Salt Lake Herald | 1901-02-13 | Page 1 | Subsidy Grab Laid Aside

I i SUBSIDY GRAB GRAD LAm I ft TO aIDE ABIDE Senate Devotes Its Attention t tc b Agricultural Bill BW Washington Feb 12 During the en cn entire tire session of the senate today ih tiu agricultural appropriation bill va wa a under consideration the subsidy foil bit bein laid over After sz iX hour hours oj o consideration the bill was Wall little ni I Ithan than half halt completed The Te debate ui ou the measure dealt wit administrative details of ot the depart department department ment snout of agriculture apiculture many commenda commendations Comm of the work of the depart department m nl being made by y senators oa both sides of the chamber At the beginning of t ts session a abID abill bill bID was passed appointing a commis commission sion consisting of the president Ident of the tha Society of the Army of the Tennessee Tenness 1 Ae e chairman of the joint committee or on library ano and ana the secretary of or war ta t iele f a site in n the city of ui Washington and nd have designs prepared for fer a mem mum memorial orial or statue S tue of General U S Grant the east coat of which shall not Dot exceed The T e agricultural appropriation bill carries 4 the increase proposed prop by the senate committee being The reading of ut the bill in full was wag demanded by Mr Sullivan Miss Mr Proctor having ng objected the consideration of a bill Mr Sullivan Sulli fan had called up Horse Meat Discussed D Some discussion was ann precipitated over the section of the bill relating to tome meat me t inspection bureau Mr Jones Junes Ark contended that in the interest of this country and its meat industries all the meat products exported ought to be carefully inspected in and branded bra dd in order that the countries to which the products were sew sent might be assured of their genuineness Mr Kr Pettigrew called attention to the paragraph re relating relating lating to live horses wad sed t the pro products ducts and carcasses and products prod thereof and inquired if the United States was ing and shipping abroad horse meat Mr Money a mem member ber bes be of the committee of agriculture lire replied that horse meat was as being shipped abroad to the Scandinavian countries Epicures of those countries he said regarded horse meat as a a L delicacy quite as much of a delicacy as smoked reindeer meat which it closely resembles in appearance and taste Mr Pettigrew insisted ui upon on knowing whether the horse meat was exported under a brand showing Mowing that it was WaIS horse meat and not smoked reindeer for instance Mr Proctor replied that the secretary secret try of agriculture toad bad ad explained ed tu to the Uie committee that it was shipped as horse hOlse horsemeat h meat and that those who received it understood perfectly p what they were getting Power to Seize Impure Food The last two hours of the session were devoted to an ame amendment dment of the committee conferring upon the secre secretary secretary tary of agriculture authority to in inspect inspect inspect and analyze foode drugs or 01 liquors imported from other countries counties for the purpose of ot ascertaining whether they are so 80 adulterated as to fee he dele deleterious to health end and If found to be beso beso so 50 authorizing the secretary of the treasury to seize sei the toe goods at the re rr request request quest c ue t of the secretary of agriculture lure and refuse to deliver them to he con on consignee signee