The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-18
PAPER MONOPOLY,

monopoly OF the paper manufacturers, To
offset tho aoulless demands Of these manu-
holurers, Mr.. Fort Of Illinois, has intro
dueed bill, reading IA follows, In Congressi
~ bill N place certain articles imported ana
used In tho manufacture of paper OF glass,
and Of woolen fabrics, on tho free list, md TO
reduce tho import duty on printing piper
used for books, pamphlets, magazines and
newspapers Be II enacted, etc, That on ANA
after tho first day OF July, 1880, all soda nAh
and Impure carbonate OF soda Imported 70 DC
used In the manufacture OF paper, or OF
glass, or OF oloths or mbFlcS composed
wholly or In part OF wool, shall BIO admitted
FREQ of duty Section 2 That all unslHed
printing paper used Tor books, pamphlets,
magazines and newspapers exclusively
shall BIO subject to NJ import duty
Of per centum nd valorelh''
Thls bill isnow pending, and II IL Slncer'ly
to BIO hoped that every member OF Congress
VIII vote for H. Tho paper manufacturers,
without any cause Whatever SIMPLY TINT
they may oSlort money from tho necessities
OF tho people, have combined aud advanced
tho price OF oil kinds OF paper nearly ono
hundred per cent The newspaper
and book publishers NJ Springfield, ONO,
have addressed circular to the publishers ol
United States, from which wo take the fol-
lowing extract, that will show graphically
the wrong being perpetrated "Tho last few
months has demonstrated to every thinking
person tho absolute necessity of legislative
action In this matter, While tho labor cost
OF manufacturing nows paper has not mate
rally advanced, and while II can be profit
ably manufactured for cents II pound, aud
but for Y duty could be imported at I cents
n pound, tho mills in this coun-
try have put their price to 7, 10,
II conts, and even talk of max ng II II
cents or more. As the matter now stands
every publisher In the United States and all
the people Of the United States, (or tho Tux
must ultimately be borne by tho pooplo), are
at the mercy of the papcrmil combinations
and the past few months have sho Nn they
have no mercy. Tho present high pric of
print paper, il persisted in, will necessitato
nm advance of all Glasses of pcrio licals and
books. School books, tho cost of which is II
burden scarcely to DO borne, will be higher.
Tho advanced price of periodicals will reduce
their circulation, thus working injuries to
both publishers and readers. Every cent
levied on paper is II tax upon the intelligence
of tho people. The stability of tho nation
depends on the intelligence of the people,
and therefore il is matter of national i'm
portance that all duty should DO removed
from print paper, and from all arti-
clos used in is manufacture" The
passage of Mr. Forts bill would enable
publishers to import paper of foreign maxi e,
aud il would also enable new paper man ufac-
turers to spring up and compoto with the
monopolists. We believe that n protective
tariff for anything is now wrong, UNI
lust, an imposition upon tho rights OF
the people, and that it initiates
against the prosperity and best interests of
tn, country. Doubly il this the case when
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