Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-01
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States could not clothe the world with
cotton il there were no potash to be
used to stimulate the production OF
cotton.
And dyes, they go into practically
all industries, into your clothing. the
stationery you write your letters on.
into wall paper. carpets and rugs, into
all you wear from hats to stockings,
into the flag you wave
Now all this isn't just speculation.
1t is based on frst-hand testimony by
very competent authority. Take one
witness. Representative John @. Til
son of Connecticut. He spent his early
life on a farm in Tennessee and there
learned the value of potash as a fer
tilizer He spent most of his life In
New Haven, the heart Of an industrial
section, where was emphasized the
value of potash in munitions and of
dyes in textile. carpet, paper and other
manufacturing processes. He served
in the war with Spain and later COM
manded a regiment on the Mexican
border. During the world war he was
q member of the committee on mill
tary affairs, and now has just return
ed from a tour of war-wrecked Eu-
fope-including Germany-with that
committee. While on that trip he was
notified Of his election as a member
of the republican majority on the
ways and means committee. So you
will admit Col. Tilson is quite ca
pable authority. ->
Saw With knowing Eye.
While a member of the military
commission he was not expected to go
through the German plants and to
talk with the people. but he had a
training that qualified him to under
afn I'D hot ha Nnyff hnr n q n
and he used his eyes industriously for
the Industrial benefit of the United
States. He had plenty of chance to
see that industries Of all kinds were
in humming and thriving condition.
The manufa curing plants were going
energetically. the men. women and
children blowing the fields and plant
ing.
He made an extensive trip up the
Rhine valley from Mayence to Cologne,
where there Is a great deal of industry.
principally the dye and general chemical
plants. He came back thoroughly i'm
bued with the idea that Germany is in
no way crippled industrially, and that
Germany is planning for an industrial
coup on the United States IL not thwart-
ed. For a country that has just been
tory. the Germans look like they are
getting along pretty well-they look
sleek" he says.
Col. Tilson heard of vast stores OF
chemicals and dyes stored up. 1t il
the general belief of the people and
he had it on the best Of authority
1.-THE plants ana factories have beer
running all during the war and they
had no place to sell 1t. SO they mus,
have tremendous stores" he point,
out.
To Make Nation Independent.
Then, giving his opinion as a mem
Der of the ways and means committee
which will frame the tariff legisla
ton. replying to direct inquiries as t.
what Congress should and will do
Representative Tilson said that "ther,
is no question about it, all industries
that are essential in time of wa
He said that Congress must taxi
steps Immediately to make this ma
ton absolutely Independent in time
Of war.
I'VE must put on a sufficient dut!
to protect those industries that hav,
been started during the war in thi
country, or that can be started witt
reasonable prospect of success, 81
that never again. in an emery ency
will the United States be caugh
wanting commodities which she doe
not produce.
I'm my judgment the consumers o
dyestuffs, the manufacturers largely
have had a lesson. forceful enough T.
make them willing to endure slightl
higher prices for a season in orde
that they may be sure that neve
again will they be caught in the pre-
dicament that they were during tn
war.
Potash has been proven during tn,
war to be very important to the life o.
the nation-affecting each individual
cttfsen. All at once this nation founs
itself with the potash supply cut of
Practically all of the potash used il
the United States before the war cam
from southern Germany. which thel