The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-21
MA.sUF ACTURFR
 GIVES WARNING

BRADFORD. Eng. Apr 21.-Warn- ing that Great Britain must prepare to meet an enormous increase in the competitive powers of the United States, Japan and Holland after the war is given by Milton s. Sharp n d report to the Bradford Overs As sacia,ion, of which he is president. The increase oG the wealth Of those countries, he declared, was almost beyond computation.
 As to Germany" Mr. Sharp assert cd, you may be sure that she already .a as thoroughly prepared for peace as she was for war; committees GOV eIing every trade having been form ed with government aid to consider ,he best means of exploiting every market on earth. Make no mistake, the competition of Germany in all neutral markets will be intensified in q degree far beyond anything We have every experienced in our history. Unless We are prepared, it will con suJute a grave danger to a very large percentage oI cur export trade
 The consideration transcending all others must be never again to be de pendent upon Germany for anything essential to our industries and our national safety.
 All the German color makers ana ,he auxiliary trades have become united in one company with a com Jlncd capital of more than 4o,J60,099 pounds. The greater, therefore, the necessity for like consolidation c. interests in this country.
 Tt is beyond question u .,t, next to Krupps, the great color works hay been the most powerful aids to Ger man ,frighuulncss, poison gas and other abominations. But for the pow CT Of the color works to make explo s.vcs to a virtually unlimited exton,, the war would have been over long ago.
 When traycling about this countr you see the immense works which have been erected during the war for the manufacture of high explosives you can dimly realize the almost i'm measurable advantage Germany hao it the outset by her ability almost in the twinkling of an eye to divert he color works to that purpose"
 "Great Britain" MT. Sharp said, is on the road to freedom from de yenIence upon Germany for dyes, for the British production of dyed goods last year created new record and the exports of dyed textiles reached the stupendous total of 1,121, 100000 yards, an increase of 31 per cent over the previous year"
 Mr. Sharp declared that establish ment of the aniIine dye industry is essential to Great Britain's conner cial as well as to her national safety, and that great progress has been in the manufacture of aniline colors in this country, He advocated consoIi dating all the color making compan- ios in one concern to prevent waste of effort One company, he said, had not only been able to make but to improve one color of vital Importance of best German make. This, he said, proved there was no insupera bic diff Gculty in covering the whole field of German production.
 England now is the only serious producer of dyed textiles for export, said MT Sharp. The abounding pros 1eIity of the American people en- able them to consume virtually the whole of their production. Neutral markets now are compelled to. accept the limited range of colors England could offer, about fifty shades, but immediately after the war the Eng fish dye producers must be in posi- ton to offer the widest range of colors or their export trade would be jeopardized
 George A. Parks, mineral surveyor of the general land office who makes his headquarters here for the greater part of the year, is now on his way home He is supposed to have left Juneau yesterday, bound for Fair banks. MT. Parks has been on the Outside for the greater part of the winter.