New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-16
Federal Prosecutor Gets
Evidence of ManufaCtur-
ers' Understanding
BUST THE TRUST
SIMMONS'S SLOGAN
Senator Asserts Canadians
Help Keep Up Price
of News Print
-F,.- r. T-Nu-. Bureau

Washington. Dec. IS Charge nicd
with the Department OF Justice few
DAYS sro b. X. 3. Warner North
Carolina publisher. alleging The exist
enc. Of IAN understanding among
certain manufacturers OF news pT'n,
naper 20 raise prices, were turned
over 70 Assistant Attorney General
Todd to-day. Tor investigation.
A. the news print hearing OF inc
Federal Trade Commission December
~ Mr.. Warner testified tnat iH on
49, 10 letter, 10 manufacturer ASH
nc for ouotations on news prl"'
nsScr he received letters almost lce"-
.ieal. saving. "Our entire output nH
49, contracted for Mt. Warner &c
ciercd that. iu hi, opinion, the iet'er !,
n~oved tho existence Of some soI' o.
combination among the news PRINT
uaner manufacturers.
Warner Stirs Manufacturers
Pressed by the counsel for the
,.s--,fsc4urers 20 produce the ietters s.
v~ Warner announced that he had al
,os5v f1cd them with the Attorney
General for whatever action nc Ss
IA This announcement caused q ,tr
among tho manufacturers. NJ W..
,o,,rcrencc Of publishers to-day 10 was
,.-rod that tho Department OF Ju, tlCe
rps1 the complaint a.e1 ny Mr. At
e.pstor simmons with whom NJ
- alec discussed the charges de.
,is-e6 that unless the pepsr tmenV o.
80. ends "somc way 10 bust IN"
,ove mint paper trust inc
or Tho pres, Is iu danger. ..
"Vithout thc aid OF 'ana" q" no.
ufacturc~s ] DO .not INNS ''e lP,'F,ct
-..s,-.,.-o-. Of She United S'",e.
could hold VI the price OF pr'n'
-...,l." said >,-et r N'h' no
III tho U.ualtmcrt cl Justice, inc
.,.,r,ov General aud the Federal
Tr.dc Commission. after eNhaustnR
.br.r nouers. find themselves unaole 10
~. hi. combination. let them can
rccr CONGRESS for an increase ll
nowcr. and am sure lt VIII o.
granted
Confcrrees Appointed
- the meeting in Washington to- DAY
al ,he publishers and DO New ors OF
tho manufacturers committees "eie =
appointed 90 confer with enc eoerai
Trade Commission tomorrow 70 Tor
r,1iate .ome plan for the distribution
Of 9cv-s print paper al fair prices. ne
Mar Of equitable distribution IS not
believed feasible by the manufacturers,
who arc cyrectCd 20 urge ~ the JOINT
conference tomorrow that they receive
some assurar ce Of lower prices through
increased production.
The publishers passed resolutions to-
night TO be presented 20 the Trade
Commission. asking that the commits
sion do All possible TO bring about the
manufacture Of an adequate supply OF
news print paper 10 be sold at far
prices. Forty newspaper associations
were represented.
Prices To BE Considered
The publishers were united in their
determination that n conference called
for tomorrow between the Trade Com
mission and committees Of publishers
paper brokers and manufacturers
should take up not only the question
Of distribution, but those OF prices and
increased production a. well. The con-
ference was called by the commission
~ the suggestion OF manufacturers,
vho proposed that IL supervise distrlbu-
tion of the country's news print paper
supply.
Emil VI. Scholz, Of "The New York
Evening POST; Jacob Rogers, of "Thc
New York Globe; r. 7. Glass, chair
man or 'he Newspaper Publishers As
sociation paper committee; L. b.
Palmer, manager Of the association.
and 4. 6. Mcintyre, the association
paper expert, were among those present
a. the publishers conference to-day.
The Senate to-day adopted resolu-
tion by Senator Kenyon, Of Iowa, di-
recting the Committee on Printing. in
view Of the scarcity and increasing cost
OF print paper, 10 Investigate the sub
ject and 30 recommend what govern
ment publications might be temporarily
suspended and what economies might
be practised in the various govern
ment departments in the interest Of
conservation Of paper