. Canadian forest industries 1908. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 2 I United States Duty on Pulp Will Still Stay in Force. The special committee of six members of the United States House of Representatives, appointed upon complaint of the American News- paper Publishers' Association, to investigate the wood pulp and print paper situation in relation to tariff, and with regard to an alleged con- spiracy in restraint of trade, have submitted a majority and a minority report. The majority report, which i
. Canadian forest industries 1908. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 2 I United States Duty on Pulp Will Still Stay in Force. The special committee of six members of the United States House of Representatives, appointed upon complaint of the American News- paper Publishers' Association, to investigate the wood pulp and print paper situation in relation to tariff, and with regard to an alleged con- spiracy in restraint of trade, have submitted a majority and a minority report. The majority report, which is signed by Representatives Mann, of Illinois; Miller, of Kansas; Stafford, of Wisconsin, and Bannon, of Ohio, is a preliminary report, and recommends that no legislation af- fecting' wood pulp and print paper be enacted until the committee has further investigated and reported. The minority report, which is signed by Representatives Sims, of Tennessee, and Ryan, of New York, recommends the passage of the Stevens bill, to place wood pulp and print paper on the free list. The majority report is summed up in the following words: "As the present price of paper would not, to any considerable de- gree, be immediately affected by the repeal of tariff, and as the passage of the Stevens bill in its present form might spell 'ruin' to the paper industry, and ruinously high prices for paper in the near future, your committee believes it the part of wisdom before making recommenda- tions for positive legislation to await until its investigation has been completed and thoroughly digested. "While there appears to have been complaint on the part of the. His Duty Is Plain. paper manufacturers that the selling price of paper for 1906 was too low to be fairly remunerative, yet Ave are inclined to think it was not until the summer of 1907 that there was a general decrease in print paper prices. That a general increase was in fact put into effect in new contracts appears to be unquestion
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