Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-02-19
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS,
Election of Officers and Other Business
Transacted.

New York. Feb. lS-At a meeting of the
american Newspaper Publishers Asso-
cation held. today. the famine in wlitc
paper was discussed and the following
resolution introduced by Conde Iamlin
Of The St. Paul Pioneer Press was unan-
imousiy adopted:
That the American Newspaper Pub
lishcrs Association request the President
oil the United States and the attorney
general to institute Il suit against any Of
three paper combinations to test the le-
gality Of their existence and whether
they do not stitle competition
a committee was appointed 10 carry
out the suggestion that an agitation lie
lnauGufated to reduce the duties on pulp
and paper.
During the discussion preceding the
adoption of the resolution Don Satz and
John Norris. business manager Of the
New York World and Times respective
lN. addressing the association advocated
the adoption of the resolution and alta elk
ed the methods of the international Paper
Co. on behalf of the World. Mr. Sritz
offered $lO.GGJ toward a fund to carry on
n national agitation for the removal OF
the duty on wood pulp for paper making
claiming; that this step was necessary
for the welfare OF the newspaper industry
in this country.
Mr.. Seitz said that the paper situation
in the United States Is steadily grow
ing worse. the drouth of HI" last three
or four months emphasizing the prediCa-
ment Of the nc wsparer industry through
the operations of the International o..
which he said. controls every factor of
the rarer-making industry. During tlc
five years of its existence. he said il had
not put in a single new machine. had rt.-
duced its output of newspaper at least ahJ
tons per day and had perfected arrange
mcntS with Independent mills to maintain
prices. OVercapitali:ed to begin with. il
was impovcrishing itself in purchasing
woodlands at high prices To shut out com
petition and to enrich insiders. the Who'll
to the ultimate burden of the newspapers,
which could not well increase the l'lr"
of their papers or advcrtising
''Wa should establish a bureau to give
this matter its uncoaSinG attention.. N"
said. We should assail Congress in the
interests of free pulp and free paper.
Alr. Norris Of the Times. declared that
newspapers are today Threatened with Il
on hand to mouth basis. ana that the
manufacturer had deliberately shut down
on production.
Mentioning the various comhina tions in
the PAPER industry. he declared that these
methods suggested the remedy. and h
urged the formation ri pool of nc"Sna-
per publishers to offer Undue, IN mis- tn
capitalists to establish mills outside the
trust ard ensure reasonable prices for
paper.
At the afternoon session the committee
| to which the subject had been referred
reported in favor of the accumulation Of
| q fund of $l09.00 to promote the agita-
| ton for release from the oppression Of
the paper combination" and this report
was UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED bE tilc 'SSpCist- II
ton.
| The annual meeting was concluded to-
daV. These officers were elected:
President. Charles II. Taylor. Jr-, Bos-
ton Globe.
Vice president. S. S. Rogers, Chicago
News.
Secretary, William C. Bryant. Brooklyn
| Times.
Treasurer. Edward p. Call New York
| Evening Mail.
Dircctors-Charles W. Knarp. St. Louis
Republic: Joseph T. Ncvin. PiitsburG
| I.cader; and ii. L. Brown, indianapolis
| News.
| Inspcctors-C r. Cotton. San Antonio
Express. and Benjamin Anthony, New
Bedford Standard
| The association gave its annual dinner.
tonight at the WaldorfAstoria. Charles
In. Taylor. Jr. presided and 30l were
present. Mayor Mcclellan adopted a
| humorous speech in which he said n
brother publisher sued the City
Record n paper that had 10 extras to
grind Gen. Charles II. Taylor Of the
| Roston Globe. responded to the toast:
..What Shall We Do with All Our Sons"
| Sir Chentug Ting. tha Chinese minister
replying to the Gorgeous East" said
| the canal was necessity and the opcr
door in the East was a policy almost
uniusted by iightencd self-interest."
Among other speakers We're Borough
President Littieton Of Brooklyn. and +,
Il. Stapleman of the Nashville Banner.