The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-29

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nThe meat inspection II anne ndne ut
5 placed on 4 the agricultural blll has S9
met with the opposition OF the packers M ss
a ## and their friends, who seem Il to pc $S3a
bendlnq every effort to defeat IT,
The President says that .lf the amend t:5, -s9S5
rs ment is enacted Into law he Will pc 2Ssss
content to remedy the evils cSm .Ss5gi IA
pIalned OF through the law. .l
# 8s.'if, however, the endnent g S35
defeated he Will feel constralned !n y! s, ss4
II the dlsch arge OF his official duty to NJ
81 the public TO send to Congress the 8s$
reports In his possesslo elating 70
4 the abuses existing In the packing
houses. He feels that It is better to ss
refrain from ma king the reports put .S$ssy
lie, not through any regard for the ESS ES
beef packers particularly, but because S@5
an Official statement OF the facts rs
would InJure the stockr asers OF the 81
country, thus making them innocent ss
u Victims OF a line OF abuses for which 5s I'M
& they were not primarily IN any sense 'I'
Responsible. s e $H B
I "The only answer that can be ma do Ssa@
to the consumers Of our meats at
home and abroad will be the enact
ment OF a law through which an 8effl sgs Es
Client and sufficient inspection H shall $sg
be made.n 5yI ~ IN
Senator Carter said that the packer
have asked for more time IN which ~ q
consider the amendment.
$"One Of the principal questions which
they are considering he said. is
whether they or the government shall
pay for the Inspection service. It seems
eide that Uncle Sam should pay for the
work., 3sS a
Beveridge is the Author.
X Senator Beverdge. who is the author
Of the meat inspection amendment. was
In conference with the President during
the day. The Indiana Senator is being;
robbed OF q good deal OF credit for this
popular amendment. The administration
is being given the credit. Even before.
the President sent Commissions Neill TO-
Chicago 10 inspect condition In the pack
Ing yards, Senator Beveridge had begun
to look into the whole question, going
over German and other foreign laws.
The amendment that was adopted to the
agricultural bill was prepared by Senator
9xvc.:dCc wishou, consultation with the
administration. although the President
gave hearty backing to It after It had
been shaped. The amendment was not
passed upon by Attorney-General Moody
who did not see 1t or know OF It .dntllk
after 1t was before the committee OF the
Senate, "a 4
Senator Reverdge. In speaking about
the efforts of the packers to escape the
ma yment Of the salaries Of the inspectors.
said: ct Is far more practicable for them
to pay 1t than for an appropriation TO ls,
made, as there is a constant tendency
ia cut down appropriations and shorten
a force. Frequently to the detrlment of
the b,,slrass sHf the public. fit Is true
thar the packers Will make the plblies
pay these salaries In the end, all right
The public would have to pay them any-s
how II Congress appropriated the neces-i
sary money,
Writing Out the Report.
There was a good deal of undercurFentt
in tho fight over the Beverldge aflendsi
ment to-day, The President. as has been
said, has withheld the reports Of condt,5
tions In tho Chicago packing houses bs-
cause he did not think the puhlicatloN
would do any good hut he lsA having
the information put in written form. sQs
that 1t will be at the disposal Of any
memtsrs OF the House or Senate who
want to argue the question at the N,...tsl
House II
The report Of the Department u ~