Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-12-17

PAPER MAKERS MEET.
Largely Attended Gathering At
Appleton.


report of delegates to the meetingin the
East last week at which the proposed
combination of the Eastern news mills in
the establishment of a general selling
agency was effected and to discuss the
situation.
The meeting was the most general at
tended of any meeting of paper manufac-
turers held in this state, and it evidences
the fact that the manufacturers are ex-
tremely interested in the subject. This
augurs that action will be taken by the
Western makers of news similar or in
cooperation with that which has just
been consummated in the East.
Those in attendance Monday were: j.
A. Kimberly and F. c. Shattuck, repre-
senting the Kimberly and Clark inter-
ests on the river; William NJ. and J. s.
Van Nortwick, representing the Com
bined Locks Paper Co; A. w. Patten
and John McNaughton, representing
the Patten Paper Co., the Outagamie
Paper Co., and the Nekoosa Paper Co.
Col. H. A Frambach and J. H. Franz
bach, representing the Badger Paper
Co.; G. A. Whiting and C. \. Babcock,
representing the Whiting Paper Co.,
the Plover Paper Co., and the Wiscon-
sin River Paper and Pulp Co.; Henry
Sherry and w. Z. Gerbrick, represent
ing the Park Falls Paper and Pulp Co. !;
w. L. Davis, representing the Winneba
60 Paper Mills and the Dells Paper and
Pulp Co.; n. Johnson, representing the
Grand Rapids Paper and Pulp Co. and
John Edwards Manufacturing Co.; l..
NJ. Alexander, Thomas E. Nash and T.
Garrison, representing the NekoOsa
Paper Co. and the John Edwards
Manufacturing Company. The only
news paper mills in Wisconsin not
represented at the meeting are the
Tomahawk paper CO. and the Marinette
and Menominee Paper Co.
The manufacturers gathered in re-
sponse to an invitation to be present to
the report of F. Garrison and Thomas
E. Nash, who were the only represent
atives of the west at the New York
meeting last week, at which the
Eastern selling agency was agreed upon.
The Western manufacturers have not
been fully informed as to what was
wanted or expected of them by
the Eastern contingent, and Messrs.
| Garrison and Nash explained, There
&c li+tln lo,,Ht hot
eventually he done by the Western
manufacturers of a nature similar to
what has been done in the East. It is
said that Messrs. Garrison and Nash
trade has been forced to take the ac-
ton that it has done, and that the con-
ditions in the West also make it neces-
sary here. One of the questions to be
decided will be whether Western
manufacturers will join the Eastern Or
ganization, or whether they will form an
other of their own. The nature ofthe re-
port Of the delegates to the New York
meeting and the action thereon is not
made public. But it is generally under
stood that definite and decisive action
was postponed to another meeting
to be held soon.
Appleton, Wis, Dec. 15.-As was ex-
bected, little was done at yesterday IS
| meeting of Wisconsin manufacturers of
news paper, held in this city. The
meeting was protracted enough to
allow very general discussion of the
subject of the selling agency. Repre-
sentatives Nash and Garrison, who
came from the East recently, reported
that it was the desire Of the Eastern
people for the West to come into the
| Eastern organization, rather than form
an organi Zation Of its own, and when
| East and the West could be managed
| through one agency or its branches. A
good deal of talk was INDUCED in, but
nothing was decided upon except to ar
range for one or two Of the manufac-
turers to 90 to Chicago and meet their
representatives of the Eastern organi-
zation, who wish to say something more
to them and explain matters a little
more fully. It is probable that the men
who will 90 to Chicago will be Mr..
Kimberly and Mr.. Whiting.
Some of the manufacturers feel that
they would rather take their chances
outside of the combination, though
representations may be made that will
change this feeling, which is quite strong
in some quarters at present. 1t is un-
| HnrCtOn6 fhat Qnnt her D1pptJnO Of Tin q
manufacturers will be called whenever
there was anything further to be COM
municated, probably after the return OF
the gentlemen who were to 90 to
| Chicago.