The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-25
PLAN TO PROTECT
DYE-STUFF INDUSTRY
American Enterprises of That Sort Ex-
pect Sharp Competition from Europe
as Soon as the War Ends.

New York, Oct Administrators
plans for the protection OF the new dye
stuff industry, and other American en-.
terprises, from disastrous food Of for.
eign competition at the close Of the Eu-
ropean war wen outlined here last night
by DR.. 4. +. Pratt, chief Of the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce, in a
speech before the Society Of Chemical
Industry.
The problem has been thoroughly con-
sidered DIR. Pratt said, BY the depart
ment Of commerce and the federal trade
commission, and the present plan is to
deal with il through antitrust legisla-
ton making ruinous underselling by for
eign concerns punishable as unfair COM
petition. The tariff question, he de-
clared, "can be left out Of the discus.
sion"
The history Of the dye-stuT industry,
Or. Pratt said. made il certain that the
new American industry would be del.
ugcd AZ the close Of the war BY a price.
cutting campaig on the part % Euro
pean manufacturers Tie cited instances
of the methods employed by the German
chemical makers TO hold foreign mar
kets, and 70 prevent the development Of
other dyc-stud industries.
There Is one serious obstacle in the
way Of the confident and determined de-
velopmcnt OF a coal-tar dyesiuf indus.
try on American soil, said Dr. Pratt,
rand that difficulty is the possibility
no. rather the certainty that upon the
resumption 81 normal international con.
ditions European manufacturers viii en-
leavor b. boycott undressing. and 9TH
~ methods ~ competition, to win back
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lriinarily accepted meaning Of the word /
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, surplus product ~ = lower price. This /
ioes not mean merely the giving Of a
mall Discount to cover ceiling expenses
lhich arr Carried ~ the Ameriosn i'm.
lorter Finally. and perhaps this is the
most important fact, il does not mean
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in The coutrary. Il means higher prices.
nohopoiv prioes. u the bong run
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