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Thru John $, Kent OF Brockton,
Mass, the manufacturers association
asked for n Is per cent duty on shoes
and boots, declaring that this was
necessary to equalize difference in Ia
Dor costs in the United States and for
eign countries. Members of the com
mittee. suggested that there be duty
on hides with a compensatory rate on
shoes but Mr.. Jones declared there
could be no compensatory duty. he as
serted that with an import duty I'M
posed foreign manufacturers could buy
hides in the America, market cheaper
than the domestic manufacturers couid
and that the export business OF the
American manufacturers would be de-
stroyed.
Senate tariff hearings we're enlivened
today by an attack on American news
paper publishers by Colonel William u.
Haskell OF New York. vice-president OF
the international Paper company ana
a counterattack on the news print pa
per manufacturers by William ]. Pape'
publisher of the Waterbury. Conn, Re
publican. speaking for small publishers.
who. he said. organized a buying cor
poration, because many were unable
single handed TO assist themselves IN
an endeavor TO obtain fair priced news
papers.
Urging tariff protection for his In
eustry against Eurccean competition.
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ually yielded to the clamors OF the paid
agents OF the publishers until finally
all tariff on newsprint had been re-
moved and the industry was obliged to
drift into the ehb and flow OF the in
ternational competitive tide
Asserting newsprint was the only
product Of the paper-makinE industry
(which has been deprived OF all pro-
lection and bedeviled by inspired fed
e-al regulation and Interference" the
witness eaid that the reason for the
.Ynvidiods treatment this branch of
the industry has suffered is obvious.
He added that the fact that the press
can control legislation and invoke un-
warranted regulations, restrictions and
Interference for It's own selfish interests
constitutes a grave charge Of undue in
f1uence and special privilege"
Tho charge that any undue inf1u'
erce" had been used by the publishers
IN arguing for the placing of neweprin'
paper on the free list was denied BY
Fmcry Thompson OF Chicago. spcskin
for the American Newspaper Publish
ers association. He declared that the
publishers had based their argument
on the economic ground of the inabil-
fly OF American newspaper print manu-
facturers to supply domestic consump-
tion. This inability was stated BY
Colonel Haskell.
Mr. Pape said the question before
congress in determining se to the re-
tention OF newsprint paper on the frcs
list was whether the publishers should
again have imposed on them such Z
condition as was found by the senate
committee which reported last ycal
that certain manufa c'urers had taker
advantage OF n newsprlut shortage tt
exploit the purchasers and "hold
them up for excessive. unreasonable
and wholly unfair prices.
Publishers who as class largely
dominate public opinion affecting bust,
moss policies thru direct appeal 10 read.
ers. he added. have been violentl,
weak when lighting for fair pric.
newsprirt-" He added that on less thar
three occasions in ten years, price,
'-had scared TO undresmed OF heights
and that nothing inciuding the fedora
trade commission. congressional and
court action, had stayed the dema ndi
imposed by certain OF those who con
troll the supply OF newsprint.
Colonel Haskell suggested no Aefi
mite rate OF duty for newsrrint. sayini
he would leave that to the commit,
tee He contended that the industr,
was in bad shape as result of compe
fiion from Germany, Sweden. Norwa,
and Finland. asserting paper made I,
those countries could be sold here 70