Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-25
FOR THE STEVENS BILL
Publishers Representatives at
the Capitol.
ASK FOR PROMPT ACTION
Mr.. Ridder Has Heated Conference
: With the Speaker.

WIN VIC 0p0aA0A'
| At a meeting of the American news.
paper publishers in New York yesterday
| a committee of more than fifty members
| was appointed by President Herman Rid
der to go TO Washington today to urge
the passage of the Stevens bill provI0ing
for the repeal of the tariff duties on wood
pulp used in white print papermaking.
The telegram from Chairman Mann OF
tn. special House committee appointed by
Speaker Cannon to investigate the print
paper controversy, the text of which was
published yesterday in The Star, was an
swered by Secretary Baker of the asso-
citation to the effect that the committee
appointed by the publishers would be on
hand at the hearing in Washington to-
day. Chairman Mann called a meeting Of
| the special committee for today at 2 pm.
at the Capitol.
The Newspaper Committee.
The committee appointed to go to
Washington consists Of the following:
Medill Mccormick. Chicago Tribune,
chairman; Frank B. Noyes, Chicago Rec
| ord-Herald; Victor d. Lawson, Chicago
News: Jesse E. Long. McKeesport News:
Charles A. Rock, Pittsburg Dispatch :
Patrick c. Boyle. Oil City Derrick: Gilbert
H. Baker. Cleveland Plain Dealer: Della
van Smith. Indianapolis News; Hilton ".
Brown. Indianapolis News; Edward l..
fretorious. st. Louis Westiiche Post !;
George THOMPSON. St. Paul Dispatch:
Walter J. Driscoll. ct. Paul Dispatch;
Tames Bixby. St: Paul Pioneer Press;
Frederick Roy Martin, Providence Jour-
nal; c. w. Hornick, San Francisco Call;
Louis T. Golding. st. Joseph News-Press
Otto A. Meyer. Utica Press.
erbocker Press: E. B. Haines. Paterson
News; Wilmot r. Hastings. Lynn Item;
James A. NJ. Butler, Buffalo News: Jo-
seph A. Dear. Jersey City Journal: r. A.
Crothers San Francisco Bulletin: Lafay-
cite Young. jr;: Des Molnes Capital: e.
Hay Gaylord and Harvey Fleming, Kan
sas City Journal; c. H. RemboId. Gin
cinnati Times-Star; Thomas Rees. Spring
field Register; Charles w. Knapp. St.
Louis Republic; w. q. Gardner. Syracuse
Post-standard; Frederick N. Dow. Port
land tMe) Express; Frank e. Munsey
and Edgar D. Shaw. Washington Times
Charles H. Grasty. Baltimore News;
James Elverson. Philadelphia Inquirer;
Barclay H. Warburton. Philadelphia Tel
egraph; John C.. Eastman and Lester
Jones. Chicago Journal; Erwin Wardman.
New York Press; William Berri, Brook
Ign Standard Union; Felix Agnus, Balti-
more American; e. B. stahlman. Nash
ington Star; f. A. Van Valkenburg. Phil
adelphia North American: A. d. Marks,
Washington Post; John H. Fahey. Boston
Traveller; Charles Hopkins Clark. Hart
ford Courant; William r. Nelson. Kansas
City Star; g. A. Perkins. Tacoma News:
e. c. Hughes. Seattle Post-Intellieencer:
William F.. Henry. Duluth Herald; A. ].
Blethen, Seattle Times: Addie F. Wright,
Haverhiil Gazette, and A. 8. Crane, Elix-
abeth Journal
Prior IN tho poot;no (,hot.,.o.
yesterday received from Secretary Baker
the following telegram:
Committee from this association will
visit Washington tomorrow to appeal to
the entire Congress against the tactical
trickery Of the opposition to the Stevens
bill. We have been clamoring for four
months for a hearing. We mistrust any
inquiry which does not carry weight and
assurance of subs; antiai immediate action
by the House. We have the assurance Of
the majority of all the members OF the
House in favor of the passage Of the
Stevens bilh and we think an opportunity
should be given to that majority to record
itself and to demonstrate that fact to the
country. especially since action has been
urged upon Congress by the President
Unsatisfactory Conference.
The committee appeared at the Capitol
this forenoon and its chairman. Mr. Her.
man Ridder. accompanied by Mr.. Joseph
II. Neville. had preliminary talk with
Speaker Cannon. The details of that con-
ference are not available for publication.
but II was reported at the Capitol this
afternoon that Mr.. Ridder and Speaker
Cannon had very pointed talk. Mr..
Ridder, it was said. was very emphatic
publishers association and Speaker Can
non was equally as earnest. If not en-
phatic. in setting forth the position of
| the House In this controversy. The con-
nd vu,&t nd
ing that Mr.. Ridder and his committee
from the publishers association should
present their views to the special COM
mittee appropriated by the House to hear
them.
Immediate Relief Wanted.
Mr.. John Norris. business manager Of
the New York Times. who was the first
speaker before the Mann committee this
afternoon. said:
American Newspaper Publishers ASCOT
alton, permit me to say We appear in an
swer to your summons. We appear as
| representa- tives of substantially all the
daily newspapers of the United States.
We consume at least 50 per cent Of the
| news print paper used in the United
| States. We appear here as representa-
tives of the seventh largest industry in
the country. an interest that\ has been
menaced by an extraordinary aggregation
of law breakers.
I'VE have appealed to the President
to the Department of Justice and to Con-
gress for immediate relief. For four
months we have been asking an Oppor-
tunity to tell our story to Congress. In
reply we have been told. not once. not
twice, but at least twenty times. and In
! various ways, that we could not look for
any relaxation OF the expressions which
paper makers. the object of congressional
favor. had imposed upon the vast publish
ing business of the country. that Congress
would not aid US at this time in correcting
gross public wrong.
Therefore We are apprehensive that
your investigation. because II Is started
late in the session. with only a short In
terval possible for legislation by Con.
gress. can have only one meaning to us,
delay. postponement and continuance
for another year Of conditions which are