Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-18
1IOAs OF THE
PRINT PAPER TRUST
suit to Newspapers Of the
try an Increase Of S4,800,-
600 in Cost Of Paper.
BY THE WOOD PULP TARIFF
X Newspaperm.n Testlhe. Before
-ial Commission-Frce Trade in
Advocated-south pakotan on
I'm conditions in Northwest.

ashington, April 16.-The manufac.
the subject of inquiry on the part
ne industrial commission ycster
John Norris, business manager of
New York Times, being the Wit
Mr.. Norris devoted his attention
cially to the International Paper
pany.
will assert he said that the In
ational Paper company has failed
Very expectation it held out to the
lpapers and to the public. The
of manufacture is greater under
olidation than under Individual
rship of The paper mills. The econ
IS which were to be obtained under
consolidated management have not
realized. The export trade has
II off, or at least has not increased,
sh this was to be the strong feat
of the consolidated companies eff
So The promised policy of an en-
htened self-interest has been aban-
ned, and the net result to newspaper
bllsherS has been an Increase OF
100000 per annum in the cost OF
VS. print paper
He placed the output of news print
ser at $4,000, 900 per year. Mr.. Nor
hid the president of the consolida-
is paid $4,000 Year and manu-
lrers' salaries We're increased from
to $4,000. There also had been
vast addition to the spruce lands
wnsd by the company, the area Sc
lrcd in the United States bringing
he aggregate up TO 1900 square miles
lille 1000 square miles of this land
e controlled in Canada.
Freight Charges Higher.
There had likewise been an increase
freight charges. All told he placed
9 enhancement of the cost price of
9ducing print paper at SO per ton. He
w of two newspapers which We're
ing an increase of S150,000 each an
lily on the paper used by them. MIR.
iris gave the daily output of news
MT paper at 2.055 tons. of which the
ernational company furnished 1900
S. while the mills of the company
,e a capacity OF 1.a76 tons per day,
ID said that there Is a constant in
q se of producing capacity outside
ut company, Notwithstanding the
cast of the International company
nat it owned all paper water powers
nd all available spruce lands.
Mr. Norris attributed the recent in
rease in the price of paper to four
auses. namely, td the Spanish-Ameri-
an war, the South African war; the
routh of 1899 and 1900 and the at
ampt of the International company TIC
the spruce land. To meet
he last difficulty he suggested that
rade relations with Calfada should be
in order that the practically
neNhaustible pulp supply of that coun-
ry might be drawn upon. I'VE should,
e said, adopt the plan which Presi-
ent Mckinley has advocated of re-
u,h i.h
las shown TO be most burdensome I.
he industries of the people
He asserted that the 1nternationa.
had opposed Canadian reel
rocitv. and that the result had beer
reprisals. He advocated
he removal of the tariff on wood pulp
5 in the interest of all classes.
Dakotan on Farm Conditions.
NJ. e. Greeley, editor of the South
'akota Farmer, and a stock farmer
as the afternoon witness before the
His testimony related en-.
rely to farming conditions In the
orthwest. He said that many of the
of that section are foreign
orn and that most of them had
roved godsend to the country. The
ermans Scandinavians and Cana.
ians, lie said, We're especially good cit,
,ens. These make the best farmers
nd the best hired help for the farm.
r Most hired men in this country live
ell and save money Mr.. Greedy said
nd in time become land owners. He
ound the foreigners far more disposed
, become land proprietors than the
atives, and owing to this fact he die
OF believe in restricting immigration
lie did not believe in the colonization
{ foreigners because he had found
nat when they are thus held together
hey are not so quickly Americanized
s when they are segregated. Referring
o the schools of the state he said
here is now too much Greek and SAN
crit and too little practical instruc.
ion. Mr.. Greeley suggested the con.
of storage reservoirs for Tho
of the arid region. He op.
osed bonanza farming as calculated
D n-AmericaniZe men and also be.
ause that kind of farming does not
ay He expressed the opinion thai
lch farming is decreasing. He alst
aid that the farmers are rapidly pay
lg off their mortgages. Mr.. Creole.
aid he also had found that there /:
SIS tendency than formerly to leave
he farms to go to the cities. and sait
Low Ic iyn