South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-15
SAYS GERMANY IS
READY FOR PEACE
BritiSher Dyer Warns of Stiff
Competition to be Expect
ed After the War.
Associated Press Service:

Associated Press Service:
BRADFORD, Eng. April Is. -
Warning that Great Britain must
prepare to meet an enormous in
crease in the competitive powers Of
the United States, Japan and Hol-
land after the war is given by Mil
ton s. sharp in a report TO the
Bradford Dyers' association of which
he is president. The increase of the
wealth of those countries. he de-
clared, was almost beyond computa-
ton.
''As to Germany" Mr. sharp as
serted. you may be sure that she
already is as thoroughly prepared
for peace as she was for war: COM
mittees covering every trade having
been formed with government aid
to consider the best means of eX-
plotting every market on eartn.
Make no mistake, the competition
of Germany in all neutral markets
will be intensified in a degree far
beyond anything we have ever expe-
rienced in our history. Unless we
are prepared, it will constitute a
centage Of our export trade.
The consideration transcending
all others must be never again 10
be dependent upon Germany for
anything essential to our industries
and our national safety.
'All the German color makers
and the auxiliary trades have be-
come united in one company with a
combined capital of more than 40
100000 pounds. The greater, there
fore, the necessity for a like con-
solidation of interests in this coun-
try.
1T is beyond question that, next
to Krupps, the great color works
have been the most powerful aids TO
German 'frightfulness, poison gas
and other denominations But for
the power of the color works to
make high explosives to a virtually
unlimited extent, the war would
have been over long ago.
When. travelling about this coun-
try you see the immense works
which have been erected during the
war for the manufacture of high
almost Unreasonable advantage
Germany had at the outset 10y her
ability almost in the twinkling Of
an eye to divert her color works to
that purpose"
Great Britain, Mr.. sharp said, is
on the read to freedom from de-
pendence upon Germany for dyes.
for the British production of dyed
goods last year created a new rec
ord and the exports of dyed textiles
reached 1.-The stupendous total" Of
1,121, 100000 yards. an increase of
81 per cent over the previous year.
Mr.. Sharp declared that estab-
lishment OF the aniline dye indus
try is essential to Great Britain's
commercial as we'll as TO her ma
tional safety and that great progress
has been in the manufacture of ami
line colors in this country. He ad-
vocated consolidating all the color
making companies in one concern
to prevent waste OF effort. one
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 insuperable difficulty
in covering the whole field of Ger
man production.
England now is the only serious
producer of dyed textiles for ex-
port, said Mr.. Sharp. The abound
ing prosperity of the American peo-
pie enabled them TO consume virtu-
ally the whole of their production.
Neutral markets now are compelled
TO accept the limited range Of col
ors England could offer, about 90
shades, but Immediately after the
war the English dye producers must
be in a position to offer the widest
range Of colors or their export trade
would be jeopardized.