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Show ' LODGE MAKES ATTACK UPOII THE PACKERS Meat Bill Comes Up In the 8enate and Packing House Proprietor Are Roundly Scored by 8enater. r Washington. Senator Proctor on SVcdnesdny called up In the Donate the agricultural appropriation bill, and mado the usual motion for ngroomont to tho request for a conference. He then mado a statement concerning the houso substitute for the meat Inspection In-spection bill, Baying thoro wero essential es-sential points of difference bctweoa tho two hbusoq. Ono of ihcso, ho said, was tho omission by the houso of tho senate provision requiring that the date of Inspection bo placed on cans containing meat, and tho other the transfer of tho cost of Inspection from tho packers to tho national treasury. Speaking of tho lattor change, he said that it was radical, nnd, in his opinion, unwlso; and advised that tho house amendment on that point l5o not accepted. ac-cepted. Tho packers could, he declared, de-clared, afford tho expense ot nn advertisement, adver-tisement, for, looked at In that light, tho government certlflcnto would be of immense benefit. Mr. Proctor also charged that tho numerous protests which have boon coming to tho sonate on this subject havo a common origin In Chicago, nnd In support of his statement rend a number of protests to show tho Innguago to bo practically tho samo wherever thoy may bo dated. Senator I.odgo and Senator Dover-Idgo Dover-Idgo nlso spoko on tho moasure before It gave placo for tho canal bill. Senator Sen-ator Lodge, In dlscusiilng tho group of men In control of tho packing Industry, In-dustry, said their history has been of utter dcflanto of law nnd public opl.ilon. .Ho referred to a rccontly published Interview with Nelson Morris, Mor-ris, In which this great packer showed contempt for writers of books, and the Massachusetts senator said tho writing of a book brought about tho prcsont situation, nnd It may occur to tho packors that "tho writing of books Is not so contemptible" Tho men rcspcnslblo for tho meat packing nnd Stnndard Oil monopolies, said Mr. Ixidgc, have dono moro to advance ad-vance socialism, anarchism, unrest and unwholesome conditions In tho United States than all or the socialists social-ists in the world. Ho Bald tho people would resent having their food tampered tam-pered with, and made sport of by mere greed for monoy, and that thoy are lightly insisting thnt these packers bo put on tho samo basis as manufacturers manufac-turers of other foods whoso products are Inspected. |
