Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-09-13
TOLD COTTON MEN
OF DYE SITUATION.
IL v. stanislaus Says Now In the Tim.
70 Develop Manufacture H.re

The National Association of cotto,
eMahuIacturers held its final sessioT
SATURDAY at the Hotel Griswold. East.
I'm FolnI with the interest in tn.
ing the closest attention of the mon.
/ bers Va 1ne Lhem'
| mere were several addresses. Eui,,,
Alen OF New York spoke ON Raj
5'ear.ngs Tor elton Mills; Holm CoI-
ne o. Session :3li If tn, Prcyentior
OF accidents in Cotton Mills; s. CaproT
~ Net On Inc Development of the Use
arthur NJ. Sheldon of Proyidencs
interested all by what he said as -
Wnetner The Textile Schools Ars n
ms ing All That Should Be Expected q,
one Of the best papers of the meet
scarcity of Dyes and Chemicals D11-,, on
the Present War. i'is
According to DIR. Stanislaus ., NIL,
lake the United States from 10 70 On
years 20 reach the point that German,,
naS gained in the Manufacture ~ Ave.
SUITS. but he contended that howeyer
naS II LOOK, the beginning must be
Tor the beginning had arrived
he said in part:
Two thousand American pIants a,d
aoout TWO million Operatives e.
threatened with ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS o.
account OF the dyestuff shortage. Thara
large number OF occu-
IN -. anu trades indirectly affected.
al this annoyance, loss and nm
Sertainty' why do we not have az
AnnerlcaI coal-tar chemical fndustry
apaDIe OF meeting the nations de-
Lanos, self-contained and independent
raw control utilizing our native
A careful analysis of the situation
SHOWS that not only is the Americas
sPpIy ana the limited American nro-
y. csIon OF coal-tar dyestufrs conniete-
~ dominated by the American indus
- put mat this is the case through
ort the world. Even countries such as
Great Britain and France. with anonis
ssupples OF crude material and hirbIv
oeVeloped industrial power are in az
same conditions as the United SfateS
=, a IN 1913 the total consumption of ar
taa oyestuns in the world had at
I, a,aIt NaIue or over $4,000, 900. Ger
LnIany furnished "a per cent. of the en-
IRE amount and over one-half Of az
materials needed to make the remain
ler. The only country. in additjo1 e.
germany, manufacturing dyestuffs IN
my noteworthy manner for the vTorld's
,a iaLhets Is switzerland. That country
.enes however, for its crude and half,
manufactured materials chiefIv 49,,
5erman sources. The Dominance ~
germany in the dyestuff nrod,Sc.,or
tno commerce of the entire world js
Q marked. and inherently Of such no.
. .Iar nnlsnt. that it does not hesitate
wherever an effort is made toward
from Its control. The
netnods used are those often assocJat
q with the working OF great Industrial
in various lands and now
!, aeEuVeIy checked by legal enactment
II lJnlrAn
ne German coal-tar chemical industrv
ne neid is International and its OPERA
ions are unchecked by law. Its infin-
nee has been felt at once in oT,r o.,
ountry when efforts to manufacture
ntermectate compounds or finisha6
yes threatened in any way the infsr1
rade. ana
Inc INDUSTRY has been chiefly deveI-
PED by the inventive power of Ger-
ian chemists. combined with a wealth
technical skill and keen business
~ senent, scarcely equaled in the
STORY OF any other branch of manu-
acture. The 81 German cornna1iez
ngaged in the chemical dyestuffs
lanuIacture have a nominal capital of
yer $o50.000.000 on which dividends
vverase p per cent. Actual profits
Ten reach 80 per cent. The great
hcesses have been devoted to new ,
instruction. II is the most renu- :
erative industry in the empire. the
ne most soltdly and formidabfy in
encned- the one in which the nation d,
most proud as showing the triumph
science applied to Industrial pur-
oses. and the one iIlustratinq No.,
r1kingly the ability to win and main
! field. I
tnere seems to be consensus of optn- n
tnat any rapid DEVELOPMENT and
oiution OF the dyestuff branch In the
nited States on a scale commensue a
.s Win me nations needs, present | Y
10 prospective, can be assured only a
the basis of an effective law pre-
nunE that action toward domestic
onopoty. Some Of the largest manu-
cturerS have personally Informed A
department Of commerce that what h
needed To not a tariff change. bnt A
VS. placing foreign monopoly on Il
9 same basis as an Annerfcar, nnn