The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-25
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 bling VIII Be Made REPORT KEPT FROM PUBLIC It Is Said That the Report Has Been Kept In the Background By Pres.
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REPORT KEPT FROM PUBLIC

Washington. April 24.-(special.)- House promises to go on record the first thing tomorrow morning in a resolution of criticism aimed at the executive branch. This time it is the department of commerce and labor One year ago last February, Representative Livingston of Georgia and Representative Burleson of Texas introduced resolutions which were referred to the interstate and foreign commerce committee, favorably reported and passed by the House. The resolution called upon the secretary to investigate the cause of the fluctuations in the price of cotton and the difference in the market price of the various classes of cotton and report to the House.
 The investigation was ordered to be conducted with the particular object of ascertaining whether the fluctuations in the prices resulted in whole or in part from the character of contracts and de- liveries thereon made on the cotton ex- changes through dealing in futures, or was the result of any combination or con- spiracy which interferes or flinders com- merce among the states or with foreign countries.
 Several days ago MT. Burleson intro duced another resolution which he today called up again. asking the secretary 10 send in the report. From the speeches made by the members it was evident that the department had made the investiga- tion and had in its possession practically all the facts.
 Regardless of this, the report it was in- timated, by direction of the President, was being held up, and MT. Burleson said that owing to the procrastination of the de- partment no one knew whether it would all the facts on his side of the case, and even Majority Leader Payne agreed with him that the resolution ought to be passed by the House.
 Representative Fitzgerald of New York was the only member who raised any vigorous opposition to the passage of the resolution, and to the amusement of the House his argument was exploded by Representative Burleson, who said that the New York cotton exchanges were the people who made the profit, while the southern producers and the New England manufacturer were both being flayed by the exchanges.
 The resolution would have been passed this morning, but Representative Payne of New York concluded he would retail fate upon the democrats and do a little filibustering himself. Just before the vote was ordered he therefore moved that the House take a recess until tomorrow morning, and as is the custom, while the present filibuster is in progress, Repre- sentative Williams promptly asked for the yeas and nays, so the vote on the re- port goes over until tomorrow.
 The report which the department will now be compelled to send to Congress is expected to bring out much interesting in- formation, which will be the basis of leg islation to be proposed by southern mem bers. Among the brief speeches which were also made in behalf of the resolu- tion was one by MT. Clayton of Alabama. MT. Clayton defended the cause of the southern cotton growers and made a strong argument for the passage of the resolution. w. $.