Show PRINT r it haiman ridder is malting making all ali mt int efforts to it hive ive the paper makers brought to a standpoint he lias has invoked the did aid of the courts ind the offending trust will was fined a i small sum and let go he has addressed a letter to president roose roosevelt elt part of which is as follows may vc invoke the aid of houi ful office in our effort to stop the oppressions oppress ions of pacer combinations when the american Nes newspaper paper publishers I 1 association applied to congress for relief ve no wele told that the courts would provide adequate anc prompt remedy eight months ago ve ile submitted to the department of justice all the material which we ve had relating to seven groups of paper makers the outcome of eight months effort in that direction is insignificant twenty four paper companies acting together in the kibre fibre and manila association added 16 per ton to the pries of fibre fabre and manila paper on an annual output of tons in successive rises of 5 2 2 V 3 and 4 so that an average addition of 16 per ton or per annum annual was imposed by that combination upon Lon consumers sumers when they were subjected to inquisition inqui stion by the federal grand jury the paper makers admitted that they had placed their records beyond their reach but subsequently all but two of the participants pleaded guilty they were fined 2000 each or in all the maximum penalty is for each offense immunity was orachie ally granted to ebery individual who participated in that pool only one man the treasurer and originator of the pool john H parks parka now a fugitive in europe was included in the indictment all the other defendants were corporations or partnerships we maintained that such a finish to the proceed ure is a miscarriage of justice when a fine of is imposed for io r an extortion of it places a premium upon lawlessness and brings avidly to us a realization of the hopelessness of relief under method ethod rn si that pr eail especially when the united states district attorney while granting immunity to the individuals urges leniency for the corporations which employ them how different this case is from that of the ancient law when the wrongdoer lost not only the property which he had wrongfully taken or th the e value of that which he had destroyed but also all the rest of his property was forfeited to the state here a corporation po ration breaks the law and it secures immunity for the offending individual so far as we have been able to learn no steps have been taken against the box board pool operated from the same office of john H 11 parks or against the sulphite pulp association whose bylaws and mem barship were submitted to the department of justice eight months ago or against the other offenders the operations of the box board pool in 26 months included invoices of with net profits of on tons he lites cites three cases the gould paper company the paper company and the western kibre fabre and minilla manilla mill mills i company all three of which denied upon oath of the managers that any pooling arrangements had blen been entered into and yet the facts were that these companies all pleaded guilty to the indi indictments cam ants mentioned above the letter then proceeds if such acts are to be tolerated then the whole proceeding becomes a travesty upon government may we ask what abat becomes of the consumer what becomes of the other paper pools how flow long must we wait before the riles newa print paper user will obtain justice are prevarications and per jury sets acts of contempt to RO go eda ed 9 are the distinct prohibitions of the courts to be ignored 7 the fibre fabre and manila association the box board pool and the sulphite pull asson absom each and nil all affect the nes print papel situa lion ahti mills winch which can call be chingos to make news print paper with slight cist are made excessively groht ible in other directions by thee the e pooling arrangements then their equipment is kept 0 out U t of news print piper production and a I 1 news print piper famine is promoted meanwhile the ne levs a print piper companies are aiming to maintain whit nhit ate aie be libed to tn be agreed prices and ire are keeping their nulls mills closed braue e the N ill not buy moie than a hand to etith m nth supply at it the present high figures many of the mills are running pirt of their time tit ne and then thea libor ibor I is curt aled while canadian mills mill are filling ciders that should be made in american mills canadian libor is employed chile hile american mills are continuing a test of endurance with their customers not only are arc the paper makers keeping their own employees in idleness but they are arc enforcing idleness upon thousands thou of isor kers in printing and publish publishing ng plants throughout the country the testimony of the officers of allied printing trades unions upon that point is overwhelming wh elming I 1 send herewith a copy of indictment in view of the seeming immunity of individuals the inadequacy of penalties and the apparent hopelessness hop of relief does not this situation require drastic treatment may ve vae not ask you vou to bring these law breakers to their tenses senses and to end a lawless condition which interferes with a return of prosperity 7 every newspaper in the country should lend whatever aid it can in getting an adjustment of the prices on this very necessary article in the newspaper business |