Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-18

cANA9A PAYS ABOUT THE SAME
AS THE UNITED STATES.
IN MANUFACTURE OF PAPER
United States Manufacturers, However,
Pay Nearly Double for Materials
Tariff Boards Report to President

Washington, May 17.-President Teft
sent to the senate tonight the tariff
boards full report of its inyestiga-
ton of the pulp and news print paper
industry in the United States and
Canada.
Costs S5.35 Less in Canada.
unmarried briefly, the report says
in Canada for s5.35 less than it is
made in the United States. The aver
age Canadian cost is given at $27. .53
and the average cost in the United
States at S32.88. The duty upon a ton
of news print paper under the present
tariff is s3.15.
A Very Complete Document.
The document. presents extensive
tables, comparisons and other tabula-
tons. I. is declared to be the most
complete thing of its kind ever at
tempted The entire force of the tariff
board has been engaged upon it for
months. Several factors entering into
the inereaed cost of manufacture n
the United States are taken up ex-
haustiveiy in the report
Pulp Wood Costs Double Here.
The principal increases are said to
be due to the fact that a ton of pulp
wood costs nearly twice as much in
the United States as it does in Canada
and that many of the American mills
have much older and much less eff
cieEt equipment than the Cana dian
mills, which is said to be responsible
for a large increased manufac cturing
cost
Labor Costs About the Same.
In the cost of labor employed, the
differences in the two countries are
shown to be very small. The total av-
Lsrage cost Of a. ton of ground wood
pulp in bulk at mill in the United
States is S14.59; in Canada it is 1886.
Materials Cost Nearly Sc More Here
Per Ton.
The total cost of a ton of sulphite
fibre in the United States is $31.39; IN
Canada it is s26.47 The total materials
entering into the manufacture of ton
Of news print paper in Canada are
shown as $16-84 and in the United
States as S22.74. The labor cost of a
tor of paper in the United States is
shown to be 1927 and in Canada s3.19
All other allowances for manufacturing
costs in the United States are S6.87
and in Canada $7.45.
Labor costs in all the items concern
I ed run very closely alike.
Cost Widely Varies Here.
One feature Of the report shows that
the cost OF fnanlffaeturing news print
paper N the United States varies
widely. the lowest cost recorded is
S24.50 ton. the highest is $4S. From
this the tariff board strikes an average
of s32.S3. At the Canadian mills the
lowest price recorded for producing a
ton of news print paper is s24.97 and
the highest is S39.1s. Average, $27. SO
Wood for Pulp Costs Double.
In accounting for the increased cost
of the pulp wood it is shown at an
American mill the average cost of a
ton Of wood for ground pulp is s1o.23
in Canada $50. The average cost OF
the ground wood pulp entering into a
ton of news print paper in the United
States is given at s13-27: Canadian
value s8.49- The average cost of the
sulphite fibre in a ton of paper at q
mill in the United States is given al
$3.50; Canadian valuation s7.41; man
ufacturing labor in the United States
1927, and in Canada S319.
Machinery is Made Here.
although the mill equipments of the
Canadian papermakers are much newer
tnan those of the United States the
machinery for both countries was mads
in the United States