The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-22
WITNESS LAYS BARE
PAPER WARS CAUSE
Tariff Agitation Industry Declared to Be Scheme for
Bear MISUNDERSTANDING Lasts Until Midnight.
Resumed Next Week.

profit 20 the Stockholders OF $500 ton,
50 that the duty of Sc a ton has not
as has been alleged, been a shelter for
extOrtiOn.'"
I'VE believe" said Mr.. Lyman. that
the facts contained in my brief are
conclusive evidence that the company
is in no sense mOnOpolistic, and it there
fore should not be deprived of protec-
ton intended to be accorded to all
legitimate Industries under the tariff
policy of the Government.
If any discrimination is 10 be made
between large industrial corporations
which conduct their business In "A legiti-
mate manner. and those which do not,
the international Paper Company claims
that It is entitled to commentator
rather than condemnation, and in the
formulation of the Government tariff
policy that il should receive on It's own
account fair and reasonable protection.
and that no policy should be adopted
which would injure It or the industry
Of which it is but a small part.
Disaster Would Follow.
''"'e believe that great as is the stake
which our stoCkn, lders have in this
issue, II would be as nothing compared
with the disastrous effect upon our
employees and the communities where
our mills are located. We believe that
an Industrial concern OF the magnitude
Of the International Paper Company can
not be crippled, or crushed out, without
serious detViment to the welfare OF the
country.
We firmly believe that reU owing the
duty from paper would not only not be
In the interest of forest preservation
in this country. but would lead TO the
immediate destruction OF the timber on
the 100000 acres held by paper manu-
faCturers, and as much more as they
could get hold OF.
we are forced TO the conclusion that
the opposition 10 exporting pulpwood is
not based on any genuine apprehension
on behalf of forest preservation. on
the contrary we have conclusive evi-
dence ia published statements Of the
opponents Of this policy that the real
motive is TO hamper the industry in the
United states in order to build IL I'D in
Canada. The movement is supported
by the Canadian paper and pulp manu-
tacturers- who desire to increase their
output and TO secure market for it in
the United States. In other words. they
wish 30 withhold from Us the raw ma
teTiaI which We desire and force us To
take the manufactured product"
A number Of witnesses were still un-
heard when the committee adjourned
just before midnight. The schedule for
next week indicates that the committee
will have no cessation from the long
sessions. and it is probable that night
sessions will be IN order 70 hear the
numerous witnesses who have filed ap.
pIiCations with the committee.
Morris Argument.
Mr. Norris said.
Newspapers have been made TO bear
undue burdens as a result OF ths ad-
vance I'm 1851 OF So PEI ton ia the price
.of paper. Approximately 10000 tons
of news print paper are used in the
United States annually, costing cousum-
.ers in excess of 100000 per annum-
We are prepared To show that be-
cause of the import duty OF Sc per ton.
the price OF news print paper in the
United States has for IeTiOds been raised
90 a hgure which was s. PEI ton ahUyc
what IL would have been under free con-
.ditions, and above what it should have
been under conditions that assume re
speCt for law.
What It Means.
'1The proposition that newspapers IN
crease their price as was urged by the
general manager OF the International
Paper Company page 73D would mean
this: That every purchaser would pay
one cent per day additional. OF s. per
annum fvT approximately 100000
per day, o. sixty million dollars in all.
Thus - is proposed that the readers Of
newspapers should pay a tax of sixty
million dollars in order that g group OF
paper makers might take four OF five
million dollars from the pockets OF the
people through the publishers"
George Sullivan, a paper manufac-
turer Of New York, declared that the
paper manufacturers are entitled To as
much protection as other Industries,
and he asked that there be no change
in the present schedule. To illustrate
his argument, that the maintenance Of
the tariff on paper would not prove
costly 70 the consumer, he introduced
as evidence, copies OF the Argosy and
Munsey magazines. A single copy OF
the ArgOsy weighs II ounces. or 81
pounds a-year; and at the present tariff,
the cost for that AMOUNT Of paper
would be only i II a cent a pound for
twelve issues, an amount he said too
small to affect the purchaser Of the
magazine, The tariff on the paper in
the Munsey Magazine he said, would
be taxed y cent for twelve issues