The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-02-26
IDYE 70 PRUsty,
s.. 1HE PAPER TRUST
.,.,eaper Publishers Will
'p,jse SIoo,Ooo to Make
the Fight Hot.
,ppgALs TO PRESIDENT

...,,ion for Removal Of the Tariff on
pulp and Paper 10 to 30 Con-
Quoted in the Most sys-
t~enatic Way Possible.
~, York. Feb. 23.-The American
,,.u.sno ner publishers association, rep
s.ssnt,ng $50 leading dailies, resolved to
assa energetic steps looking to the re-
p uasal of The tariff on pulp and paper.
1--WE wss also resolved to call upon Presi-
.snt roosevelt and Attorney General
s g 10 take steps against the two
ambinations that now control the
Es,aduction of news paper-viz., the In
Irrational Paper company, known as
M Paper Trust, and the General Pa
sar company of Chicago, which divides
..srritory with the larger concern. Steps
Sere taken to raise a fund Of $100, 600
N carry on the fight against these mo-
E%Dpolies, and a considerable portion OF
Ma s,lrl was subscribed at the meeting.
Rrcent conditions OF drought and re-
Iareed production have placed the
1swspaper publishing business in great
@neril, and this, with the exactions and
nigh prices, has produced what the
nMblishers declare to be intolerable on
%Edttions. The resolution adopted reads:
eThe American Newspaper PUBLISH
ri, association request the president Of
Sfha United States and the attorney gen
iral 10 institute o suit against any Of
the three paper combinations to test
sthe legality Of their existence, and
whether they do not stife competition"
"a committee was appointed to carry
nut the suggestion of an agitation to
reduce the duties on pulp and paper,
and in the afternoon the report Of a
committee, to which the matter had
been referred, favoring the raising Of
q 500, 900 fund was adopted.
a clear statement of the situation
was made by John Norris, business
Mr.. Norris's Speech.
"The newspapers" he said, ARE
threatened to day with a paper famine.
The manufacturers tell US that thirty
five paper machines have been shut
down and that production has been re-
duced on an average Of 600 tons a day,
and that unless conditions change they
may be unable to supply some of their
customers after February 20.
Large consumers in New York have
USCii ! iNNGAiA.S ~ "lidl may NC
termed a 'hand-to-mouth' supply. On
one occasion a morning paper at II p.
NJ. did not have a single roll of paper
In its press room. The unfortunate pub
Isfers of Baltimore newspapers have
been put to serious stress by this ar
titlcial scarcity.
The International Paper Company
has imported cargoes OF Norwegian
pulp and h Norwegian producers have
1t by advertisement to the paper
generally.
Manufacturers confess that they are
unable to obtain either pulp or water
Tor production.
Is 1t not time that the customers of
.hese paper manufacturers took effec-
i've steps to protect themselves against
men who show shortsightedness, lack
enlightened self-interest and inca
'aeity for the responsibilities they have
arbitrarily assumed?
Cut Down the Supply.
On the list Of November, 1903, the
manufacturers ascertained that there
we're AZ, 900 tons OF news print paper in
JOCK, an increase of 1000 tons over the
date OF 1902. Accordingly
heF arranged for q shutdown Of five
lays, beginning November 25, 1903, by
mills east and west, calculating that
this way they would reduce stock to
ne extent Of $4,000 tons. Some manu-
acturers tried to excuse this action by
ssertlng that there was a shortage Of
round wood, but Mr.. G.. w. Lyman,
peaking for President Chisholm, while
dmitting that there was a shortage of
UP, said: The International Paper
,ompany, however, has not been
bliged to shut down because of the
earclty of pulp In the western
lates there was no pretense of a
fought. 1t is therefore fair to infer
nat the only eason for shutting down
Sas to take 1000 tons out of the mar
81 and to produce an artificial
lty.
What explanation shall be expect from
zen who deliberately stop manufacturing
aa then produce q panic by their cries
famine?
what explanation shall we receive from
lese men who have produced an artificial
by securing an Increase in tariff
lties from So to Sc a ton on news print
aper and by increasing the tariff on their
material. ground wood, and by the
of conl1tervailing duties?
Blocked Canadian Reciprocity.
Ifese men have blocked Canadian re-
Civ ALiNe PIOSUhcO SdAIduld4A
'prisals against themselves and against
$. BY their efforts to control conditions
tle paper market they have produced O
tnafioa whereby the quantity Of our ex-
'rts of print paper has steadily declined
nee 1855, and the imports of paper and
paper stock and Of wood pulp have in
eased. They have i~naugurated an un-
salthy bidding for woodlands to stop the
of rivals. They have marked
? the prices of wood and of labor upon
n upon their customers.
ney have failed in the promises they
40 out when the International Paper
'lnpany was organized. Instead Of re-
h cost of manufacturing they
we increased It.. Instead Of creating a
reign trade for our manufacturers they
I'VE reduced 1t. Instead of avoiding vio-
fluctuations and abnormal conditions
the paper market they have stimulated
Iese disturbances.
~ ~disrhantling n or more mills and
others to different uses the
yternattonnl Paper company has reduced
output Of. news print paper in It's
Ills from p rated capacity Of 1000 tons
II day in 1898, to an actual capacity Of
,ont 1.2ao tons In 1908. That corporation,
hich charged with all tho responsibility
the paper market, has not added a.sin-
new news machine to Its outfit In the
e years of his history.
IT has bought the surplus product Of
dependent mills In order that 1t might
high prices, and 1t has shipped
me of that product abroad, so that,