New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-01
The New SMALL SIZE of
CASHMERE BOUQUET
TOILET SOAP
Is within everybody's means. Ask for It.

things NE submitted figures from one OF the
largest concerns In Duluth. I'm lSv2 thls con-
Germ paid wages for $1,000 days work: in 1870
Il paid for 3l1I6 days work In 49, IL palo
logging expenses to the aniount'of S2"o""; IN
1896 It paid $4,000 on that account. In 1917
labor In logging received total OF sitIo"
in 1896 IT received only $4,000. In 1892 the
amount Of logs sawed in feet was oo.Doooo; In
1896 It was 23.OO0,OOO. In 1892 the total ship
ments Of sawed lumber amounted to o2,ooo'ooo
feet. and in 1896 to 100000 feet.
AN APPEAL FROM MISSISSIPPI.
After MIR. Morris had completed his statement
the committee heard another voice from MISSES
s,rni IN favor OF protection. l. c. Enochs Of
Jackson representing the lumber interests o'
the Southern States. which had rapidly grown
In ex,ent and Importance until they encountered
the unfair competition OF free lumber from
Canada advocated the restoration OF the duties
Of 1890 Among other things Mr.. Enochs SUD-
fnitted an interesting statement showing the
proportion Of the wages and output OF South
ern mil, which is contributed in the FORM Oh
purchases TO the other industries or the country
in order TO emphasize the fact that the pros
perity of any one industry depends on that or
other industries. ard that the interests OF all
are therefore Identical. 1t was noticed that
General Wheeler Of Alabama, did not interrupt
EnOCnS
him with questions.
r r. Walker OF Minneapolis. submitted
number OF interesting statements bearing on the
prices and wages in the lumber industry. ana the
disastrous effect thereon of the policy adopted IN
1894 The output of sawed lumber OF ne ~ M nno
ncapolis mills in 1894 amounted to 3Jl.VU,"U
feet I'm 1895 to 479!OOO.OO0 feet. and in 1876 TO
only 800 600 feet. Mr.. Walker pointed Out
the injurious effect on the farmers, VINO iurnls,'
so large a proportion OF the supplies consumer
off, oh lspreSSiOn
dicated. He added that the number OF Gays
wages per man paid in his NIL IN 1874 was acf.
IN 1897 IL was IA and In 1896 II had 1aien &c
100 Existing conditions. if continued another
wear would compel a further reduction OF time.
and consequently Of total wages paio aS wen d.
OF output.
BREEZY WEST VIRGINIA WITNESS
A. H. Winchester, a breezy mountaineer' ana
evidently an exceedingly intelligent ana shre"o
business man. who halls from Upshur County.
w Va was the next speaker lie mao eNiue"''!
discovered where the shoe pnched and why ana
knew Just what the industry he represeAteu re-
oured and how to ask for II. He spoke in behait
. Of the lumbermen OF West Virginia and OF the
, mountain regions Of Virginia. Kentucky ana
Tennessee whose Interest," he said were idenu-
cal Mr. Winchester has learned good deal III
the last two years He felt glad then. wheh
Congress poured hot shot into the pine IupeI
men of the Northwest" In West Virginia inc!
.,,yere looking out for coal alone" and did not
imagine or fear that the placing OF lumber on tIs
free list would affect them we nay r ,s' ba
better since and reporting IN tea,s' is
added THE lumber industry OF west virginia
was paraiyzed; forests are being destroyed Wy
backing for blue grass TO increase our ca'ti-
ranses and the trunks Of trees which have been
stripped Of their bark for tanning Pun po'es, a"
rottng ON the ground because VIII hos pay 20
. work them into lumber Hacking TOT pI5"
grass" Mr. Winchester explained. was the gIu-
ling Of the trees 50 as to kill them ana cx'eho 'he
stock ranges. - ~. -. 90 ,,oir. and
amusing as they were pointed and appropriate
For example. he said Why our ueau uS
stand there rotting, except %ne' '" ssgai, "Yoi
have talked about the PROPHECY OF d uHaS on
cross-ties. Why. our one-galluseu oaI u,hn
woodsmen in the mountains are wy ~ ro,a.o
GOT then, ont and they neen a dollar OF Pio'e0-
ton where you need dime. ,,,.. osrod
Would YOU put duty on tanbark?' asked
member Of the committee. ,.
ard prohibIt it's importation. was the prompt
and emphatic reply. I'VE are tanning the n 1,
OF South America Row. "A ou'y Oh - y" JAIN
might do.
s,,T-r OFT OF NEW ENGLAND MARKETS.
Mr. Winchester also complained of the dump
tho ~ the cheaper grades Of free Canadian ium-
her on the American market. and said that IL
had destroyed his sales of poplar SIZING J." ''.w
England which were formerly heavy we
thought we would hit the Maine Yankee hard
In 1874 he said but | haven't been aple ~
nut a carload of poplar siding INTO New EnelaS
in two years. ard the Yankees are pretty eoou
Representative Boutelle spoke briefly but ef.
fectivey in behalf OF the lumber industries VI
New England. l., ,A.,,
{. II Lang. IT, OF Boston. appeared In behaii
of the rattan industry, which originated IN me
limited States The manufacturers. VINO nav
about 81 600 600 invested In the INDUSTRY! uesile
that the existing ad vaIorein duties. under "h,ch
the undervaluations are excessive. shai ne us
carded and specific rates substituted sneret thc
and that the wording OF the paragraph IN 'he
Tree list which relates to the raw material, De
made clearer and more definite
cononlain of the existing classification In the
tar,ff on photographic cigar labels. which, he said
,ras unscientific and unjust He asked that II
be corrected
THE PAPER SCHEDULE TAKEN UP.
The committee then took up Schedule M-pulp,
naner and books-and listened TO a statement
nv. John Morris. publisher. OF THE New-York
World" respecting an alleged trust or comblna-
tion of the manufacturers of wood pulp and IN
;,sa naper ON which newspapers are printed.
Ancordinr 10 MIR Morriss information. which he
was anxious 10 impart TO the committee, this
can,bination has been practically completed
80 ..the LAWYERS are, now busy putting the
sr,nyes on the contract" Matters bad proceeded
so far he said that the oficers ana agents OF me
onmb,na alton had been selected and the central
Office of the concern was 10 De IN ne Woriu
Wn,,a,ns According to this information which.
he said he had obtained from members OF the
comL,na ton the object was 10 control the mar.
Yet and price of pulp and paper. which II would
he able to do al least until the great newspapers
should build mills and manufacture tnelT own
paper from the fact that IT included al the ia,se
sr,anuract,rers md that they controlled all the
a,;r;hIe water-sites in the United States.
While Mr. Morris was making his statement
OK Senator Warner Miller, OF New iorh' ana eH-
CONGRESSMAN William a. Russell. OF Massachu-
ss,'s who was formerly a member Of the Ways
and Means Committee, entered the room Ihey
listened attenuvely 10 the latter portion OF ms
-amarks and Mr. Russell .acn took the floor. He
declared that no combination OF paper manu-
Sacfurers had been formed nor had II been pro-
nnsed.to form, one to advance prices Mr.. Morris
brew 20 be so, because II he had feared or
h.,Seved to the contrary, he would have promptly
accented h proposition recently made 70 MIN 10
81 :. Ion o. Tina contract furnish paper