The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-09
AFTER PAPER TRUST.
SPEAKER CANNON WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN
 FOUND OUT.
CALLS ON DEPARTMENTS FOR PAPERS
AS a Member of House Mir. Cannon in- troduced Two Resolutions Calling For nformatlon--DeeIares Tariff on Print Paper and Pulp Has Not Been Changed In fs Years.

For tnTormatfon-DeCidFc dftH cH
 Print Paper and Pulp Has Not Been
 Changed In fs Years.
 Washington, Apr. 3.--Tn his capacity as member of the house Speaker Cannon Thursday introduced resolu- ton directing the attorney general to transmit to the house the papers bearing on the investigation into the affairs of the print paper trust" This resolution follows:
 eral be directed to transmit to the house, if not incompatible with the public service. such papers and infor- nation as may be in possession of the department showing what steps. If any, have been taken to investigate the ac- ton of the International Paper com pany of New York, and other corpora tion, joint stock companies, or corpor ate combinations engaged in the manu- facture of wood pulp, of print paper. or the sale thereof, and what steps have been taken to prosecute the said corporations, joint stock companies or combination, for violation of the law, in case reasons for such prosecutions may have appeared from investigation, information from the department of commerce and labor, or otherwise"
 A resolution giving similar direc- tions to the secretary of the depart ment of commerce and labor also was introduced by the speaker as follows;
 Resolved. That the secretary of commerce and labor be directed, If not incompatible with the public ser vice, to transmit to the house all pa pers and information which may be in the possession of the department relat- ing to any steps which may have been taken by the bureau of corporations to make the "diligent investigation in to the organization. conduct and man agement of. the business of the Inter national Paper company of New York and other corporations. joint stock companies or combinations engaged in the manufacture of wood pulp or print paper or the sale thereof. as said bu- rcau of corporations is authorized to do by law of the United States, and all papers and information In his de pertinent which are the result of such investigation. if any such has been made"
 In reply to a question as to the pur- pose of the resolution. Speaker Can. non said:
 "The duty on print paper is Is per cent ad valorem and has been the same since 1890 under the Mckinley law, the Wilson law and the Dingley law. covering period of IS years. It is claimed that the price has been advanced within the last few months, largely more than equal to the duty.
 "The publishers of the United States represented by Herman Ridder, claim that the manufacturers of wood pulp and print paper have been by agree ment and combination, even covering arrangements with Canadian manufac turers, arbitrarily limiting the produc- tion and advanced the price of print paper. If the claim of the publishers is correct the manufacturers of print paper are subject to penalty and trust and can be dissolved and enjoined by proceedings in equity in any of the United States courts where they or any of them can be found, and If the claim of the publishers Is correct the advance in the price is not due to the duty but results from the illegal trust and combination. If the small duty were repealed it would not inter fere with the illegal trust agreement.
 "The object of the two resolutions Is to ascertain: First, what ivestiga- ton the department of commerce and labor through the bureau of corpora tions has made. if any. touching on the premises.
 Secondly. to ascertain what steps have been taken by the department of justice, if any, to investigate touching the premises. and If there is reason to believe that the law has been violated or is being violated, what steps are being taken to enforce the same"
 Later in the day Representative Champ Clark (Mo.), denounced Speak CT Cannon and the 12 republican mem bers of the committee on ways and means for persisting in their refusal to bring in bill placing wood pulp and white print paper on the free list. He said that the Republican editors and publishers If they were worth the powder and shot to kill them" would lash the speaker. chairman Payne and the other Republicans of the committee. "If they don't do it," he exclaimed, they ought to hold their peace and vote for us in November" !"