The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-28
Well
Ventilated

PAIN.
Three days after the arrival of the
"Deutchland" the Democratic Cong
gress, after pigeon-holeing the Hill
Bill, passed a measure which provided
for duty on dyestuffs. This bill will
not serve the purpose, because, ac-
cording to the testimony of Demo-
Gratis (even free-traders) and everyone
posted on the subject, the rates are
too low. 1t they are not increased by
the Senate, just as much water will
flow over the dam as formerly flowed
through the Democratic breach in our
protective wall. Their argument was
to catch votes, and their bill was a
bluff.
The Hill bill provided for specific
duty of 7 1-2 cents per pound on the
finished dyes, and 3-4 cents on the
intermediates, in addition to a 80 per
cent ad valorem duty on the former,
and Is per cent on the latter. The
Democratic law provides for the ad
valorem rates, but the specific rates
were reduced 33 1-3 per cent Ten
thousand chemists in the United States
of all shades of political belief, unan-
imously approved the Hill rates, which
were fixed after the most careful
study. A committee of these chemists,
of which DR.. Bernard c.. Hesse,
free-trader, and Hon. Herman Metz,
formerly Democratic Representative
in Congress from Brooklyn, were
members, speaking of the Hill bill de-
clared: "The Committee herewith
unanimously reaffirms it's belief that
the rates proposed in it's report Of
November 4, 1914, are the lowest at
which self-contained, complete, in
dependent coal-tar chemical and dye
industry can be created in this country
and at the same time which offers
legitimate incentive to legitimate cap.
ita| for legitimate effort to produce
these goods in this country" Mr..
Metz asserted: "On anything less you
will be off, anyway. II do not know
whether that is high enough" DR..
Hesse said: II do not look at it as an
industrial proposition but as a matter
of national equipment" referring to
the dye industry in it's adaptability to
the manufacture of explosives. A
gentleman who was about to embark
several millions in the enterprise
wrote to Representative Hill: 4 am
as firmly convinced as ever that the
rates mentioned in your bill are the
that will establish this industry in the
United States, and l have. never sd
much as intimated to anybody; by word
of mouth or otherwise, that anything
less would DO the trick. and believe
that Mr. Kitch9in, Mr.. Pratt, ! ETC.,
thoroughly understand my position y
1.-THE coming of the 'Deutchland' dis
pels one report that was not infre-
quently heard" said New York man.
ut shows that Germany's offer to
ship dyes here was not entirely a
matter of bluff. And, in my opinion,
it. indicates that the war has not dis.
organized Germany's dye industry to
an appreciable extent. We know that
Germany is planning an enormous
trade campaign to regain the markets
held prior to the outbreak of hostil-
tiles, and there is no reason to sup
pose that the dye industry in which
she occupied such . predominant pos
ition should be neglected in this pre-
paration."' The Democrats are now on =
record as verbally in favor or pro-
lection and legislatively against that
policy. Evidently, they feel that they
are damned if they do, while the dye
industry is damned if they don't. The
manufacturers are gambling on the
winning out in the fall.
The flood of German dyes to this
country will be damned, if they do.
The dye industry will be damned if
hey don't. ~ .,t,:;