The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-28
PROTEST BYPUBLISHERS
Want Csastlss psper M Pub Relieved
sfthe Tsrlit.
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE MANUFACTURERS
Large Profits 81 Fictitious stock
Reapea BY thc Trust-tliEh Priced
Paper Affects Reading Public.


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u,.-s,~.,r y,.car,ber a7.--The Ameri.
"ss' '.s..s, '...s-a.a.. =. 4
can Nowspaper fNotisa'is "S'N>s'"soA ans
presented TO the Anglo Amercwa Joint
h,rh comrna ssionen carefully prepared
.,r,s,,r,.,, a. f.x,,r or free psper aud free
:" e 'A''e .N ~. ..,,.A. =, ~.
pulp. Tho colfOwhS Is ssi'aus W 'A'
argument;
The tiirccforv Of the American News
$500 t,,,nnshor., association. represcatina
=, ~ rrn,,s, st.tca.
ie' osAW mewsp'ps's =. .,'.s,-,
and representing the bulk OF the totai cva-
Summation Of mint paper, aa~s In favor Of
/ ,,.. ,,.s.sr sra t,s.s, .si,p The tarirf OF ST
- - -, 49,. 4. ,>,,ns,,,tcrv ANA
| PEI Vh Sss p'-ns p"fS 70 - - ~ ,. 4
We believe that the rate OF Si'os Per 'on
| for enthusiastically ground wcod pulp Is eS-
4 cesslve; that tho American paper mAnu-
ise'u'ste AseA "o p''S,,~ m. !. :.
can manutacture pager Sne"pei
dvnc In any other part or tho world, ana
they4 nra now supplying the Australian.
yansr.. ,nd prslsh mn rkets In con,reri-
~. M, 60, ,,,,,,,,a,.
son MpVa ssr,~, ,,sn. "a h,nwnl a,
sNrsis, thas no ptuut sss, ~, -, ,.s,
tho limited STATES, pu~. 1aa '' .nv ~.
year Aa export mas SseiNteu ~ w.. NV
tons per week ana that tne Slsa,o
received iroii, eiio ,poata.on ". -,
ideally ground WOOD pup wss ohis $3.50 ~. -.
,as. year. ~ .uae ~ "a, ,snn
NATIONAL economy eoula w a4s $50 y. oi'p'
stton TO dtee pup anu, iree pai'ei.
i The American NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. wv pto-
tected to the extent OF WV per Vvn ~
reason OF their proxiiM@ 70 pheit WIS,
TONERS. The tiilcrenco IN eno oor. "
r,,sna ~ my
foreign country. They urs also prV'eee.A
by reason OF their apility 70 optGAl ehS-pus !,
and more convenient suph.ee " we a sl.''l
chemicals, wiallch. as yet, are mon .,..,''.7
able oin tine Canauian ~ ~
1888. All H. prolltSpe pApe. ,,. Z.
United States. with a lew eASep.,eue,& w w. y
merged in,o tho lnternaVlonAa i7aseI . YIN
pany. paper compnalaon Nnat snst'e's =,
] twenty -four maIls. Iuhs <ci'polsaunio'
7 trust, was capitalized upon OASIS oi no,
I 000, 900. i..,t,,
! The preteat given dor %ne s..l,,s n
o1 !he uust wac "no ....s,e,,.r ,,,,cea--. n !,
!, make paper at prevailing prices--, IN ~ y
7 bankruptcy STARED them In the lace, inas
combination was roally noMneu ~ pio 49,
the prcpraetors wNoSe iui'e 49, -, 80 -,
localities Every MIL owner Tv , s.,,,..,,
that trust invited WituoIes"a " $500 s.a,
ment favorS. Excessive ana snFopei
- prlces we're paid FOR inany mills that wer.
3 located ON exhausted water COURSES ~.
/ that were tributaries 10 denudoi unn.
q tracts; for mills Nhat perqoos vi .up ~ :,
10 have an tnsufrcfent SUPPLY ~
a ARE under water, TOT Mills NnAt "u -.
d ferior or Worthless In machinery, equlp
mf,nt and constructions; Tor mills tha
must pay excessive rental TOR water powc c
for mills that do not own or contio, WS 20,
!. lands; for mills that have ne.paer pu,l
!. grinding attachments NOR sui'hi'o p'il
aux bliaries.
M give OF of the paper mills obtain me,
~ | - total ANNUAL COST OF ti!Oivu
y per ancllni. The others are run o. steai'
which makes competition ampossipie, M
u five others have sufficient power. ru ~,
n owned no woodlands and ten Oh the I,a,.
c had no sulphbte aiMrIarlcs. Nlhc.s US !.
Paper making Innchtnes were cona .,,. ~,
a INA miami of cheese anins. but only forty
d eight OF the ninety eight machlnes WERE 9
X recent construction or OF desirable pa
tcrn Not one OF the malls OF pno con,
"a buat'nn possessed all OF the Sax essen va
Y, OF the cheapest and most successiui 'i"h'
ut facture. ,.,
,e The organizers OF the trust frankly ~
mItted at the outset that 1t was conimo
:, stock and represented no inves'meni, y
=, dividend OF per cent upon "he '",ii't
- stock wss declared IN NoNenrpu,, w. 49,
December 81 1898. THIS eofninoh .ogy
is now SELLING on We'll stree, ~ o. .,,,,.nish
o,ilar based upon Information turl,,sn :
ef by officers" OF the International rape
1e company says THAT In Juiy nhe cohp'l
re was making protlt Of 10 per cent OH
10 output Tho enulre ou isp ., sns vs.. dav !.
70 ton representing l42o sens per ans =,
=. theoretical capacity could ~ ono ooo
. by present tnyestment OF slS.ooe'ovo'
that the American consumes la,,,d ~ NM nm
1T papers are forced 70 pay nisnenas W. ~
~ an inflated ana WHOLLY fio'''o"'
a of at least S40oOooov.
nd Immediately after the organization On, :.
u. n the trust r faisen the p',ss y, r,isea
~ ever possible In three cases =. na's an Z
NJ price $40 per ton, and mas sycr1sea can, an -