The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-20

ernment under the Trading With the Enemy Act yesterday prepared to en- ter a vigorous protest at the State De- partment in Washington. Some of those mentioned in the list already have asked for protection against British interference with their busi- ness.
 In the charges to be made at Wash ington will be included evidence that the British Government has compiled for blacklisting purposes complete records of the affairs of business houses which are controlled by Am orleans. It is also claimed that six months ago customers of firms bear iQg German names or having business dealings with Germans were notified that they too would be blacklisted if they continued to deal with these concerns.
 One of the first firms to resent the action of the British government in ordering Americans to cease all busi- ness dealings with Germans was the banking and shipping house of Null CT, Schall & Co.,, of No. 45 William street. William Schall, Jr., a mem Der of that firm, is a citizen of the
 
 porated in this state.
 Last winter the heads of the firm were told by some of their customers that they would have to stop doing business with certain German firms. MT. Schall, after having ascertained that the information came from Brit ish sources, went to the British Elm bassy in Washington to make inquir- ies
 After having assured attaches of the embassy that the members of his firm, with but one exception, are citi- that the name of the company might be removed from the secret blacklist if a guarantee were given that no business would be done with Ger mans. MT. Schall refused to make such an agreement, and yesterday he saw the name of his firm among those in the official public blacklist. The firm is said ztol be in possession of evidence that the British. by tap ping communications, got informa- tion about customers who later were notified that they should not do any business with Muller. Schall & Co. Max w. Boley, an American, now
 
 of Hasenclever & CO. importers of all kindsof farming materials, also on the blacklist, has notified his New York manager, F. W. Hilger, that representations have been made to the authorities in Argentina. and in- structions given to make similar pro- tests to the American government.
 we do an extensive South Ameri- can business and place orders with about 600 American hardware firms paying for thes goods on delivery MT. Hilger said. '"The efforts of the British to control all the business in South America at the expense of the natives there is something which bears full investigation.
 seWithin a, few months the harvest season will be on in the A B c coun- tries and the action of the British in blacklisting the companies which have developed vast credit system among the farmers interfere seriously with agricultural work there. We are cer- tainly not dealing with Germany, but are only engaged in the lawful pursuit of supplying to the farmers in South American countries such utensils as they need for the grain and other har- vests.
 Americans the Losers
 Sf.As representatives of American, firms we have contracts, so that by holding up our cargoes the losers are Americans who have absolutely no connection with the enemies of Great Britain. We have known of the existence of the blacklists for more than six months. The British government caused the names of South American firms to be pup lished several months ago and ship owners were instructed to be careful about accepting cargoes consigned to those on the list"
 The heads of a number of firms which were b1acklisted by the. British government declared that they had in- structed their attorneys to investigate conditions and that they would em body all of the facts in a statement to be submitted to the state department. A number of those who said they would take the initiative in the pro- test declined to allow their names to be used for publication.
 In preparing the protest, several exporters and bankers will call a meeting of those on the blacklist. They will then urge full cooperation in calling President Wilson's attention to the methods employed by the Brit ish in making up the public and se- cret lists. They also will cite in stances where steamship agents have refused to accept cargoes because of fear that they would incur the enmity of the British.
 The following statements were made yesterday by firms included in the British blacklist:
 British Intercept Cables.
 Bauer, Philip Company, No. 6S Broad street, chemicals-( (PhiIip Bauer-.'I was born in this country. and, of course, I am a citizen of the United States. All the members of the company are citizens and we have been doing business with Dutch East Africa. The British have intercepted many of our cable messages in inter- fering with our business. I do not know as yet what we are going to do about the latest move they have made"
 Eugene Dietagon Company, 21s East 23rd street, surveying and draw ing materials-(R. Fred Allin, treas urer)-"Our factory is in Chicago and we are incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois. Every officer of the company is an American citizen and we are bona fide American firm. only iuoopuopiopoe~ ,,.