The San Francisco call., 1909-06-27
PUBLISHERS RESENT
ACTION OF SENATE
Refusal to Put Print Paper on
Free List Is Cause of
Displeasure
[Speeial Dispatch 10 The Call

NEW YORK, June 2s--The astonish-
ing result in the senate when the
proposition to add print paper and
down by a decisive vote has aroused
publishers to a degree of resentment,
especially as senator's notoriously the
representatives. of privileged classes.
not to say more pointedly of corpora
tions, arrayed themselves almost solid
ly against the proposition. Some Of
them made misleading statements that
are particularly resented by publish
ers.
There was Senator Gallinger Of New
Hampshire. for instance. who II
would, perhaps, be more charitable 10
say seemed TO be resentful of the fact
that New Hampshire is not an agricul-
tural section and is being -downtrod'
by her agricultural sister states, who
have special Interests TO protect"
Therefore he felt 1t Incumbent upon
himself TO raise his voice in behalf of
rock ribbed state. Publishers here say
there could have been no objection TO
this had Senator Gallinger confined
himself to the facts.
GALLINGER's MISREPRESENTATI
But, they declare. he grossly mis-
represented the newspaper publishers
Of the United States when he asserted
that only a few of them wanted a re-
duction Of the print paper tariff duty.
and that those newspapers that are
clamoring for il are only those Of the
cheap, sensational kind.
As a matter OF fact there IS only one
newspaper in New York city that is
openly opposing duty free print paper,
namely. the Herald: while throughout
the United States newspapers, without
regard TO price, are strongly in favor
OF putting print paper and wood pulp
on the free list. as advocated by the
American newspaper publishers asso-
citation. The publishers also call at
ment OF Senator Gallinger, who de-
clared that print paper is more cheaply
manufactured and sold in the United
States than in any other country. They
fail to understand how Senator CAL
linger can reconcile this statement
with his advocacy of q tariff on print
paper and his assertion that If it is
placed on the free list American manu-
facturers viii be at the mercy OF
Canadian and other foreign competi-
tors.
There is some quiet talk among pub
lSneTS mere 10 the euecI lndl the news
papers of the country, through the
American newspaper publishers aEso-
ciation, make take some organized ac-
tion toward helping along that pro-
posed amendment TO the constitution of
the United States providing for cleo
ton of United States senators by a di-
rect vote of the people.
Twenty-seyen states have now
adopted resolutions and petitions ask
ing for this change IN the constitution,
and only four more are required to
make the two-thirds necessary to en-
sure the calling Of q constitutional con-
vention.
The states that have already pc
titioned congress are: Arkansas, Cali
fornia, Colorado, Idaho. Indiana. IIli-
nois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky. Louisi-
ana, Michigan, Minnesota. Missouri.
Montana, Nebraska. Nevada. North Car
olina. Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania.
South Dakota Tennessee, Texas. Utah,
Washington. Wisconsin and Wyoming.
AMENDING CONSTITUTION
Save for the three amendments 10 the
constitution growing out of the civil
war, that instrument has remained un-
changed for more than 100 years. OF
the Is amendments. ten were proposed
by the first congress that met after