The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23
JOINT BANQUET.
Editors and Publishers Unite
With the A. p.
LIN Roasting and Speech Making
at the Waldorf-AstOria.
SOME NOTED CHESTS
Included German Ambassador
and Rev. Bob Burdette.
Publishers Association Takes
Action on Pulp Tariff.

April Zo.-EQiIOrS and
publishers of papers of this country 10
the number of six hundred attended
the joint banquet of the Associated
rress and the American Newspaper
puphshers' association at the Waldorf
astoria Count Johann Heinrich Won
oernstorn' the German ambassador,
allu Joseph II. Choate, former am
Ddssador OF the United States to Great
ni?rItaln' were guests of honor and de-
HVered speeches appreciative of the
work OF the press. Other speakers were
MAJOR John c. Hemphin of the Charles
In In news ana Courier, Rev. Robert E..
Burdette OF Los Angeles and ex-senator
l. M Patterson of Colorado
AFTER the dinner, President Frank B
Noyes of the Associated Press present
ed Major Hemphill as the POSTMASTER
oL the evening. A toast was drunk to
the president of the United States.
Major Hemphill, in his introductory
remarks spoke of the organizations
whose members Joined at the festive
board as the greatest and most pow
erIul newspaper association in the
WSrId. tyst Here we have the really beau
tl1ul spectacle of the publishers who
make the money and the editors who
spend 1t, mingling upon apparently
friendly terms while the common peo-
pie pass by on the outside utterly OBJ
ltvious of our real Importance. without
US much of what is worst in our serial
life would not be exposed and most of
what is best for the state would not be
achieved"
Refers to Uncle Joe.
In explaining the absence of Speaker
Jos. G.. Cannon, Major Hemphill said
the speaker could not be present on ac-
count of pressure of business. at will
DO no harm, however, said the toast
master. ito say behind his back what
would have been said to his face: that
no ~{rrl,A L.
made bad start. He was born in
North Carolina, am sorry to say But
as If this were not sufficient handicap
he emtgrated before he had reached the
years of discretion which, by the way
he has not attained
Count Won BernStorff the German
ambassador, was given an ovation
when he rose to speak
Mr.. Choate- evoked mingled applause
and laughter by taking the manager of
the Associated Press to task for neg
lectfng to have a correspondent in the
wilds of Africa to inform an anxious
world of the result "of the first en-
counter when the great lions quail be-
fore the great lion hunter
Adopting more serious tone he re-
viewed the changes which he himself
had witnessed in the manner and
method of gathering and transmitting
news and paid glowing tribute to the
present system in general and to the
Associated Press in particular.
Takes Action on Pulp Tariff.
New York, April 23-At meeting of
the American Newspaper Publishers
association held here the following
minute was adopted:
'The American Newspaper Publish
ers' association, at its annual meeting
in New York today with the largest
attendance in the history of the organ
ization, comprising representatives of
the 290 daily newspapers, instructs it's
secretary to telegraph and write imme-
diately to each United States senator
advising him that the association earn
estly urges the confirmation by the SEN
ate of the action of the house in the
matter of pulp and print paper
1.-THE investigation made by the select
committee of the house covering a
period Of ten months, and surprising
in thoroughness any trade inquiry
every attempted in tariff history. has
shown that American paper mills
actually make paper cheaper than the
most modern Canadian mill, and
therefore any import duty upon print
paper is in the nature of a concession
to the American mills. We are in
formed that the paper manufacturers
are trying to induce the senate to
raise the rate of duty fixed by the
Payne bill. The success of such an ef-
fort would prevent the possibility of an
arrangement with Canada, which ar
rangement the select committee deemed
of most Importance, in order that we
might continue to obtain from that
country the considerable supply of pulp
wood now used by American mills in
newspaper manufacture.
THE well-matured and unanimous
reasons of the select committee com
posed of representatives of both politi-
cal parties have safeguarded the inter-
ests of paper makers and consumers
against the possibility of hostile action
by Canada.
Victims of Combination.
I'VE protest against any procedure
which will ignore the work and re-
sources of the house committee in
vestigation, and which. by invoking a
trade war and stopping the exporta-
tion of pulp wood from Canada may
bring great loss to American news
papers, and destruction to American
forests For a period of years the
American newspapers have been the
victims Of paper combinations mer-
gers, corners. Determinations and
secrecy in paper quotations. The fail
ure of paper makers to employ
technical skill in the operation of
their plants has increased the burdens
to consumers. We want to put an
end to these abuses. by broadening
the market, and by stopping schemes
such as that planned in the creation
of the Internal Paper company. which
aimed TO destroy competition. and to
give value to a collection of anti
quated mills by bringing them under
one control. with 700 square miles of
timber land and undeveloped waters
to the extent of $4,000 horsepower
We object to these gigantic specula-
tions at our expense.
Every obligation which the paper
maker offered to the government as
a tariff beneficiary has been violated
Newspapers have been forced to bear
the burden of frequent fluctuations
and artificial stimulations of paper
prices Ths publishers ask fair
treatment
The following was also adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of the