New-York tribune., 1921-12-29
Senate Finds Home
Newsprillt Supply
Is Below Demand
Spokesman for Manufac-
surers at Tariff Hearing
Admits Consumers Are
Forced to- Foreign Markets

WASHINGTON, Dec, as.-scnats
tariff hearings were aniivened TODAY
by an attack on American newspaper
publishers by Colonel William E. Has
kell, Of New York City, vice-president
Of the international Paper COMPANY.
and counter attack on the ncwsprint
paper manufacturers by William ].
Pape. publisher of the Waterbury.
Conn, Republican" MIR. Pane snota
for number of small publishers v,ho
ne said, organized a joint buyinp cors
poration because many of them were
unable single handed to obtain fair
prices on newsprint.
Urging tariff protection FOR Ais in
aessry against European competition,
Colonel Haskell told the commit fas
shat Congress had graduallv r;slSsd
70 the clamors of the paid agents 81
the publishers" until finally ali tariff
gn newsprint had been removed arS
the Industry abandoned to drift in the
sob and flow of the international cor,~
petitive tide WIZ
The witness said the reason for "ths
5nvidlous treatment this branch OF fbe
industry has suffered is obyios,sn Ha
added that the fact that the press can
control legislation and invoke unwar-
ranted regulations, restriction nf
interference for it's own selfish ;rsar' ~
IS institutes grave charge OF un-
due influence and special privilege"
The charge that any undue infu-
ence' had been used by The publishers
in arguing Ter the placing Of news
print paper on the free list was do
MED by Emory Thomson, Of Chica %
speaking for the American Newsnaner
publishers Association. He decla~ad
thc publishers had based their arru-
ment on the economic ground of the
inability of American newspriut mana
Iacturers TO supply domestic consump-
Llon This inability was stated bv
Colonel Haskell.
Mr. Pare told the committee that
the question before Congress in de- dss
sernining as to the retention Of news
print paper on the free list was
whether the publishers should again
rave imposed on them such condi-
tlon as was found by a Senate com
mlttee. which reported last year that
certain manufacturers had taken ad-
vantage OF newsprint shortage Ito
exploit the purchasers, and "hold them
up for excessive, unreasonable and
wholly unfair prices"'
Mir. pape added that on no less than
SHree occasions II the last ten wears
newspr'rt prices had SCARED to un-
dreamed of heights" and that nothing.
including the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, Congressional and court action.
mad stayed the demands imposed bv
certain of those who control the sun
ply OF newsprint."
Shoe manufacturers appearing TO-DAY
before the Finance Committee we're civ
en- to understand by acting Chairman
IcCumber that hides would not be on
sne free list when the permanent tariff
Dill is reported TO the Senate
Charles E. Jones, of Whitman. Mass.
representing the National Boot and
Shoe Manufacturers Association of the
United States, declared that the result
OF duty on hides would be to place
control Of the shoe industry in the
hands of the big meat packers without
my benefit being derived by the cattle
ralsers. Senator'S apparently did not
1GFee with this conclusion.
john S. Nent, of Brockton, Mass.
re1resenting the Manufacturers AS,
sociation, was asked who was to blame
for shoes costing SIS retail. He re-
Piled that the purchaser was He ex-
ciained that good shoes could be had
Tor SO, 50 or $10 This led to discus
sion of costs, and Mr.. Kent said the
shoe retailing for SO was sold by The
manufacturers for $6.