The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-19
Is FAMINE IN PAPER
Trust Has Caused Production
to Be Limited.
COMMITTEE URGES ACTION
Would Have Pulp Admitted
Free of Duty.

! New York. Feb B-At melting Of the
American Newspaper Publishers assoeia-
ton held today the famine in white paper
was discussed and the following resolu-
ton by Condo Hamlin of the St Paul
! Pioneer Press was unanimously adopted:
",rhat the American Newspaper Pub
fishers association request the president
of the United States and the attorney
general to institute suit against any of
the three paper combinations to test the
/ legality of their existence and whether
they do not stide competition
During the discussion period in the
adoption. of the resolution Don Seitz and
John Norris. 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 Mr..
Seitz offered $1,000 toward fund to carry
on a national agitation for the removal
of the duty on wood pulp for paper max
ing, claiming that this step was necessary
for the welfare OF the newspapers in this
country.
Mr.. Seitz said that the paper situation
in the United States is steadily growing
worse the drouth of the last three or
four months emphasizing the predica-
ment OF the newspapers through the oper-
atoms of the international Paper COM
pany The company, he said. controlling
every factory Of the paper making indus
try, had, instead OF increasing its faciI-
tiles and accommodating a reserve stock for
emergencies. deliberately set out to re-
strict the output OF printing paper in or
der to secure complete domination Of the
market
During the five years of it's existence
he said, it had not put in q single new
machine. had reduced its output of news
paper at least 900 tons per day and had
perfected arrangements with Independent
mills TO maintain prices. Overcapitalized
to begin with, he said. it was impoverish
ing itself in purchasing wood lands at
high prices to shut out competition and
20 enrich insiders. the whole TO the burden
of the newspapers which could not well
increase the price of their papers or ad
vertising.
we shrould establish a bureau TO give
matter unceasing attention. he said.
I'VE should assail congress in the inter
ests of free pulp and free paper. Fully
50 per cent Of the pulp wood is now drawn
from Canada and the paper business has
passed beyond the protective period Let
us raise fund large enough TO be effect
i've in maintaining our interests through
which We can keep the country newspa-
pers busy on their congressman.
Mr.. Norris of the Times declared that
newspapers are today threatened with
paper famine, many OF the papers being
on a hand to mouth" basis. and that the
manufacturers had deliberately shut down
on production. is it not time" he asked
that the customers of these paper man.
Ufacturers took effective steps to pro-
tect themselves against men who show
short sightedness. lack of enlightened self
interest and incapacity for the RESPONSE
bilities they have voluntarily assumed?''
At the afternoon session the committee
to which the subject had been referred
reported in favor of the accumulation OF
a fund of 100000 TO promote an agitation
for release from the oppression Of the
paper combinat ton and this report was
unanimously adopted by the association.
The annual meeting was concluded to-
day. These officers We're elected: Presi-
dent, {. H. Taylor of the Boston Globe:
vice president. s. s. Rogers. Chicago
News; secretary. W c. Bryant. Brooklyn
Times; treasurer. Edward P. Call. New
York Mail ana Express.