The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-04-29
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INQUIRY IN SENATE
Glass Declares Producers Are
making High Profits"
is WORLD WIDE
One Witness Expresses Doubt Wheth-
er Government Can Do Great Deal
to Relieve Shortage.

er Government Can Do Great Deal
to Relieve Shortage.
Washington, April 29.-Doubt the
government will be able to accomplish
a great deal in relieving the print pa
/ per shortage was expressed by Frank
| Z. Glass, Birmingham, Ala, former
president of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Mr.. Glass was one of the first Wit
| nesses before senate commerce sub
| committee, which is investigating tile
| print paper question. He explained
| +he shortage of news print was world
| wide.
Questioned as TO the adviSability OF
congress attempting TO reduce COD
sumption by limiting the size Of publ
cations admitted TO the mails, Mf
Glass said he doubted the Justice ald
feasibility" of such an undertaking
While conceding the cost of labor
and all materials going into the max
ing of paper has increased, Mr.. Glass
declared he thought present prices ex-
cessive and the manufacturers were
making high profits.
Answering Senator McNary, Repus-
Iican, Oregon, Mr. Glass said there WAS
mo temptation for manufacturers ~
divide territory for sale of their pro
due because of the great demand f9f
paper He also said he did not be
lieve the excess profits tax was 10
blame for the increased volume Of
advertising.
George McAneny, of the New York
Times, agreed with Mr. Glass the Ia
creased advertising was coinci-
dence" to. the application of the e4-
cess profits tax He said the demand
for advertising was due to a postwar
desire of business men TO stimulate
business.
''The shortage of paper, said Mr..
McAneny, sis due to the abnormal ae-
mand for advertising. There Is acta-
ally more news print this year than
last. The federal trade commission
/ reports indicate an increased prodnc-
tion 10 per cent, and the indieated
consumption of the Times for this
year is about per cent greater than
that of last year.
New York newspapers, Mr. McAnelly
said, have been lending paper 20 each
other for months. 'The Times, he
said, "would NOT have been published
last Sunday but fer a loan re Ela.--ssslsss.
Globe"
BY ownership of paper mill and con-
tracts with some Canadian plants, Mr..
McAneny said, the Times had 1900
tons of paper Sin sight for shis year.
This. he said, was slightly more than
used last year." Contracts with the
Canadian mills, he said, were made
a prices ranging from 6% to 81 cents
pound.
In opening the hearing, Senator
Reed, chairman of the committee, an
nouneed the investigation would deal
with the production and consumption
of news print, manufacturing costs,
selling prices, increasing volume of
advertising and enlarged newspaper
circulation.
Samuel NJ. Williams, of the New
York World, said the Worlds owner
ship of paper mills placed it in "dlf-
ferent position" from newspapers gen.
orally, and accordingly he had mo
suggestions or complaints to make.
He said while Canadian mills were be-
ing enlarged and some American mills
had increased their production present
consupIntion exceeded this increase
That the shortage of news print is
Critical" and many publications have
suspended was affirmed by Mr.. Will
liams who added that "for the benefit
of smaller papers" the World was sell
ing the entire product of one of its
three mills.
Both Mr.. McAneny and Mr.. Glass
said the suspension Of newspapers, In
Guiding weekly publications last year
were little above normal" and were
mot significant The total suspen-
sions were 1900, with 600 new publi
cations being started.
The only remedies suggested by Mr.
McAneny were economy by publishers,
and increased production. Government
regulation of the distribution Of paper,
suggested by Senator Walsh, Demo-
crat, Massachusetts, would be of
doubtful WISDOM" Mr.. McAneny said,
explaining only One-fourth of the
newspapers co-operated with the war
Industries board in such movement
during the war.