Pulp and Paper Investigation Hearings, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1909 - Paper industry |
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acre advance amount Austria-Hungary average BROWN Canada Canadian mills cents per pound CHAIRMAN charge combination committee contract cord CowLES delivered duty export fact figures FITZGERALD forests freight furnish give Glens Falls GOULD GRIFFING ground wood HERMAN RIDDER horsepower Hudson River mill increase International Paper Company January Laurentide Lisbon Falls LITTLEFIELD LYMAN Mann MEIGS months news-print paper NORRIS output paid paper and pulp paper makers paper manufacturers paper mills paper trust Pejepscot PINCHOT plant President price of paper print paper production profit pulp and paper pulp mills pulp wood purchase referred REMINGTON Ridder rossed wood RYAN SEITZ sell SHERMAN SIMS sold spruce STAFFORD statement stumpage sulphite supply tariff three-tour system timber lands tion to-day tons trade United wages WALLER water power WHITCOMB wood pulp York World
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Page 1260 - To justify the state in thus interposing its authority in behalf of the public, it must appear, first, that the interests of the public generally, as distinguished from those of a particular class, require such interference ; and second, that the means are reasonably necessary for the accomplishment of the purpose, and not unduly oppressive upon individuals.
Page 798 - The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.
Page 1229 - Congress had in unequivocal words declared that "every contract, combination, in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of commerce among the several States...
Page 949 - No testimony given by a witness before either House, or before any committee of either House, or before any Joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress, shall be used as evidence In any criminal proceeding against him in any court, except in a prosecution for perjury committed in giving such testimony.
Page 1259 - Commenting upon the methods of lumbering in New York, he wrote: "The spruce is removed and no provision of any kind is made for its reproduction. Cutting for pulp does more harm than cutting for lumber, because it takes a vastly greater number of trees " — that is, trees of a smaller size. The effect of the denudation of the forests upon the water supply of communities may be instanced notably in the case of the city of Philadelphia, which is now looking for a new source of supply because of the...
Page 1259 - Minnesota has probably the best forest fire law of any State, with a Fire Warden as executive officer. In New Jersey and North Carolina the Geological Survey is specially charged with forestry interests.
Page 1229 - That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed...
Page 1230 - The said commissioner shall have power and authority to make, under the direction and control of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, diligent investigation into the organization, conduct and management of the business of any corporation, joint stock company or corporate combination engaged in commerce among the several States and with foreign nations excepting common carriers subject to ' An act to regulate commerce...
Page 1124 - ... the committee took a recess until 2 o'clock pm) AFTERNOON SESSION The committee reconvened, pursuant to the taking of the recess, at 2 o'clock pm, Senator Wesley L.
Page 816 - ... the relative wages per hour reached 124.2, or 24.2 per cent more than the average for 1890 to 1899. Thus it is seen that wages per hour in 1906 in the manufacturing and mechanical industries of the country were higher than in any other year of the period covered. In using these relative numbers it must be borne in mind that the per cent of change between one year and another is not the result of the subtraction of the two relative numbers. For example, the relative wages per hour in all industries...