The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
PAPER SCHEDULE
. OF THE TARIFF BILL
MAY Be AMENDED
RetaliatOry Duty Against
Canada on Print Paper
Is Urged
NO DECISION ON
NATTER REACHED
Subcommittee Spends Several Hours
Discussing, Schedule-NOrris Re-
iterates Opposition to
Countervailing Duty
THE DAY IN coNGREss

port.
Went into executive session.
Adjourned at $50 p. m, until 2
p. M. Tuesday.
HOUSES
Met at noon.
Adjourned 124O p. m. until noon
Tuesday
Banking and currency committee
appointed subcommittee to consider
open hearings on currency legislation.
Chairman Palmer of democratic
caucus announced an investigation of
patronage in House.
Representative Hnebaugh In speech
urging adoption of his resolution, at
tackled financial management of st.
Louis and San Francisco road.
Representative Broussard introduced
bill for continuance of commerce court
and extension of Its powers.
Representative Graham introduced
bill to authorize three battleships and
appropriating s15.000.000 Immediately
for that purpose.
Washington, June s.-For several hours
today the Senate finance subcommittee, OF
which Senator Johnson of Maine is chair
man, discussed the paper schedule of
the Underwood tariff bill and 1t is re-
ported tonight that an amendment to put
retaliatory duty against Canada on
print paper valued at not more than 2h
cents pound. is being seriously con-
sidered
Because the majority of the subcom-
mfttee was inclined to this view. they
summoned from New York John Nor
ris. chairman of the paper committee of
the American Newspaper Publishers as.
ISOLATION, who today reiterated opposition
to the imposition of any countervailing
duty.
No Decision Reached
No decision was reached, but it was
learned that the matter has to balance
with the leaning toward putting on the
countervailing duty. In the Underwood
bill retaliatory duties are imposed on
papers valued at more than 21a cents a
pound The import tax is fixed at II per
cent ad valorem and countervailing duty
is directed against Canada because of
restrictions on pulp woods and pulp. The
proposal of the American paper manu-
facturers is that the added tax be ex-
tended to print paper.
Print paper in the Underwood bill is
on the free list and the amendment be-
country, dependency, province or other
subdivision of government shall impose
any export duty, export license fee or
other charge of any kind whatsoever,
whether in the form of additional charge
or license fee or otherwise, upon print
ing paper, wood pulp or wood for use
In the manufacture of wood pulp, there
shall be imposed upon printing paper when
imported either directly or indirectly from
such country. dependency, province or
other subdivision of government, a duty
equal to the amount of such export duty
or other export charge imposed by such
country, etc., upon printing paper, wood
pulp or wood for use In the manufacture
of wood pulp
Urge Retaliatory Duty
Manufacturers urge that a retaliatorv
duty against Canada would force that
country. to yield on some of its restric-
tions against American manufacturers
on wood and pulp exports
In his argument before the subcom-
nittee today, Mr. Norris called atten-
tion to a pool of American paper man.
ufacturers to establish a system of
operating their mills only five days a
week instead OF six. This he argued.
was another effort to curtail the Amer.
lean output of print paper.
1.-THE consumption of paper has been
growing steadily Mr.. Norris said in
his brief, "at the rate of 300 tons per
day but in the year 1911 not single
paper machine was built In the United
States.
I'm the month of March, 1911. at Tho
time they were appealing, to your COM
mfttee for relief. their bureau OF COR
porations showed that they were re-
stricting their output below norma,
capacity to the extent of 10000 tons
per annum. or 13 per cent. They were
aggravating that restriction by the ex-
portation of 49.755 tons OF news nri,t
paper in the fiscal year of 1911. Any
unusual condition arising during the
year, such as, a strike, fire, droutb or
blizzard, or shortage Of cars, or CON
gestion of traffic. would have precir- :
itated situation similar to that in tho
fall of 1907 and the spring OF 1909
when a paper panic cost publishers ~
proxiinately $10,oo0,OOO.
Inaugurated Company
The paper makers inauRurated !,
campaign to deter investment IN rav,
Nails and when they failed to .tnn
construction in any other way thew 49,
tackled the credit of the projectors Of
those new mills and urged banks ia
reluse loans to the new enterprises. 2
Mr.. Norris contended that every n,ea.
ure the United States had directed
against the Canadian provinces had ~
acted against the American nsner
maker and consumer. that INSTEAD 81
composing the situation they provol ~,
an ugly complication which viii reo,,,ra
years of intelligent and delicate hand
ling to adjust"
Nothing can be DONE" he argued
by compulsion or tariff threats to mo !.
vide wood for the American paper n
dustry; That day has PASSED. Canada
Senator Hitchcock proposed amand-
ment to the tariff bill which would put
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