Show I THE PAPER TRUST The claim of the paper trust is that the advance in its prices ices during the past last few months has been due solely to the great advance in wood for wood pulp Mr jrr Norris of the New Y York urk Times rimes explained to the I congressional committee now having haying the thc subject under un un- un- un den der in esti investigation that the tile advance in the tile cost of wood was due solely to the speculations of members of the thc trust in timber and that the advance amounted to only 64 cents per ton of wood pulp lie Ic explained further that the newspapers of the country consumed 80 i per er cent of the paper mau manufactured from wood pulp and aud that the thc increase in cost dur luring during the past pat few months was as as intolerable able as it wa was cold blooded I. I It is n not f hard to understand how a great advance in cost of paper affects the ordinary newspaper Papers Papers Pa Pa- pers pets are Ire established a fixed price per annum i is set up upon n them thein They continue often for jears years ears without paying paring anything like living liying profits But the thc price is fixed and any change in rates would be resented by br patrons Suddenly the tile price of their paper advances from 50 to 75 5 per cent This makes the cost of publication publication cation just about eat cat up what little profit was in them theta The great city dailies can stand the raise for they can ean advance rates to advertisers But the weekly weekly week week- ly and country papers have no flO redress This being true truc it is a question whether a trust shall be permitted permit permit- ted to practically sa say Stand and deliver to the whether it shall have bae withdrawn the country or protection protection protection pro pro- which it is abusing As a general proposition there is no possible reason rason rea ra- son why wood pulp should cost CORt to exceed 10 per cent more t than it cost five years ears a ago o. o r We Ve rather suspect that before th the session is over o-cr the bounty on wood pulp will be he removed |