New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-27
Dublin Is Silent, U. S. Dye Firms
But Promise of Fear Ruin From
Peace Persists German Influx
Experts Predict Dumping Of
Product After Emergency
Tariff Rule Expires VIII
Kill American Industry
Help Asked of Congress
Temporary Relief Measure
Urged as Stop Cap Until
Regular Bill Is Passed

With the expiration of the three
months limitation of the emergency
tariff schedule applying to foreign dye
stufs, at the end Of August, there will
be dumped upon the American market,
unless emergency legislation is passed
in the mean time, thousands Of tons
Of German dyes now stored in ware
houses in England and Germany, an au-
thority en- the situation said yesterday.
The emergency tariff regulation on
dyes expires on August 27. From that
time, as matters stand now, until Con-
there will exist period during which
only the Underwood tariff law can
be applied to dye importations, a dye
expert declared Under this law Ger
man dyestufs would enter the United
States under the valuation of the Ger
man mark, now worth about 1 u cents,
plus 80 per cent ad valorem, and, in the
case of a few of the most important
dyes, plus an additional five cents a
pound.
At the prices which the mark valua-
ton represents the thousands of tons of
German dyes that are available for the
American market would cause, this
same authority said, a practical paraly-
sis Of the American dyestuffs industry
The tonnage of German dyes that
would be offered here at prices far
below the American market when the
enough to equal the entire American
production for many months if not
for the entire year to come.
In addition to the German shipments
here, there are in England thousands
of tons Of dyes that were rushed there
for quick sale by German firms, but
which were tied up when the British
licensing act was passed.
1T would be a calamity" the expert
referred to said yesterday, of the
German dyes in storage are permitted
to be rushed here before the tariff act
is finally signed. The tariff bill may
not go through until January or Feb
ruary of next year, which, unless Con-
gress should pass joint resolution to
the contrary, will permit enough Ger
man dyes to be shipped here to wreck
an industry important not only. to
manufacturers and consumers of dyes,
but to the United States Army ord
nance and chemical warfare de-
partments."
The dyes referred to are the varieties
now produced by American manufac
turers, the lack of which at the out
break of the war, when the German
supply was cut off, caused considerable
hardship here. There are certain
kinds of German dyes that are needed
in this country and which are now adj
mitted under the supervision of the
Textile Alliance, which acted during
the war for the War Trade Board
Reports received from Edward S.
Chaplin, Paris representative Of the
Textile Alliance, show that there has
been a steady increase in the quantities
of dyes classified as American types
by German manufacturers during the
last year. Mr.. Chaplin has reported
that the German manufacturers were
concentrating on these dyes and the in
crease has gone as high as 33 per cent.
The chemical schedules of the new
tariff law are expected to come before
the Senate Finance Committee in
Washington on Thursday or Friday OF
this week 1t is expected that figures
showing the quantities of German dyes
that can be thrown upon the Am
market at the end of August will be
made public at that time.
Men in the dye trade here said yes
terday that it is to be hoped that Con-
gress, when these figures become
known, will pass some sort Of an
measure at once.