Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-04-20
UNCLE JOE BITTER
IN DENUNC|AT|ON
Of NE PAPERS
DECLARES PUBLISHERS
SOUGHT TO GEORGE HIM
Former Speaker Delivers Him
self Of Trade Stored up
Since Attempt Was Made to
Reduce Duty on Print Paper
lBy Morning Journal special Leased wire,

lBy Morning Journal Special Leased wirei
Washington. April IA bitter de-
nuneiaton of newspaper influence In
connection with the fight over free
print paper legislation In the last ma
tional campaign was made by former
Speaker Cannon In a speech In the
house today in connection with his
opposition TO the Canadian reclproc-
ity bill
There has been a good deal Of talk
about the price OF print paper, good
deal OF talk that has run over several
years" said MIR. Cannon. "'rhe COM
mittee on ways and means OF the
sixtieth congress, when John sharpe
Williams introduced his free print
paper bill. and II went to that COM
mittee by unanimous vote. as l am
Informed, postponed action for that
session of congress, and did not even
hold hearing on IL.
II was speaker. They unloaded II
on me. We had stormy time, News
paper publishers through their rep
resentatives, one of whom l shall
bAAitt RhAN iAiuhCAt
ed that should do what never had
been done before In the history OF the
republic--that | should recognize Mr.
Williams. or somebody else to rise In
his place, and move to discharge the
committee from further consideration
Of that bill, which they had postponed
for that session, and by the time the
next session would come the presiden-
Al. II 4 IA.
Mr.. Cannon said he replied he
could not do It, that II would not be
Just to his party.
What happened?f he continued
II was informed in the presence OF
witnesses that II the republican party
did not promptly put print paper up
On the free list that the great and
good man who headed the Publishers
association, Mr.. Herman Ridder
would support Mr.. Bryan for the
presidency and contribute $100.00l
to his election.
I'VE did not pass II. When tn,
time came | guess Mr.. Ridder CAV,
you boys on the democratic side $780,
000 did he not? The newspapers say
so, and ! have never seen II de.
MED"
Mr.. Cannon said he looked about
for some means of defense and intro
duced a bill creating special COM
mittee to investigate the print paper
question.
Il appointed that committee and
Mr.. Mann headed II. The criticism
from one end of the country to the
other, by resolutions adopted by the
Associated Press, by denunelations In
the newspapers, was wholly against
me for that action
1.-The committee made an honest
investigation. 1t found a difference
OF So n ton between the cost OF the
production In Canada and In the Unit
ed States. II was a unanimous re-
port, the democrats on the committee
concurring."
Mr.. Cannon said the house adopted
the report. II went to the senate,
where there was a compromise at
S3.75 between SO. which was the law,
and So, the amount In the house bill.
The difference between the tariff
board and the Mann special commit
tee was that Mann said s9 would
represent the difference and the tar
iff board said s4.14 would represent
the difference.
I'm this bill YOU reject both OF
them under this treaty and let 1t In
free" continued Mr., Cannon.