Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-06
WOOD PULP DUTY
CHANGE IS MADE
Senate Strikes Out Counter
vaiIing and RetaIiating Fea-
lures Against Canada.

WASHINGTON. Sept 6.-The
eountervailing duty on wood pulp
proposed by the tariff bill, was
stricken out by the finance committee
of the Senate today, and all retalitory
features against Canada were re-
moved, an amendment presented to
that effect.
Senator Smoot said he would vote
for the amendment, but predicted
that it would not be many years when
the great pulp manufacturing busi-
ness would be transferred to Canada.
The only result will be that the
profits will go 90 Canadian nlanufae-
tuners" said Mr.. Smoot II want
to take this opportunity to congratu-
late John Norris OF the American
Newspaper Publishers Association in
this successful elimination of his long
fight. He can go back to New York
tonight and report success"
Senator Hughes, in a statement re-
lating to the retaliations against Can
ada on pulp wood, said:
"All the burdens of these retalia-
tons must be borne by the American
newspaper publishers. who, in 1872,
paid Indirectly a penalty of more
than 100000 in addition to the
amount of retaliatory duties paid di-
rectly. This indirect tax was due to
the uniform and agreed and artificial
prices which the combination of the
American papermakers has continn-
ously maintained. No print paper
can be bought In the open market.
American mills will not sell news
print paper unless they know the
destination of the paper, the purpose
for which II is to be used, and the
name of the buyer. They starve the
market by restricting production. as
Is shown by their monthly reports TO
the bureau of corporations. They
have kept down the stock of paper
on hand at the mills to an eight-day
supply for all the newspapers of the
country They have dumped paper
into Great Britain at lower prices
than they sell to the American con-
sunner. The policy of retaliation
against Canada fosters and helps that
arrangement.
Clearing up odds and ends of the
bill went on with a succession oil
defeats for Republican amendments
on wheat, cotton goods, lumber and
other commodities. Progressive Re-
publicans frequently voted with the
Democrats.
Encouraged by a settlement of all
with the exception of votes of the
Louisiana seniors, and hopeful of the
Progressive Republicans, Democratic
Senate leaders today hurried the
tariff bill. Though they were eager
to reach a vote before adjournment
tonight, many thought the vote would
come Monday or Tuesday.
Last night the caucus amplified a
previously adopted amendment de-
signed to exempt from income tax the
earnings of municipalities At the re-
quest of Senator O'Gorman, of New
York, his amendment was adopted
exempting earnings derived by city,
State or other political division
from public utilities jointly controlled
by contract or agreement with cor
poration.
Under this amendment the tax is
eliminated only 80 far as the pay
ment thereof will impose a loss or
burden" upon the city or State in
Volved, and the amendment is not in
tended to confer upon a private cor
poration any financial gain or exemp-s
ton from the proposed tax. The
amendment chiefly would concern
the city of New York and its railroad
utility contracts.
Senator Newlands, of Nevada. made
a final appeal to the caucus advocat-
ing his theory of a gradual reduction
in tariff rates and introduced several
amendments, all of which were
promptly defeated. The senator then
announced that while he still ques-
toned the wisdom of free wool and
sugar, he did not propose to make
fight outside of the caucus and would
support the bill when 1t came to a
vote in the Senate.