The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-22
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Taft Makes Move for Con-
struction Of Government Il
Plant.
PRICES "a e TO Be REDUCED R %
, L! To Be .REDu cE I: J.
Construction Factory Will Be z,
iii Charrge 81 ST Ma Major Dunn,
W NowatSvvorkS On Plans. ,s5
,ft,Bly Assoc. q tea Y Press.


q WASHINGTON d g. July a 1T rust- \
busting Il, becoming q habit with Il the
government. Tho railroad trust, the meat
trust, the oil trust. the coal trust the =
paper trust, the Grain trust. the tobacco
trust and others have had their existence
Scnlivened BY tho Roosevelt admins ration &
and now lis proposed to call time on the
powder trust. Secretary TAFT has called q
for speoihca lions for the constructio of$
"a plant with an initial soo .t ooo
pounds OF powder anl,,ially and It is ,ex-B
pected the fnill$wlllSb In operation within
a. veal .5t Al ls 81 IN
Z At the recent session Consress author
lied tho building OF The proposed powder
plant as az sort OF experir11 emit $ { mas
been known for years that the powder
manufacturers OF the country were forc-s
powder than II fairly was worth. IN fact.
the powder trust has the government BY
the throat and compels q II 81 to pay an "
prices for the, PRODUCT that Il sees q to
impose. 10 e EaiI . Is4 &,
Force Prices Down. /.
When the proposed government plant ~
In operation q the actual cost OF po wider
will be obliged An order 10 retaln It's gov
eminent trade, TO Il duces Its prices. lit
6hould Eddcllne 70 ~ Line government
Bf1gur1s. the administrat Ion III will 3 recon-
mend TO Con res that the United States
manufacture Its own 20 ,vd or. for the use
OF bot h tho army al nd tho navy.
Already the Navy Depa timer, t has q con-
irfderublc powder plant al Indian Head,
h Md, s9 near the hiG- Enn- proving Erounds.s
The plant has n ca pa cit - Of about 9. 900
pounds day. Tho expense OF nnAnufac-8
turing the powder at the indian Head mill
il far loss than formerly was paid the
20 WIDER trust for Its product and the trust
has been forced to reduce lis price TO- Is
cents d pound. IL BY the 5naYal experts this
price 10 considered too his h.5 although not
Its plant in operationSsi i Is regards as
likely that the price of pow dsr to B the
51overnmier may % reduced A, to X sixty
cents a. pound
Congress- appropriated t1ss, 900 for ths
construction Of the proposed army plant. I
III Will be no 60 instructed a. to make Il
easily possible To- enlarge It, Il tnat should
prove neccssa ~. was not the desire
of either tho Escutlvc or the ConEress
to attempt to- drive tbs powder manufac-
Sturers out OF business. but simply to stva
them 10 sunderstands that they must b
satisfied Wit q rood profit without at.A
tempting TEL squeea . the sovernr,snt l,n i,
fnecessa rily i ssss
Dunn IN Charg
89 Gccrethr HEX IA ttsN 81 ates proper
powder reserve of The governing for /
pounds. u a III ID /. Inc tbs government had
IN hand only about ,b0o. 900 pounds. I'd
provide what Secretary Taft regards az
a. safe reserve, therefore. would require
an expend allure! on the part sof the govern
ment, Y trust prices were paid 4 for the
powder. Of nearly es5. 900. 900. On such an
amount the trust would reap q PROFIT OF
more n ha ~ 30 no 00O ~ X
5sS5 The construction Of tho new plant w1 II
be under the supervision NJ Major Beverly
w. Dunn, OF the ordnance department Of
the army no is at work now In prepare
#tion.of the plans, Ma Jor Dunn has visited
the biz plants Of the trust In Delaware
and has gotten many ideas regarding l.e
ethods e 81 building. The site Of the
plant has not been selected, but very like
5lyS some place In the Il interior OF the
country will he chosen by the board OF
officers Designated for that purpose.