Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-06-07
Finance Subcommittee Which
Is Considering This Schedule
Of Underwood Tariff Bill In
cIined That Way
CANADA HAS CONTROL
OF PULP PRODUCTION
John Norris of New York De-
clareS Trust Methods Are
Being Used 10 StifIe Com
petition,

10, MOANING souasAl SPECIAL ltssto Wiatl
Washington. Juno e. Fer several
hours today. the sonatc finance subs
committee of which senator Johnson,
of Maine Is chairman. discussed the
puper schedule of the Underwood
tariff bnI and il is reported tonight
that AN amendment to put rrtaliatOrv
euty against Canada ON print paper
valued nc more than two and one-
half cents pound Is being seriously
considered
Because the majority of the SUBJ
committee WAS inclined Go this view,
they summoned from New York.
John Norris chairman of the paper
committee of the American News
paper publishers association. who
today reiterated opposition 20 the
imposition Of any eountcrtaling duty.
No decision was reached lut it was
learned FROM nn authoritative source
Tint the matter hangs IN iho balance
with the leaning toward putting in
the countereailmg duty un the TN
dcrwood bin rotalWtofy duties are lm-
posed on higher grade papers valued
at more thun two and onc-half cents
a pound The import tax IS fixed
at ~ per cent ud talorom and tine
countcrvalling duty rs directed against
Canada because Of restrictions on
pulp woods and pulp
The proposal Of tho American pa-
Ter manufacturers is t'lu the added
tax be extended to print paper
Print paper IN the Underwood bin
is on the free list and tht amendment
boing considered would provide that
IL amy country. dependence province
shall impose any export duty except
license fec. or other charge of any
kind whatsoever, whether in the
form OF additional charge on license
fee on otherwise. upon printing paper,
wood pulp or wood for use in the
manufacture of wood pulp. there shall
be imposed upon print paper when
imported either directly or indirectly
from such country, dependency, pro-
vince or other subdivision Of gov-
crnment. IA duty equal to the amount
o. 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"
In hrs argument before the sub
committee, Mr. Norris in addition to
rciteratlng his argument against any
counterailing duty, called attention
to a proposal Of American paper
manufactures to establish "a system Of
operating their mills only five days
week instead Of sis. This, ne argued,
was another effort to curtail the
American output Of print paper
"The consumption Of paper has
been growing steadily, air Norris
said in his brief "at the. rate of 90
600 tons per annum or 800 tons per
das. but in the year 1871, NOT single
paper machine was built by the man
ufacturcrs in the United states.
"ln the month OF March, 1871, at
the time they We're appealing to your
committee for relief their reports to
the bureau Of corporations showed
that they were restricting their out
put below normal capacity TO the cx-
tent OF 156.00O,G0O tons per annum
or 3 per cent. Thcy were aggravating
that restriction by the expectation of
1915 tons Of news print paper in the
fiscal year Of 1911 ANY unusual con
dition arising during the year such as
q strike. fire, drought or blizzard, or
shortage of cars or congestion OF
traffic would have prccipit0ted stu
alton similar to that ia the fall Of
1907, and the spring Of l90s, when
paper panic cost publishers approx-
mately Sl0.000,000
"rhe paper makers mauguraied q
campaign TO deter Investment IN new
mills ana when they failed 10 stop
construction IA any other way they
attacked he credit Of the projectors
Of those new mills and urged banks
to refuse loans to the new enter
prises
Mr. Norris contcndcd that every
measure the Emitted states had direct
I'd against the Canadian provinces had
reacted against the American paper
maker and consumer, that INSTEAD Of
composing the situation they proyok
cd an ugly complication which VIII
require years Of intelligent ana deli
cate handling to adjust
Nothing can be done he argued
"by c0mpulsion or tariff threats TO-
provide wood for the american paper
industry That day has passed Can
ada controls the pulp wood supply
Its authorities insst that they be
Dealt with upon a reasonable basis.