Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
.LUMBERMEN'S PLEA
Declare They Will Be Hurt by
Canadian Treaty.
ASK OPEN DOOR FOR LOGS
Want Sawmills Placed on Footing
With Pulp Grinders.

The National Association of Lumber
Manufacturers Of the United States.
through its president. Edward Hines.
protested to the ways and means COM
mittee yesterday against the Canadian
reciprocity bill as threatening disaster
to the lumber manufacturers Of this
country.
The gravamen of Hines complaint
was that the proposed trade agreement
permits the admission into the United
States free of duty Of wood for the
manufacture of wood pulp, but still ex-
cludes logs for the manufacture Of
lumber. He said that there are bill
lions of feet Of pine timber on the
Canadian side. in close proximity TO
American mills: that the logs can be
fioated down stream into American ter
ritory, but that they are excluded by
prohibition of the Dominion provincial
government.
Cannot Amend Bill.
When Mr.. Hines suggested an
amendment to the pending bill to in
clude free admission of logs for the
manufacture of lumber Chairman
Payne of the committee suggested that
any amendment Of the bill means sim
ply killing the bill.
Mr.. Hines wanted the committee to
wait until next Thursday to hear a
delegation OF lumber manufacturers
from the Pacific coast, but the COM
mittee will take up later the question
of extending the hearing.
G. w. Bqttz of Buttzvlile. \. D., sub
mitted long letter to the committee ar
-
price of farm lands and depreciate farm
property in the United States from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. He gently roasted
J. ]. Hill of the Great Northern railroad
for advocating reciprocity. which would
bs for the benefit of his railroad, but at
the expense OF American farmers.
Chairman Payne read letter from
constituent in northern New York CLAIM
ing that Canadian hay and Canadian po-
tatoes are now flooding the United States,
ity will hurt the farmers OF the country
along the border.
Plant Of Lumbermen.
Mr.. Hines put up very poor mouth
to the committee in behalf Of the lum-
Der manufacturers. He said they had
submitted to 3 reduction In duties Of
37k per cent carried by the Payne BILL
which had wrought great distress to the
trade. and they wanted to come before
the committee and tell how the proposed
trade agreement with Canada would fur
Their hurt the lumber manufacturers Of the
United States, but the lumbermen could
not possibly get here before next Thurs
day.
Mr.. Hines said there had been more
failures among lumber manufacturers
since the Payne bill went into effect than
for several years before. He went on in
this strain for some time. reciting tale
of higher cost Of labor. higher cost of
horses. supplies for the men and all that
sort Of thing.
Champ Clark looked up from a copy
of the Pike County News, which he was
perusing, to ask in his blunt way how
1t was that the price of lumber had in
creased.
I'VE hadn't got out Of town." srumbled
Mr.. Clark. before the price OF lumber
jumped up dollar a thousand. although
we had reduced the duty"
Blame on Retailers.
This sally led to quite a discussion, UNI
til Mr.. Hines finally got out by laying
the blame on the wicked retailers. whom
he said were not controlled by his asso-
citation at all. The discussion, however,
developed conflicting statements about
whether prices had really gone up or
dOWH, MI Games OF west virginia. q
member Of the committee, declaring he
could bring 200 men from his state to
testify that the price had gone down.
Mr.. Hines finally got back to his NIT
tons, which was that the lumber manu-
facturers ought to have the benefit Of the
Canadian logs. IL lumber is to come in
free. He cited a case in point. the little
town Of Winton, Mimi. where a lumber
mill pays out $4,000 month in payrolls
and supports the entire town. As soon as
the timber is exhausted the town will dis
appear. although there are billion feet
OF Canadian timber within six miles. with
q river running through IL and tho cur
rant eating toward the American side