The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-31
PRESIDENT SCORED
BY WADsW0RTH.
Says Meat Inspection Bill Was
Honest and
Fair.

WASHINGTON, January So.-The
House completed the agricultural appro-
priation bill to-day after adopting sun
dry amendments.
The feature was speech made with
view to Justification of the present meat
inspection law by Representative Wads-
worth, OF New York. who retires ffom
Congress with the close of the session.
He took the President to task for the
Iatters letter of last summer in criticism
of the bill.
Mr.. Wadsworth, who is the chairman
of the Committee on Agriculture. spoke
in yindication OF himself and that COM
mittee for the work done in connection
with the inspection bill, and in doing so
evoked a pronounced demonstration of
approval.
Last June" continued MI wads-
worth. when the inspection legislation
was under consideration by Congress.
the chief executive saw fit, in a letisr
addressed to the chairman of the Com
n.ittee on Agriculture of the House of
Kepr esentatives, in unmeasured terms,
language conveying threat, and IN
W ords intimating a doubt as to the
sincerity and honesty of purpose OF the
members of that COMMITTEES, to con-
b. the Committee on Agriculture sor
the consideration of the House..
Members Excited.
Members of the House. who were
in the cloakrooms. hurried out on the
floor. crowded about the Speakers dosi.
and filled the aisles near where MI.
W8dsworth stood.
Mr., Wadsworth sent to the desk AMI
had read the Presidents letter, ana
Mr.. Wadsworth's letter in reply. He
CAS- the House well knows, the bill
condemned so severely by the execu-
tlso III his letter to the chairman of
the Comm ittee on Agriculture, with
amendments which in no way--nnI ]
measure my words-increased its eff
fectivcness. was signed by him on ,Ime
81 1906. and Is now the law of the
land. In further justice to and III Nin-
dieatiou of the Committee on Agricul-
turc of the House of Representatives,
and the use that has been iride OF
tue executives letter. L may DC per-
mitred to say, in Justice to and in vim
dica ton of myself, that l offer he
tutc as given by DR.. Melvin, Of the
Eufcau OF Animal Industry:
Measure Efficient.
He read from the testimony of pr.
Melvin. who is chief of the bureau
who testified to the efficiency of the
80 that, after seven months Of
study OF its provisions, during which
time many questions arose and had
to be settled. and many rules and
regulations promulgated, and after
four months of active enforcement Of
the bill, the Secretary of Agriculture
has not found 1t necessary to suggest
or recommend a single amendment 70
far. at least, the bill has been found
to be. an honest one and an efeective
one just as promised you gentlemen
last June on behalf of the Committee
on Agriculture, when, without reading
it. you passed 1t under suspension Of
the rules, It would be. That is all"
The diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bill was sent to conferences,
the managers on the part OF the House
being Messrs. Cousins, OF Iowa; C. b.
lands. of Indiana, and Howard OF
Georgia.
The river and harbor appropriation
bill. carrying $4,000 900 In round num-
hers were taken Zip. No time being
agreed upon for the close of general
debate. at 5:15 r. NJ. the House adj
journed
Representative John Sharp Williams
introduced n bill for an investigation
by the Department of Commerce and
Labor OF the socalled Paper Trust"