The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1921-09-17
H. S. WESTON, OF LOGIoWN
ASKS HELP ON DYE EMBAkso
Members of Mississippi Deve'op-
ment Board at Hattiesburg Urges
Members to Use Influence ""n
Senators and Congressman to
Fight the Movement.

MIR. II. S. Weston, president OF the
Mississippi Development Board asks
members of the Board to use their
influence with their Congressman
and Senators to fight the move,
started, it is alleged, by Republicans
from Wisconsin, to lay on the smell
the proposed dye embargo, which
was conceived to protect American
dye industry for term OF years
against the superior knowledge and
organization of Germany SO that
this country should not again be
caught in a military trap owing to
inability in the manufacture OF this
commodity.
Mr.. Weston's letter is backed up
by other eminent authority, and is
as follows:
"As members and friends OF the
Mississippi Development Board we
believe that you will be interested
in a matter which vitally atfects IN
dustries in which the South Is much
concerned.
"The commanding position taken
by American chemistry is at stake.
Owing chiefly to the influence of
Congressman Frear, OF Milwaukee,
supported by 10 of the II other Re
publican Congressman OF his State,
and among others, 18 out OF the %
congressman now IN congress, who
originally voted against the war, the
dye embargo section of the tariff bill
was defeated in the House. The Re-
pubiicans who defeated it were aid
ed by the Democratic vote, excepting
TOUR congressman from Louisiana.
Before adjournment the temporary
embargo which had been in force
veneS.
was extended until congress recon-
IF we are going to preserve this
chemical dye industry We must pull
together. Absence of adequate pro-
lection would mean foreign control
of our medicines, textiles, leather,
paper, synthetic indigo, synthetic
camphor, synthetic rubber and
scores of other articles as well as
control of our raw materials enter
ing into the manufacturing of all
pharmaceuticals, Photographic chem
lcals, dyes, fertilizers and explosives.
"As a necessary preparedness
meaure you know what this means
to military chemicals and gases.
eff America does not act construc-
lively in this crisis, most of the 27
American producers of coal tar
crudes, the 119 American producers
of intermediates, and the 80 Ameri-
can producers of finished coal-tar
dyes in the United States will be
forced out of business and we will
be dependent upon another nation
for these products.
England, France, Italy and ia
pan have already safeguarded their
due industries; England with an en-
barge for ten years. This will only
leave China, Russia and America at
the mercy of the German dye cartel.
1t is inconceivable that Congress will
not place America on footing with
other civilized nations and that Con-
gress Will deliberately render US vir-
tuallly helpless in case of attack.
We are writing to urge each and
every one of you whether you are
personally acquainted with your
Senators and congressman or not to
personally write them short letter
urging them to drop all questions Of
politics and for our country's pros
perlty and safety to vote and IVORY
for the dye embargo"
Other Comment.
Of this move the Chemical Foun-
dation of New York, has the follow
| ing to say:
Absence of adequate protection
of the dye industry would mean for
eign control of our medicines, tex
tiles, leather, paper, synthetic indi-
go, synthentic camphor, synthetic
rubber and scores of other articles,
as we'll as the control of the raw ma
OF all pharmaceuticaals, Photographic
terlals entering into the manufacture
chemicals, dyes, fertilizers and ex-