The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
Dye UPBUILDERS
PROMISED U. s. AID
DR.. Pratt Chpered When He
Says Government will
Shield Industry.
TARIFF CHANGE ASKED

TARIFF CHANGE ASKEI
DIR. Edward Ewing Pratt. chief Of thu
bureau Of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce. "a loudly cheered Mt a meeting
of the Society Of Chemical Industry las
night In Rumford Hall. 20 East Forty,
first street. when he gave what was In
'erpreted by those present as a declara.
ton OF independence for the dyestuf
industry. lie said that the OFFICIALS OF
the Department of Commerce and tn
Federal Trades Commission has agree
on these points:
~. The foreign concerns should be
permitted to exercise no privileges in
this country or against concerns In this
country which are prohibited TO domestic
concerns. In other words, what We call
unfair competition shall not be per-
mitted any NOR. to foreign concerns
than to domestic concerns.
-. That this or any new industry
which aims to place us In an independent
position industrially among the nations
OF the world shall be given a fair
chance"
strong appeal for the revision OF the
tarln so as to furnish some protection
to the aniline dye industry, which has
gradually GrOwn In size since the war
shut OF European products, was made
by W. IL. Childs, one OF the promoters
OF the BenEol Products Company.
Mr.. Childs told OF the formation Of
thc Benzol Products Company before the
war began.
al the first attempt to put aniline
upon the market said Mr.. Chi!ds, "the
foreign trade Immediately dropped prices
much below a remunerative basis for the
evident purpose OF driving the Benrol
Products Company out of business ana
preventing the building up Of the in
dustry here.
Kept On Though Losing Money.
W kept on. however. although at a
meeting a month before the war Il VAS
shown that the company had los; money
every year. Within thirty days Of that
time we found ourselves practically the
only producers Of aniline deliverable in
the American market. To-day We are
producing in excess OF the total amount
oi anilIiie consumed In this country prior
To the war
80 iui " lis lHlt -
: consideration of the methods by which
attempts to produce coal tar chemical
products III this countiy had been
throttled BY European manufacturers.
There IL one serious obstacle In the
way OF the confident and determined de-
velopinen of the coal tar dyestur IN
dustry IN American soil" Dr. Pratt said.
That difficulty * the possibiiity-no.
rather the certainty-tlat upon the re-
SunnflDn Of nnrt,ut pfnvnntlnp. N,n1,-
tons. European manufacturers will en-
deavor by underselling and other
methods of competition 10 win back this
profitabIe market and put out of busi-
ness a new and struggling industry"
Calls German Induairy Great.
DR.. Pratt said that the German coal
tar dyestuf industry was probably the
most highly and completely organized
industry IN the world.
ANY attempt to dispute seriously the
dominance or the European industry in
other countries Is persistenilv checke
by the united action OF the European
producers. by undertaking and hoycotts.
or the worlds production OF coal Ia
dyes. valued at ss2, 1884, 900, German
produced practically t'ree-fourths %
the worlds export trade. Germany has
an even larger share. taking for hersel.
more than sS per cent"
Dr. prst. cited instances 81 how dye
stun factories in this country had been
driven out OF bus!ness b. these meth
DDS. despite the fact tina the United
States had the raw materials. tn. mar
kets. the technical skill and the capital
to develop the new industry.
Industry Leap. Forward.
Since the war the situation has
greatly changed. DIR. riaet said. and the
industry has taken a great leap for
ward.
Sine the wal Ave domestic con
Germs manufacturing d~yeetufYs nave
doubled their output and another fac-
tory manufa ctIring aniline has quad
rupled it's output.
The great demand has brought many |
new concerns into the field. There are
now nine new plants"
Other plants with plenty o$ capital
behind them are now being organized.
according to Or. Pratt. He concluded
with the following statement:
1T IL our desire that the United
Sta .es shall have independent and self |
industries. | hope that the
time has Al rived when we can east on
commercial or financial allie
glance 10 any nation or any group of
| hope the time has arrived
when We can do away with our indus
trial crutches."
Proposes Central Agency.
Or. 'Usomas II. Norton, commercial
agent for the Bureau Of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, proposed a plan for
a central agency empowered 10 purchase
the entire supplies OF all the
Of colors IN this country. performing for
tens of thousands of textile and othe-
works using artificial and natural dye
stuffs what the well organized agencies
Of the West are doing for hundreds of
thousands OF American farmers.
j.. Merritt Matthews spoke in favor OF
a. tarirr on dyestuffs AZ a means OF pro-
the infant industry.
An argument that cloth already dyed
should be subjected 10 import duty was
advanced by John +. Wood, president of
the National Association OF Woollen
Manufacturers
the Anil!ne Industry from n Manu-
Viewpoint" was the subject
OF j. +. Schoellkopf.
SCHUMANN .HEINK ARRESTED.
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