Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-20
WASHINGTON AFfA1IS
Especial to The BuiIetinl !.

England which use dyeetuH6 on III that the Longworth bilI providink Y stif protective tariff and q lic&nafnG l system under which it is hoped t6. make the American industry fndepeif0- ent of any foreign eupply nili be call- next week. Representative TreadK4y 1 IS preparing to champion the canDe of the New England consdners of thess dyes.
 Already, Representative Treadwat who is a member of the ways and means committee which reported out 1 the LoDgwortn blll. has done great service to these New England tn- dustries by having the proposal for a licensing system modified So 4hAt it's control is thrown into the hAnds of the consumers Instead Of befng controlled by the manufacturers or This is probably the most important piece of legislation that the repubif- can majority in the house has yet portant piece Of tariff legislation yet considered by the ways and means committee. The debate on this meas ure in the house. probably next week
 will be intensely interesting and vfEor-
 ous and New England Congressmen
 will take very active part.
 E In the original bill offered by Rep
 Longworth and considered by the
 committee there was provision for
 three sets of license commissioners,-
 one representing the manufacturers
 of the dyes, another representing the consumers of the dyes. and the third
 to be named by the president. Rep resentative .Longworth may have been
 bluffing the committee but ne told
 them that without licensing feature to control foreign importations of dyes that he would not care to report out
 any bill to protect the American war
 born industry.
 (or Acx<Sr n Treadway stepped vigorously forward as champion of the New England in terests. Representative Ionswood and Joseph H. Choate, Jr.. who rep resented the Chemical Alliance and the Chemical Foundation and the Am- erican Dye Institute before the com mittee argued that their interest IS in standardization of the American on account of their close relation to chemistry, to high explosives. and basic medicines. Representative Treadway's ground is that while the purpose of standardization sounds good to him, he represents a section of the country which for cotton. wool and silk textiles and for paper is a very important consumer of the dyes. He cannot fight for the nationalization principle which is in conflict with the interests of his home people.
 Now it happens that Representative
 
 for many years. since the elder Choate had a summer residence in MT. Tread ways home town, Stockbridge. MT. Choate was being bombarded with resentative J. Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania, who threatened to swing the republican majority of the conmi ttee entirely away from the I- censing feature and to block passage of the dye protection bill. So when Representative Treadway proposed some changes in the licensing prop osition he finally persuaded MT. Cho- ate to agree to them.
 As result of Representative Treadway's clever work in the com mittee. the whole licensing power was switched away from the president. The bill as finally reported out of com mittee calls for 4 commissioners to represent the manufacturers of dye tufts and six to represent the con- sumers
 These commissioners are not nomi- mated by the president and approved by senate as is customary, but are to be named by the organization rep resenting the manufacturers and the consumers, so that when the licens- ing commission sets to work it will De a quasi governmental body but m no way responsible to the president or to congress or to any federal auth ority.
 So that instead of giving the power
  the manufacturers of dyestuffs the power is given to the consumers sach as the textile interests or New England This is a matter ot vItai importance to the textile industry or New EngIand.
 hep. Ireadway negotiated still an- other important advantage. The Long- wood bill provided that a license for be issued when III the judgment O. the licensing commission the dyes de- sired could not be produced in this country or at a reasonable price. Rep Treadway had this amended so as tu remove .'in the Judgment of the com mission,". so that if the bill goes it will compel the commission to issue a license to any consumer when he testifies that he has been un- able to get the dyes desired in this country and demands a license to import.
 The republican majority was not unanimous in reporting out this bill, 1 because of strong fight led by Rep. l Moore,-against the licensing features. l Mr. Moore wrote minority report which was signed by three members. 1 MoorS of Pa. Young of South Dakota, 1 and Mott of New York. Although he is opposed to the licensing feature l Rep. Treadway felt that he should not 1 vote against the bill since it had been as extensively changed to meet his l wishes.
 Rep. Moore's opposition to the bill l was based principally on the ground l that it offers a big opportunity for l abuse of power that might be exercis- | ed by the Du Fonts. the National Ami 1 line and other big corporate interests. l It is acknowledged by the members of the ways and means committee that l there could have been developed a | eontrol if Representative Treadway l had not changed the bill.
 Representative Moore strongly ob- | jected also to the fact that Francis l F. P.AGarvan is president of the Chemical | Foundation while at the same time l custodian of alien property who turn | ed over thousands of enemy owned l patents worth many millions of dol | lars to the foundation at 2 nominal cost.
 This dye legislation will come come | up on the floor soon. The ways and | means committee has a tungsten ore i bill before the house as unfinished |