The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-26
boutwell, DEFENDS
NEWSPRINT FIGURES
President of Canadian Assoc
citation Answers Criticism
Made by Trade Paper.

To THE EDITOR OF THE CANADIAN SEC
TON OF THE SUN-St-: You may nave
noticed that a trade paper Of New York
has questioned the accuracy of my state
ments in the article that l recently au-
thorized THE SUN to publish. Bearing
upon this and for the information that it
may give to publishers 1 send you here
with a copy of the letter that l am to-
day sending to the editor OF the trade
paper above indicated.
| ]. A. boutwell,,
President Canadian Pulp and Paper
| Association.
Montreal, Aug. 20.
To the Editor of the --- Sir;
Your editorial criticism Of my article In
THE NEW YORK SUN. dealing with the
future of the newsprint market, has been
brought to my attention. 1 note that you
say that my statements are interesting
but not convincing and that you also
undertake to dispute my assertions regard
ing prospective increases in the output of
newsprint from Canadian mills.
1t Is OF course cot In the interests OF
the manufacturers for me or any ono else
| to bear the price Of their products. My
chief object in accepting THE SUNS invi-
taaion to comment upon the alarmist
| statements being put out in certain quar-
| ters to an approaching famine In news
print was to point out that the tactics
adopted by the friends OF the publishers.
| IN all good faith no doubt, were such as
to intensity the vary situation about which
they were complaining. Nothing could
more quickly produce a newsprint famine
1 than a rush of tho big consumers to lay
| in excess stocks IN anticipation of fam
inc and that Is exactly what the publica-
| tIons alluded to were most calculated to
provoke Manufacturers bent only on Sc
curing high prices and excessive profits
would not, I might point out. be arguing
| against a campaign calculated TO bring
about those conditions.
You say that the increased product Of
the Brompton mills at East Angus isn't
| entitled to be considered as = factor in
the future supply of newsprint because 1t
has already been included in the current
| estimates. My statement ana those which
II was asked to review were based upon
production returns for the first six months
of 1919. The new machine at East Angus
was not in operation until well on in the
middle OF July and consequently its out-
put could not have figured In the reports
under consideration.
! You dispute my statement that Price
BroA & Co.'S new machine at Kenogami
will probably be In operation by December
next and say the end OF January is the
more probable date. You may be right
although 1 am informed by members of
Price Bros.' stan at Kenogami that they
are confidently looking forward to having
their new machine in operation by No
vember 1, q month earlier than the esti-
mate gave
You dispute my reference TO the new
machines now being Installed at sault Ste.
Marie. Ontario. and to the possibility of
their being In partial operation this fall,
L.
Pulp ard Paper ha0aEine says:
THE new newsprint mill OF the Spanish
River Pulp and Paper Mills Limited, Is
establishing new records as far as con-
Tho entire buiiding-the construction work
on which was started on June lis now
completed. The work Of installing this
machinery is now being rushed. One set
OF machines will be in operation by No
vember !, and from this portion OF the
mill an output OF nifty tons a day viii be
be Installed and In operation sixty day.
after that date, OF by February /, 1870
put Of W 100 s TONS the This h viii Easily bF.ah
all records in the way of achievement IN
connection with paper mills in Canada"
You say that the Laurentide Company
hasn't yet placed It's order for the new
machines for the Grand Mere mill. again
assuming TO know better than the officers
of that company.
as mentioned in connection with the
International Paper Company, do not
make paper" l never suggested that they
did. 1t IL of interest, however, that the
Montreal Gazette of August 10 is authority
for tho statement that the long talked OF
developments of the International Paper
Company at Three Rivers. Quebec, are al
last taking tangible form. that building
operations will begin at onca. that a tota
outlay OF "a, 900. 900 10 involved and that q
paper mill with zoo ton output Is In
eluded In the project
| However, as I said at the outset, II 4
not for the manufacturers to depress the
paper market. II those representing the
consumers insist upon increasing the dim
! culties of the consumers the consumer,
are the ones to complain. You have. how.
ever, overlooked one statement in my let
ter which II seems to me has an i'm
portant bearing on the subject; that II
that desirable customers are having nc
dlficulty in contracting with Cana diaI
mills for next years supply OF paper al
to-dRy's current quotations. This would
hardly be the case II the situation were
as desperate as some people are trying e
make out