The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01


obliged 70 buy from private individuals
or government reservation, are placed!
beside those OF Canada, The nominal
tax for the right to cut IN Canada was
one cent an acre q year while N the
United States the tax was tie full value
OF the lands To build q railTpad ana
mills It was necessary that there shontd
be sultIclent lumber for ten years ana khe
risk Of FIRE, taxes, Insurance on plant,
etc, had to be considered. In Gana9a
the government carried the hre rlsk'
paid the taxes and improved the stre.Al
while payment OF stumpaRe was NOT 81
Guireti until the lumber was ready Tor
the market. The difference In wages
was from 80 10 50 per cent IN favor o.
the limited States. He favored Tree logs
because they kept our mills open.
/. C. ICnpochs, OF Jlcksln, MISS rep
resented the southern lumber interests.
AS a lumberman from o section hereto-
fore never heard from In tarin matLets,
he said he came 20 join in this appea4 4or
adequate protection to lumber;
4. ID, Walker. Of Minneapolis, MINI,
devoted himself largely to the statlsties
OF the lumber industry as tounuation
for the claim OF the lumpernen Iot ags- ave
enploysd larger number Of men and
.nid more wages than the iron INDUSTRY,
which was the next largest industry 'n
the United States.
West Virginia Heard From.
A. n. Winchester, OF Buchanan, w.
Va, represented the hardwood district
Of the United states. The main argu-
men. no used for placing q uniform duty
~ 10 IN oil woods was that woods were
and If one class became
chenn II displaced the dearer WOODS. he
said that formerly they believed IN west
Virginia that they could not sumer rom
Canadian competition. Ihey lla9 ~ Lllels-
fore welcomed the reduction OF GUY "
white pine. But our ideas have ctllhBeu
back there in the woods. 80 ,,,,or
''How much do you wont! Z! q i'e1lipsA
asked. -, -. oo,,,d pst
it." he replied. ~. a.,
He said that the Idea that the I'M
portatiOn OF free lumber from SanauH 1s....
preserved our forests was tallac!ous'
OAK. maple and other hardwood lnnl-
hers were going to waste in West VT.
ginIa, because they were too cheap 70
cut. ..1 81,
The afternoon session was opened py
Mr.. C. II. Lang. of Boston. MASS. Wno I.o
presented a memorial from rattaIl y,
manufacture. They asked tor the tVl-
lowing schedule:
Five cents pound duty.on all Ilian-
ufactures OF rattan not further adVanc-
ed than split into reeds and stranus'
Ten cents pound duty on chair cane
and other products OF rattan Split ana
sawed ready for manufacture.
THE present ad Valoretn schedule, Alr'
Lang declared, afforded no protection
to American manufacturers.
The pulp and paper schedule was
next announced, Mr.. John Norris, busl-
ness manager OF the New York Woriu,
first spoke explaining that whhe tne me
World consumed one thirteenth OF all
the paper used in the United states, OF q,
one hundred and ten tons on every mn NJ
tny, he thought he voiced the senti'
ments of all newspapers. He continued,
II appear to formally apprise this
committee Of the fact that the twenty-
four or twenty-five manufacturers OF
white paper In the United States are
perfecting their arrangements for
combination by which every newspa .
per shall be. at the mercy OF central
agency by which these manufacturers
shall receive an additional profit OF
four or five millions a year anu tax
knowledge to that extent
The purpose Of the trust said MT.
GNOTTlH1 WAS lAN1PH -kll@ tAAsS W
at about two and one-half cents. while
the present ruling price was about two
cents, and by cutting of various con-
cesSions to newspaper publishers, In.
crease their profits IN that way also.
II prices were unduly raised by the
trust, Mr., Norris said, newspaper pub
fishers would establish their own pa
per factories. He had, no Cecommendn-
lions TO make as to the proper duty. ne
concluded, but thought It we'll that
Congress should be informed Of the sit-
uatIon that 1t might make the bill
menace to such a combination as the
one being formed.
Ex-CongTessman William A. Russell
of Massachusetts, said:
II deny that any combination has
been practically formed or that any
consideration of such a combinat tlon BY
the manufacturers has Contemplated a
rise of prices"
Chairman DIngley asked: "has there
ever been talk OF a combination Of pulp
manufacturers"
mo, sir," replied the witness.
Ex-senator Warner Miller, OF New
York. repeated practically the state
rnents made by Nh Russell. The pur.
pose OF the pending attempt to form q
combination, ne added, was not only to
Introduce economies. but to enter the
markets OF Australla, South Africa and
even England, which would require
strong selling agencies backed by a
dozen strong factories. Il
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