The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-19
YEAR NOT SATISFACTORY
Very High Price Paid for Stock Food
Subtitle Packers Indorse the
Meat Inspection
Laws.

tiliu ANNUAL touNNhAitA VI thh h77hNiA'
ton at the Hotel Lasalle yesterday. At
the same time letter from Secretary
Wilson was read to the convention
thanking The packers for the assistance
they had given the department Of agri-
culture in the execution Of the meat in.
spection law and declaring that the out
aide world was satisfied with American
meats Secretary Wilson's letter fol.
lows.
II regret that II will not be possible
for me to be present at your meeting in
Chicago and consider the execution Of
the meat inspection law. We have In.
spectors now in over 500 packing houses,
which viii give an idea Of the compre-
hensiveuess Of our work. With few ex-
eeptions we have cordial cooperation
fro mthe packers in the rigid execution
Of the law
Il am convinced that the outside world
receiving our meats is satisfied with re-
gard 70 their purity and cleanliness, and
know from correspondence within the
United States that there is very little
fault found with the meats that enter
into interstate commerce / might re-
mark that ia the execution Of the meat
law and Of the pure food law we have
very little friction. There Is difference
OF opinion with regard to a few things
only, and entire harmony with regard
to the great bulk Of meats and foods
put upon the American market.
Eve are having trouble with imports
from foreign countries where people pre-
pairing goods FOR shipment to the United
States evidently do not have 1.-THE
Of the supervision that Is exercised IN
the United States
II will have some Of our prominent
officials attend the meeting Of your as
ISOLATION.
Wishing You success in the lire Of
your work and a pleasant time, 70.
main
Games Wilson, Secretary"
In considerating the high cost Of meat
the executive committee said:
The past fiscal year has been very
unsa tsfactory one to the meat packers
Of the country The prices Of livestock
our raw material. have been abnornallv
CHG. and the products have had to be
sold At comparatively low figures. The
prices Of livestock foodstuiFs have been
extremely high throughout the year, and
this has resulted in a consequently in
creased cost Of production to the feeders
and raisers It naturally follows that
where olr raw material is high priced
that the products must 60 up in proper
ton, and we think Il is our duty to the
public 70 explain this situation There
seems to be but little prospect st this
time Of d decrease in the cost Of live
stock. which we win be compelled to buy,
and, if the prices Of our raw material
continue upon high plane, it will,
therefore. be necessary for us to main.
tain a proportionate price upon our prod
uctsD
The committee referred to the tariff
law, declaring chat the schedules while
placing many packing house products on
the free list would not materially affect
the business, The main Importance Of
the law 70 the packers being found in
the maximum and minimum provision.
the committee declaring;
That if it Is properly applied the re-
strictive regulations and unreasonable
tariffs Of some Of the larger countries
Of the world win have to be So modified
AZ to permit the entry Of American meat
food products The subject viii be cared
for hy the association with a view TO
opening foreign markets that are now
closed to us, and should IL Be successful
there viii be an increased demand for
American packinghouse products
IN conclusion the committee says.
eve give our unqualified approval to
tie meat inspection and pure food laws.
We believe these laws have come to
stay; that they are in line with the
progressiyeness Of the age and are calcu-
lated 70 elevate our commercial STAN
dard, to give an added moral tone to
business, to promote honesty and fair
dealing aud to greatly conserve the pub
lie welfare
The committee to confer with govern
ment officials devoted considerable space
to a discussion Of the eradication 81 dis
ease in animals, declaring chat the mat
ter had been taken up at length with
the department Of agriculture. The re-
port says
Your committee renewed It's sugges-
tion that disease in animals cannot BE
successfully eradicated until its source is
known, and that TO discover this source
some form Of Identification of diseased
animal should be devised and be put into
operation by the department The sug-
gestion was further made that the source
of disease in each case could be traced
back and the cause of it eliminated from
each starting point
The diseases In question are prevent
able and eradicable, but it will be neces-
sary for the federal government TO take
vigorous action in order to accomplish
the purpose"