Well. the United States Government Is quite as able to pay for its Railway Mail Service employees and postoffice inspectors and immigration Inspectors. The statement I desire to make is this: The item which I have incorporated in this amendment was included in the estimates submitted by the Department of Agriculture at the beginning of this session of Congress. and the. note of explanation givimig the reason for it is as follows: * The work of the Inspectors of the Bureau of Animal Industry. to whom It Is proposed that free interstate transportation may be issued. is of great aid to the railroad companies as well as to the shippers In facilitating shipments of live stock by giving prompt attention to applications for required inspection. Prior to the passage of the interstatecommerce act of June 29. 1906. Inspectors of the bureau were provided with free transportation for travel on official business. and the plan worked in a satisfactory manner. As the general law now stands. railway mail service employees. postoffice inspectors. customs inspectors. and immigration inspectors are allowed to travel on free transportation. The same reasons which made it advisable to allow free transportation to be Issued to the abovenamed classes of employees apply equally as well to the employees of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Now. the Committee on Agriculture declined to Incorporate this language in the appropriation bill for the reason that the committee realized it would be subject to a point of order and also because it took judicial notice of the fact that this bill was coming on and that an amendment of this nature would be germane to this bill.
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