Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-11
LOSING MILLIONS BY
DYESTUFF SHORTAGE
DR.. Charles u. lIerty Makes Address
Before Virginia Chemists
Club.
ABUNDANT RAW MATERIAL
Waste i'm Coke Ovens is Described by
President of American Chemical
Socicty-Wants Tariff Commission
I" Prevent Dumping After War.

The United states Is losing 81 900 0oD
each day on account of dycstuffs short
age declared DIR. Charles H. IIcrtv
rrcSiGcnt OF the American Chemical
society, who delivered a lecture ,t IN,
Medical College OF Virginia last nigh,
"n The Revolution in Coke Manufac
turc aud Its Relation to Our National
Welfare" Or. licrty is Il graduate or
~" University OF North Carolina. lie
was invited here 10y the Virginia
Chemists club. which is the Virginia
branch Of the American Chemical So
cic'N. L. Il. Arnold. prcsidcn; OF the
club. introduced the speaker
ne reason that our manufacturers
Hesitate in the Manufacture of dyc-
S,rffS is because they know that II
I'll" war should cnd within :. wear or
two. they would be crushed" said Or.
ltciiA. What We need is Il tariff to
protect the manufacturers: an anti
oountric; :rom flooding this country
Win cheaper goods, and :, tariff COM
mission TO protect the public With
these three things. the Americas dye
s'ums man can get on his feet. Then
should come the lower tariff Tn.
time Will come when our dycstuffs in
duStry will find itself. and supply the
whole world"
ENORMOUS LOSS rIIROIGII
LURE TO USE HN-PRODJCTS
Or ficrty said that the loss In by
products for the year 1914 from which
explosives and dycstufrs could have
hccn made amounted to sl3S. 600. 900.
He told of the use of the new rctort
oven in place OF the beehive oven for
CokcinE. He gave statistics showing
an increase Of a. per cent over ana
above normal on coke produced in the
year 1919. The by-productS OH ono ton
of coal amounted TO *l.56 before war
rriccs. The railroad companies have
h""m losing 81 per ton on coke. he
said.
There is talk about our dependence
ON chile for sodium nitrate continued
lpr. licrty "Wc'N" got it right her"
~ home. about i.Oo0ooo tons or coal
we're cooked in Virginia in 1915. "a bee
hiv" oven being used. and l%"ou."
tho year before. ON "a basis OF .o"O, "uo
tons. S.,.0"o.ucu was wasted in the air
ahi-N could have been recovered. .tdd
Si.""o. TOO 10 The state for one year.
Can Virginia afford To throw that much
AWAY lie stated that the time WAS
coming when a man could not con-
pete with ono who had :, r"tur' oven.
Tn" speaker said that it hch"ovcs
tho chemists OF America I" sec that
this cuuutrN IL no pr"ilica;c in tho
production OF raw materials we arc
talking about preparedness. ilhvc NO
though; az what "" would do without
tho chemicals necessary for mcdicincS?''
said pr. IIcrty. That nation that
iailS TO providc AN army with tho
right things to enable 4 man to take
caro- Of himself is at fault pvcstuns
ana explosives are essential 10 pre-
parcdu"s.. You cannot separate the
two
Concluding. py. Iicriy said:
Let US awaken Congress TO arts"
to- This situation. Let every chemist
show that lie is OF as much service to
his country as a soldier. sailor or any
other man
After tho lecture. 81 smoker was held.
\ rising vote of thanks was given tho
lecturer.