The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-24
Makers and Dealers Aim to
Stop Recurrence of Pre-War
Dominance of Industry.
NATIONAL BODY
MAY BE FORMED
Resolution Provides That the Organiza-
ton Be Restricted to American Citi-
zens and Capital-Arbitration Board
Urged.

OISeu.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-American
dvestuff manufacturers and dealers, said
to represent an invested capital of
100000, 900, gathered in convention
| here at the Chemists club to form a
national association of the color inter
e3ts Of the country TO sec that Germany
never agrin regains her pre-war dom
/ nance an dyes in the markets of the
United States.
An clement Of patriotism was inject
ed when a resolution was formally
adopted which provided that any trade
organization formed should be rigidly |
restricted, rs to membership, to Ameri-
can citizens operating plants in this |
country, financed with American capi- |
ltal. This action was taken in view of |
the expressed belief that without this |
restriction German manufacturers |
might, after the war, seek membership |
in the association, and through insidi- |
Gus propaganda nullify tho efforts of |
the association to make the American |
industry self-sustaining and independ |
emit.
/ 4 no convention was CallcO AT tue SuE-
gcstion of ii. Gardner McKerrow Of Z.
+. Drew & Co., Inc, so Broad street.
Frank lleminway, who operates dye
stuff plants at Bound Brook, " j., pre-
sided.
Mr.. McKerrow, in outlining the need
of organizing the new American aniline
dycstutfs industry, said in part:
j There must be some form of stand
. a rli alpntn1 ht-p ,,fo "a,
order to prevent the American dyestufTs
industry from falling into confused
condition, and thus render il a fertile
field for exploitation of German dye
stulTs manufacturers when the war is
at an end. | hope the convention will
give some unmistakable expression Of
opinion relative to the use of bribery
to effect sales Of colors and to obtain
monopoly or control Bribery has been
distinctly and Enthusiastically 4 Ger
man practice, and has hurt the dyeing
industry, not only in this country, but
in Great Britain, France, Italy, and
Russia.
1T has been one of the insidious and
pcrnieious methods by which the world
) wide German domination of the dye
} 4tutfs industry has been built up. II
; has been dangerous because it neces-
sarilv has been secret and unseen, and
this calls for drastic and ruthless ac-
tom
Mr.. McKerrow also told OF the need
If adequate tariff protection for the
American color industry, extension of
arbitration to get rid of trade disputes,
and the safeguarding of patents. He
expressed disapproval Of that provision
Of the present dyestutfs tariff law which
( specifies that if the President should
3 find in 1921 that 60 per cent of all the
color requirements OF the country were
s 'ot made in the United States, he could
= arbitrarily by proclamation annul and
< ancel the specific rate of duty, and fur
thcrmore, that in any event, after five
years from the passage of the act or
1916, one.fifth of the specific rate snail
be automatically dropped until, at the
end of another fiveyear period, the en-
tire specific rate shall have been elimi
mated. Mr.. Mckerrow insisted that
with the possibility of the wiping out
of large measure of the tariff protec
ton at present in effect, conservative
capital looking for permanent invest
ment would hesitate before eommittin:
itself TO the support of the dyestuf'
industry
Ipf Al ldAull VI. hbNt, al attorney ant
a specialist in commercial organiza ito,
work, urged manufacturers and dealer
20 form an association at once, as tn
dycstuhs industry needed organization
10 meet German competition after tn
war, in this connection il was brougl
out at the meeting that, whereas Their
are more than 100 aniline manufactu1
ing firms in this country without organ
(,ar,pppy tho 1npYinapt anlr
factor Of the world, had only six larg
! firms and seven smaller concerns Ell
gagged in turning out dyes. This, it Wa
/ said, illustrated the concentration oil
4 tanning in tae German color industry
4 The question arose whether bot
4 American manufacturers and deale
4 should be included in the new associ
u ton. II was found that the manufa
q turers present prcdominated two to OF
"a as against the dealers A commit.
n of manufacturers and one representa-
II the dealers were formed and will tod;
81 make recommendations looking to Il
= settlement OF the status of the two ell
lmeuts in the trade in the new organic
tion. \ committee on organization al
$50 was named, which is expected to OF
ma line specific plans Tor the new natio
,+a al association.
.t,r Bradford Webster, an attorney, W
't ,1 has specialized in trade arbitration t
'eiu Of the advantages to be derived in hs
ing a board of arbitration in the q,
atty stuffs industry. DR.. +. w Pierce
six the United States Conditioning a
lbu- Testing company spoke of the difiicu
OF randardiziug eolors. A. Z. Parl
15s discussed patent laws as they relat
roo to the dyestuffs industry.
-. There was speculation as to whetl
-, the National Aniline and Chemical &C
ooi- pany, inc, and +. L. du Pont de Ne
nus ours q Co. would join the ASSOCIATE
ugh, The irstnamed concern represent.
ends recently formed combination of dye {
lnue dye crude interests. Robert ALI
e q shaw, one of the executive officers
the National concern, attended the ;