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Roosevelts Call for Tight Meat Inspection Across Interstate Trade
President Theodore Roosevelt transmits a preliminary report by James Bronson Reynolds and Charles P. Neill detailing revolting conditions in Chicago stock yards and packing houses. The note urges immediate federal inspection of all meat products entering interstate commerce and supports Beveridge amendment No. 29 to expand agriculture department oversight.
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