Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-04-21 | Page 10 | Free Wood Pulp, Cheaper Paper

i I fREE WOOD PULP CHEAPER PAPER Members of Associated Press Put the Question Up to the Senate New e York April 20 At the annual meeting of the Associated Press held here today the following resolution was sas adopted Whereas A committee of congress of which J R H Mann of ot Illinois is chair chairman chairman chairman man has spent nearly near I a year painstakingly painstakingly Ing Investigating the question of the news print paper supply and has re reported reported reported ported unanimously to congress In fa favor favor favor vor of abolishing all tariff on ground wood pulp and reducing the tax on news print paper from 6 to 52 2 per ton and i Whereas thereas The same report was wa unan unanimously unanimously unanimously accepted by the ways was and means committee of the house of rep representatives representatives representatives and dulY as mart Dart of I the new tariff t riff bill now o pending in the United States Slates senate the members of or orthe the Associated Press at their annual meeting hereby Not a Partisan Movement Resolved That we respectfully re request request quest the members of the senate of ot tho the tl United States to carefully careful read the re report report report port of the select committee with a aview aview i view of convincing themselves of ot the justice of its recommendations to the i end that a permanent supply of ot new news newsprint print paper be secured to the printing I and publishing industry which is the I seventh greatest in the United States We further ask the members of the thc senate to consider that this is not a partisan move but represents the unan unanimous unanImous unanimous view x of f both sides In the select committee and the ways and means committee and is the result of careful and deliberate dell rate judgment exercised only after arteria a thorough Inquiry The news newspapers newspapers newspapers papers believe they are entitled to have havethe havethe havethe the conclusions of this re respected respected respected and written in the law Resolved That a copy of the abo be transmitted immediately to ever eer every United States senator I