Evening star., 1919-04-20
BY WILL r. KENNEDY.

UNCLE SAM hit the high spots
with Heinie over on this side
of the ocean just as vigor-
ously and decisively as in the
Argonne forest and at ST. Mihiel-
Over there" the horde of Huns were
driven back from invaded territory;
over here the Hun was evicted from
his industrial holdings. dislodged from
his stronghold within our commercial
gates. sold out and notified that never
again can he monopolize or dominate
any industry or phase of industry in
this country.
The German grip on American busi-
ness interests, ertswhile a monopo-
lizing, throttling grip. which killed
domestic industry as ruthlessly as 1t
ravaged Belgium, has been broken
Our industries have been American
lied. The very agencies which Ger
many employed to dominate her spe-
cialized lines of industry in this coun-
try and to block competition by any
against Germany for the protection OF
American industry.
Quaker, But Fighter. :
The average American hasn't yet
realized that this is what was being
done by A. Mitchell Palmer. now At
torney General OF the United States,
and until March custodian OF alien
property, appointed by fres;dent 'Fii-
sou to administer the trading with
the enemy act
Palmer is a Quaker. and by reason
of his religious convictions he could
not accept the cabinet position IF Sec
retary of War when President wilson
first came into Office. But Palmer Is
a good fighter. nevertheless anu az"
a whole lot toward helping to win Inc
war in a quiet but elective way tina
nut the fear of 4 long and diSmsi
future into the heart OF sclentincallE
Industrial Germany. anc really awak
! ened Germany to realization mat
the war was lost
For approaching fifty years Ger.
many had been building up a world
monopoly in certain lines. particular
ly chemical dyeStuffs and pharmaceu-
| ticals. The chemical trade was Ger
many's greatest industrial asset Inc
! chemical industry OF the Uniteo
States was penetrated and permeateo
! by German intrigue The dye indus
! try was not allowed to develop in the
United States, and what production
| there was here was entirely depend'
ent on intermediates, for which the
United States had to look to Germany
! Domestic Industry Created.
Now the United States has beer
freed of this monopolistic control A
domestic dye industry has been war.
born and war-nursed. just as German
dive and chemical plants have beer
utilized to produce the explosives and
poisonous gases. the most hendisf
that minions. who spent their entir'
| life in the German laboratories. coul'
invent and with which the HUI
4 belched their bestial way across Eu
rope. SO the American plants wer
used to produce offensive war sup
plies that finally stayed the invasion
Of trained barbarism upon civiAxa
| ton.
were taken over by the custodian o.
alien property, they were turned int
a piece of war machinery. They were
sold to all-American interests To IL
lustrate: The Bayer Company o.
iRensselaer. n. Y. was sold for $5',
$4,000, plus taxes and obligations o,
several hundred thousand more. to q
West Virginia corporation. The Hey
den Chemical Company, at Garfield
N J., was sold to a company OF whlcf
Allan Ryan of New York is the head
for $1.500.000.
! But the sale of these properties tC
| American capital was but step in the
march toward America nization of the
industry. Mr.. Palmer seized the enemy
owned patents. He decided that these
were taken out to thwart the British
against German chemicals and dyes In
the United States. At his suggestion
| the Chemical Foundation. Inc, was or
ganized as union of all the American
aye industry. under, the leadership ol
| the American Manu- ufacsuring Chemists
Association and the Dye Institute. Il
has a capital of $500. 900. To this insti-
tute Mr. Palmer sold 500 enemy-owneC
oye patents for $250,00 The Other
$25o. 1000 is to be used to prosecute the
| importation of German eyes and cherni-
Gals that infringe these patents. The
Hooper. cent American manufacturers
! German Monopoly Broken.
This has broken the German monopol.
and assured the American dye industr,
protection during it's adolescent stage
Before the war Germany was selling
more than 900 dyes in considerable
quantities in this country-so there il
some stable industry being fostered
During the war Germany is reported
| to have been storing up certain cheTni
calls and dyes, both at home and in
neutral countries. to be dumped in here
as soon as peace and the withdrawal OF
war trade restriction make, it possible
| So Custodian Palmer served this no
| tice:
! prosecutions will follow any attempt
| to bring into the United States any
dives, drugs. pharmeceuticals, fertilizers
under patents which have been seized
by the alien property custodian and are
! oils, chemicals or allied products made
now the property of the American man
rfacturerS."
AS Mr.. Palmer is now Attorney Cen
eral, the home industry feels assured
| that it has a strong friend ready to
| fight it's cause to the finish. Further
| than that, the present custodian OF alien
property. Francis p. Garvan, is ar
| ranging to have the Chemical Founda-
| ton issue all licenses for importation of
any chemicals and dyes. so that the do
mestic industry seems to. be pretty
; strongly safeguarded against Heinie' S
after-war chicanery.
Similarly. the American metals in
| dustry has been relieved of the octo-
plan grip of Germany. which had
spread it's tentacles over the metals
markets Of the world. The German in
terests in the American Metals Com
pany has been sold to real Americans.
thus breaking up the German metal
triumvirate in this contry.
To show the scope Of German in
dustrial control in this country before
the war, and to give a measure of how
industry has been Americanized. the
custodian of alien property has been
administering something like $4,000
distinct trusts with a total value of