Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-03

PHILADELPHIA, April 8.-The
Whole textile industry is in
danger of going to smash, and
hundreds of thousands of men
employed in that industry and
the inter-related trades are in
imminent danger OF losing their
jobs II German dyes cannot be i'm
ported within less than two months.
according to speakers yesterday at a
meeting of the National Association
of Hosiery and Underwear Manufac-
turers. The meeting was held in the
Manufacturers Club.
The estimates were made by a
number of men, principal among
them ID. +. Waters, president OF the
Germantown Dye Works and the
Master Dyers' Association; Charles
10. Leippe, president of the associa-
tion which sponsored the meet ng
and president of the Reading Knit
ting Mills, of Reading, Pa, and for
mer Congressman II. A. Metz, the
Newark manufacturer. These three
men will go next Tuesday to Wash,
ington to represent the association
In an effort to get the State depart
ment officials on the job.
Delegation to Washington.
They want to make it plain to the
officials in Washington what direful
results will obtain to American tex
tile manufacturers and men of allied
industries If the conditions due to the
English blockade are not corrected.
The action to send the committee
to Washington was taken yesterday
afternoon at a meeting of the asso-
citation officials in the Manufacturers
Club after speeches by representa-
tive men of the textile trades, prin-
cipaily dyers.
In the speeches the men blamed
not SO much state department as
they did the English government.
They said the state department had
tried everything that was fair to
bring Great Britain to an under
standing; now that they had failed It
was time to stretch the rules of inter
national law a bit ourselves. In
effect, they advised an embargo on
all things to Great Britain, saying
the English government needed us
lot more than we needed them, and
if an embargo We're established 1t
would not be long before the admin
istration at Washington would be
able to get anything it wanted.
Germany, the speakers said, does
not want our money. She wants our
goods. And, they added, 1t would be
doubtful If the oceans were once
opened up so that this country could
get the necessary goods from Ger
many for which manufactures are
crying. whether Germany would sell
them for money. They would demand
in return goods they need-cotton
and foodstuffs Tor non-combatants.
Speech By MIR. Metz.
I'VE are not going to have any
war with Great Britain, but we have
certain rights in this country, and it
is up to the state department to get
| them,'' said Mr.. Metz. "Of course
we have no right to violate our neu-
| trality, and, of course, we have the
right to sell ammunition; but also
we have a right to say to Great Bri-
| tain that simply because she has the
admitted right to use her great sea
power to hurt Germany, she has nc
| right to use it TO hurt us and If she
persists in so doing we should declare
an embargo on the things she wants
"Our government has no right to
| let the great textile industry shut
| down absolutely, as assuredly it must
| if we can't get certain necessities
| from Germany, just because some
/ few ammunition makers and wal
material manufacturers want to keep
| their plants running night and day
| If something isn't done we will suf-
| fer as greatly, industrially, as IL we
| were in war ourselves.
1.-THE state department has done al
| it could to play fair and right; but
! the time has come to knock a few
| holes in international law ourselves
! Every German would rather burr
| his plant than to have the littlest part
of his product get to England. Fol
| What we have been getting we have
| had to give a bond, saying it would
not be re-exported to England"
The order in council promulgated
by Great Britain, which declared
England's intention to seize all goods
originating in the enemies countries
Mr.. Metz declared a pure bluff
(which Washington had not called
Mr. Waters said he couldn't give ii
figures the extent of the havoc If tht
ltextile plants were to shut down, bui
he pointed out how it would spreac
it's disaster all over the East, partic
uraly In Pennsylvania and 'Massa.
chusetts. Mr.. Leippe said 1t woult
add about 10000 to Readings unem
ployed.
The dyeing industry alone in Phila
ielphia would be hit to the tune o
about 1000 men, and that is only on,
little part of the industry, it was de