Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-01
PAYNE TARIFF BILL STILL
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down with all sorts Of exhibits ShC"
ing the various stages of making WOOD
pulp and paper. Mr. Mann. Illinois
! discussed the recommendation ior
reduction OF the duty on wood pulp
and raper. ard which recommends
ton the ways and means committee
adopted.
Mr. Mann said tina the committee
! in the face OF me impending cam
paign last summer, when II might
have been claimed thar II report from
the committee reducing the farm
would have been of benefit to the Re'
! publicans. declined 30 be Influenced
| by the newspaper clamcr in FAVOR OF
, a reduction OF the tariff.
Committee Like Adamant.
| In it's final report. H. declared also
that the committee declined to be
unduly Influenced by III" demands;
of the manufacturers u was but
just to say. he remarked, that NOT
only himself but the ether members
CT the committee in making their re-
port acted according to whn, they be
licved was right ''unlnllu"nc"d by the
demands of the newspapers on the
one hand or by the demands of the
manufacturers ca the other.
Whether the rep. IT VAS right or
wr0ng. he said tn" rummitt"" did
what it promised TO do and that was
TO make a report according 10 I'll"
light it received according to its best,
its honest Judgment
Discussing the various processes for
making pulp. Mr.. Mann sail that tn"
whole theory of cheap paper Deepen
wood and of the supply of spruce
wood
Supply of Raw Material.
Reading frcm official statistics. Mr.
Mann said fair estimate was that
there were $4,000. 600 acres east of tn"
Mississippi carrying :;I.""".o'o feet OF
spruce timber. but 4" declared that
if the use of Spruc" timber for lum'
Der or wood pulp were To II" confined
to the domestic supply it would last
only ten to fifteen years. BY natural
reproduction. he conlrndrh. forest
could not be replrntishrd in ten or
twenty years. To attain a growth
of ten inches. he said. would require
80 to 100 years. -Four inches was
the usual diameter that contracts
called for. but the mills had been so
anxious to get spruce wood that they
had been glad TO get it OF much
smalled sizes. IT. h" argued. the
United States was t. have cheap
paper in the future. the question was
where would the spruc" come from.
and he pointed out that the reduction
Of the duty on mechanically ground
wood pulp would bring the desired
relief.
In conclusion Mr.. Mann said that
the pulp and paper schedule Ct the
Payne bill would not injure Il single
mill in the United States: would not
transfer the PAPER making industry
to Canada: would treat Canada fairly:
would give u the Canadian forests an
opportunity for being used by the
American manufacturer under fair
conditions and would give the Cana
dian paper and lulp mills a better
market.
Democratic Standpatter.
Defending the lumber industry OF
his State Mr.. Pujo. Democrat. Louis
lana. protested against any reduction
in the duty en- lumDer. He argued
that such reduction as was proposed
in the Payne bill would accomplish
a great loss TO the wage earners in
the lumber industry. and were lumber
to be placed on The free list that loss
would reach $3.ooO.0OO annually.
Mr.. Pujo declared that he was not
alone in his views. He said he had
heen petite ned by the labcTcrs of
his district TO stand firm against any
reduc:i2n in the duty.
For tina; reason. il. for no other.
he exclaimed. Il M opposed &c piac-
ing lumber on the free list. and ! am
oppC scd 10 reducing the duty on luni-
ber'
The rice schedule also was dis
cuSS"d ny MT. Pulo. VINO pToieS'tH
against free trade with the Philip
pine islands
Should opportunity offer. he said
he would press an amendment provid-
ing for the same duty on rice from
The Philippines as elsewhere. He at
tackled the inheritance tax feature OF
the Payne bill! and argued in its
stead the imposition Of an income
tax.
Mr.. I-arriHaSa commissioner from