, 1880-03-09

| nnl positive proof TINT tho cxnct ,,rlcrs tn he
nskCl fram month to month for tho wlElo
newspaper Is tletrr'nnrd In Joint cu,lclavn
BY tho "Ancriran 1'umrmakcrs' Assocla-
tiull,' and conformity therein rnforcr,t
amnng MI lis 'neml,crs. The product of tho
sulalter inEls wllnst, owners IRE not III tin
Association, or hive not sufficient nlca,ts tn
curry their sti,ck Ur 10 chfurcn tho ntynicc
ngrcctl upUn, h taken hy tic wral.tcr manu-
facturers, and tins tho greetl Of thu mp,,ul,-
olisls Is satisfied without tho fear Of cOmi,u-
tlltolt
Slch u combination, like tic attempted
exacttons III the coal trade, wot,lh break
,lnwil, however, Eit for tho MD of The Guv-
crI.inent III projecting, through patents nnl
tho tattiT, Tho manufacturers 1T wond pulp
which Il tho nrttrlu how most extensively
used III the production Of printfi,g-l,nprr.
Ihts IL tl,u other, anl The main, prol' of tho
cong!rss supposed TINT It Ind admitted
cysry ,rsrrfiNta!!, of Paper sinsE duty free.
Rugs, cHttati, linen, jtr, AMI hemp, md lNl
per- wnstr, Or Wnsae nr rltpplllgs nf any kind,
Including W,sstu rnlu ntnl wasto llnggtnE, TT
only for tl,e ,!lal.''iact9re Of paprrn Il nle
placed N. tho freq list "raEs Uller lhull wool.
pHcr xtnck. k.er,,lrDf every description, ucitltl-
Ing MI gittsses illn:s, WASTE, slIavlhss, clip
GaEsa!i'g, Eti'ii,y bng*, a,iti Ei,iiy elHt! iii
i!s shss1!s ts e fS u sss sf s If aaatf snty
n!asle frer "Espartu, !r Slmnts', grass, and
Gt!rr qdtt :; srafs,ss: ~ ,n n pulp of' for tho an-
Unfortunately, thnre Is III tic tlutiable
acGtion the ,c;lai!Se ,'.ried pulp, 20 ,1gr ccnt
nd ynlorsn:" Ihc Department decided That
pulp Of, for tho mAnsIfnelurn nf mlWr,"
oli!y .incll1tlrl tho pulp Of CERTAIN grsssscs.
nnI TINT 1,ttlcr tic cu,lsu ",lric,i r,lp, 90 pct
cent" W0o!! pulp used for pare : lust my 20
per cent ThIs E9Mll ba fs'r sleeision.
,ct Gjlil,e q, ,isrl} t'Il not ,ren,i: ':'i'iie
sIaIl 10 exempt fr.li iiuty: '. :.
iS isS' ss s;ssk fs fEs Sa S tsssfyors ssyS1fy WfsS Il iy
|" M nj frse The o. ean a tst t'f It Is not so Sris" E'
would otuxe'nI,t II, since the section goes
S sis S a i!s sysryt1Ss: f1: ess ssiKE KEsy S1 f n ',c
Tl,e production Of wond pulp In this coun-
try Is III tla!f tozc!l hands, wlto have 4 lugul
,nol'"po,y tS,o OF We business. It can lc lin
Ilttle over ",n cent = Hnuns, but 1t Is very
anH wastes a,s y 'lsarly ~ PCT Gst ~ ,!se.
cost Of .nbnllt 0liu Cel.t q pt,tntl, hit Is
nov sold NJ tl,rsc or fur cents. Tho mo-
ll0pnl1sts would mt hive 80 fine Il time
Of II, hut Two Of the leading n,clM-
uEts 4" NpNHIESA HTG NHlutlE Tie
combined are likely to stavc Oft any ireisia-
ttnn IN favnf Of tho people. 'Tlluy cantlot
directly reslSt @ the tide of public opinion,
nMine and rep,rt, Or some other convenient
method to postpone my chanse III the law
for nllOther year. -
w wish to sny Il few plain wnrt1s on this
subject. Congress llns designed to allow nil
paper stock To he imported fruc Of duty.
IlGrn Is not q shnttnw If t1tjnbt Tint this Is
tho Will ut the people, mud TINT MI GiTurt WIS
mNdD to express II III tho fullest p0ss!!e
manner By appropriate Legislation. Af, TINT Is
llnw necessary to givG full effect 10 ttls Iii
Sign Is To tlltlntlu tho law by adding 10 tho
prss.'nt reading tho wcr'ls in italics, viz;
alid pulp Of, ant nil 1tllcr pulp, for tho
ma,lilfnctitrG Of IAper.n
this Is ,l1ne, and 1t should be nt once, tho
duty on lnrclglt-1nat(e pA1,er n,Ny remain us
It IL. Ii this country rNilnNt stAtld t.D lii
ilnTtntltt.l Of Erull1d wool IN Its crude COLI
lftDn, for tho llrMlnct uf printing paper, be-
CNHsG two CN1lgresssliGn who own n pntcrt
| nIlt With three or folr others have II fnt
monopoly 1f tho business, nrc likely to
object, tttel tho newspapers must put III
their prices aud tho people submit to tho cx-
actiUn ns hest they may. 'rhu only thing We
nsls Is that there be no tnlyIng, niN TINT tho
isst!c shaft bU ctenr md the result decisive
= the l'enpc. sI,lu with tho nononoly, and
| two wealthy lnaDipulat0ra now IN control Of
| tho ynper market, WI wish to know II Mt
once md hive .lnno with tic struggle urtl =.
! new CONGRESS Is elected. We liOpH s0no
member Will move the question and put 1t to
| Il StlttnrH nlltl open teSt.