The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
CONGRESS AND
THE TARIFF
WILL RECOMMEND REDUC-
TON IN DUTY ON PRINT
PAPER FROM Sc TO 50.
1t will Urge That Ground Pulp be
Put on the Free
List

PRINT paper ITOin DO ton 10 ~ d ton,
the placing OF ground wood on the
the free list and the establishment
Of 4 duty one one-twelfth OF cent
a pound on mechanically ground
wood pulp, are the recommendation
OF the select committee on pulp and
paper investigation which made its
report TO the house today The re-
port states that it presents the unani-
nous opinion OF the committee
There are three processes general
~ used in this country for the pro-
duction OF pulp or fiber from wood"
says the report. These are the
ground wood process, sulphite pro-
:ess, and the soda process. The
cheaper grades OF paper are usually
reduced by mechanically mixing
ground wood pulp with other kinds OF
pulp in different degrees OF percent
ge. The ordinary print paper IS gen
rally produced by the use OF about
0 per cent. OF ground wood, and
bout 90 per cent of sulphite fiber
Whether other kinds of wood besides
pruce can be proftsbly used for the
reduction OF cheap print paper is a
natter concerning which there IS
)me difference of opinion"
The committees report states that
: would seem that the production of
ews' print paper or the other very
cap grades of paper are today de-
endent upon the continuation oil
heap ground wood produced from
pruce trees, and that that condition
likely to prevail in the future. The
amount OF spruce consumed in the
United States consumed in 1907, &C
ording 10 the report, was about l.
10000 cords FOR ground wood, about
10000 cords for sulphite fiber and
bout 3.45O,OOO cords for lumber. The
amount of standing spruce is various
estimated, but is roughly guessed
be about 100000 cords east OF
he Rockies.
Favors a Fire Department.
An appeal is made for the conser-
vation OF the forests, the committee
urged that an organized fire depart
ment should be formed to fight fire
IN every considerable forest IN the
country, and that young trees should
be exempted by the various states
from the ordinary rates of taxation
1t is also suggested that the national
government start large tracts of
young spruce forests.
Duties for Print Page.
The paragraph recommended for
insertion in the tariff bill placing a
duty OF -twelftn OF 1 cent pound
on mechanically ground wood pulp
provides that the article shall be ad-
nitted free of duty from any country
or other subdivision Of
government which does not forbid or
restrict the expectation OF or does not
impose an export duty or charge up
IN mechanically ground wood or pulp
for use in he manufacture OF wood
pulp The duties recommended for
print paper are: On print paper val
ned at not over two and one-fourth
cents a pound, one-tenth of one cent
a pound, and on paper valued at over
two and one-fourth cents a pound
and not over two and one-half cents
4 pound, two-tenths of 1 cent pound
The committe also recommends
that the bureau of plant industry
make Investigations in the procure
ment and breeding of annual and per-
ennial plants in the endeavor TO find
some plant which, through breeding
to that end, can be prohtably used
for the commercial manufacture of
paper 1t also recommends that the
forest service investigate the ques-
ton of the production Of ground
wood pulp and sulphite fiber from
other kinds of wood than those now
used