New-York tribune., 1909-06-18
BATTLE OVER PAPER
DCTT TO BE MADE 81.
Senator Bro5cn Leads Opposition to
Committees Recommendations.
IT~orn Tle tribune Bureau.-


ton print paper 70 take the place Of the s. rate
IN the House bill The Dingley rate is S6. The
committee reported without change the provision Of
the House bill relating wood pulp Senator
Brown. Of Nebraska. opened the fight for free pa
Per. speaking for more than three hours He VIII
close tomorrow. and Senators Aldrch. Smoot
Hale, FRYE and GaInger will defend the paper and
pulp duties. Messrs. Hale. FRYE and Gallinger are
far from satisfied with the reductions made in the
Senate bill bat j. is expected that they viii
port The recommendations of the committee as the
best possible compromise Il is understood that
some of the insurgents" the Republican side
zil vote for the 50 duty paper, and there is no
doubt OF lis adoption.
Before the print paper question was taken up the
Senate adopted half dozen amendments 10 other
parts Of The bill Among them was the McCurnher
amendment for A recIassifcattoa Of paragraph 81
Of the glass schedule. The effect Of thu new cassi-
fcation is to reduce materially the rates on com
mon window glass and 10 leave unchanged the du-
ties on the higher grades Of glass used for picture
framing Senators Scott and Oliver opposed the
new classification which was supported by Sena-
tors NcCuulher and Cummins An amendment by
NJ Bacon for a slightly greater reduction was de
feated % 70 -. Senators La Toilette and BristoW
-ere the only Republicans who voted in the affirma-
i've
The committee amendments for a reclassihcation
Of the paragraph relating 10 surface coated paper
were adopted without debate There was a short
debate over the committee amendment reclassitEing
the various kinds Of lithograph papers. increasing
decreasing the rates on cigar flaps and labels. BY
this pan picture postcards are taken from TINS
paragraph and placed in new one at rate oI
Is cents 4 pound and = per cent ad valoTera rs
against cents pound and p per cent al Vaioreh-
This increase Was made al the request Of the lithog
rapbe~e and postcard uanufa ctreTs, who said they
are being forced out of business by im3ortations
from Germany. Rristow offered an amend
Tnenr 70 reduce the typewriter paper from
: cents pound and Is per cent ad valorem u
? cents pound and X per cent ad valoren. Ihls
was lost = 70 o. eleven Republicans voting for
The reduction.
SENATOR BROWN FOR FREE PAPER
Mr. Browns speech for free print paper was fire.
ouently interrupted. his inquisitcrs including Sena-
tors Hale. Frye. Aldrich. Tillman and Bailey
The Nebraska Senator was willing TO accept the
e rate of the House bill. although he felt that no
injury would result TO the paper industry II his
amendment for free paper should he adopted Nj
Brown urged free wood pulp a means Of con
serving the American forests saving that the DO
1nestic sinnIv Of pulp wood is nearly exhausted.
while the supply in Canada is almost ineXhaustlbie
He maintained that the cost of manufacturing
print paper Is greater in Canada than in this coun-
~ and that the American market for print paper
* controlled by the international Paper Company
TINS company. he said. had advanced prices so as
10 obtain an unreasonable profit.
Senator'S Aldrtch Hale and Frye took issue with
sIr Brown as 10 The Of production here and in
.Canad5.
Nj Hale seemed greatly perplexed when Mr.
Brown criticised the Finance Committee for delay
inE uutI today its report the paper schedule
The Maine Senator said that the Republican IN
sur-ents' amcnE them Nr Brown. had attacked
TIE committee because il was hastv in reporting
some Of the schedules They had argued that the
committee was in such rush 70 put the bill
through that some of its provisions received no
consideration. Now attacked" Mr.. Hale
continued .'heca use We postponed a repor, this
important question until could examine il with
the greatest care and to the fullest extent II Is
strange situation"
AIr Tinrnan took issue with Nj. Browns state
r1ent that he was speaking for The consumer in
asking for free print paper The South Carolinian
wanted 10 know Il the reduction of the paper duty
was in the interest Of those who bought newspapers
or those who published them. NJ Frye replied
that The newspaper publishers had stated that they
would not reduce the Price Of their papers or their
advertising rates even 7 they had free wood pulp
and print paper
Mr. owen chanpioned the newspaper as the
greatest educational medium the world has known.
Print paper should be free air and sunlight,
and il wa ridiculous 10 argue against free paper
he ground that the newspapers would not say
in advance that they would reduce their prices
This suggestion from his own SIDE did not satisfy
Mr. Tinau
PAPERS 'HUMBUGs,~ SAYS T1LLMAN.
These very papers that are asking for free
paper n said are The very headlights Of pro
lection. and they DENY the opportunity 10 buy
this coat or these Shoes pointing the articles
OF his attire. vet they want free paper" Looking
about the Senate with = scowi, Mr.. Tilman
brought his foot down the velvet carpet with
resoUndiI2 effect as he added They hum
bugs.
Nj. Brown declared that the paper industry did
not need The protection Of duty At the risk
Of creating a panic lie said. he would read from
President Roosevelt's message 70 Congress- in re
sponze te which the House han undertaken TO in
vestIgate the wood pulp and paper business. He
read from the message. receiving careful
tention-
II hfty-n.ae news print paper mills in this
Try he said. there le.4fs employees while the
newspapers and periodicals using their output en-
ploy 1865 persons Every ore OF these newspaper
employees. ne said, Il affected by the increase in
the rate Of paper which has taken place in the last
few years. The print paper mills in 1893 had
annual payroll OF So87 So while The payroll " the
newspapers and periodicals in 1906 slos s94a,l99
Senator Brown cIew the following conclusions at
tie end Of has argument:
Cur pulp wood supply is nearly exhausted.
The pulp wood supply q Canada is apparently
Free pulp would tend pulp wood
The production cost of print paper IS less in the
A of news print paper costs in Canada SO -
20 manufacture in Tho United States fl e. sis 27 a
Tire print paper market is controlled n the United
States 10y a combination. ana whatever duty the
lax may hN VIII assist the combination in that
control in violation Of the law Of competition.
ihe in)urE and outrage 81 ~ public .
By reason OF such control me cost of print papec
t. the consumer has been arbitrarily advanced TO
an unreasonable and unconscionable profit TO the
Print paper advanced from tss in 1907 S42 and
So . tor In 1915
TIE importation OF print paper FOR ali time has
The PeP9ssd e a 9P P9P @ 2@@ Ps PaRTJ purposes
useful fer revenue purposes II Is, therefore.
outlaw duty. and should be stricken from this
1-tyE- QUESTION or WAGES