Salt Lake Herald | 1908-05-24 | Page 1 | Paper Inquiry Finally Ended

PIPER INQUIRY FINAllY ENDED Chairman Mann Said to Be Anxious to Report at This Session HEARINGS LASTED A MONTH LEGISLATION O ON THE SUBJECT NOT EXPECTED 4 0 t e 4 i a v vt t Washington May ITIC The in Inc c into the print paper per 4 t tJ 4 J and wood pulp IUlI question which 4 4 5 has been beon conducted by b a special s l l 4 4 J committee of the house for tor more 4 It than titan a month past under a reso rHO re 4 lution offered by Speaker Cannon CannonS 4 J S closed tonight as far as the tak tat takIng takIng 4 i Ing lug of at testimony is concerned 4 4 Chairman Mann Monn is anxious to tomake tomake 4 4 make a report before the adjourn 4 4 0 ment of congress and will bend bendo 4 S Severy o 4 every energy to this end 4 C The committee today continued 4 8 o 4 S to hear western manufacturers of 4 S 4 paper who made a general denial 4 S of any combination or agreement 1 4 4 1 among them to fix the price of oC b 4 s 4 paper or restrict the output 4 4 4 4 S Washington May 23 Louis Chable secretary of the American Pulp Pa Paper Paper Paper per association testifying today be before before before fore the house wood pulp and paper In Investigating ve committee committe told of efforts made by b a former secretary to obtain statistics of the trade but said these efforts had failed owing to jealous among manufacturers He told of a R meeting that had been held in Chicago in March 1908 1008 for the purpose of in inducing Inducing the western manufacturers to join the association in order to enable them to fight more efficiently the at attacks attacks attacks tacks which were re being made by the American Newspaper Publishers a asso association o elation A number of or western manufacturers manufacturer joined the organization he ho said The organization had hud been in existence for thirty years He also said sahl that the or organization organization organization always alwa s had been restricted to tp manufacturers except so so far fill as as associate associate associate members are concerned Peremptory Order i iE E P Sherry of Milwaukee Wis Vis president and treasurer of the Flam Flambeau Flambeau beau Paper company of Park Falls Wis declined to supply the commit committee tee with data bearing on the value of his Ills plant and peremptorily was di directed directed directed to do so He again came in con conflict filet with the committee when Mr Mann asked him to send lend the commit committee committee tee a l copy of his contracts for paper The witness said his attorney objected strenuously to making public the names of his Ills pric charged them because the big fellows will take away what customers we have got Mr Sherry however finally finall agreed to send the desired information Chair Chairman Chairman Chairman man Mann remarking that the com corn committee would use its judgment about publishing it itC ItC itC C A Babcock secretary of the Wig Wis Wisconsin River Paper Pulp association a association tion located at Stevens Point Wig Wis denied absolutely that at any tune time since the injunction against the Gen General General General eral Paper company had he entered into any agreement in restraint of trade or attended any meetings where there was any an agreement either ex ox expressed expressed pressed or implied upon prices which he should charge harge for tor his lila paper or for dividing territory