Evening journal., 1919-08-07
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s domestic sources. and any dye which,
: shile made in this country 5 not OBJ
: a nable at reasonable pfice.-'o good
'usliiy. and within a reasonable time.
,rhus absolute assurance IS given any
american consumer Of dyes that he
IAN at any time obtain the foreign
product where The American Industry
s unable to supply on favorable terms.
Conversely. IL Will absolutely exclude
transportation Of dyes which are made
u this country Of satisfactory quality
md at fair prices and insure the de-
'elopmcnt and extension of The man
lfachro OF those dyes Furthermore,
he applications for The importation of
uch dyes as are not made here viii
promptly stimulate our manufacturers
% make the same dyes ry showing
hat strong demand cX SITS Tor them
lnd viii thus guide The industry into
he development which is really re-
luired
"Durine The life Of This system a
substantial number of dyes not made
n this country Will no doubt be i'm
ported. and as they witt-he subject 60
The rates of duty provided In This Dill
viii produce very substantial reNe-
1ue for the Government
''Your committee docs not suggest a
license system as a permanent govern
mental policy. but feels that nothing
Else can meet ihe present emergency.
Accordingly your committee recon-
mends The license plan together with
an Increased tariff. because as soon as
ihe peace treaty is ratified ihe new
American dye industry WI be exposed
TO competition from an adversary so
powerful and so desperate That no
practical rate of duty can offer any
real defense. Tho whole huge German
dye Industry capable 7l The time of
supplying the entire demand Of the
world. WAS combined In 1916 into a
single immense trust organized ON
purpose io fight ils way back To The
ormer German world monopoly The
,omh nation Is even now enormously
prosperous starting with assets OF
Yearly hair a billion dollars, invested
N the empires most remuneraive in
iusiry plants Of the trust have been
,usy throughout the war making aH
iermany's poison gases. many of her
munitions. and, AZ the same Time
,nough dyes 10 Nccumulate "a reserve
capable of flooding The market OF this
,r any other country Recent obser-
yers report that The working forces
have been held together complete and
intact throughout The war and since
its cessation. and that one at least oi
he component companies has made
arge edditions 10 plants since lae ar
msiice
eThe resources OF the trust arc
therefore colossal. iis plants are so
huge and organized for such vast pro
1uction that unless % can regain most
OF its former world market half us
equipment must he idle and The other
half run at low efficiency u must
then recover its world market or
cease to exist as a profitable busi-
ness Even before the war, when its
supremacy was unconiested the GER
man industrys competition was utter
lv unscrupulous II practiced ruth
lessly every form of corrupt and un-
far competition known 20 commerce
What can be more certain then. than
that in the almost immediate future
when instead Of a comfortable ana sate
supremacy IL faces possible destruc-
.ion 10 win attack all competitors with
reckless disregard of an considerations
Of business decency.
This attack, unless Congress acts
very speedily. viii be concentrated
upon us. Great Britain. France, and
Japan have protected their own Gov
dye industries by license
laws essentially similar 10 The one /
herein recommended The market OF !
.he United States is therefore. except |
hat OF China, Germany's last opening /
10 penetrate IL and destroy our do
nestle producers the trust will surely |
DO elad to spend millions OF its sur
plus Not many millions would he
iceded A very few. sdroitly used IN
practically giving away selected dyes,
would kill the business Of even The /
strongest OF our companies and leave /
rs once more at the trusts mercy /
Such an onslaught would be danger /
,us. even II German costs Of produc- /
ion were as high as ours. but they |
ire not Even II the prices OF labor |
md material are equal. an old dye in |
iusiry can always undersell new one |
N making textiles or typewriters OF