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EXHIBIT A.-Wages I, fourth quarter 1907, sulphite factories-Continued.

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Christiania, March, 1908.

For the Norwegian Division of the Scandinavian Cellulose Company.

11 krone-100 øre.

FRANTZ F. MELHAUS, Secretary.

EXHIBIT B.-Rate per hour from records obtained from Norwegian mills in comparison with hourly rates now in force at an American mill.

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EXHIBIT C.-Domestic production, bleached and unbleached, as shown by Lock

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Balance available for open market to mills not manufacturing pulp--------- 1,040 312,000

The 1,040 tons daily capacity available for the general market are divided as follows:

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Foreign sulphite was imported during the year 1907, according to report by Department of Commerce and Labor, as follows:

Unbleached (approximate).

Bleached (approximate)

Tons.

110,000 43, 000

PROPORTION OF ACTUAL DOMESTIC SALES COMPARED WITH CAPACITY.

An actual record of the sales of all domestic mills compared with their manufacturing capacity is not available, but we have actual records of 13 of the principal mills, with a daily capacity of 539 tons, or 64 per cent of the total 840 tons.

A comparison of their actual sales and capacity is as follows:

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Assuming that the experience of all domestic mills was no different from that of mills having 64 per cent capacity of the total, and whose records are shown above, an estimate of actual sales of all domestic mills, compared with capacity, is as follows:

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This record indicates that foreign unbleached sulphite was imported to the extent of 110,000 tons during a period when the sales of domestic mills were short of their capacity to furnish 80,640 tons.

MARKET CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED STATES OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC

COMBINED.

From the above records a summary of bleached and unbleached sulphite consumed in the United States during the year 1907, by mills buying in the open market, is as follows:

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It will be noted from the above that foreign manufacturers sold 39 per cent of all the unbleached sold in this country, and 42 per cent of all the bleached, and the percentage of foreign, as compared with the percentage of domestic pulp sold, is:

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As regards foreign bleached sulphite, it is admitted that a considerable portion of the importations are of a higher grade than has heretofore been made in this country, but that this proportion of high-grade bleached sulphite is not large, and that the large importations of unbleached fiber are not because foreign unbleached is of a greater value than the domestic unbleached will be shown by valuations of imports given in the Department of Commerce and Labor reports for the year 1907, to which we have added duty, estimated average freight to mill, and total cost delivered mill, with comparison of the average price obtained by a representative American mill, as shown by the following tabulation:

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In the above tabulation the lower price of American bleached and unbleached fiber is largely accounted for by the fact that these are the average prices of all sales of fiber, including both No. 1 and No. 2 grades, and with sales of the best grades considered separately would show a price practically equal to the selling prices of the foreign product.

STATEMENT OF MORRIS GINTZLER, NEW YORK CITY, RELATIVE TO CHEMICAL PULP, BLEACHED AND UNBLEACHED.

SATURDAY, November 21, 1908.

The CHAIRMAN. On what subject are you about to address us? Mr. GINTZLER. On the subject of the duty on chemical pulp, bleached and unbleached.

The CHAIRMAN. On what?

Mr. GINTZLER. On the subject of wood pulp made by chemical process.

The CHAIRMAN. Proceed.

Mr. GINTZLER. I represent the importers of New York, who have been asked by the manufacturers of this country, who have no pulp mills of their own and who are dependent on the foreign supply, to place before you some particulars to induce you in the revision of this tariff to make no change in this schedule. There have been stated at considerable length the discrepancies in labor as between this country and abroad; but it appears that all the speakers have overlooked the fact that the American workman is the most efficient laborer of his kind the world over; and while it is true that American workmen will get more per day, it is also true that to turn out the same quantity of pulp it is not necessary to have as many men in this country as it is abroad. The present duty is $3.33 per ton on unbleached pulp and $5 per ton on bleached pulp. These duties, with the present discrimination against the foreign manufacturer to the extent of being subjected to charges from which the American manufacturer is entirely exempt, such as packing for export, the inland freight on the other side to bring the pulp to the seaboard, the ocean freight to bring the pulp to this country, and the import merchant's profits here, are all items entering into the cost, from which the American manufacturer is entirely exempt.

I presume it is not the intention of this committee to advance the tariff on this schedule. At the same time the trade has accommodated itself to the present rate of tariff, and at the present time it brings a certain amount of revenue to the Government, which the paper manufacturers are quite ready and willing and able to stand.

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