The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-23
WOOD PULP AND
PAPER HEARING
WITNESSES FOR PAPER MAKERS
SPEAK Against CANADIAN
RECIPROCITY.
PAPER TRUST DENIED
Arthur G. Hastings, Fer Manufac-
turers, DecIaI0s Newspapers
Are United to Secure
Lowering Of rrices.

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Washington, Feb. 22.-The senate
/, committee on finance, which Is con-
luctlng hearings on the Mccall bill,
today took UP the wood Pulp and
lrrint paper provisions.
| The FIRST witness was representa-
tive Swayze, of Maine, who protested
against the passage of the bill. Iie
spoke on behalf OF eleven paper mills
in his district.
Responding to a uestion propound-
ed by Senator Talliferro, OF Florida,
Mr.. Swayze denied the existence OF
| q paper trust
He declared there is no need to
cpea up the Canadian forest because
there is enough wood pulp in this
country to supply the demand.
Arthur @. Hastings. Of New York.
representing the American Paper and
Pulp Assication, embracing 235 manu-
facturers, read letters esigned by John
Norris and Herman Ridder, OF New
York, representing the American
Newspaper Publishers Association.
directed to newspapers In various sec
tons OF the country.
Hastings Denies Paper Trust.
The purpose Of Mr.. Hastings was to
SHOW that the newspapers were
united to compel a lowering OF p.i es
|ot parar and to answer charge that
There is q paper trrst," and that it
is under Investigation by the depart
nrert of Justice tecacse Il Is cpl tat
/ ing production.
I'VE have been criticised 10. sM =
ping large supplies Of paper abroad"
aid Mr.. Hastings" but we do thai
because tfe market Is stable AMI t e
laws Of the foreign countries ara aot
so varying We have not known peace
here for two years, ana have been
pilgrims 10 Washlngton regularly"
lie said there was no paper trust"
anl that the books OF all the big mills
are now open to the tariff board.
u this agreement should 80 into
fcrce," said Mr.. Hastings, capital
| woull rush TO Canada and soon there
would be an over production
TleFe is not mil in the United
tates that could not compete wish
the Canadian mills, he said.
| Senator Talliferro. reyerting to the
sale of paper abroad by American
nils, vas tod by Mr.. Hastings that
It was done because the Canad ans
find the American market more al
tractiye.
Taft Means Business
| President Taft lie lied emf hat'cslly
to some of his callers today the pub,
lie intimadon that he is not sc ious
In his intentions to call an extra ses-
sion of congress in the effent Of the
failure of the Canadian reciprocity
agreement. Senator Root, one OF the
White House call RS, declared after
coming from the executive offices that
1t was impossible to etell Whether tie
senate would be able to reach vo g
on the agreement or not.
| The suggestion having been male
that the Japanese treaty sent to tie
senate yesterday by tho president
might be a sort of buffer movement
the president made II known today
that such conjecture should not oe
given serious consideration, even for
Il moment, because there is no hurry
about tie adoption of the treaty, AMI
a special session Of the senate coulf
be called TO settle TIE treaty quec-
ton
II was lltimatel at the Whit g
House today that the treaty was sais-
factory to the Pacific coast; that rep
resentatives OF that section had teen
consulted during the preparation of
the instrument and that they are sat
isfed the new treaty would be more
pleasing to their people than tie
existing one.