Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-29
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to the industry when it was needed
Congress gradually yielded to the
clamors of the paid agents of the
publishers, until finally even the
small Wilson tariff and that of the
Payne Aldrich law were abolished
and the industry abandoned to drift
in the ebb and flow of the interna-
tional competitive tide"
He told the committee that the pro-
hibition of the export of wood pulp
from Canadian crown lands and the
placing Of paper on the free list halt
ed ''the steady growth of the Amer
lean newsprint industry" Develop
ment of the Canadian industry fol-
lowed. the witness said. production
growing from $4,000 tons in 1910 to
$4,000 tons in 1920. Imports from
Canada were given at 10000 tons In
1910. and 100000 in 1920.
Besides Canadian competition, he
added. large supplies were cor ing in
from Germany. Finland. Norway and
Sweden at prices ranging from SO to
$50 a ton less than the cost Of pro-
duction in the United States. This
has contributed. Colonel Haskell
added, "to what in many ways is the
most critical period in the history
of the industry"
with manufacturing costs rot Ear
below the peak of 1920" he said, The
demands for domestic newsprint has
greatly decreased since the first of the
year and the market has been demor-
allied and unsettled. Labor ic stub
bornly resisting any material liquida-
ton. although the price for newSprint
has fallen $50 and more a ton within
the year. The outlook for the manu-
facturers of the United States is dis
trcssing."
Emory Thomason of Chicago, speak
Ing for the American Newspaper Pub.
fishers Association, denied Mr. Has.
kells charges. He declared that the
publishers in asking that ncwsprint
be retained on the free list, rested
their argument on the economic
ground of the inability of the Ameri-
can manufacturers to supply the &C.
mand.
Speaking for the publishers. William
j. Iapc. publisher of the Waterbury.
Ct, Republican, said the question ne
fore Congress was whether the pub
fishers of the country shall hav,.
again imposed upon them such a con-
dition as found in the tariff by the
senate investigating committee which
reported on June ), 1920. that Ger
tain manufacturers have taken adyan-
tage of this shortage (of newsprin,,
to exploit the purchasers of such ma
per and hold them up for excessive
unreasonable and wholly unfair
prices"
Mr.. Pane said hc spoke for the
Publishers Buying Corporation. corr
posed OF some % publishers located
throughout the country. who use .,
10 500 tons each OF newsprint mn
nually. The corporation was .stah.
lishcd, he testified. because many
publishers were unable slnclehar,,,ei
To assist themselves in an enCea or IN
obtain fair priced newsprirt.'
Discussing what ne termed .tb, MI,
noro'istie aspects of newsprin. mann.
~" - W.T. ape Shtd. Strange n <
~ may seem. publishers who ls !, class
largely dominate public opinion az.
iccting business policies through III
rect appeal to their readers. have
hecn potcntly weak when fighting for n
fair price for nowsprint."
IN tho past 10 years" he ,as.s
'herc nave been at least three rra, a
crises caused by exploitation Of this
commodity"
lie opposed the imposition Of .,,.
ou'E upon newsprint paper or unop
wood pulp and denied that the nrss..
had sought To bring undue i,.sucrcn
on Congress.
Officers of tho Intcrnotiona, pu
orh"od Of Pulp. sulphite and p,nnu
M''' workers supported the no,,f,o
'nfor" plea for tarln prc,ec,in,,
against European competition.
Removal OF harness ,es.ho
sauaies ana harness from the fras
IVY "as requested of the con,,,;..o.
fF'a 'hr'lale or Saginaw. MEchir,,
"""ou t'lht duty he imposoa
he'h"sa leather equal 10 the lis 49,.
cent Imposed by Canada ~, pe'
p"ilh'oh OF such leather
Appearing for the who,es,,.
eetF Association. J. A, Rohar,s
,"r''"fd Conn, asked for n a,t,,
.. per cent al vhlotem, foreirp 81,
alton on saddles. brides MA .a