Show HEMPT TO SOLVE j I WOOD PULP M HER i iker Res Resolution speaker spen ker k r Cannon fl Appointment of o 0 f for Select Committee I i GOES GOES TO T RULES RULE COMMITTEE 1 In s sit l I hi I n I I It k J I I Ii SI ut IC f t i l so tm Ih II S nr f II III I M O A op Ylo vt Afi taken today toward t tl a n lIolu tion t I on of ot J C tho thU tn flint and newspaper r cost OS t I Il I It 11 the Introduction by b Cannon Ctt ot Ut u n resolution i for fH tile thu I l t at iI k a 11 t select committee ot s lx Ix members to U I Investigate and obtain atI m t Information as nil to the rea reasons sons tOIlS f or r the prices or nf it vitte to IO the end efta that needful hlo 1 lio enacted resolution I which Val vaa ret 1 10 v tho committed teo on rules lul ut r f which I lc uc I speaker Is chairman m t s ii l e 0 I to tu sit It t In III n II ov or 0 during sessions jt J t the III houw nd 11 the tho recess of O Congress and con the authority ot or Ilp Abo hc lull of or oath Lt tlc ele The I t tos s the various lIllos Bl nIka Horn On U II A thc nc American C 11 association the tho th I 1 l cost coat ot or paper paler and Continues ut II ALI r lJ U Il is alleged by b th Amer ican letin Newspaper Publishers association that the International Paper company a It oilier nhe rs is rs havo hao threatened to advance atm atmo o advanced the of ot print paper per ier ton liLting the tho last few f w mouths months d It u Is Ii b claimed nod as nil S ell ll that the price of ot print paper Is In Pt Inno Inno no flu bc affected by h the he I tariff that the tho increase In III the prIce of recent date tate has baa hn hasS S not been excessive and mutt Is not 1101 the he result m cither of tariff tat import duly luly dill or of lit any nn m combination or III conspiracy C cy In III I n restraint I mit 1 of oC trade or em but hut is the result v wIlY holly ot of the thc Increase of ot o cost ot Ct raw t r and tho Increase In Iu the wages W cs i 1 paid 1111 11 for fOt labor and n titi the lie t of ot i k tile the hours ot ur o lubor per ier lay day anti and On May 1 1906 judgment was In lii the tim circuit court for CUI the tho h of II I I V I ug tho i Paper company COlli n as II u II combination 14 1 tion In III restraint or of trade and amid 1 herens Tho rie Increase In III time the price 2 of paper lifts has occurred notwithstanding A I the tho th dissolution ot or limo tho paid ald General Pa Paper iI per company or ur paper trust and amil tho Iho department of Justice though appealed lu to reports that It has obtained no evi eI 1 dence mt to justify thc tho j 4 tion or Of legal proceeding pro either civil c c or criminal agaInst tho the alleged coma com of oC wood pulp or ur print paper manufacturers and Whereas Ill ItI It Is stated tell by h the tho attorney I general of ot tho the United States that after nW I complaint had been bee II tiled lied said at nl torney against tho time I paper or ov trust tIme the com coma complainant refused to furnish legal proof I or Rive J tho tIme names of if witnesses haLving bavins J Jl personal or tIme the facts nail 1 Whereas It is alleged that tho tIt rout com of paper palmer manufacturers In the lime United States has purchased the lime out output outI I put of pf all the tho paper mills milk In Canada I 1 Jn In or the home consumption I which said purchase It Is lit is IsI I In furtherance of a IL conspiracy 1011 51 rac In re ye yeI I of ot o Interstate and foreign com corn commerce II 1 merce and 3 1 it Is alleged that thai the tho groat 0 1 I of wood pulp In the tho United States It Is rapidly depleting tile forests of or this country munch and that bitt legislation l ought alight to be enacted which will permit and amid encourage the time Importation ll of ot wood pulp upon favorable terms so 1 0 M a lo to conserve our OUI national forests and a Whereas It U Is hum desirable that tho PG house houme of representatives shall be fully full Informed us liS to nil mull facts ot or tin thim case and atud as al to 0 whether there thare exist or orean can ean exist t beyond the teach reach of ot time the Ill ex eC existing II Ung power of ot the tile department 1 of ot Jus Justice Ice tice and ot or the courts to 10 prevent it a I combination or conspiracy among tho tIme manufacturers or 01 dealers rs or others to toso too so o c the tho pi Ice to control the time character of the paper manufactured or em to 10 tm regulate r the thu output of at wood pulp 1011 or the time paper mills In restraint of ot trade among the he th several states stales or with nay any 1111 foreign country to the end that need Iwed needful nil ful legislation may many ilia be enacted Now OW therefore THE lH RESOLUTION That the list Ih speaker shall up liP U 1 point a it select lct committee of six mom c ms to tn I mi Investigate and Inquire I turin Ire into hi to the wild lIld alleged td facts and amid to obtain all pos sible Information In III regard to the same sallie ameto to 10 Inquire Into tho lImo elements con condition Involved In the thc production ansi and supply ot of wood nomi pulp and print pap r In Ia Inso h so 80 far as ns tIme the same are 1110 or may mar be af nr affected by any ausy un combination oon or conspiracy acy to regulate monopolize or 01 restrain Interstate or ot foreign commerce and amid made Unde In the manufacture supply Ills dis distribution t I r I lout or UI sale ot or wood pulp pilI p II or pa Iu Jet jor of or any nn kind or 01 any ammy of ot the III articles entering into time the sammie same or mummy any un of or time the Of ot paper luper and In so fill fat ns liS the III I some samne may be affected by 1 the time duties upon wood pulp or nm paper of any kind and In so HII fill far as UH tint tIme same flail may ho affected by Hi tho destruction thou lion of oC the forests In time the 11 United States Stales I and the Iho consequent Increase In Ihl price of or wood pulp and also muIo 10 to In iii whether the tho present prices of oC print and amid other paper impel are mime controlled In Imi whole or 01 In part pait by b any all combination or 1 or om corporation engaged In the lie several states slates tnt P 01 os with foreign nations and mimi If so to lo in 1111 me Into iii to the organization organ conduct methods and amid practises cs of such corpora corporations HOliK or at persons Said committee any an tee lee Ie thereof shall shull be authorized to sit In Washington or am during time the recess ot of Congress and shall have hac pow pol power er at 1 to subpoena and examine vUne lIlIe sea under oath and to bend for fOl records pa papers pers JI IM and all a I I other evidence tint that t may many bo ho l to 10 make tho ho Investigation and amid Inquiry I I ry herein herd mm directed to 10 t a be he h made full and amid complete and that thaI they shall have authority to sign 1 and tin the clerk cllrk to attest subpoenas during tho time recess ot or Siberia tar lor use 1155 on the Hie northern POI por portion tion ot It the great groat area Tim Iho re 10 report port imort of the committee nys n The Timo great groat need neemi In nil mill reg regions louts lOll Is I till lot leguminous le forage crops which will servo CIe I not only to 10 maintain normal husbandry but bill build up tip tho tIme soil 1011 ohI which will otherwise bo be utterlY depleted by y the o ono u crop crOll system now flOW nn In lii vogue oue |