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VOLUME XV. ALBANY, GA;. MO.NDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 4, 1906. NUMBER 191. DRASTIC INSPECTION OF PACKING HOUSES IS WHAT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT URGES IN SPECIAL MESSAGE. Conditions Shown to Exist In Chicago Stock Yards Revolting — Inspection for Meats Shipped to Foreign Countries, But No Protection of People in This Coun try from raffic in Diseased or Spoiled Meat. Washington, D. C., June 4.—Presi dent Roosevelt today sent to Congress a special message concerning condi tions in the stock yards of Chicago and transmitting the report of James Bronson Reynolds and Special Com missioner Charles P. Neill, who made investigations into conditions in the stockyards by the President’s ap pointment. The President’s message follows: The Senate and House of Representa tives: I transmit herewith the report of Mr. James Bronson Reynolds and Com missioner Charles P. Neill, the special committee whom I appointed to in vestigate into the conditions in the stock yards of Chicago and ■ report thereon to me. This report is of a preliminary, nature. I submit it to you now because it shows the urgent need of immediate action by the Congress in the direction of providing a drastic and thoroughgoing inspection by the Federal Government of all stock yards and packing houses and of their products, so far as the latter enter into interstate or foreign commerce. The conditions shown by even this short inspection to exist In the Chi cago stock yards are revolting. It is imperatively necessary in the interest of health and of decency that they should. be radically changed. Under the existing laws it is wholly impos sible to secure satisfactory results. When my attention was first di rected to this matter an Investigation was made under the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department- of Agri culture. When the preliminary state ments of this investigation were brought, to my attention they showed such defects in the law and such wholly Unexpected conditions that T deemed it best to have a further im mediate investigation by men not con nected with the Bureau, and accord- Mill Supply Department: Genuine Gandy Belt,, Atkin’s Cir cular and Cross Cut Saws, Marsh Steam Pumps. Implement Department: Harvesting Ma chinery, Thresh ing Machines in stock, all sizes Gasoline Engines, Towers and Tanks AIL any Machinery -Co. ingly appointed Messrs. Reynolds and Neill. It was Impossible under the existing law that satisfactory work should be done by the Bureau of Ani mal Industry. I am now. howevor, examining the way in which the work actually was done.- Before I had received the report of Messrs. Reynolds and Neill I had di rected that labels placed upon any package of meat food products should state only that the carcass of the animal from which the meat was taken had been inspected at the time of slaughter. If inspection of meat food products at all stages of preparation is not secured by the passage of the legislation recommended I shall feel compelled to order that inspection labels and certificates on canned products shall not be used hereafter. The report shows that the stock yards and packing houses are not kept even reasonably clean, and that the method of handling and preparing food products is uncleanly and dan gerous to health. Under existing law the National Government has no pow er to enforce inspection of the many forms of prepared meat food products that are daily going from the pack ing houses into interstate commerce. Owing to an inadequate appropriation the Department of Agriculture is not even able to place inspectors in all establishments desiring them. The present law prohibits the shipment of uninspected meat to foreign countries, but there is no provision forbidding the shipment of lunlnspected meats In interstate commerce, and thus the hve- nues of interstate commerce are left open to traffic in diseased or spoiled meats. If, as has been alleged on seemingly good authority, further evils exist, such as the improper use of chemicals and dyes, the Government lacks power to remedy them. A law is needed which will enable the in spectors of the General Government to inspect and supervise from the hoof to't.he can the preparation of the meat food product. The evil seems to be much less in the sale of dressed car- .casses than in the sale of canned and other prepared products. In ray Judgment the expense of the inspection should be paid by a fee levied on each animal slaughtered. It this is not done, the whole purpose of the law can at any time be defeated through an insufficient appropriation- and whenever there was no particular public interest In the subject it would be not only easy but natural thus to make the appropriation Insufficient. If it were not for this consideration I should favor- the Governmen! paying for it. The alarm expressed in certain quarters concerning this feature should be allayed by a realization of the fact that in no case, under such a law, will the cost of inspection exceed. 8 cents per head. I call especial attention to the fact that this report is preliminary, and that the investigation is still unfin ished. It is not yet possible to re port on the alleged abuses in the use of deleterious chemical compounds in connection with canning and pre serving pieat prodrictB, nor on the . al leged doctoring ill this fashion of tainted meat and of products returned to the packers as having grown un salable or unusable from’age or from other reasons. Grave allegations are made in reference, to abuses of this nature. Let me repeat that under the pres ent law there is practically no meth od of stopping these abuses if they should be discovered to exist Legisla tion is needed in order to prevent the possibility of all abuses in the future. If no legislation is passed,-then the,ex- cellent results accomplished by the work of this special committee will endure only .so long as the memory of the committee’s work is fresh, and a recrudescence of the abuses is abso lutely certain. I urge the immediate enactment Into law of provisions which will'enable 'the Department of Agriculture ade quately to Inspect the meat and meat- food products entering into Interstate commerce and to supervise' the meth ods of preparing the same, and to pre scribe the sanitary conditions under which the 1 work shall be performed. In Cotton Acreage Over Last Year, De clares Government Report. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 4. — The crop esti mating board of the Bureau of Statistics, Depart ment of Agriculture, finds the total area planted in cotton in the United States this year to be about 28,- 886,000 acres, an increase of about 1,686,000 acres, or, 6.2 per cent., as compared with last year. The average condition of the growing crop May 25 was 84.6, as compared with 77.2 on the same date last year, 83 in 1905, and a ten-year average' of 84.9. SMITH AND HOWELL IN JOINT DEBATE. TWO ATLANTA CANDIDATES TO MEET IN AT LANTA NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT. Special to The Herald. Atlanta, Ga., June 4.—Hoke Smith and Clark Howell will have a joint de bate in Atlanta next Friday night. Mr. Smith accepted Mr. Howell'B challenge this afternoon, his letter to that effect being sent to Mr. Howell by Reuben Arnold, chairman of the Smith cam paign committee, of Fulton county. Mr. Smith will not let Howell share the expense of the Auditorium rental, but proposes to regard. Howell as the guest of the evening. Challenge la Delivered. Just as Mr. Smith stepped from the train at the terminal station about 12:30 o’clock Sunday morning Mr. Howell’s challenge was handed to him. Later, Mr. Smith authorized the state ment that he would give a definite answer this morning. The following Is the challenge: "Hon. Hoke Smith, City. Dear Sir: I notice from today’s press reports that you are to speak ir. Atlanta next Friday evening at the Peachtree Auditorium. This being our home city and neither of us having spoken here, I will be glad to divide time with you on that occasion, each speaking an hour and a half, under the same division as agreed upon at Columbus, except that, as I had the opening and conclusion there, I cheer fully concede the same to you here. I assume that it is not nepessary to name any committee to arrange any details of the meeting, for whatever you have done In the way of engag ing the auditorium will be satisfactory to me and I will cheerfully pay one- half of the expenses. I would sug gest that each side agree upon an equal number of friends to occupy seats on the platform, you to Indicate the number. This-will be given to the press tomorrow morning, and I will be glad to furnish with my letter a copy of your reply, for simultaneous publication. “Very truly yours, . , "CLARK HOWELL." "June 2 ,1906.” Mr. Smith spoke at Senola Satur day, and it was stated that he had se cured the auditorium on Peachtree street, next to the Aragon Hotel, and would speak there next Friday. When he read this announcement, Mr. How ell, who was in Atlanta, tried to reach Mr. Smith over the long distance 'phone, to make arrangements for a Joint debate, but was unable to do so, Then he prepared a formal challenge In writing and had it delivered to Mr. Smith the moment that gentleman stepped from the train at the terminal station. While Mr. Smith declined to give a definite statement at the time regard ing the matter, his manner indicated that he would accept. On January 10, last, Mr. Smith and Mr. Howell met In joint debate at Col umbus, where Mr. Howell formally opened his campaign for the governor ship. , _ While the auditorium here is said to be able to seat about 4,000 persons, it is likely that fully 5,000 will hear the debate. -Each candidate has a large following in Fulton' county and the lines are sharply drawn. Both claim the county. ITi CALLED FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO A COL LEGE AT NORTHAMPTON, MASS. A PITCHED BATTLE IN OHIO MINES. STRIKING MINERS ATTACK HIRED GUARDS AT MINE NEAR STEUBENVILLE. I COLUMBUS, O., June 4.—Sheriff Voorhees, of Jefferson county, has wired for fifteen soldiers to bo ordered immediately to the scene of a Bhootlng near Steubenville. A bulletin from there today says that five hundred shots were fired by striking miners on one Bide and hired mine guards on the other. No one was killed. The armed guardB of the mines of the United States Coal Company were ambUBhed by striking miners at 12:30 o’clock -this morning, while they were marching over the hills from Glenns Run to Coal Rollo. Four of the guards were wounded. SENATOR ARTHUR PUE GORMAN CLAIMED BY DEATH THIS THE SENATOR, THOUGH ILL FOR SOME TIME, HAD BEEN IMPROVING LATELY. Charlotte, N. C., June 4.—John Spen cer Bassett, Ph. D„ professor of his tory in Trinity College, Durham, N. C., has resigned to, accept a similar chair at Sdith College, Northampton, Mass. About two and a half years ago Dr. Bassett wrote an article for a maga zine in which he asserted that with the exception of Robert E. Lee, Booker T. Washington was the great- Washington, June 4.—Senator Ar thur Pue Gorman died at 9:30 this morning. The end came suddenly, as the senator had been improving lately. Heart trouble caused his death. Senator Gorman was born in 1839. While he had been ill many months, he had shown some improvement lately. Senator Gorman has been a notable figure in the national congress for twenty-five years. He first took his seat in the senate in 1881, serving continuously for eighteen years. He Trouble Between Miners and Mexican Rurales Is Re newed— Five Riot Lead ers Executed by Rurales. Lob Angeles, Cal., June 4.-—A dis patch from El Paso, Texas, says that renewed trouble broke out at Cananea last night between employes of the Greene mines and rurales under Col, Ifosterlltsky. Flvo rioters were killed and thirteen injured. The riot broke out shortly before the arrival of 200 Mexican. soldiers from Hermasillo. Many women of the higher classes of Mexicans are quartered in Colonel Greene’s home, which is under guard. A dispatch from Douglas, Arizona, reportB the execution of eight leaders of the Cananea riots by Col. Koster- litsky yesterday. The rioters were lined up in front of a stone mill and killed by a volley by the rurales. NEGROES FIGHT ON EXCURSION TRAIN. est man the South had produced in a hundred years. The article attracted considerable attention throughout the country and was the object of some adverse criticism at the time. Dr. Bassett tendered his resignation to the college authorities, but they de clined to accept It I therefore cojnmend tc your favorable consideration and urge the enactment of substantially’the provisions known as Senate amendment No. 29 to the act making appropriations for the De partment of Agriculture for the_ fiscal year ending June 30, 1907, as passed by the Senate, this amendment being commonly known as the Beveridge amendment. . THEbDORE ROOSEVELT. The White House, June 4, 190/ ANNUAL MEETING OF RURAL CARRIERS. Special to The Herald. Atlanta, Ga., June 4.—J. A. Giles, president of the Rural Latter Carriers’ Association of Georgia, who resides at Elberton, is in the city arranging for the annual meeting of the organiza tion, which will be held here July 4. MINERS IN OHIO RETURN TO WORK. New York, June 4.—The Southern States Immigration Committee, com posed of representatives of the South ern states appointed by the governors, met here and organized today. Seven states are represented, besides rail roads and other industrial institutions. Georgia is represented by David Rob inson. Edmond Brown, of Albany, is also present. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBU8 GATHER.AT.NEW.HAVEN s ome Brushes e are showing a beautiful line of bristle goods, includ ing Hair Brushes, 75c to $4. Tooth Brushes, 10c to $1. Nail Brushes, 25 c to $1. Thirty Thousand Strikers Returned to Their Places Today. Springfield, O., June 4.—About 30, 000 miners who have been on strike for the past two months resumed work today throughout the state. The remainder of the mines will open dur ing the week. Will Be In 8esslon All Week—Cardi nal Gibbons Arrives. BURTON DECIDES TO RESIGN SEAT. Topeka, Kan., June 4—U. S. Sena tor Joseph R. Burton, after consulta^ tion with his friends, placed his resig nation in,the hands of Governor Hoch today. New Haven, Conn., June 4.—The national convention of the Knights of Columbus will be held here during the entire week. Thousands of visit ors are expected and many have al ready arrived. Interest today centers about the arrival of Cardinal Gib bons, who will be an important figure. There were about 160 negroes that came in from polntB on the Georgia Northern today. Just what attracted them today isn’t dear. It’s only a short time until the first cotton bloom will be reported. Shaving Brushes, 25c to $1.50. Clothes Brushes, 25c to $1. Bath Brushes, 75c. ' . • Hilsman-Sale ’• r\ 'i&\& was chairman of the executive com mittee managing the Cleveland cam paign which resulted in his election in 1884. He was out of the senate from 1899 to 1903. Upon-, his return to the senate he at once reassumed leader ship of his party. He vigorously op posed the acquisition of the Philip pines, fought the ratification of the Paris treaty, and voiced the party views that less money he spent for big shipB and more for river and har bor improvements. Special to "The Herald. Atlanta, Ga., June 4.—Negro rioters on an incoming train of the Atlanta & West Point road caused great excite ment at East Point Saturday night and were instrumental in calling out the entire county police force. The ne groes were members of an excursion returning from Newaan. The negroes began fighting among ‘themselves and considerable blood waB spilled. They tried to take possession of the train,, but the conductor and crew prevented this. Seven of the 'rioters were locked up. >