THE MEAT SCANDALS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1789, 20 June 1906, Page 18

THE MEAT SCANDALS

EFFECTS OF-THE REVELATIONS.

NEW YORK, June 12

The Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Agriculture —to which the Senate’s bill dealing with the packers’ scandal was referred without discussion —is trying to emasculate the measure in the interests of the packers. Armour, Swift, Cudahy, Nelson and Morris, American meat packers, have been found guilty of accepting concessions from tbo Burlington Railway Company on tbo export of shipments. NEW YORK, dune 15. President Roosevelt entirely disapproves the Meat Inspection Bill as drafted in committee,. declaring it inadequate to meet the circustances that have arisen. NEW YORK, June 13. The troops at Salisbury refused to eat tinned beef, and emptied the cans on Salisbury Plain. Some workhouse guardians are destroying large supplies of tinned food. British dealers are threatened with enormous lessee. Armour’s meat-packing firm at Chicago has invited, the British Medical Association, which meets at Toronto in August, to send a committee of inspection to Chicago, Armour’s firm paying tho expenses of the visit. The Royal Fusiliers at Parlchurst refuse to eat American tinned bully meat. The medical officer has informed the Sculcootes (Yorkshire) Board of Guardians that thirty-five cases of sickness fbcurred in the workhouse, and six deaths, through eating Argentine frozen meat. LONDON, June 14. Reuter’s agent states that a committee of the United States House of Representatives has agreed to an appropriation of two million dollars for reform of the meat-packing trade, the Government instead of packers bearing tho cost of meat inspection. All meat products must bear Government labels as a guarantee that the contents are wholesome. A label stat- , ing the date of manufacture is not re- | quired, and the use of p-o-xrvalues is | left to the discretion of the Secretary i of Agriculture. 1 A meeting of Australian moat importers, under the presidency of Mr .Sharp, unanimously adopted Mr Guthrie’s resolution to appoint a committee of AutJ- > tralian colonists to assist in measures

to develop the meat trade in the colonies. Agents are invited to assoc late themselves with the movement. LuN U ON. J line 15. Sir Horace Tozer, Agent-General for Queensland, has published a statement showing Queenslanu's vigorous supervision oi meat. LONDON, June 10. In connection with the report of the medical officer who informed the Sculcootes (Yorkshire) Board of Guardians that thirty-live cases of sickness occurred in tiie workhouse, and six deaths, through eating Argentine frozen meat, a Committee cf Inquiry set up to investigate iho matter found that the Argentine frozen meat when delivered to the workhouse was sound. It afterwards went bad owing to faulty appliances and improper means of storage. BERLIN, Juno 15. The Prussian Minister of Agriculture states that Germany has been aware for a long time of the Chicago horrors. Tho authorities refrained from denouncing them, but took steps to protect tho Gorman public. NEW YORK, June 17. President Roosevelt objects to the House Committee’s amendments to the Meat Inspection Bill, because they do not provide for the inspection of meat at all bourn of the day and night, and because they do not empower the Courts to review the inspectors’ decisions. President Roosevelt is determined to secure adequate legislation, even if an extra session of Congress is necessary. The meat scandals are affecting the demand for tin elates, making speculators in tin nervous. Mr Wadsworth, ’ chairman of the Agricultural Committee, complains of President Roosevelt’s strictures in regard to the amendments to the Meat Inspection Bill impugning the sincerity and competency of tho Committee of the House of Representatives. President Roosevelt now admits t.iafc Mr Wadsworth’s bill permits of inspection at any time. , .. . There are indications that the packers are preparing to agiee to the amendments in the direction or ensuring tho rigid inspection winch Mr ! Roosevelt desires;. This- ifl largely duo |to British consumers’ energeuc ptoj tC£ts ' SYDNEY. June 18. I \ s the outcome, of the Chicago seandila the Premier has obtameu n report from tho Chief Government -Audi-, i cal Officer, showing That the system of i inspection and (supervision of-the moat j trade in Sydney is excellent