The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-01
WARM CONTROVERSY
The Paper Trust Made a Bone Of
Contention.
WOOD AND PAPER MANUFACTURERS.
Want the Mckinley Bill Schedules
or Even Higher Rates.
RUSSELL DEFENDED COMBINE
Hearings Before the Committee ON
Ways aud Mcnns-Enoclis spoke
for Southern Lumbcrmcn.
RUSSELL DEFENDED COMBINE

for Southern Lumbcrmcn.
Washington, December 3i.--The disputed |
existence of a paper trust was a bone OF |
committee this afternoon and furnished the |
most interesting episode Of the tariff hear |
ing up TO date. There was warm contro-
Nersy between Mr.. John Norris, the busi
ness manager of the New York World, who
attacked the alleged trust. and ex-Con-
gresham William A. Russell Of Massachu-
sets, who is reputed to be at the head OF
Miller Of Herkimer, N. ". who has large
in,eyests in paper manufacturing.
Messrs. Russell and Miller denied abso-
lutely the existence of trust.
The lunter and pulp and paper sched-
ules We're the order OF the day. During the
morning session d big delegation of lumber
men appeared, with &. ". Goodyear ois
Buffalo as spokesman, the choice OF the
convention held in Cincinnati. Speaking
Tor 81, 900 100000 capital and 6o0,0o worh-
inemen, he asked TO have White pine. hem
lock, bass and sycamore restored TO lne late
Of Sc per thousand for the existing 81 rate
The Wilson bill he declared, had given a
market for l300D00U worth of Canadian
lumber and diverted 81 100000 OF our own
resources.
Representative Boutclle of Maine spoks
at the request of the lumbermen In the
| East. The others who appeared on behalf
of the lumber trade were Judge Page Nor.
| ris. congressman elect fl ON Duluth, Mimi:
| j. Il. Enochs OF jackson, Miss. IT. Il. Wal
ker of Minneapolis and A. II. Winchester
| OF West Virginia. All asked to have the
mat arsa al lot, mn, ths, ft.4 tes
Other speakers were Z. H. Lang of Dos
| ton, for the rattan manufacturers; Louis
c. Wagner of New York. regarding .c'Sar
labels; Wellington Smith pf Massachusetts
| Tor tissue and copy paper manufacturers
William G. Reed of Boston, the maker of
| Photographic paper, ard Henry Ives OF New
York, for the book interests. All asked
the restoration OF Mckinley schedules or
higher rates.
Washington, December sl.-~yhe hearings
before. the ways and means vommittee to-
| day covered wc"' @nd n.ansscaNs s. -
wood and also pulp. paper and books.
| There were several large delegations pres
| ont. The forenoon was given to the lumber
| interests. c. w. Goodyear Of Buffalo APP
| pcared as the representative of commit
| toe of twenty by the lumbermen's conven-
| iion which met at Cincinnati carly III De-
| ccmber Tho committee met Yesterday ana
I II
| to the ways and means committee, which
MIR. Goodyear said would be presented later.
| MIR Goodyear said that the result of the
election had convinced them that protection
| Was to be the policy OF the next admiuistra-
ton. and tho lumhormen now appeared &c
demand their share In that policy They
appeared Mr. Goodyear said as the repre-
sentativos Of fully 81 900 600 600 OF capita
and 600 900 lumhormen. This latter num-
bor did not include those engaged In retail
lumber trade. or in the transportation o
lun Der He thought 1t perfectly fair tC
claim consideration; that 5000 900 were de-
p,ndont on this industry for their liveli-
hood 1t was the leading industry In over
thirty States
In The past they had protection to a
certain extent The present law pra ,tital-
Is placed lumber on the free list. They
did not come now. Mr.. Gopdy, ar said a.l-
ing anything eXorbitant, Substantially
what they asked was that whit, r'ne
hemlock, hasswood and sycamore he plat ed
in the 50 class. He could zee no r,rscn
why tho great staples he had mentioned
should not be placed in tue samr o'ass
with spruce which for years hid hcrn IN
the 81 class.
! Mir Goodyear said that lumb arn m Of tic
country were largely responsible for Tho
present condition Of affairs and with n
graceful tribute to Senator Frye. speaker
ReCd, ''nAlrlilan blHbltN anu MI. ihbile'lt
he announced that II was through them
that spruce. the great staple product OF
Maine had always previous to tho present
remained in the 50 class.
anyway" intcrposcd Mr.. pinsley
smiling. Maine is the Pine Tree state
Without any pine rotorted Nr. "rn;'
year.
who is responsible" nsked SIR. DoIll.
yer. TOR the dropping of white pine from
the SO class"
The lumbermen," replied Mr.. Gooi GEAR
| "but the result Of the present tariff Law
aroused thcm Their industry has gone into
} decay and today is languishlng from for
eign competition"
''If We should fix the duty on spruce Al
J ST." asked Mr.. Diugey, would you b.
satisfied"
NO" replied Mr., Goodyear, ''S2 OF
) spruce was right and we want 50 also OF
white pine"
Continuing. the speaker went exhaus
, lively into tho differences between th'
; conditions in Canada and the United State
) to shoS the advantages ~ lumbermon eX
. istinr across the border. Canada was mucl
more liberal 1t ent0rlarcd the lumber
men by making terms which offered IN
most onticns Inducements. In the Do nil.
ion the stu mage was but 30 Gems
, thousand; in tho Iititci States 1t was 81
In Canada this charge was not to he pal
until the llm',cr vas cut ana ready 10
!, shipment.
: In reply TO olsst'unF MIR Gooryear sal
what they asked wa Practically resiora
= ton of the duty Of 1879. that Is, that whit
n pine and he lunbers placed In the :
\ class by the act Of 1890, b. restored to tn
81 class,
d DO the lualoernlcn desire duty o
logs" asked Mr. Evans
"Wc are not here" replied MIR. Good
year, Ito ask you to place n tax on ioS'
We do not ask II because some lumberme
n in Michigan and other states, whose Tim
her Is exhausted are giving a large mum
4 her OF men employment ~ importing log
for saving In their mills We coniider hi
matter of policy rather than OF tart
nrlnciple. We DO not want ia untasonia
h interests which employ American labor
He said that last year about soo,ooo,o.
feet OF lumber were imported; the export
valued at S27. 900. 600. were principally froI
southern ports and tho Pacific coast, IN
!. result ~ free trade In lumber he said ma