The San Francisco call., 1904-02-19
WSPAPERS
TO FIGHT TRUST
Famine Exists in White Paper,
Due to Monopoly Held by
Manufacturers Combination

NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-At a meeting
Of the American Newspaper Publishers
Association held to-day the famine in
white paper was discussed and the fol-
lowing resolution, introduced by Con-
dee Hamlin of the st. Paul Pioneer
Press was unanimously adopted:
That the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association requests the Presi-
dent of the United States and the At
torney General to proceed against any
of the three paper combinations to test
the legality of their existence and
whether they do not stif1e competition"
A committee was then appointed TO
carry out the suggestion that an agita-
tion be inaugurated to reduce the du-
ties on pulp and paper.
During the discussion. prior to the
adoption of the resolution, Don SeitZ
and John Norris, business managers OF
the New York World and Times, re-
spectively, addressed the association,
advocating the adoption OF the resOlu-
tion and attacked the methods of the
International Paper Company.
On behalf of the World Mr.. Seitz Of
fered $4,000 toward a fund to carry on
a national agitation for the removal of
the duty on wood pulp for papermak-
ing, claiming that this step was neces-
sary for the welfare of the newspapers
in this country.
Mr.. Seitz said that the paper situa-
tion in the United States is steadily
growing worse, the drouth of the last
three or four months emphasizing the
predicament of the news paper through
the operation of the International Pa
per Company. The company. he said
controlling every factor of the paper
making industry. had, instead of in
creasing its facilities and accommodating
q roc str for ,fa Il
erately set out to restrict the output
of printing paper in order to secure
complete domination of the market
During the five years of it's existence,
he said, it had not put in a single new
machine. had reduced it's output of
news paper at least 800 tons per day
and had perfected arrangements with
independent mills to maintain prices.
Over-capitalized to begin with, he said
it was impoverishing itself in purchas-
ing wood lands at high prices to shut
out competition and to enrich insiders,
the whole to the ultimate burden Of
the newspapers, which could not well
increase the price of their product or
advertising
I'VE should establish a bureau to
give this matter its unceasing atten-
tion," he said. I'VE should assaiI Con-
gress in the interests of free pulp and
free paper. Fully so per cent of the
pulp wood is now drawn from Canada
and the paper business has passed be-
yond the protective period. Let us
raise fund large enough to be effect
i've in maintaining our interests. one
which we can keep the country news
papers busy on their Congressman.
Mr.. Norris of the Times declared
that newspapers are to-day threatened
with paper famine. many OF the pa
pers being on a ''hand-to-mOuth" ha
sis. and that the manufacturers ~
deliberately shut down on productio
rs it not time he asked, that -
customers of these paper manufac-
turers took effective steps to protect
themselves against men who show
their short sightedness. lack of enlight-
eminent and incapacity for the respon-
sibilities they. have voluntarily as
sumed?"
At the afternoon session the COM
mittee to which the subject had been
referred reported in favor of the ac-
emulation of a fund of 100000 to
promote agitation "for release from the
oppression of the paper combination. .
and this report was unanimously
adopted by the association.
The annual meeting was concluded
to-day. These officers were elected: