The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-13
SHORTAGE IN DYES
THREATENS MILLS
One WOOllen Factory. Employ
ing 800 Hands, Will Close
Next Week.
TARIFF SOLUTION URGED

with the continued enforcement Of
the British order in council under which
all goods going to and coming from
Germany are being held up the ..tuation
in the textile industries. whic'. depend
largely on imported dye stuns, Is be-
coming more acute day by day. TINS
was the testimony yesterday OF men In
the trade. with their statements cam
the announcement from :. Rawitser q
Co. of 1855 Broadway that one OF Its
largest woollen mills would be closed
next week.
Hermann Rawitser said yesterday
that things had come to such a pass as
to make the closing Of the mill abso-
lutely necessary. 1t will not be done
as n protest, but a. an inevitable out
come of the conditions which the COM
pany has to face. This mill, one OF Ave,
IL located at Mystic, conn, and employs
400 hands.
I'VE simply can't get the dye stuffs
we want said Mr.. Rawitser. For
| months we have been going along with
such material as was available and the
limit is about reached. We can't get
we need from Germany and there
Is no concern In this country putting
out dyes In sufficient quantities
Urges TariR to BuiId Industry.
HOLLAND IL full OF dyes. contracted
and paid for. with no chance OF getting
| them to this country. To talk about
developing Industries here Is futile.
Where will you find men willing t. put
| money into dye manufactures unless
| they have some assurance that their
| business isn't going to be ruined when
| thtg u.ur anhap 10 10 "A hnSinaea rant,s..
ing skilled chemists. II is highly tech
| meal. To start dye manufactures under
| present conditions would mean taking
l great risks.
But something must be done I know
| there are men here willing to begin IL
| they are assured OF protection when the
war stops. The only way to insure pro-
lection is to put such a tariff on i'm
ported dyes as will make II possible for
n new business 20 continue when the
regular commercial channel are opened
again"
II was said yesterday that In many
sections OF the country those who are
opposed to the present Administration at
Washington are fixing upon the tariff
for protection as the one issue that
will stand out In the campaign of next
year.
willing to Finance Undertaking.
Circulation has been given to the re-
port that a number of concerns In Penn
sylvania were willing to finance dye
manufacturing. IL promised n tariff to
protect the industry. In New England
the same idea has been taken up.
Herman a. Metz said that the manu-
facturers of dye stuffs were unable TO
furnish their products to the textile
manufacturers because the raw materials
were not available except occasionally
in small quantities and at Outrageous
prices.
9Th raw materials necessary for the
manufacture of aniline dyes are being
used TO make carbolic acid. picric acid and
other explosives that We are sending in
such large quantities 10 Europe he said.
There IL only one way out OF II and
that is to insist that England snail make
some modification OF her order In coun-
ell by which the exports from Germany
are held VI. | don't take any stock In
this talk OF our building up dye manu-
factories In this country. What we want
IA free passage OF this stun from Ger
many"