Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-25

put at the head OF this board Prof..
Henry c. Emery. upon the recommend
alton of the presidents of a number
OF universities who were consulted.
Mr.. Alyin Sanders was the editor Of
the Breeders Gazette. a man of the
highest standing, who had devoted his
life to, the study of the agricultural
interests of this country. while Mr..
Reynolds had been four years as as
sistant secretary of the treasury
under Mr.. Roosevelt. in charge Of GUS
toms, and had become very familiar
with tha operation Of tho ~~''
tarih and its construction. TO these
three added Prof. Page of the Uni
versity Of California. and then OF the
University of Virginia a we'll known
economist. with the same general
standing as that of Prof. Emery: and
Mr.. w. M. Howard. a former demo.
cratic congressman from Georgia and
admittedly one of the ablest and fair.
est members of the half dozen con-
crosses in which he served. The
makeup Of the board insures non.
partisan action. The truth is. that
with the exception of Mr.. Howard and
Of Mr.. Reynolds, the board may be
said to have no political affiliations
at all.
Board 10 Well Qualified.
The board is board of the highest
intelligence and ability. and we'll quail
fled by their previous experience to
cat as investigators. analyzers of EVIL
dence, and judges of issues of fact.
They are under instructions to draw
their conclusions without respect to
their effect. and venture to say that
there is no board in the country less
likely to be influenced by political or
other impropert considerations than
the tariff board as it is now consti-
tuted. Even the attacks made upon
1t, prompted by the heat Of political
controversy and Impotence at my
vetoes, can not turn 1t from judicial
attitude toward all questions that it
is now considering.
In preparation for this work, Prof.
Emery visited Europe and devoted
a very considerable time to consulta.
ton with bureaus in Germany, in Aus.
tria, and in other countries in which
similar bureaus were engaged in this
same work. He made full report to
the secretary of the treasury, and,
proceeding upon the lines of expert.
ence which were pointed out by the
reports of these foreign bureaus, the
board has organi ed an Office in
which they employ 80 persons, of
whom many are technical experts in
the investigations that they are max
ing and reporting to this tribunal for
its analysis and consideration.
Their Reports Were Satisfactory.
They were called upon to make a
report upon the comparative cost OF
the manufacture of print paper in
Canada and in this country. They first
made preliminary report, and then
they made a final report, and I ven.
ture to say that never before has a
report so complete, so comprehensive,
and so satisfactory as to the compare
tive cost of any product in two coun.
tries been made as this upon the pulp
and news-print paper. The data on
pulp and paper included in the report
were secured from SO groundwork
mills, Is sulphite mills. and 80 news.
print mills, making a total of ZIG
mills, and representing 940,47S tons
of news.print paper or 80 per cent of
the news-print paper production Of the
United States. The data for Canada
were taken from 10 groundwork
mills, five sulphite mills, and seven
paper plants. Reports were
secured covering 1872 per cent of the
paper, 60.2 per cent of the
groundwork, and 55.7 per cent of the
capacity of Canada. All
Of these figures, including those from
were secured directly by
representatives of the board from the
books Of the different companies.
They prepared exact schedules. in.
Guiding all essential items of equip.
ment, cost, and wages, and for each
Of the companies included in the
tables they have the original sched-
ales covering all items in detail. They
first show the production of pulp and
paper in the United States; then the
cost Of production in the United
States with an explanatory statement
and tables and comment; then the re-
suit of the Canadian Investigation Of
he cost Of production of pulp and pa.
per there. In the fifth chapter is a
comparison of cost in the United
States and Canada. The sixth chap.
:er treats of the intermediate profits
md cost of wood; the seventh chap.
er Of the pounds Of material per ton
# news-print paper; the eighth chap.
er of the efficiency of equipment in
PAPER mills in the United States and
Canana; the ninth chapter, of the
Price Of news-print paper; in the
enth chapter is a discussion of in
'estment and depreciation; in the
eleventh chapter are shown variations
n costs of productions over period
II years; in the twelfth chapter are
yet forth the amount, value and
sources Of wood.pulp imports into the
United States, and in the thirteenth
chapter there Is a full discussion of
he wages and hours of employment.
It is volume Of 1874 printed pages,
With tables showing exactly the ele-
nents that 90 into the cost of making
PAPER in Canada and making paper in
his country, and disclosing both what
he rates of wages are in the two
and also what the labor
lost is in the making Of ton of news