The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-19
PAPER FAMINE
 IS THREATENED Newspaper Men Are Opposed
 to the Monopoly ASK THAT LAWS BE TESTED Claim That One Big Company Has Ac- quired Control of the White Paper Business and Was Reduc-
 ing Its Output.
ASK THAT LAWS BE TESTED

New York, February 1S-At a meeting of the American Newspaper Publishers association held today the famine in white paper was discussed and the fol- lowing resolution. introduced by condee Hamln of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, was unanimously adopted;
 That the American Newspaper Pub fishers association request the President of the United States and the attorney general to institute a suit against any of the three paper combinations to test the legality for their existence and what ever they do to stihe competition"
 During the discussion preceding the adoption of the resolution, Don Seitz and John Corrys, business managers of the New York World and Times, respectively. addressing the association, advocated the adoption of the resolution and attacked the methods of the International Paper company. On behalf of the World. MT. Seitz offered $1000 toward a fund to carry on 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.
 Steadily Growing Worse.
 MT. seitz said that the paper situation in the United States is steadily growing worse, the dearth of the last three or four months emphasizing the predica- ment of the newspaper industry through the operations of the International Pa per company. The company, he said, con trolling every factory of the paper-mak- ing industry, had. instead of increasing it's facilities and accommodating a reserve ata dplfhPTafaIV out to restrict the output of printing paper in order to secure complete domina- ton of the market
 During the five years of it's existence, he said 1t had not put in a single new ma chine. had reduced It's output of newspa- per at least three hundred tons per day and had perfected arrangements with in dependent mills to maintain prices
 overcapitalzed to Start With.
 Over-ca pitalized to begin with, he said, 1t was impoverishing itself in purchasing wood lands at high prices to shut out competition and to enrich insiders, the whole to the ultimate burden of the news papers which could not well increase the price of those papers or advertising.
 "We should establish a bureau to give this matter its unceasing attention" he said, we should assall congress in the interests of free pulp and free paper. Fully 50 per cent of the pulp wood is now drawn from Canada and the paper busi- ness has passed beyond the protective period. Let us raise a fund large enough to be effective in maintaining our inter ests'
 At the afternoon session the committee to which the subject had been referred reported in favor of the establishment of fund of s1O0,000 to promote an agi- tation flor release from the oppression of the paper combine' and this report was unanimously adopted by the association.
 The annual meeting was concluded to- day. These officers were elected:
 President. c. H. Taylor. Jr., of the Bos- ton Globe.
 Vice president. s. S. Rogers. Chicago News.
 Secretary, W. c. Bryant, Brooklyn Times.
 Treasurer, Edward P. Call, New York Mail and Express.
 Directors, c, M. Knapp. St. Louis Re- public; Joseph R. Nevin, Pittsburg Lead CT. and H. U. Brown. Indianapolis News.
 Inspectors, c. F. Cotton, San Antonio Express, and Benjamin Anthony, New Bedford.