The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-02-28
A TAX ON KNOWLEDGE.
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Gently Deen advanced some 10 per cent without any
Just reason therefor; thu refore, be II
ResOtted BY the General Assembly of the State of
Ohio, that our senators in CONGRESS be instructed 10
vote IN favor Of the passage OF the bill no" pending
IN congress 10 remove the duty paper imported
into this countryto be used in printing books period
leaIs' and newspapers.
The resolution was laid on the table and or
dered printed. The great interest shown in the
matter has attracted the attention of the general
assembly, and the pressure being brought to
bear by the newspapers and pubishing-houses
Is so great that it is probable the bill will be
brought up at an early day and passed.
A TYRANNIcAL AND ARBITRARY MONOPOLY.
from the Des Moines Register
There are three bills before congress relative
to the reduction of the tariff on printing paper.
The Fort bill provides that soda-ash, all i'm
portant chemical used in the manufacture Of
paper, ard now paying a duty of $500 per ton,
shall be admitted duty Free and certain other
articles employed in paper making. Another
bill proposes to put unslzed white paper, such
az Is used III newspaper offices, on the free list
the Other would reduce the duty from 20 per
cent to per cent. The paper manufacturers
will make a strong effort to defeat these mea-
sures on the plea that the increase on paper Is
only part Of the general boom i'll prices. But
the fact is that the paper increase is largely dis
proporti0nate tC the general upward tendency
of other articles and too manifcstly the result
oily to allow the people interested to be hood
winkled by any such thin pretext. The paper
combination has declared that it would force
paper up % II cents pound before the Isl of
May making an advance OF 100 per cent. IN
eight months II this good times or is it
mOnOpOly3
T1GH PRICES AND PUBLISHERS.
from the Flint (NIich.) Democrat
The Use in pnces has affected the printing
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pecuha' nature of the newspaper business. and
to lesser extent. the job-printing industry,
makes he increased price Of all kinds of stock
more dEastrously felt among printers than 9TH
ers Tike for instance the case of large city
daily. Its subscriptions are well known and can
not easily and Immediately be raised. Nothing
causes subscriber to grumble more than TO
have tie price of his paper raised. Tie viii
stand any amount of advance on the articles Of
daily lie and necessaTles Of life without COM
planning more readily than he viii submit to the
paymert of higher subscription; yet a pub
Usher Cn as i'll afford to sell the paper for
which le pays 100 per cent. more, for the same
low prize established in time of low prices, as
can g,occr or clothier. But although they
cannot afford to do it, hardly one paper in a
hundrei has raised its subscription and adver
Using rites since newspaper went up. News
paper has advanced iii price over 80 per cent,
making PAPER worth one cent sheet four
months ago cost two cents now. All this comes
out of the pockets of the publishers as a rule.
PAPER ExToRTIoNIsTs.
from the Chicago Tribune, Feb I6l
The Tribune published yesterday morning an
article showing the decided rise il the price Of
rags and advising honsekecpers to save them
since they could get good sum for them. 1t
was lso stated, however, that this boom in
rags shoull have no effect worth mentioning OH
the price If Print-paper which the newspapers
use, insomuch as not more than 10 per cent. Of
the paper stock consists of rags, the great bulk
being straw or Eastwood fibre. ANY pretense on
the part OF the papermakers. therefore, that the
rise in rags has forced them TO shove up the
price of p-int-papcr is absurd. 1t may not be
uninterestIng, therefore, TO recall the proceed
ngs of the meeting of the Northwestern PAPER
makers association, which was held here on the
4th Of this month, at which il was decided to
put up the price half q cent per pound, with q
sort of general understanding that another in
crease was to he made when they reasscmbled
in March.
Among those present at this interesting con-
yention were: l. W. French president and
treasurer of the L. W. F. Manufacturing COM
pany, of Three Rivers. Mich; C. Cornwall, of
Ipsianti Paper company, OF Ipsilauti, Mich.
+. /. Davenport; of ElkLart Paper company,
Elkhart, Ind; William Van OrtWick, of Batavia
Paper company, Batavia, ILL.,; Fl. j. Rogers, sec
Rotary OF Appleton PAPER company, Appleton,
Wis: Mr. Kimberly, of Atlas Paper company,
Appleton, Wis; Mr.. Clark, Of Kimberly. Clark
& Co., OF Neenah, Wis; George Whiting. OF
Winnebago Paper Mills, Neenal Wis.
These gentlemen met as privately as possible
III private room II a Chicago hotel, and took
eyerv prccautiOn IN their power to prevent the
reporters from finding out what they We're
doing. But from what was ascertained Of their
deliberations 1t appears that they showed d
degree of ioyfulness and happiness which they
had not manifested for months before. They
shook hands aud asked after one anotheTs
health with a cordially which had not displayed
itself for q long time. Formerly they had met
as at a funeral. Then they met rather as guests
at q wedding. They recalled the situation six
months before. At that time they said the b0-
gus business boom had not struck the country.
1t had, however, now done so to such an extent
that thev felt justified in doing i little price
lifting on their own account. They talked over
the prospects of the paper trade, and expressed
general satisfaction at it. conilton,-tha gem
eral satisfaction which arises from Il detoInina-
ton to put on the screws and from belief that
the thing will hold. They expressed that salts
faction which man feels when he thinks he
has good thing III his hands and is about to
make the most of It.
So after having exchanged congratulations.
and crowded with delight over the approach of
good times and business millennium they
proceeded to turn their hopes into cash by re-
solving to add on this half-cent per pound to
common lIiAt idp|i- men, d1lCl z general
warning all around to say nothing to the re-
porters, but TO scatter for then respective
homes, enlarge their mills. and prepare to in
crease their bank accounts, the convention ad-
iourned until next month. When they meet
then they will, notwithstanding the protests
which have been made by about every paper III
the country. proceed to express more general
satisfaction. more delight at the boom 4" in
prices more confidence in the prospect of the
paper trade and wind up the proceedings by
adding a cent pound more To the price of
rnt paper.
THE BILL OUGHT 70 PASS.
from the Lafayette (Ind) journal rRep.g
The combination of the paper manufacture
crs. through which the cost Of printing paper
has been advanced over so per cent. in the last
two months has had the effect Of causing the
production of bills III congress to greatly reduce
the tariff on print paper, and to put certain
chemicals which are used in the manufacture Of
paper on the free list. bill of tbs kind ought
to pass ut once.
NO MORE ENORMOUS PROFITS.
from the Massillon (O.) Register Rep.j
The manufacturers Of pr7nt-paper are COM
bining to prevent the passage Of Col. Forts
bill. introduced III congress, to reduce the tariff
on foreign print-papers used for books and
newspapers. There Is no just cause for the re-
cent advance of 10 to 60 per cent. III prices, and
il this bill becomes law there viii be an immc-
date decrease in the price, and they can no
longer realize such enormous profits.
OFF WITH THE TARIFF.
From the Aurora (Tl.) Herald
It Is our OK that is gored this time The pres
ent tariff on type and paper brings no revenue