Burns Finds All Meats Are Not
What They Seem.
INsEEcIION IN BEITMN IS OEHCULI
Government Discovers that American
Besf and Pork is sold ss
Native Product Across
the water.

LONDON, June s-John Burns. president
OF the local government board. has re-
duested the Foreign once to communicate
with the state department at Washington
and ascertain to what extent reliance can
be placed on the system OF meat inspection
undertaken by the Bureau OF Animal Indus
try. In announcing that he had taken this
action, through the medium Of a reply to
question put in the House of Commons
today by william Field, nationalist member
Of the st. Patricks division OF Dublin and
president OF the Irish Cattle Traders and
Stock Owners association, Mr.. Burns said
he had ascertained that "a quantity OF
homeless beef and pork is imported into this
country from America and converted into
sausaees which are sold as English product.
He admitted that there were serious DIM
culties in the way OF eficient British in
spection OF some Of these imported foods,
but said the local government board had
taken action to see that the local authorl.
ties exercised their powers to the full ex-
tent -.
FuIkerson Wants ALI Facts.
WASHINGTON, June s.-Representative
FuIkerson Of Missouri has introduced
resolution calling on the president and sec
rstary of agriculture to Immediately make
public any and all information that may
secure from ''the great army Of meat in
spectors employed by the government or
from any other source that will tend to
credit or discredit the product OF any plant
where meat products are prepared
The resolution also calls upon the secre-
tary OF agriculture to Immediately give TO
the public his opinion Of the sanitary con-
ditIon OF the plants and the healthfulnese
Of the products coming from the various
plants.
The beef inspection hearing before the
house committee on agriculture was begun
today by listening to Representative Gar
ner (Tex.), who made a plea for speedy
action.
8. H. Gown Of Fort Worth, Tex, attor-
ney for the Texas Cattle Raisers' associa-
ton. was next heard He detailed the cat
tie industry. Mr. Gown. said while the
raisers had their difficulties with the pack
ers and had not got the best OF them yet,
in this question the interest Of the cattle
raisers and the packers. was Identical. II
there was an additional expense some one
would have to pay Il, and the man who
can name the price for the thing he sells
can put an additional expense where he
pleases. The, stockmen believe the packers
could put this expense on the stock raisers.
He read a telegram from John T. Lytle.
president OF the Cattle Raisers' association
OF Texas. which read: Present agitation
has seriously depressed cattle business.
Universal impression that cattle values
Will suffer from a to IS per head decline"
Price of Beef Falling.
!. Another from NJ o. Mckenzie manager
OF the second largest cattle ranch in Amer
lea, in Colorado. estimated by wire that
by fall the price would be 81 per hundred
pounds less.
Asked by Representative Adams Cwis.l IL
the packers did not fix the price paid for
cattle, Mr.. Gown said this was am inn
possibility under ordinary conditions Nell
Their could the cattle raisers by conibina-
tion fix the price The reason was that
when cattle got into condition they must
be sold. a7-yIt ,-1'- s..,.st~ *
Representative Haukhen lIa,) asked Mr..
Gown IL he had read the presidents mes
sage, which estimated the cost of inspec-
tion at cents head. He said he had,
but I'VE don't want TO pay.it. That's our
reason" 1,
But rather than do without the law we
would be glad TO levy the cost on the cat
tle," ne continued.
Mr.. Haugen said every member. OF the
lommittee so far as he knew, was in favor
OF the government paying the cost. This
cost has been estimated from IS, 10000 to
SO. 600 900 annually. and congress, he said
at most. would probably not appropriate
more than $2Ooo,0OO. In view OF this he
believed it might be better to assess the
cost on the packers.
Kansas woman TaIka.
Mrs. Isabel worrell Ball, formerly Of
Kansas gave the committee her expe-
rienee with canned goods to develop the
fact that canned goods di6 not deteriorate
with age
f.. p, Johnson, secretary OF The Colo
RADIO Horse and stock Raisers' associa-
ton, urged the committee to expedite leg
islation for inspection. He wanted some
thing to stop Tthis 1nterminable racket"
The beef men. he said, were bearing all
the cost. The public did not seem able
to apply any of the Jungle" stories to
mutton.
''oniy the other day in a Denver restau-
rant" he continued. "a waiter suggested
70 a customer a beefsteak. No. said the
customer, I have been reading about This
beef inquiry. Bring me mutton chops "
: He said the raisers wanted the govern
msnt TO pay the cost but IL there was to
be trouble about Il I'VE win pay any
cost"
He said for several years the industry
had been working hard to build up the
export demand This matter has set us
right back whore we were at the begin
ming