Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-08-03

also fsr our tisi of fnsh class
farms llnr Prices range from
81 2o.00 per acre to 90 per
lcre. Some very fine farms la
select from CALDWELL \ SaNlrrS,
Malvern la.
U. s. PROBES INTO
PRINT PAPER COST.
WA slineton. Mug g. Notice of
a feal Mar On PRINT paper manu-
tac'irrfS was eiNcn hy news paper
rulliis hers OF the niled States
Today al an open hearing before
the fedora! trade commission.
Tie hearine is the first of sew
eral to he held To determine is
10 iilte ~ UNDERLYING causes
and a possible remedy for The ire
lnendna- lnrfea Sos in The coSl of
rrlnl paper 10 Publishers.
Repre- rntallNes OF The Amcri
ran Publishers association. hp'
National l'.tliinrla associations The
NeW .lar~rv Publishers aSsocla
tom lie pcnnsN lNania State Ed
tmial association. Pennsylvania
Publishers association and The
VIEW paper Manufacturers asso-
clallon were present
That he American News paper
Publishers association is prepar-
ln@ q MAJ chest 10 fight lac
f,lanu i;!rililcra and is compiling
dai, tending ia show hat colltl-
ION and coltspirarN EXISTS among
the manufacturers 10 keep print
paper prices M, Was declared lbs
Nlte pie idcfi f p. Glass of HE
assoriail"ns first speaker al the
hearing
Face Increase in Price.
j. u. LerbeN, representing fine
National EDITORIAL association,
was Inc FIRST Witness. He charged
tllal lie International Paper COM
panN Wa holding more than 81 :
900 600 worth oil news print pa
per. and he compared that viii h
'lla iacl that publishers all over
ne country are Facing increases
M rt.ler and i!le possibility OF diff
iicuilN To make new contracts fnl
supplies
p i lDod@c, representing The
International company. arose at
tlal point and fold the commits
sion That the reserve stock Ia
which MIR. Zerhev referred was
held 10 sustain he cnmpany's rec
ord Of nrvrr having failed To sup
ply ~ customers for amy cause
Whatever fires floods or strikes.
Mr. Dodge added that the new
mllls hlS COMPANY is about to
btald MIL lie in Canada. because
HE present tariff conditions are
hostile To laner manufacturing in
the | nitcd States.
Situation Held Alarming.
+ II Glass. vice president OF
The American Newspaper Pub
fishers association. declared that
The publishers in the association
were morallN certain there was
coi!Gsion among paper makers To
force mp The price. He promised
TO place in the hands OF the com
mission within sixty DAYS what he
said would he proof of his stale
menl.
Mr. Glass said the publishers
association viewed the situation
with extreme alarm and had hello
meetings recommending increased
paper production by SUNDAY worl,
and the limitation of the use OF
paper by smaller editions, de-
creased returns and circulation
inactivity.
~ 80 Y ? " r. - W % per cen
on contracts and sometimes zoe
per cent on enleraancy orders. he
said, were taking The profits OF
most neWsnaperS and driving the
publ hers Ia The wall.
one western newspaper. he
SAID, REPORTS am increased cost OF
S 40 600 a year.
No means of relief except the
courts or hn commission were
open To lie publishers, he said.
Eavori,ism is Charged.
Mr. Ierhey in his Testimony
also CHARGED that there was 50
much favoritism i'm the sale of
paper hat publishers cannot find
Out where they stand He thought
it apparent the manufacturers had
united 10 force publishers to buy
only from the mill they have been
dealing with.
Sometimes, he said, il was pos
sible to get contracts, sometimes