Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-05


This report shows that the mills best
situated in the United States. with the
best machinery. can manufacture print
paper at slightly less cost than the mills
best situated IN Canada; that the CANADIAN
mills on an average have newer machinery
than the United states mills. that there
are quite a number OF United states mills
that use old machinery and therefore do
not conduct their business on economical
lines; that the average cost of produc-
ton In all the mills Of the United States,
including the poorest mills, Is about s.
more a ton than the cost Of production
in Canada with its newer mills, and that
this s. is Just about the difference between
the cost OF pulpwood in the United States
and the cost Of pulpwood in Canada.
1T seems fairly reasonable to suppose
too, that the pulpwood, which only grows
north Of the forty-fifth degree Of latitude
will be exhausted in the United States or
remain In the control Of a few persons
because OF the drain Of the United States
mills. 1t is Of the highest importance,
therefore. not only to the consumers, but
to the manufacturers OF print paper. in
order that they may secure their raw ma
terial at reasonable price, to secure a
letting down Of the bars in Canada for
Aht eNpoIJhllOn OF putpWOOQ.
Indueement to Provinces.
In order to induce the Canadian prov
inces over whom the Dominion can exer-
else no control, to lift the restrictions on
the export OF their pulpwood 1t is pro-
vided that when paper is made in Canada
from wood grown on land not under ex-
port restriction the paper may come into
the United States free; and 1t is hoped the
paper from restricted wood and no duty
on paper made from unrestricted wood
win induce the provinces 10 lift their re-
strictions.
1T is thus apparent that while a small
amount OF paper may come in free into the
United States under the existing tariff,
the paper made from nine-tenths of the
pulpwood Of Canada will pay a duty of
S.b. 1t seems to me that this is treat
Ing the paper manufacturers of the United
States fairly. 1t is a provision calculated
TO secure TO them a source Of supply
where they can get their wood at Sc A
ton less than in this country, with the dis
advantage of a small competition OF paper
made In Canada from Canadian wood
upon which there is no restriction. II is
provision looking far into the future
ana which we all hope may create a con-
dltion OF absolutely free trade in paper
and It's materials. a condition that candid
ana sagacious paper manufacturers will
admit is the best thing for the industry.
as 1t certainly is for the consumers.
Would Represent Farmers,
me third class Of opponents to the bill
are those who claim vociferously TO repre
sent the whole farming industry of the
united states. This, of course is a much
more formidable opposition than the spe-
cial interests, to which l have referred
ana 1t tsibut natural that these special in
terests should be found cooperating with
tnose who claim to represent the farming
interest In arousing the farmers 10 thN
horrors and disasters that are TO follow
reciprocity. The employment of a New
YORK city firm, skilled in sending cirouIars
- not the subject OF proper criticism pro-
vided the statements made In the circulars
are reasonable and well founded. The sia-
nificance Of the fact that this same New
York firm is looking for financial assist-
ance In the campaign they are carrying on
IN oehalf OF the farmers against reciprocitv
not only TO the grange, but also to gentle
men interested IN lumber, In the manufac-
ture OF print paper and in other nanufac-
lures cannot escape the attention of the
public. How is the farmer to be affected
by Canadian reciprocity and free trade
In agricultural products7 Canada Is SO lar
north that Its agricultural products are
limited to- wheat, rye, barley, oats. pota-
toes live cattle, horses and dairy products
II cannot and does not raise more than
one-sixth OF of per cent OF the corn crop
Of the United States
II raises no cotton. It raises but few
vegetables; It raises but few hogs, becauge
she mas not the corn 10 feed them with.
rs at present great importer of all
fruits. citrous and otherwise from tha
om'ed states; II imports a large amount OF
cotton seed oil, which, by the Canadian
RECIPROCITY treaty Is now made free.
Cannot FRSten Cattle.
1T cannot tatten cattle as they are fat
tened In the United States and therefore
1t has become profitable for farmers 10
import young cattle from Canada even
with the duty upon them and to fatten them
for the Chicago market
The United States imports into Canada
great many more horses than she ex-
ports from the Canadians She sends IN
Canada a much larger amount of POTATOES
than she receives from her. The United
States imports into Canada about fifteen
as Canada imports into the United STATES
The only real importation of aRricul-
tural products that we may expect from
Canada, Of any considerable amount win
consist OF wheat, barley. rye and oats
The world price OF these four cereals f.
fixed abroad, where the surplus from the
producing countries Is disposed of and Is
little affected by the place from which
the supply is received. Canadian wheat
nets perhaps 10 cents less a bushel TO the
producer than wheat grown In the Da-
kotas or in Minnesota, due to the fact that
the cost Of exporting that wheat and
warehousing It and marketing II in LIVER
pool is considerably greater than the COST
to the Dakota farmer OF disposing Of his
wheat to the millers OF Minneapolis or
sending Il abroad.
Whe&t VIII Become Flour.
III now the duty Is to be taken off
wheat and the Canadian wheat can come
to the millers of Minneapolis and other
places Il can and will be made into flour,
because the capacity OF the United States
mills is IS per cent greater than is needed
to mill the wheat OF this country, Cana
dian wheat can be imported and ground
into f1our without materially reducing the
demand for OF price OF United States