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New Britain herald., 1918-11-23

states was the largest single consumer in the world, the reason for this being that manufacturers of coarse goods in this country adopted the idea that the best way to develop and increase a demand for American cotton fabrics was to use COlOTS, even for coarse goods, equal to any which might be used by the manufacturers of the finest fabrics. For example, some Of our largest cotton mills made a fabric known as chambray, which was used for Worllingmen's shirts. It was bright blue color and every one is familiar with it. These shirts retailed as low as fifty cents. The color is in ciestructible, hence the economical value of the garment is doubled, trip led and quadrupled. This is only one fabric; it goes through a whole field of colored cotton fabrics; draperies awnings and the olive drab army uni form cloth used before the war were made from these vat dyes.
 The industries to be served are cot ton, woolen, silk, leather, paper, paint, etc. All of these industries have suf-
New Britain herald., 1918-11-23
Americas Answer

American dyes, equal to any Ger man manufacturers ever put upon the market, are now being produced and it remains only for the manufacturers to So order their affairs that they can successfully meet the German compe- tition which a return of peace will bring.
 The collapse of the dye industry, when the source of supply was shut off in 1914, brought American chem ists to realization that only a few of the common colors were manufactured in England or in the United States, Tn all there was not more than 10 per cent of the total consumption manufactured, and they were abso lutely dependent upon Germany for a supply of virtually all of the most important dye products.
 The importance of these products cannot be measured by their own ton mage or their own money value. u NtIll ldl DCyollIl blllN. IL IllGCllL that even the overalls of the worker could not be properly dyed; that the commonest articles of cloth ing needed by millions of American families were held up; that business after business faced failure in turning out it's products. In fact, all of the industries and all human beings in civilized countries pay toll in one way or another to the dye industry
 These facts, brought home by the shutting off of the supply, were in. centives to immediate action. This country and all other quarters of the globe were ralSed and scraped for SUD- plies. Textile production was curtailed in every way possible, and both pro- ducers and consumers were aroused to the immediate need of a substantial remedy for such a humiliating situa- tion.
 The answer to the dye problem is the same answer that was made to the munition problem. The compel ling force of the country's needs brought it at once
 Build dye plants.
 In time of war prepare for peace.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-23

construction of q plant was begun and many of it's units are now in operation turning out dyes superior to the Ger man products.
 Little has been said in the commer> cial world about this plant because it's output has been taken over by the Government for the use of textile manufacturers who are supplying uni form and other cloth for the army. With the cessation of hostilities this supply can be turned into commercial channels and the plant can be ex- banded at once because labor, which has been almost unobtainable, will be released for such enterprises. This plant covers an area of a full square mile, and up to date includes seventy separate and distinct buildings.
 It is but a short step from explo- sives to dyes in days such as these, when explosives are complicated chem ical combinations whose ingredients are, in large part, the bases of the coal tar dyes. These coal-tar dyes have sUpplanted natural coloring compounds as the newer explosives have sup
New Britain herald., 1918-11-23

equally satisfactory to it and it's GUS toners. The company had never pro- duced indigo and had only just started to erect the plant; the amount in volved went well into millions and the responsibility was very great. It is now delivering indigo against these contracts; the product is equal in every respect to the best that was ever produced in Germany.
 The capacity of the new plant will meet all of the needs of the United States and Canada.
 Next in importance comes the wat dyes" a group of fast colors for cot ton. Formerly all colored cotton goods with the exception of indigo dye fab rics were looked upon with doubt and suspicion.
 The introduction of these vat dyes revolutionizcd an industry; the United
New Britain herald., 1918-11-23

dye maIllls" 1-,.-4. .t1t III the United States. The du Pont Com pany had never before been in this particular branch of the chemical in dustry, but it had plans to build up the dyestuff industry In this country
 In an announcement made a little more than a year ago 1t set forth that it had at it's disposal:
 First The necessary raw materials for the manufacture of coal-tar dyes, products of this country and free from European control
 Second. Chemical and engineering organizations second to none in mag nitude and scientific attainment.
 Third. Unequaled plant and labora- tory facilities.
 Fourth. An adequate commercial organization.
 With these as the groundwork the
New Britain herald., 1918-11-23
England Develops Her Own

Tt seems to me that this is eX- tremely interesting as showing the drift of American thought, but we must cherish no illusions about the matter Indigo and the vat dyes and many other products which are not now manufactured in this country are absolutely essential to the va rious consuming industries. Trade standards of fastness were based upon the use of these products. After the war the manufacturers will get back to their pre-war standards, and the only question will be as to the source of supply. Our whole effort in this enterprise is to so shape our affairs that consumers will have neither reason nor excuse for ever again buying from Germany"
 England, too. is developing her dye industry against the time when Germany will seek to come into
 the market again and English
 manufacturers have appealed to
 their Government to aid them.
 The British Government has al-
 ready made plans to protect this
 newly established industry for
New Britain herald., 1918-11-23
The Question of Licenses

Where extensions of plant and buildings are necessary immediately, and where there is difficulty, owing to the excessive costs, of making these extensions, the Government will make some provision to meet the cost of these extensions. It is also proposed to make certain grants in respect to research work"
 Speaking of the question of licenses, Sir Arthur said:
 There is a further proposal, and that is that, in order to safeguard this particular industry against the great efforts which German dye-mak- ing firms are certain to make after the war. we will adopt a course which I believe I am right in saying was carefully considered by 8 cabinet com mittee of the last Government and recommended to and approved by the Government of that day, and which has since been approved by the pres ent Government. It is that importar tion of all foreign dyestuffs shall be controlled by system of licenses for a period of not less than ten years after the war"
 He added that the Government would have to be consulted in many proposed amalgamations of the vari. ous dye manufacturing companies and said that the Government would virtually assume control of the dye industry so as to prevent the forna" ton of enemy monopoly and the pos sibility of foreign interests securing control
New Britain herald., 1918-11-23
By Charles K. Weston

for world supremacy HiiA t.-e NaF ser's commercial logions.
 Whatever the German propagandists may say truthfully about the world monopoly which the German dye man and whatever they may say in a spirit of hope about a return to this world control after the war, there is one great outstanding fact to hearten the American user of dyed fabrics; and that is that the American chemist has, beyond question, solved the dye prob lem.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-23
The Du Pont Industry

Many chemical establishments throughout the country began to do just this thing, among them the great du Pont organization, which turned it's energies in full to solving the dye problem. The chemical department was expanded until it numbered 800
 trained men, and on the banks of
 the Delaware, in New Jersey,
 at Deepwater Point, on a site
 adjoining the famous Carneys
 Point smokeless powder plant,
 there has been erected, at a cost
 of more than $10,0OO,0O0 the most
 modern, best equipped and largest
New Britain herald., 1918-11-23

period of not less than ten years after the war by a system of import licenses and it's financial support to manufac- turers who want to go into special lines of industry. In recent address made before the House of Commons, Sir Arthur Stanley outlined the plan and Robert P. Skinner, the American consul general at London, has sent a formal report to the United States Government on the subject.
 Sir Arthur Stanley speaks of the manufacture of synthetic dyes as the most important of what are known as the key of pivotal" industries, and he reviewed the efforts made by the Government to build up the in dustry by giving financial support to manufacturers who were hard hit after the German supply was shut off at the beginning of the war. He said that plans were being made to give further financial support and that dye commissioner had been appointed who would undertake to help in the development of the industries along all lines Because of our anxiety that this industry should be kept free from any possibility of control from any foreign source after the war;" he said, land so that this par ticular industry may become as rap idly as possible self-supporting in this country, we have indicated to the dye manufacturers certain proposals which we are willing to agree to with them. In the first place, we are pro- posing that where a manufacturer of dyes will undertake the manufacture of special dyes, and where he is not in a position to secure the necessary money to provide for extensions Ito, building a plant, to make a loan at fixed rate of interest, in no case be- ing less than per cent.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-23
Pre-War German Monopoly

When war started in 1914 the world was at the mercy of the German dye manufacturers. Remember this-no matter what competition there was in Germany for German trade among German dye firms, there was never any competition for outside trade. There was the closest cooperation on the part of the German dye monopo- lists to squeeze the outside man, Stand together against the world, maintain Germanys monopoly at all costs, was the policy in kaiserland.
 The American business man in 1914 was shocked into a realization of his industrial peril and dependency. He swoke with a vengeance. Chemists busted themselves in their laborato- ries. Far-sighted business men began to plan for industrial liberation from the thrall of the German dye men. Great explosive companies, like du Fonts, of Wilmington, began to delve into and solve German dye trade secrets.
 What is now the result?
 When the German master minds of the dye trade survey the field of their former commercial triumphs they will find that the old German monopoly ship Of dyes has been "spurlos yer senkt," sunk without trace and that in it's stead the new modern Ameri- canbuilt and American-manned dye business has grown to full proportions and wants nothing better than fight
New Britain herald., 1918-11-23

Nf<;, :na. .ie military autocracy oL Germany js beaten to it's knees and the victorious Allies have pre- sented their terms of armistice, what is to happen when the great Teuton chemical and explosive establishments again turn their attention to the enor- nous fields of pre-war trade which they held so securely?
 Can they win back that absolute domination in the dye trade which gave them a stranglehold on our tex tile, leather and other dye-consuming industries? Can they divide the world up into water-tight compartments by their system of selling dyes not to be exported, so that they can put up the price to one nation and down to an other? In other words, can they once more reduce the world to a condition of industrial slavery as regards the in- dustries that depended on the dyes made in Germany?
 Let us never forget this--that Ger many had an absolute monopoly of dyes. Our textile and related indus tries, with their 34,O0o,OoO spindles and 730.OO0 looms, depended on dyes. The number of wage earners engaged in the cotton industry alone numbers more than 100000. The capital in vested in this industry is about $900- 100000. The annual output of goods is worth $1,5oo,oOo, 900, including gray goods and colored. /, The dependence on. dyes is also true of the woolen, silk, leather, paper and other dyestuff- consuming industries.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-23

fered during the war. Fast colors have entirely disappeared from the market and in many cases fugitive colors are being substituted. The complaints are many and in most cases are probably well founded. Some say that the American dyes are not so good as German dyes. As a mat ter of fact, type for type, they are equal, but the trouble has been and still is that prc-war standards of fast ness have entirely disappeared.
 The big object of American manu- lecturers is to help these industries to- get back as soon as puss1ple to their pre-War standards of fastness.
 The questions, Can we compete with Germany? Can we hold the trade? and Can American manufacturers sup port the industry? are now uppermost ir the minds of manufa lecturers.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-23
We Can Hold Our Own"

Morris R. Poucher, head of the dye stuffs sales department for the du Pont Company, answers that these questions are pertinent and all will have to be met, but he said most posi-. lively: If we did not believe we could hold our own we would not have started. l am not unmindful of the fact that the establishing of this in dustry in the United States, and par. ticularly by this company, means fight ing against Germany in her most zeal oEsly protected industry and in the one industry in which her workers were recognized the world over as leaders. Right here let me give you the opinion of an eminent authority on conditions after the war. In the bulletin recently issued by the Guar anty Trust Company, of New York. under the caption of The Inspiration of Adversity,' I find this sentence:
 Tn her present temper France re fuses to consider the possibility of re- stunning purchases of materials in Ger many as before the war, and she is so confident of what our feeling will be after more extended contact with the common enemy that she believes we shall rather buy from her than from Germany. Whatever may be the hopes of mankind with respect to the polit- ical league of nations after the war, it is evident that in France, as in Eng land, there is a disposition among financiers, manufacturers and busi- ness men to eliminate Germany when proposals affecting economic relation ships are under consideration
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-10
CRISP in Line
FOR COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, May LIN Con-
nection with the retirement of Con-
gresham William Schley Howard
from the house in the near future to
make the race for the Senate, there
has been much gossip centering
around Representatives Crisp, Wise,
Larsen and Park regarding the fill
ing of the place now held by Mr.. How
ard on the appropriations committee.
Mr. Crisp is already member of
the important ways and means COM
mittee and his name has figured more
extensively in congressional matters
when it was believed that there might
be new speaker of the House. Charlie
Crisp, it was said by many, would fill
the bill, and something would be done
which has never been done before by
this gOVernment-tO have rather as
a speaker of the House and afterward
have his son fill the same place. Now
that Speaker Clark will remain where
he is, there will be no chance for Mr..
Crisp at this time, but he is certain
to become speaker at some in the
future as night follows days.
Mr.. Crisp has probably been called
upon to act as speaker pro tenn. of
the House more times since he has
been in Congress than any other mem
Der past or present. This is due to
his general popularity, his fairness,
and his wonderful knowledge of par
liamentary law. Before he became a
member of the House, Mr. Crisp was
parliamentary clerk, and thus paved
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-10

recognition first in France, it should
be applied as well by the boys in the
training camps at home.
Every one of them who is fortunate
enough to have a mother may rest as
sured that upon that day, as every
day and night, he is first in her
thoughts and the central figure in her
prayers. And he should write to her
on that day-write her a special
Mothers day" letter, no matter how
many he wrote to her during the pre-
ceding week. 1t will do her world of
good, and it will make him better
man, more concented man and a
better soldier stronger in purpose
and will fight valiantly for country,
home and Mother!
Let's make the idea universal for
this one Sunday; and then why not
make every Sunday, for the duration
of the war, at least Mothers day."
Atlanta Constitution
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-10

the way to bigger things hereafter
There are several members from
Georgia who will probably make an
an effort to secure the appropriations
committee place-RepTesentative Lar
sen, Wise Park, Overstreet and Walk
er. This assignment is one of the
best in the House and the man who
gets it has something worth having
The vacancy will not be filled be-
fore Mr.. Howard leaves the House
next March, but there is already be-
ing no small amount of wire-pulling
done to make the mater as certain
as it may be this far ahead.-From
American Times Recorder Ellis,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-10
HE MAN AND HIS MOTHER.

Sunday, May IL, is Mothers dav,
and upon that day every American
soldier aboard is expected TO write
Letter of some sort to his mother. and
Uncle Sam will see to the delierv ot
it,
Tfhe idea of officially requesting
such recognition of the day by our
soldiers abroad originated, we are
told by the Associated Press, with
the Stars and Stripes, the official news
pSper of the American forces in Eu-
rope. 1t was approved by the com.
manding authorities, who, it is said
have done everything possible to help
it.. along
Army postal officials say that ex-
perience has taught them that mother
comes first in the soldiers thoughts:
hence an order to all postoffice EN-.
,pioyees to make eery possible effort
to; the end that every mother in Amer
lea who has son in France will re-
csive tidings from her boy written on
May ~, regardless of what may be do.
ing at the battle front on that day,
the letters to reach their destinations
early in June. Even the soldiers in the
front line trenches will be givens an
opportunity to "scribble few lines"
which will be gathered up and rushed
on to the waiting mothers on this side
Of the ocean. The censors have prom
ised to work overtime in order that
the letters will be rushed to the
United States without unnecessary
delay. Everywhere other business will
be. laid aside for the day out of defer |
eice and respect to mother-all other
business except fighting the Huns!
The idea is one that is commenda-
tory; fine and good in every respect.
!. But, while it was given military
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-10

Sergeant Jesse Littlejohn who has
spent the past week here on a fur
Tough, returned Wednesday to Camp
Green.
iit SSH
w. B. Brock, prominent citA in of
the Bay Springs community, is here
today attending to business.
Miss Eula Whelchel of Hatley is
visiting her brother DR., A. j. Whelchel
and family.
Mrs. ]. T.. Hill and little daughter
Carolyn of Macon were guests yester-
day of Mrs. R. R. Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamer Feagle moved
this week to the Clarke bungalow on
Twelfth avenue which they recently
purchased.
Misses Earnestine Stephens and
Frances Ponder of Richland are
guests for the week end of Mrs. H. B.
Nicholson.
John Williamson, a well known
farmer of Zion Hope attended to bust
ness here today.
Mrs C. C. Scott of Ashburn was the
guest yesterday of Mrs. G. NJ. Rodgers
and attended the "Womanlecs We'd
ding" last night.
MIR. and Mrs. w. F. Cross Mrs. ]. P.
DOster and Mrs l.. P. Cross of Roch-
ellie were shopping in Cordele Thurs
day.
H--&-A
Miss Matte Gladys Richard Of
is the attractive guest
of Mrs. Harmon Frederick at the home
of her parents Mr.. and Mrs. W, ID.
Wilson.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-10
YOU NEED A .GENER
. AL STRENGTHENING TONIC

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. 1t contains
the wellknown tonic properties OF
QUININE and IRON and is very yalu-
able as general strengthening tonic.
1t purifies and enriches the blood and
YOU can soon feel its Strengthening,
Invigorating effect soc. Fri. If.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-10
WANT SCHLEY HOWARD
OUT OE RACE NEXT

Atlanta, Ga. May 9.-FollOwing the
drawal of William H. Burwell from
consideration in the senatorial race
out of Difference to President Wilson's
desire that William ]. Harris should
succeed Thomas W. Hardwick, the
friends of William Schley Howard
are outspoklenly expressing consider
able doubt as to whether he acted
wisely in going directly contrary to
what he is said to have known to be
the Presidents wishes.
In other words, while the former
speaker of the Georgia house of
representatives felt constrained to
forego his own personal ambitions in
Difference to the President, and to
submerge for the nonce his own
bright prospects, the congressman
from the Fifth district had the tema.
rity to enter the race notwithstand-
ing administration preference, and
very frankly admits that he knows the
President favors MIR. Harris.
Whether Mr.. Howard can overcome
the disadvantage in which he thus
placed himself is a question which is
causing very serious concern among
his supporters here. They are not
worried about Mr.. HOWard's strength
in the Fifth district, for he in i'm
mensely popular among his local con-
stituents, but they do not feel encour-
aged by the reports they are getting
from other sections of the state, es-
pecially from south Georgia.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-10
CERTIFICATE RECITAL BY
MISS EMILY WEBSTER.


Miss Emily Webster will give a
certificate recital this evening at
eightthrity O'Clock at the High School
Auditorium. She will be assisted by
Misses Alene Kennedy and Emma
re.
Maddox.
V--@s-0
Mrs Lee Ryals spent yesterday in
Pinehurst, the guest of relatives.
Miss Olive Gamble was in Cordele
80
Monday.-Sycamore News.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Griffin announce
the birth of son.
Judge J. A, Littlejohn is attending
the General Conference in Atlanta.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-10
SHOT OF U. S. WARSHIP
LIFTS SUB FROM WATER

ATLANTIC PORT, May 9.-The sink
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-10

ing of German submarine by Uni
ted States warship with shot which
lifted the U-boat completely out of
the water and broke her in too, was
reported by officers on the ship on ar
rival here today. Because of the fine
work of the gunners, the crew OF the
ship VISA given an additional furlough
of ten days.
On the voyage the warship pre-
viously reported from German sources
as having been wrecked, sighted three
submarines and the gunners sprang to
their guns. The first two shots fired
in quick succession at the nearest enc
my missed, but the third went home
1t caught the U-b0at just below the
water line and so great was its force
that the craft was lifted out of the
water and in another moment, her
back broken, she doubled up and sank
to the chorus of yells from the warship
crew
/; Survivors were seen in the water
and the other submarines. as the de-
stroyed submersible disappeared, div
ed and did not re-appear.