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New-York tribune., 1919-05-04
Wanted Ownership
'To End Of the War;

In addition, there was taken from
a man who reached Montreal from
Germany an authorization sent in
response to a letter in which Hodg-
kin said:
"Get authority to Hohmeyer La
German subject in control Of the
company for the owners] to de-
liver to me or to you all the stock
certificates Of the company, for
us, or. me or you, to own abso-
lutely until we sell them, or other
wise until the end of the war. The
company and name are so well
known that / would like it to be
American in name and in fact,
so that in case [ am ever called
upon to show my hand I can
safely do SO. | am sure
you will understand what I am
after"
The Alien Property Custodian has
since sold out this concern.
Although the American chemical
industry took a fair start about
1880, the Germans promptly crushed
it, and when war broke there were
but five plants dealing with dyes in
this country, three Of them German
owned, and the other two practi-
cally merely assembling German
products. With the war there came
an immediate tremendous expan-
sion and many companies were
formed. At first the Germans paid
little attention to this, a letter from
the Cassella Company Of New York
stating: "There is no grave danger
to be feared for German industry"
and expressed his belief that the
textile industry would prevent the
dye makers from getting enough
protection to let them continue
after the war.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04
Big Propaganda
against americans

Backing all this was an elaborate
propaganda. 1t has not been deter
mined how far this was under CEN
tral German control, but it carries
all the earmarks that distinguish
the propaganda we have learned to
know. 1t became very complicated
at times, and some of it was so con-
vincing that the myth Of invincibil-
ity, as Mr.. Palmer calls it, still lin
gers in many minds.
The Germans, from their high
places as the chemical experts for
the world, announced that American
coal would not produce a tar suit
able for dyes. They declared that
Americans had neither the brains,
the training nor the skill to produce
them, and we Americans meekly
swallowed the insult. They laid it
down as an axiom that no one could
compete with them in the niceties of
chemical research-and we took
that, too. Finally, they pointed out
that the German industry had such
a start that we never could overtake
it; and, but for the war, there may
have been some truth in that.
But to-day we have found that we
have the brains, the skill, the pa
tience, the inventiveness and very
usable coal, and with little more
time we shall have overtaken the
German industry, and, many be-
lieve, have put 1t far in the rear.
The invention Of coal tar dyes is
not German, anyway.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04
agrees Not to Sell
Competing Products
A later agreement provides

A later agreement provides:
H. A. Metz & Co. or the
Hoechst Color Co. is not to buy
or sell products competing with
out reporting such to f'arbwerke
for approval or disapprova. Of
such products the American COM
pany is to send report every
three months and samples if de-
sired and statement of stock-in
trade on hand when desired, and
also a weekly report, when re-
quested, as to goods and wares
delivered with the prices. When
name is changed goods are to be
marked Hoechst Color Co.
An agreement on July 22, 1912,
includes the following:
The dividends of H. A. Metz & Co.
shall be paid to the holders Of record
of it's stock, but in division between
Metz and Farbwerke the entire sum
of dividends to stockholders out Of
the profits of the general business
shall be regarded as one amount
and the entire sum paid out of the
profits of the pharmaceutical busi-
ness as another amount and these
amounts to be used as bases for cal
culating the above SO per cert or 25
per cent, as the case may be. Metz
not to have a separate claim to divi-
dends for his ten shares. All profits
and dividends not paid to Metz as
aforesaid to be the property of the
German corporation, subject to the
bonuses payable as aforesaid to en-
ployes, if the German corporation
elects to undertake such distribu-
ton.
AS long as Paragraph II remains
in force Metz agrees not to pur-
chase or sell competing products
without referring such transactions
to Farbwerke for approval or dis
approval, also to send report every
three months to Farbwerke and
samples If desired, and render to
them when requested a statement
of the stock in trade on hand and
statements Of all goods and wares
delivered
So strong was the German con-
troll Metz, who is an American,
had been trying for years to free
himself from this control, Mr.. Gar
van declares, but without success.
For the rest, the German trade
methods were in most cases all that
is despicable and much that is il
legal.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04
Patent Trust PIar,
CiUes Protection

The whole situation, however,
has been changed as the result of
scheme recently put into effect by
Francis P. Garvan, the new Alien
Property Custodian, and devised by
him when chief of the Bureau of
Investigation.
This scheme hangs on patents.
1t was discovered that the Germans
had registered in this country some
5000 patents. There was practi-
cally no manufacture here under
them, and it soon became evident
that their chief purpose was to pre-
vent the importation of dyes made
under them, such importation being
an infringement of the patent. Mr..
Garvan saw no reason why this
should not work both 'ways-why
the patents seized and sold to
American owners should not be
used as bar to the import of Ger
man dyes.
He therefore organized the Chem
lcal Foundation, Inc, which is to
hold in trust all such patents and
others that may be developed, and
to which practically all of the Ger
man patents have already been
turned over. The Foundation will
conduct experiments as well as pro-
tect the patents, and all its patents
will be open to the use of any Amer
lean manufacturer, but not to others.
and will bar importation of ANYTHING
infringing.
This scheme, be believes, will.
when supplemented with a plan for
licensing the importation of Ger
man dyes in such quantities as NAV
be necessary, and no more, at rea-
sonable prices, offer almost com
plete protection to the American
industry till the period when the
patents now held are superseded
by new ones. BY that time. he
hopes, the American industry will
be able to take care Of itself.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04
Octopus Prepares
For Neso attempt

Meanwhile, the German octopus
has gathered strength for a new as
sault on America, and is planning
to crush out the new industry in
stantly. 1t is estimated that a hun
dred million dollars worth of dyes
-four times the normal annual
consumption of America have
been gathered ready to dump"
through Copenhagen the moment
the blockade lifts. The prices st
which these dyes will appear may
be judged from the fact that al
ready neutral agents are selling
dyes in Italy at half the market
price. In addition, there has been
a tremendous development of Swiss
dyeworks, under the Herzog rule
that German goods must appear in
neutral dress. In 1913, the last
year before the war, Switzerland
took from Germany 100000
pounds of Intermediates" the
bases from which dyes are manu-
factured. In 1916, the last year for
which figures are available, she
took 21,000,00O pounds - more
than four times as much.
The food may break, as the war
broke, with America unready to
meet it. No protective action has
been taken so far except that by
the Alien Property Office.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04
Industry Here
Deep in Hzs,, Plots

When the war began and after
we entered it the German chemical
industry here remained as pro-Ger-
man as ever. Its first lookout was
to save it's own markets from the
British, French and American COM
petition that soon sprang up. To
this end it went to every length ex-
cept the manufacture of the more
valuable secret dyes. This was
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04

When the great war began Ger
many had invested in the dye and
chemical tr>Se In this country not
more than s25,0o0,ooo, tiny sum
in business. But with this tiny
amount she had held a pistol to the
head of s3,0OO,o00,Oo0 worth of
American production, prevented
our establishment Of any adequate
manufacture Of war explosives and
made US absolutely dependent on
her for drugs vital to our health or
our recovery from sickness.
This industry furnishes the best
proof of the keenness Of Germany's
commercial strategy, for the chemi-
cal industry is the right hand Of
war. The manufacture of drugs
and dyes from coal tar is a marvel
lously complicated process and there
are great quantities of by-products,
which are, or easily may be made
into, explosives. These form by far
the greatest part, in weight, of the
whole production. Dyes made with
out explosives, or explosives made
without dyes to help pay the cost,
become doubly expensive.
Thus Germany, storing explo-
sives, kept down the price of her
dyes. Thus, during the war, max
ing explosives, she stored dyes to
be thrown on the market to-day.
Thus, also, she prevented America
from establishing great chemical
plants and hopes to break down
those we now have started.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04

used as "milker," made SLIT, ,242
on $1,214,638 of sales-a total profit
Of nearly $4,ooo,oOo by a concern
capitalized at $750,000. On another
Of its subsidiaries the profits for that
year are not at hand, but the Will
liams & Crowell Color Company
made $240,851 net In the first six
months of 1918. The total turnover
Of the dye business did not pass $685.
100000 year, but the profits were
certainly nice--for Germany.
All of the six big German chemical
houses which operated before the
war-they have been formed into
single gigantic trust nowhere
represented in America by what
seemed to be Independent firms, buy
ing from them under exclusive
contracts, but what we're really
branches under absolute control.
The Alien Property Custodian
caught one of these concerns and
seized it, because it had, though ap-
parently entirely American-owned,
wirelessed to Berlin asking permis-
sion to raise the pay of some of its
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04
Bribery Common;
Espionage Rampant

Bribery was usual thing. Es-
pionage was rampant and the coun-
try was filled with expert chem
ists," who constantly betrayed to
the Germans the interests of their
employers. Of course, they resorted
to "full line forcing" a practice
common in this country but much
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04
Contract Revealed
Control by Germans

The ownership Of the branch Of
the Badische Company, Kuttroff,
Plckhardt & Co., was perhaps the
most carefully concealed. This
stock apparently was held by the
officers of the concern, and it was
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04
ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN
SIXTEENTH AND P STREETS, N. W..
WASHINGTON, D. c.
April ii, 1919.

Editor The New York Tribune NeuY York City,
Dear Sir have read with much preliminary sketches of Mr.
Frosts stories about the German
IN my they are splendid suaon and
as ae gon accurate and entirely justified
me ltuatlon at THIS time calls for Frost
has rtten and order pud yerv
glad them en he has
lon which the records this office justify these
articles the greater the has been able TO ren
der. Yours very truly FRANCIS p GARVAN
AienP Custod
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04
additional Clauses
In Another Contract

Perhaps an even more complete
control In some ways Is shown in
the following contract made be-
tween tho so-called Farbwerkc-
Hoechst Company and Herman A.
Metz. Provisions omitted regarding
the sale of stock are along the lines
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04

THIS the eighth of series of articles avrtten By Mr.
Frost ac the cooperation of the War Trade Boord former
Alien Property Custodian A. Mitchell the present
Alien Property Custodian, Francis p Garvom facts set
forth concerning Germamys ea0est effort herself
haze been vered by the Alien Property Cstodlan
and the of their a0ide publication stressed
One of these articles appears each day IN The Tribune
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04

The German Metal Octopus,
aohlch controlled all the acorlds
zinc, tim and lead, except ip
America, and was reaching out
here, aO5U be described to-usor-
r0so.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04

Hun Blocked Americas Plan to Establish
Great Chemical Plants-Hopes to Break
Down Ones Started Since War, Though
He Himself Formed a Big Trust of Six
Houses Which Operated Prior to Hos
tilities
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04
Contract ShOaUs H0aU
Germans Kept Their Grip

Germans Kept Their Grip
The following contract shows the
method by which the Germans kept
their cake and sold it too
Agreement made this 3Oth day
of June, 1918, between Adolph
Kutroff, of the City of New York,
Of the first part, and the Badische
Aniline and Soda Fabrik, a cor
poratlon duly organized and exist
ing under the laws of the Grand
Duchy of Baden, Germany, of the
second part, witnesseth-
The party of the first part
agrees that if he shall die or for
any reason shall cease to be an
officer of the said Badische COM
pany at any time prior to the first
day of January, 1916, he or his
legal representatives shall sell the
stock held by him in the said
Badische company to the party of
the second part or to such person,
firm or corporation as it may
designate, on payment of the par
value thereof, with interest at 6
per centum per annum from the
lirst day of the current fiscal year;
1t is further agreed that the
party Of the first part shall not
sell or transfer his stock of said
Badische company or any part
thereof, nor create nor suffer to be
created any lien, pledge or incum-
brance of or upon the said stock
or any part thereof;
This agreement shall also apply
to and cover any further shares
of the Badische company the party
of the first part shall hold or
acquire by any increase of the
capital stock Of the said Badische
company or otherwise, as we'll as
to the shares now held by the
party of the first part.
A second agreement of even date,
with almost identical preamble, pro-
vides:
The party of the second part
hereby agrees that it will not sell,
directly or Indirectly, any of such
dyestuffs, chemicals or other ar
ticles outside Of said exclusive
territory, and that it will not di-
rectly or indirectly deal in any
merchandise that shall or may
come into competition with the
articles so to be purchased from
the party of the first part, nor
will it or any of it's officers have
any interest in any competing
firm or corporation.
1t is further understood and
agreed that when and so long as
the party of the first part may be
a creditor of the party Of the
second part, the party Of the first
part shall have the right at it's
own cost and at any time to in
spect and make or cause to be
made extracts from the books and
documents of the party of the sec
ond part.
Another agreement of even date
and like that with Kuttroff is made
between the Badische Company, of
New York, and the following stock
holders therein: Herbert W. Reed,
Is shares; George M. Snow, 20; A.
20; Frederick Kuttroff, 20;
Reichard, 20; Howard L.
Waldo, 20; Morris r. Poucher, 20; {;
w. P. Pickhardt, 20; Ernst Halbach.
o0. and Hugo Hill. %
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04

however, has always so far taken
about four years to come to head.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04
Plot to Gas the Worlds Trade

Facts Revealed by War Board and Alien
Property Custodian Have Amaze
Even Those Most Familiar With Plan,
But the Whole Story Has Not Yet Been
Told-Properties Seized, but Brains
That Ran Them Remain
New-York tribune., 1919-05-04

port trade primarily if they ar
absolutely indispensable.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-08-20
FOROEST HILL

We had one of the hardest rains
at this place last Thursday night
that was ever known in this section.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Upton of
North Carolina spent Saturday and
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Simerly, the latter's sister.
Mrs. Florence Russell and little
sons spent Sunday with Miss Amy
Brewer.
Ora Wheeler spent Saturday and
Sunday with homefolks.
Rev. Huffman will fill the pulpit
at this place next Saturday night
and Sunday.
Mrs. Ross Wheeler has returned
home after spending several days at
Friendsville.
Miss Myrtle Simerly returned
home last eek after spending the
past two eeks with Mrs. Tom Riddle
on Knoxville Pike.
Several of the young people
gathered at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Parr Saturday night to hear
the Graphaphone.
Mrs. Whitehead of Chilhowee
spent the weekend with Mrs. Henry
Walker.
Mr.. Noah Abbott spent several
days last week with his father-in-law,
Henry Walker at this place.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-08-20
MENTOR

School commenced here last Mon
day with Miss Mary Fryar and Miss
Anna Willis as teachers
Misses Mary and Grace Settlemire
of Knoxville visited their parents
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Charlie Hunta nd mother,
Mrs. Mary Goodwin and little niece,
visited her sister near Chilhowee
last week.
Mrs. Henry Miser had as her
guests Saturday and Sunday her
daughter and family Of Knoxville.
Mrs. Key of Maryville visited her
daughter, Mrs. Charlie George last
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Gdrindstaff
spent from Thursday until Saturday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell Gregory.
Those who were present at Mr..
Jim Malone's ice cream supper Sat-
urday night reported a nice time.
Miss Vaughtie and Lucille Snelson
are visiting their grandparents of
Vonore.
Mrs. Jim Hunt was called to the
bedside of her daughter, Mrs. Ruby
Jenkins, who is very i'll.
Mrs. Russell Gregory is very sick
with asthma at this writing.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-08-20
FIRST B. Y. p. u. ENCAMPMENT
OF CHILHOWEE ASSOCIATION
is A GREAT SUCCESS.

The Baptist Young Peoples Union
of the Chilhowee Association held
their first encampment at Chilhowee
Institute in Sewer county, beginning
Monday, July 21st, and lasting
through Friday, July 25th.
The rooms of the dormitories
were turned over to the use of the
representatives free of charge.
Each church estimated the amount
of food necessary for their group
and carried it along. A head cook
was employed; the young ladies and
gentlemen assisted both in the work
of the kitchen and dining room.
There was plenty to eat for all.
The first day there were fifty
two people enrolled; at the end of
the week there were one hundred.
The following churches were repre-
sented:
Island Home, 81.
Maryville, %.
ChilhOwee, %.
Mt. Lebanon, 2.
Valley Grove, 4.
Ammonia, 4.
Kagley, 3.
The following daily program was
given:
Morning.
6:00-Prayer Service.
6:30-Breakfast
9:00-Song and Praise.
9:15-B. Y. P. U. Manual.
10:00-Training in Church Mem
bership.
11:6O-Normal Manual, Bible Di-
vision.
12:00-Lunch.
Afternoon.
00-Recreation, games, etc.
400-Conferenees and Optional
Glasses.
6:00-Supepr.
7:15-Normal Manual, Bible Di-
vision.
8:15-Addresses.
Teachers, Mr.. W. D. Hudgins,
Tullahoma, Tenn, Mr.. John Gillon,
Nashville, Tenn, Miss Elanor Gard
ner, Nashville, Tenn, and Mr.. VIM.
H Preston.
Addresses were delivered by the
following:
Monday-"Christian Education"
Mr.. Geo. Ainslee, Knoxville, Tenn.
DR.. w. L. Gentry, Jefferson City,
Tenn.
Tuesdays Stewardship" R. A.
Brown, and Rev. W. 0. Rotten.
Wednesday," Soul Winning" Mr..
John Hitch, Rev. J. Allen Smith.
Thursday-"Baptists and Their
Doctrine" Mr.. B. L. Glascock, Rev.
W. H. Fitzgerald.
Friday-B. Y. P. u, Demonstra-
ton.
The teaching force was among
the best in the state. The classes
were conducted with such skill and
interest that the young people were
faithful attendants at all the classes
and after these outdoor sports and
social activities were entered into
with the greatest enthusiasm.
Every attendant seemed to lay aside
any besetting cares and make the
most out of the advantages offered.
Special music was prepared by the
Island Home and Maryville groups
for the evening programs.
Many of the young people had
already studied the courses taught,
taken the examination and received
diplomas. Some took the eXamina-
ton on Friday afternoon and re-
ceived certificates Friday evening.
Others are going to take the eX-
animation at home. Almost all the
members wished to remain longer,
so will all those whose duty it was
to have been there please conclude
that there must have been some at
fractions to create a desire on the
part of so many to reamin another
week. At the next encampment we
hope to more than double the at
tendance, to make more workers and
create a new desire to do the work
which our Lord has committed to
our hands.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-08-20
Beware of the
Something for
Nothing Fakir

You can put this down as an
infalible rule there is no such thing
as something for nothing. If you keep
that principle in mind you will be buy
ing real food value with your dollars,
which, of course, means conservation
and a saving. <e>+-ees@>~+,s
Whenyou see anything offered
for sale cheap" beware. Something is
wrong somewhere In the long run you get
lust about what you pay for and if you try to
pet something for nothing you will generally
get less than you pay for.
Some thoughtless housewives
believe they effect saving by using self
rising -four. In most cases they are buying an
inferior food and paying far more than the
article is actually worth. So the housewife who
thinks she is getting her baking powder tor
nothing is mistaken She is paying dearly TOR
it and instead of getting pure, plain flour and
baking powder added, in the majority of cases
is getting poor grade of -four, cheap grade
of powder containing calcium sulphate or
plaster of paris
H. l.. Eskew, Food Commissioner of the
State of Tennessee in recent address Atlantic City, said:
81 would tolerate -four products like some of the
self rising -four sold large of the South the
of which alike unknown and not to be
ascertaned by and whose purity in the
of phosphate is open to serious question as
deceptive agency
Buy pure, plain -four and standard bak-
inc powder and you will know just what you buying
and you will be getting more for your money.
nrAA hc.&13s-1-20-
Nte-ss Costello is already WeH knovn to most Of the ladies
our civ She is of domestic Science Branch OF the OnOers,y
Chicago Simmons College Cooking School graduate Of LectS
Trsas Supervisor Domestic Science in Public schools Spee,a
Lecturer Domestic Arts and Economy Special Lecturer me
Womens Clubs
We publishing series Of her most important articles
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-01
ROBBED OF VALUABLES.

It is believed by authorities that Ber-
nard + Solberg, 3s05 Ivy st. Indiana
Harbor was a victim Of the same stick
up men at 149th and Forsyth last night
as he made the turn. Two men with re-
volvers who were standing on the corner
made a leap for the machine and thrust
ing A revolver close to his head told him
to stop.
solberg was relieved Of s6s IN cash.
a diamond stick pin valued at SS5.
masonic ring worth IS. a watch at $40
and a revolver at s12. The highway
men then forced him TO drive them to-
ward Hammond and when they reached
SUMNER street they got out and told
solberg to go straight ahaed or the
would shoot.
solberg reported it TO the East Chi
cago police and posse was formed ana
ofur hours a search was made but to no
vail.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-01
Is a Merry Widow.

Soon after my husbands death ?
years ago l was taken with typhoid
fever. Since then have suffered from
stomach and liver trouble and constipa-
ton 1 have doctored a great deal with
out benefit. Since taking Mayr's Won
derfuI Remedy three months ago my
bowels have moved regularly and I am
feeling we'll again. I am now A happy
woman" II is simple harmless prep
aration that removes the catarrhal mu-
Gus from the intestinal tract and al
laws the inflammation which causes
practically all stomach. liver and in
festival ailments. including appendicitis.
one dose vii convince or money re-
funded At druggists verywhere.-Adv.