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Theodore Roosevelt Urges Food Inspection Reform 1908
President Theodore Roosevelt urges immediate federal action to inspect and regulate all meat and meat food products in interstate commerce. He cites revolting conditions in Chicago stockyards and packing houses, calls for comprehensive legislation, and notes a user fee per animal to fund inspections. The message, dated June 4 1908, requests passage of senate amendment No 2% to the Beverage amendment.
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Upton Sinclair
Congres
Beveridgs
Washington
Senate
House of MT Representatives
James Bronson Reynolds
Charles P. Neill
Chicago
Congress
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Messrs. Reynolds and
Nefil
Neill
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Secretary of Agriculture
James Bronson Rexnold Charp
Washington, D. C