Evening star., 1909-07-13
MANN THROWS DOWN the GAGE
HIS STAND ON NEWS PRINT
SCHEDULE ENDORSED.
Publishers Association Calls Atten-
ton to His Statement That He'll
Vote "No" II Necessary.

John Norris chairman of the committee
on paper of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association, has issued cir
cular letter addressed to newspaper pub
fishers. calling attention to the statement
made in the House by Representative
Mann of Illinois that he would vote
q against the conference report on the tarin
bill if the Senate amendments to the pa
per paragraphs were permitted to prevail.
The letter follows:
when the Senate returned to the House
the so-called Payne bill with S47 amend
ments a resolution was offered that the
House do not concur and that commit
tee be appointed to confer with a similar
committee of the Senate upon the points
of difference.
"Speaking upon that resolution, James
r Mann Of Illinois, who had been chair
man The select committee OF the House
Of REPRESENTATIVES. which committee had
spent ten months in study of the paper
industry, said:
Mr.. Speaker, it seems to me the only
thing we can do is to adopt the resolu-
ton and send the bill to conference 1t
is out Of the question to believe that we
will remain here and give calm and cool
scussion to the Senate amendments
But in saying this ! desire to add a word
in reference to certain amendments OF
the Senate Without any desire on my
part | was placed in position where,
with other members of the House, we
were compelled to make an lnVestlSaCon
in reference to certain items contained IN
the tariff bill which at least took more
time than the investigation upon all the
other items combined. The committee
that investigated the subject OF wood
pulp and print paper Will probably not De
represented upon the conference com
mittee.
1.-The House passed bill which upon
these items would reduce the tariff on
print paper, TO the beneht OF the con
sumer probably. and at the same time
would give to the manufacturer OF PRINT
paper that free raw material from Can
ada which is absolutely essential to the
continued prosperity of that business.
The House bill made the tariff 81 per ton
nm print paper instead of St; but by so
doing we would secure pulp wood from
Canada without restriction of exporta.
| ton.
| The Senate amendment, on the con-
| trarv. will raise the tariff on print paper
| fro,n SS the present rate, to SS, and In et-
! feet will stop the expectation of pulp wood
| from Canada. / have stated what VIII
| he the effect of the two propositions, not
| merely what they nominally propose
There are two states In the union Wiiic.
| would he benefited by the adoption OF
the proposition of the Senate; two states
which have two-thirds of the spruce Wooo
| in the United States. Whlcn can oe useo
| in the manufacture OF news PRINT paper
| T Give notice now that if those two states
write the provision in the conference re re;
| nort on news print paper and on "ooo
pulp, in the interest of their states ano
against the interests of the consumer VI =.
! paper and the manufacture OF paper ~
The rest of the union SO far as | am con.
cerned / shall swallow my desire to stanc
with the organization of the House, my
desire TO prove that the republicans are
able to write tariff bill, ana 'o..
applause.)