Show COTTON CROP controversy washington dec 21 the cotton crop controversy in the which was transferred to the floor with leave to print in the congressional record today consists 0 statements by sir loverine Lover lne of massachusetts and mr burleson 0 texas levering attacked the accuracy of the estimates of the crop by the department of agriculture in several ways he alleges that the sinners report issued by the census bureau yesterday shows there haa been ginned to december 13 in georgia korth carolina south carolina and oklahoma more bales ot cotton than the department estimated as the entire crop in thesa and there i from siv to eight weeks more ot the ginning season mr lovering Lov cring makes no criticism 0 ohp secretary of agriculture personally nor of under him the reply which mr burleson haa filed maintains that the differences between the figures of lovering and those of the department vary simply because of the difference in the weight of bales lie says the department announced its estimate of the crop on december 4 in bales of pounds gross weight that the census bureau makes its preliminary reports in running bales running bales are those actually turned out by the and according to burleson chev have different weights in different states burleson in ahls statement alleges that lovering has candidly confessed that he has personal interest in endeavoring deavo ring to reduce the price of cotton that in the beginning of the present cotton season he on the floor of the new york cotton exchange and predicted the crop this year would reach bales levering burleson declared was one of tho largest cotton spinners in the country and believing the crop would be large he adds has evidently failed to provider himself with sufficient stocks or his j milla hence thee tears M |