Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-07-28
PAPER POINTS.
CONVENTION OF THE MAkUfAC UR-
ERS AT SARATOGA.
A Line Of Steamers 10 South American
Ports Agitated-1he Tariff on Paper
Again Brought Up-A Decision
by the Postmaster General
The New Officers.
WOOD PULP MILLER 0lSC0URSES,
THE PAPER MAKERS.

Annual Convention at Saratoga Lake Yes.
terday.
SARATOGA, July - The American
Paper Makers Association met in an
nual meeting at the Grand Union Hotel
to day. Among the members were Sen
ator. elect Millerand Congressman West,
from the Saratoga district. President
Wellington Smith spoke OF the healthy
condition OF the paper trade at this time
aud the benefit brought about by the
tariff, which causes a healthy cOmpeti'
ton among the manufacturers OF this
country rather than compelling us by so
called free trade 10 compete with the
pauper labor of Europe. He presented
specimen OF paper which was sold up
TO the utmost production In 1872 at 10!
cents per pound, and the same quality
would now sell Tor 81 cents, owing en-
tirely to home competition improving
the quality and lowering the price. He
spoke of the recent political contest,
during which an attack had been made
on Warner Miller because, at the re.
quest OF this association, he appeared
before the Congressional committee to
present the facts regarding paper man
uiacturers
Secretary Chaplin reported regarding
the request that the mills close from & p.
Saturday to GAN Monday, instead
OF stopping at II P. NJ. Saturday and
beginning at a. NJ. Monday. The few
replies received were uniformly against
any change in the working hours.
G.. &. Woodwork, from the Commit
tee on Export, reported that 800 manu-
facturers had offered 500 tons for export
without limit as to price. The increase
in the exports OF paper in 1880 over 1873
has been $500 tons. He recommends
Government subsidies to steamship
ines,
Warner Miller, in an address, said
that it seemed natural iOr paper makers
10 20 into politics, instancing Governor
Rice, OF Massachusetts, and others. Re-
garding the increase OF business. he said
the output OF the mills the past year
had been fully 20 per cent. lower than
the year before, and paper is sold in
New York as low for quality as in Lon
don. Regarding the tariff, he said that
while the average duties on all articles
imported is II per cent, paper only has
a protection ui 20 per cent. on ordinary
qualities aud IS on fine. He announced
himself in favor OF aiding the es-
tabliShmrnt of steamship lines to
South America, 80 that American
manufacturers eau send their goods there
other ways than by way oi London. He
thought it would be as well for the gov
ernment to pay for prompt and perfect
mail lines to foreign ports as for the star
routes in the western territories. In
Germany few years ago he found
mill running on peculiar kind OF paper
for Brazil. He found on his return that
he could make that paper cheaper than
Germany, but could not put It down in
Brazil as cheap as Germany did, solely
because the only steamship lines to Bra.
ail are from Europe. He believed that
American manufacturers should
be given the facilities 10 secure the
trade OF this continent and should do
what he could to secure that end.
Attention was called to the decision
OF the Postmaster General constructing
the law of 1879 so as to make samples
with marks for Identification pay first
class rates lstead OF 'ourth class.
Senator Miller said he had no doubt
that the decision OF Postmaster General
Kew was too liberal in coustruing the
law OF 1879, and that great losses had
been suffered by the Government from
such decision.
President Wellington Smith was then
reelected
W. II Cha,feld, OF Cincinnati, was
chosen Vice President.
The committee on the Cincinnati
division is: A. T. Harding, Middletown,
O.; n. w. Taylor, Cleveland; Cyrus
Bremakeg, Louisville.
The Chicago DiviSion--GeO. French,
Three Rivers, Michigan; Gen. j. T.
Averi !, st. Paul; o. NJ. Butler, ChicaGO
Returns showed that the increase in
the production OF all the mills in 1850
over 1879 was about % per cent. OF
book and news and 33 of writing. The
total capacity of all the mills in the
country is , 800 tons per day.
Adjourned,