The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-10
MR.. NORRIS MAKES
PROMISE GOOD
Gives Committee Facts and
Figures on Papcr-Making
Business.
P oINTs TO SOLUTION
lie Believes Ratification OF Re-
ciprocity Agreement Will
Relieve Situation.

Washington, February 9.--The paper
and pulp Wood provisions Of the
Canadian reciprocity agreement formed
the subject Of a prolonged session Of
the House Ways and Means Commit
tee to-day. the principal witness being
Chairman John Norris. OF lilo paper
committee of the American Ncwsp npcr
publishers Association. Mr.. Norris was
reinforced by Don c. Seitz business
manager of the New York World, an.
other member of the paper committee
Mr.. Norris made good his promise
OF yesterday 10 make emphatic by an
array Of facts and figures his advocacy
OF the ratificatio OF the reciprocity
agreement exactly as 1t stands inciud-
ing, especially. the pulp ana paper pro
visions without amendment Of any
kind.
Mr., Norris characterized the agree
ment as the greatest economic ad-
vance made by the United States in
the present generation. X brcadens OUT
our markets. IT promotes intrrchangcs
that Will Immediately ana directly
beneilt 90 per cent. of the pbpulation.''
He said he appeared "as tia repre-
sentative of newspapers which pay
more than $5o.000.000 per annun for
news print paper. They are decly con-
cerned in tho paper and pulp clause
of the treaty. and they ask YOU to
approve that clause exactly as 1t APP
pears in the agreement"
Add S6,000,000 Year.
The tangle Of the American govern
ment with Canadian provinces and the
tariff burdens imposed upon print paper
have added more than $6.oooOoo per
annum to the price which newspapers
70, crin =;
mai conditions. The complication with
Canada and the excessive duty have
enabled American paper makers to
to combine for advance In print napcr
prices"
Mr.. Norris alleged that the organiza-
ton of the paper makers was "syste-
matically starving the market" and In
December last exported more print
paper than Canada shipped 10 us All
but two of ffty print paper makers Of
the country Mr.. Norris declared .are
violating the Sherman law By restrict
ing the use to which the paper they
sell can be put"
Dflatin9 upon the alleged restrictions
upon distribution. MI. Norris said that
today 1t was Impossible for the larger
newspapers to obtain quotations from
more than one mill at any price
The largest buyer in the country
probably pay an increase OF 5000, 900
per annum for his paper because of the
methods OF the papormakers
SINCE the passage of the Payne Al
drich law though the duty on print
paper. has been reduced $225 Dor ton.
that is from So to. s3.75 per ton, the
paper combination has advanced prices
$3.50 per ton and threatens further adj
vances. Publishers whose contracts
are expiring md that they cannot get
any terms except from the mill which
had supplied them. 4 uniform price
Of si5 per ton has been established BY
the paper makers. IT makes no differ
ence what the freight rate is within
given zone
Depicts Conditions.
The speaker went on to devotion his
description of conditions in the paper
trade as affecting the newspapers. de-
claring that paper is sold abroad at
less than the domestic prices, Never
theless. the up-to date paper mills in
the United states make print paper
cheaper than tho Canadian mills
q The price Of print paper has bacn adj
vanced nearly 80 per cent. that Is from
SCI 10 St5 per ton, since the combina-
ton OF thirty-two mills into the Inter
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