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Show BUftLESON EXPLAINS I THE COITi REPORT Lovoring. a Spinner, Wants Cheap Cotton, "Hence These Tears." WASHINGTON D.-e 11 -The cotton crop controversy :ii th House, Which was transfer fed to the fl.iar with "leave to nrinl In the Congressional Record to-dav, to-dav, consists of state nents by Mr Lover- ' Ing of Massachusetts and Mr Rurlcson of J Texas. Loverlng atts iced the accuracy I I of the estimates" of the crop by the Iv- i partment of Agriculture in several way. I He alleges that the glnncrs" report issued I by the census bureau yesterday shows j , there iias be n ginned to December 13 I it Georgia. North I arollnS South Carolina and Oklahoma 183,841 more bales of cotton hhan the department estimated as the 'attire 'at-tire crop in this territory, and there Is I from six to eight weeks more of the ginning gin-ning season. Mr Loverlng mokes no criticism of the Secretary of Ag.cuUure. personally, nor of officials under him. Simply Variation in Weights The reply which Mr. Burleson has liled maintains that the difference between tho llgures of Loverlng and those of the dc-partment dc-partment vary simply because of the variation vari-ation in the weight of bales. Ho says tho department announced Its estimate of the . i..; ... Ii.- n, her -I In hales r.( CuO pounds gr SB weight, that the census bureau makes Its preliminary reports in "run- Qlng bales." Running bales are those ac-i ac-i tUSdly turned out by the glnners and. ae-Oordlng ae-Oordlng to Eurleson. they have different Weights !n different States. Lovering Is n Spinner. Burleson in his statement, alleges that Loverlng has candidly com. ssed that he has peisonal Interest in endeavoring to reduce the price of cotton; that In the be-ginning be-ginning of the present cotton season ho went on the floor of the New York cotton exchange and predicted the ctop this year would reach 13.000.00o bales. Loverlng, Burleson declared, was one of the largest cotton spinners In the country and. he- j lltving tho crop would be large, he adds, has evidently failed to provide himself j with sufficient .-io. k for l is mills, "hence j these tears." |