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Plunder schemes debated in tariff session
Washington lawmakers accused the Ways and Means Committee of backing giant plunder schemes as bills on wood pulp and paper were framed by trusts. Hitchcock cited records linking paper lumber and steel interests to protective schedules and warned the Dingley law fostered a print paper trust. He tied figures to the International Paper Co and a Western mill alliance, arguing monopoly pricing and calls to free print paper.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Committee On Ways and Means
Paper “Trust
Lumber “Trust
Steel “Trust
Committee On
Ways, and Means
Payne
New York
Ways and Means
International Paper Company
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
General Paper Company
United States