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Show I I1 ( I Emphatic Letter of Herman Rid- j der. Dealing With the Print 4i Paper Schedule. KAR-RRACHING EFFECT l ON AMERICAN INDUSTRY f Hope Expressed That Executive Will See Error of Way Into Which lie Was Led. '! CHICAGO, Oft. IP. President Tuft ) apparently was led into a serious bluu- I der in the closing Jays of Liic recent , topsion of congress when he changed ' his attitude on t ho print paper schedule I according to an open letter addressed , to Ihe chief executivo and signed bv j Jlcrnian .Kidder of New York,' president j of I lie American .Newspaper Publishers association. I -Mr. bidder's letter was written some t timo ago and was made public today I following its indorsement by the Inland l Daily Press association, j Mr. Bidder's letter is as follows: Ii i Lack of Understanding. I "'To The President: . 'Tho full text of your address at ' "Winona. Minn., on the tariff bill has ! just come to hand. With the utmost respee;, wo submit that your .statement respecting the paper schedule shows i that you could not have consequently read or understood what the print papct ; paragraph contained as it passed the house of representatives. "You were npparent.lv misled by designing de-signing men into a serious blunder. ' when, in the closing davs of the tariff conference rhoy induced von to reverse vonr previous attitude upon print paper, and changed your notion of what the Mann committee recommended and of 1 what the house of representatives hud approved. "The Mann commit tee. after a I en-months' en-months' investigation, marked bv n it-1 it-1 usual thoroughness, reported that a ( rate of two dollars would cover the dif- ' ference in the cost of production at n homo and abroad. The draft proposed , absolutelv safeguarded American paper mills against tho serious Canadian tangle tan-gle which your advice to the turiff conferees has since precipitated. Far-Reaching Effect. "The fixing of the rate on print napcr at $3.7;") per ton, which you advised, ad-vised, has decided the piovinco of Que-hec Que-hec to prohibit the exportation of its nilp wood, and many American paper uills must close or move to Canada, to obtain their supply of raw materials. "The country is now in a fair wav for a trade war with Canada, because of vonr apparent- fnilure correctly to -cad the Mann committee's reconimen-latious. reconimen-latious. We are threatened with an ndustrial disturbance which will in-.olve in-.olve business interchanges with Can-ida, Can-ida, amounting to $25.1,000,000 per minim. iiope lor itenicuy. "We sincerely trust you can find omo method of "rectifying tho mistake into which you were led. Wo fully ap-reciatu ap-reciatu (lie difficulties and responsibilities responsi-bilities of your exalted office, and wc relieve yoii are trying to do the best von can." We know you must rely upon it hers for your information. We feel that everv "citizen is under obligation to help you. Therefore, we write this: ell or to you. "Yours respectfully. (Signed.) HERMAN KIDDKTi. "President Americau Newspaper association." |
