The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-05-07

Paper company and other
of print paper In the
United States To produce their books
for examination. Representative
sliller remarked that the committee
to have all the facts In the
case.
Al for one,n he said, lido not pro-
pose to sign any committee report
except upon the best information
and substantial proof: nor do not
propose to be subjected to the sort OF
criticism which has been already
made upon this committee. Why
you should have expressed mistrust
OF committee of this house before
1t had even got down TO the work of
the investigation is more than can
understand. +"
Mr.. Mann said that what the COM
mittee desired to get at at once was
whether the publishers claim that
removal of the duty on wood pulp
would cause decrease in the price
of print paper and whether the pub.
fishers proposed TO support before
the committee the charge that the
paper trust is conspiracy in re-
straint of trade within the meaning
of the law.
~ should like To hear your reasons
why we should pass the Stevens bill,
and what the effect would be If we
passed it. | ask this question as one
who is in friendly attitude toward
that bill."
In reply Mr., Norris stated that The
price OF paper to the newspapers Is
now s.. so per hundred pounds, a re
ceut advance fiom the former price.
He said that publishers would fur
nish the committee with exact quo
tations showing what print paper
was costing publishers at PRACTICAL,
all the consuming points In the
| United States. lie said that the
daily output of the international
company Is 1900 tons OF print
paper, representing the output Of 39(
mills and that this company Is actu.
ally producing less paper today than
ten years ago.
He said the international company
and other manufacturers Of print
paper In this country have been buy.
ing extensively pulp wood and tint
her in Canada. Mr.. Sims then asked
whether the removal OF the import
duty on wood pulp would not be dis.
elimination against American woods.
Mr.. Norris said: "My information
is that the wood pulp In this coun,
| try is largely owned by the paper
manufacturers and they are holding
it for the future and buying tbeil
supply in Canada. "
Quoting from William Van Horne
the principal stakeholder In the
Laufentide Paper COMPANY, to show
in reality American mills produces
under more favorable conditions thar
do Canadian mills Mr.. Norris sale
that Canadian mills are at a disad
vantage with American mills for var
ious reasons, and that the superior
ity OF American paper is attested b.
the fact that in foreign markets Il
commands ~ per cent more thar
Canadian paper.
Mr.. Norris instanced case where
in the Houston. Tex, Chronicle
bought paper at $36 ton In Canada
Mr.. Mann then asked why the Cana
dian producers were not favored b.
buyers. Mr.. Norris said the reason
was that the paper could not Away
be obtained in Canada. He said th
Boston Traveller for years was un
able to make any satisfactory al
rangement for getting Its suppl
there, but that the Woman's Hom
Companion few months ago made
contract for Canadian paper at
cents hundred pounds less than tn
best quotations that could be OF
tanned here and that in this case tb
international Paper company had re
fuesd TO give any quotation at all.
That reams OF letters were In hi
possession showing that paper CON
panies allot the consumers anon
each other was declared by Mr.. MOI
ris. He said this fact was shown b
the CONSTANT refusal Of companies
quote at all, when applied TO by cor
sumers who have been allotted TO al
other company or instead OF quotin
, TO them prohibitiye prices.
Mr.. Norris said this referred
companies outside the Information
company.
The distrust Of the committee
? the publishers, as expressed In te
egram, again came up and Mr.. No
ris explained that be old not thir
the publishers meant TO criticise Il
y committee, but rather The create
II Of the committee as means OF eau
ing delay and probably defeating lie
i lslatise measures at this session.
Mr.. Mann said: III your asps
II slons Of this committee don't woT
D you any more than they worry Us,
u is well. ("
E The committee took an adjour
> ment until Monday morning, ~b
Mr. Norris will continue his ties