The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-22
 IS ADOPTED House to Investigate Paper Trust.
 COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED
 Rise in Price ? to Tariff and Cos nation.
 Minority E William. Say. the In-
 vest.f sa win o.ly End in Y ..ewash for Tariff and the Trust. 

fss. Ashington, April 21.-The House today adopted Speaker Cannon's reso- lution authorizing the appointment of q committee to investigate the so-call- ed paper trust and the general subject of wood pulp and the manufacture of printing paper. The resolution pro- vides for a select committee of six and was passed under suspension of the rules.
 In explanation of the resolution, Mir. Daizell (Pa.) said 1t was a matter of public notoriety that there had been a large increase in the price of paper. While there was a concensus of opin- ion. he said. as to the increase, there was no concensus as to the cause of the increase. However that may be. he said. there were those who. believed that the increase was due to a. com bination of trust and it was necessary to get the facts upon which to base a bill to meet the case.
 In the opinion of Mir. Williams. the rise in prices was due both to the tariff and the combination. If. he said, 1t had been intended to kill the com bination. 1t could have been done by putting wood pulp and print paper on the free list. Mir. Dearmond (Mo. declared that the resolution was but another attempt of the Republicans to deiude the people "and make them be- lieve there is an attempt to do some thing when the direct attempt is to do nothing"
 The Speaker announced the follow ing as members of the committees to make the proposed investigation: Mann (Ill.): Miller (Kan.), Stafford (Wis.). Bannon (o.), Sims tTenn.) ). Ryan lN. Y.)
 Before the committee was appointed Mir Williams. declaring his opposition to the resolution, said he did not think there would be any real search for the truth and no real finding or re- porting of the truth. The discussion. he, said, was intended solely to white wash tariff as, a criminal against the Araerican people with regard to wool uulp and to circumvent this man Her. man Ridder, at the head of the great newspaper association--this German devil. as some people are beginning to cali hfin-and get around legislation on the question" .s Forced to Action.
 Mir. Williams contended that not. vvithstanding Republican denial, the Democrats had forced the Republicans to action in reporting out the employ ers' liability bill, the campaign con- trIbution publicity bill and the bill modifying the law relating to injunc- tions.
 The last assertion Mir. sherman (N. Y.) denied. The very measure named. said Mir. Sherman, was pending in one House or the other before the democ- racy under the lead of Mir. Williams undertook their horse play which they have been carrying on here for some time" The country. he declared knew that the action taken by the majority in the House and Senate was not af- fected in the least ''by the foolish and unwarranted procedure of the past two or three weeks in this House"
 An interesting parliamentary point with regard to the disposition of the resolution, which it took some time to untangle, was raised by Mir. Fitzger- aid (N. Y.) but the Speaker brought out a ruling by Speaker Crisp on similar subject and abided by 1t. Had Mir. Fitzgerald's point prevailed. the ef- feet would have been to have adopted the resolution without the preamble.
 MT. Fitzgerald created laughter by referring to the Speaker as the whole business" in the House. He said that he had told some people who had writ ten him about the wood pulp, not to waste their time on the White House because the President had in a degree recently lost his influence with the House.
 We will stand by the President to the last ditch" he humorously remark. ed, "and expect we and the President will go into the last ditch together"
 The majority leader, MT. Payne, crit icized Mir. Williams for "accentIns ss gospel truth. what Herman Ridder says. and yet" he said. "of all the men who had submitted statistics to Con gress, I know Of no one who mskas more mistakes than this same EA~31an n