The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-12

| accept the amendment which the house
adopted when the bill was under dis
cussion there, providing for the ex-
portatfon of pulp wood and of manu-
featured wood pulp from the territory
| of Alaska. He has made a partial
| canvass of the senate committee on
public lands and is practically as
sured of a favorable report on both
| the bill and the amendment when they
come before the committee in January.
The wood pulp and pulp wood ex-
port provision was proposed by Mr..
Tawney to meet the urgent demand
for a cheapening of the paper supply
of the country. This subject is so i'm
portant to the newspaper publishers
of the country that they have, as a
body, raised a fund to prosecute a cam
paign for changes in the tariff laws
which would bring wood pulp, pulp
wood and manufactured paper into this
country from Canada free of duty.
Such a change in the tariff lawss might
not accomplish the purpose sought,
as it is generally believed that the So
called paper trust and the wood pulp
trust, working together, have almost
Of he oofo rio
and the manufactured product in Can
ada so that the removal of the duty
on these articles would only result in
larger profits for these trusts, with no
resultant benefit to the consumers of
paper
Tawney's Relief Plan.
Mr.. Tawney does not vouch for the
statement as to the control of the pa
per trade by these trusts, but for two
years he has had in mind legislation
such as he had inserted in the transfer
bill, with a view to charging the avail
able domestic supply of the raw ma.
terial In that way the trusts could
be dealt with more effectively than by
the removal of the duty on the Cana
dian product.
Discussing the supply of the raw
material in Alaska and the opportu-
mites for it's manufacture into pulp in
the territory, Mr.. Tawney said:
white spruce is conceded to be the
best raw material for the manufacture
of white paper, particularly that on
which newspapers are printed. When
saw vast forests of this wood in
the south eastern part of the territory,
particularly in the Alexander archi-
pelago. On Prince Of Wales island
alone there is a supply Of this wood
sufficient to run a pulp mill for many
years to come. 1t is all dead ripe, and
the application of modern forestry
methods will preserve the supply in
definitely. Large quantities of the
wood are lying on the ground with
full grown trees standing above them.
The down timber, as well as the
standing trees, can be used in the man
ufacture Of the pulp, so that there
would be no waste, such as there is in
getting out pine and other woods used
in building. With the fallen trees out
of the way, and the matured trees cut,
the young growth would have a chance
to mature. With these to start with,
and the replanting of the cut-over
area, the supply could be kept up in
definitely.
Alaskan PuIpwood Supply.
In that favorable climate the trees
will grow and mature more rapidly
than in the states, and it appears to
me that southeastern Alaska is the
place from which we will get our sup
ply of pulp wood in the future.
The trees can be converted into pulp
with small cost in the territory, also.
A plentiful supply of fresh water is
necessary in the manufacture of the
pulp and that can be had at any num-
Der of places along the coast. At
Shakan for instance, there is fresh
water lake HOO feet above the sea,
from which the water would have to
be carried only two miles. The
mountains surrounding the lake are
snow covered, and form an inexhaust-
ible source of supply. Engineers who
have examined this locality say that
1000 horse power could be developed
from this lake. It would be an ideal
place for pulp MILL
large portion Of this available sup
ply of spruce is within the limits of the
forest reserve created several years
ago, but the forestry law has been so
amended that permits can be given by
the secretary Of the interior for the
use of the ripe timber, and reformation
can be carried on under the most ap-
proved methods.