New Britain herald., 1915-08-16

lor the information of his govern
nieht: This letter, or memorandum,
: oateo July Z, 1915, is in German. The
translation in the World follows:
New York, July 7.
steps taken to prevent the expor-
tatlon of liquid chlorine.
rms morning l had a talk with
Dr. Hlrschland the local representa-
1--WE or the Goldschmidt DEFINING
company, Essen, and Dr. Orenstein
consulting engineer of the Electric
bleachnlg Gas company, Buffalo,
! wherein the following was brought
! out:
England and France have been since
september, 1914, in the market for
iiqulo chlorine and are working
through a certain Dalbrun Italian).
ne negotiations are being carried on
| Win renewed vigOr since Germans
used chlorine gas in the battle of
1pres, and contracts for from three
10 hve years for all the available LIQUID
chlorlne are being offered, payment
upon delivery in New York, for which
| Dalbrun is furnishing the receptacles.
Altogether there are only three
! firms which produce liquid chlorine to
be considered:
l.. Cashier Chemical company, Buff
! falo.
2 Electro Bleaching Gas COM
pany, Buffalo.
g. Goldschmidt DEFINING COM
pany.
One Firm Half German.
The first two firms are pure Ameri-
can, the last one fifty per cent. Ger
man, for which reason u delivery by
: !, iC
the question.
The Cashier Chemical company has
apparently closed lorg term chemical
contracts with France, and is deliver
! ing fifty to seventy-five tons monthly.
Tire cost of production amounts 20
about five cents a pound, the selling
! price eight cents The liquid chlorine
business would not of itself be very
inviting if it were not for the fact
! that on the other hand caustic soda
/ is gained, the price Of which Is very
! high The manufacture or this prep
aration produces, however, almost
automatically an equal amount Of
LIQUID chlorine.
While then the Cashier company is
delivering all available material, the
, Electro Bleaching company has up to
this time refrained from delivering,
principally because Of the excuse that
satisfactory steel receptacles for
transportation are not availabl
However, since Dalbrun has received
permission from Colonel Dunn (chair-
man of the commission for railway
supplies) to transport liquid chlorine
in drums of one ton capacity instead
OF in steel TASKS, and AFTER Dalbrun
places these Of ho
The company, there will be no further
ground for their refusal to deliver
Want Their Profits.
DR.. Orenstein says that the firm, in
view Of their close personal connec-
ton with him, and in view of the
German business manager, Dr. Neu-
haus, has not as yet closed any con-
tracts with Dalbrun, especially as the
president Of the company, DR.. Kings
ley, up to this time, has always met
the wishes Of these gentlemen,
1t will be impossible, however for
this to go on any length of time, as
the shareholders wish the profits to
be derived therefrom. DIR. Orenstein
therefore suggests that an agreement
be consummated with the Electro
dent, Kingsley, whereby the delivery
of liquid chlorine by this country to
France and England Will be stopped |
A suggested plan is enclosed here |
with.
From military standpoint I deem |
it very desirable to consummate such |
an agreement, in order to stop there |
by the further expectation OF about |
flfty-two tons of liquid chlorine |
monthly, especially in view of the |
TACT that in France there is only one |
factory (Rouen) which can produce
this stuff in small amounts, while it
is only produced in very small guam
titles in England.
PAPEN.
Munitions Campaign.
The World furnishes interesting in
formation concerning the alleged ac-
tivities of German agents in melting
campaign against the shipment of
munitions of war from this country
to the Allies.
Correspondence in possession of
The World this mornings article
says, Shows that the various phases
OF this movement were religiously re-
ported to Chancellor Won Bethman-
Hollweg at Berlin and Ambassador
Won Bernstorf in Washington One
such report was made by Herr P,
Reiswitz, who was obviously assigned
to the task of promoting agitation
against shipments of arms"
A translation of the letter from
Reiswitz, dated Chicago, July %,
1915, runs as follows:
Your EXcellency:
l have received your very welcome |
letter. together with the newspaper
clipping. | will see to it that the aues-
ton of the part which American army
officers are playing in the production
Qf mllnitiQnS q nd |