New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-22
AN ILLUSTRATION FOR Mr.. CARLISLE

4N ILLUSTRATION FOR Mr.. CARLISLE
Az straws show which way the wind blows, so
small items sometimes illustrate most clearly
the working of great principles. Probably not
ono reader in n hundred considered 1t OF any I'M
nortance that. as a Cleveland dispatch stated on
Thursday. the Common Council of that city had
nossed an ordinance allowing firm to establish
n mandatory of anthracite tar. Yet 1t Is prop
able that, within few years, some Dehocr"'io
Member of Congress will make a flaming speech
about the @infamOus monopoly granted by 'oh-
cress TO enrich a few firms" Then, a1ter le"
wears more, we shall hear that richly coloreu
sill, and woollen goods have become cheaper,
becouse of the introduction of new branch OF
industry. Finally, little later, some one VIII
move 70 abolish the duty on aniline dyes, on the
ground that they yield not cent to the Treas
ury. ~.
We now import 100000 pounds of anllInc
DIVES in n single year, costing Sl,4oO,ooo' anu
having to the Treasury Sl,OlI4lo-a very
handsome revenue Part of the cost OF TINS
very sheet of paper and of other paper used tor
newsnapers. envelopes and wall paper goes 10
the Treasury because anilne dye Is used III the
noner manufacture. 1t enters into the cost OF
n,irters' ink. of straw hats, leather for char
covers. blankets flanncls, hosiery, worSted
goods, mernos, opera-fannelS, dress goous'
ginghams. prints, ribbons and nearly all SILK
goods. Thus, in one way or another hc'IlS
every one of the 81, 100000 inhabitants OF thlS
country pays a part Of the duty, so That the TAX
upon each individual is insigniiicant-not TWO
cents n wear. But that tax has induced a rch
and experienced Swiss firm to give up thc
manufacture of milhe dyes i'll Switzcrlah"
where gas tar is the cheapest material attain
able. and 10 invest quarter OF million III eS-
tabli.hing large works at Cleveland. In due time
they will need experienced men, Tor the lhuuS-
fry is one i'm which trained workers are pccul-
iorlv necessary. both because of its difficulty ana
bncause of the poisonous nature OF materials
used. Doubtless they will bring their skilled
worLmcn also from Europe. Then, in due time
we shall have transplantcd bodily to this coun-
try. in effect large Swiss factory from Dasle'
which will employ host OF men III ana near
Cleveland, consume the farm products OF Ohlo'
and create market which does not now exist
for the sale of certain rcSiduum of petroleum.
The new establishment proposes to manuiact-
IRE this rcsiduum into "anthraclte tar ana
then. in works near Cleveland, To transform the
ugly tar into those marvellously brilliant ayes
which have surpassed i'll beauty the famed
"Tyrian purple" eclipsed the glory OF cochl'
neal, and spoiled the industry OF the MeNcahS
who raise that insect, supplanted madden anu
made its production on the shores OF the Mcdl-
terranean no longer a great industry, and rem
dered garancine, of which with ground madden
"a mich AS 81 10000 worth was imported
ltnn
in our commerce. Hitherto, only three or four
small works have attempted the making Oh AMI
line DIVES in this country, and these have made
only three cOlors out of about three huhorcu
imported One at Albany employs forty men,
but has to import raw material from England
The successful establishment of great works IN
this country for the production OF the coal tar
from residuum of petroleum, and for the manu-
facture of aniline dyes, will ultimately save the
pcoplc very large sum yearly, ana may, not
improbablv, enable the product from petroleum
TO drive quite out of the American market the
DIVES manufactured from coal IN England, Ger
many. France and Switzerland. Then we shall
be told that Congress has built mp another out
ragcous MONOPOLY though the price of dyes
abroad may be cut down greatly by the mere
withdrawal of the American demand. Ana
finally, after the industry gets we'll established,
so that the marvellous colors which recent
science has extracted from coal tar can be pro-
duced here as chcaply as anywhere in the world,
we shall hear some eloquent orator say: Look
" at this infamous duty on anilinc dycs-lOO
"per cent or more, and absolutely prohibitory.
q Utterly useless besides, for the dyes are as
cheap here as in any country. What possible
excuse was there for imposing, under prctcxt
q of getting revenue, tax so absurd Z Hith-
erto we have been getting the revenue. Now
We are to import a factory, its owners, its
capital and its skilled workmcn, instead of the
dyes.
S1R1U AND M1RIE.