New-York tribune., 1921-05-10
Moses Charges
Biz Sums Spent
For Dye Tariff
Asserts Amendment Is Being
Forced Through Congress
by One of the Best Paid
Hobbies Seen i'm Capitol
Cites Some Expenditures
Knox Points to Plants Of
Germany and Their Men,
ace i'm Making Munitions
From The Tyibuue's Washington Buyeau

WASHINGTON, May 9.-1n scath-
ing attack on the Knox dyestuffs
amendment to the emergency tariff
bill in the Senate to-day Senator
Moses, of New Hampshire, Republican,
charged that the bill was being forced
through Congress by "one of the most
highly organized, best paid and most
arrogant lobbies that the Capitol has
ever seen" Senator Moses assailed the
continuance of the present embargo and
Licensing system as applied to dyes
and said that "the impoverished dye
stuffs companies" were spending huge
sums in pressing the measure now be-
fore Congress.
Senator Knox in reply defended the
dyestuffs amendment and drew a pic
ture of the menace Of German dye
manufacturing plants which can be
converted on short notice into muni-
tions factories.
The debate over the Knox dyestuffs
amendment was the feature of the dis
cussion of the tariff bill in the Senate
to-day.
Cites Lobby Expenses
Senator Moses charged that the
American Dyes Institute, in working
for the Knox amendment, had spent
over S104,000 in 1920, largely for "leg-
islative expenditures" or lobbying. He
seid the largest items of expenditure
were those for counsel fees, which
amounted to about $4,000, half of
which went to Joseph II. Choate jr.
and half to Judge j. Harry Covington,
of this city, formerly on the Federal
bench.
Going into details as to the expendi-
lures Of the American Dyes Institute,
Senator Moses said:
Another interesting item is orr g.
$1,5o5.O1 paid to Mr.. Choate fo1 ais
travelling expenses to Paris, with fur
ther payment ION account of Paris trip
of S3,494.99; while hotel bills for the
amounted 20 $7,670.26; and the further
impoverishment Of the dye makers is
shown by the item tips, meals, hotels
taXis, ETC. amounting to $876.66. 1t is
further worthy of note that the fnan-
clal report of the dye makers to their
members contains the item of an amount
payable to NTr. Choate of $2I,5O5 OF .
For these sums--in hand and payab
Mr.. Choate has spent no inconsider-
able portion of his time in roaming
about the country addressing paslor
meetings of ladies in advocacy Of ma
tlonal defense to be obtained by Civ
ing MS clients an absolute monopoly
IN the dyestuffs market of America
what crimes are committed in the
name of preparedness when liberal
fee is attached theretoI"
"Un Republican, Democratic, un-
American" was the way Senator Moses
described the plan to continue the en-
barge. and licensing of dyestuffs. He
served notice that he intends to vote
against the bill, and though he regard
ed it as Objectionable before, he con
siders it worse than ever now that the
i had hoped" he said, "to be able to
swallow it, even though holding my
nose while voting for it."
Senator Moses pointed to the disas-
ter that befell the Republican party
and reached its climax in the election
OF Woodrow Wilson as a warning
against tariff legislation now. "I hope,D
ne said, Chat the Republican party of
lS2l is not again setting its feet in
the path of 1909"
Knox Defends Amendment
Senator Knox retorted. calling the
remarks. of Senator Moses "doggerel
and prejudice
You can sink the German battle
ships to the depths of the sea" said
Senator Knox; "you can blow the
great krupp gun plant into hades and
cast the big Berthas into plowshares
and pruning knives, but if you leave
the dyestuffs in the hands of Germany
she will still have the world by the
throat. How can we refuse to take over
Tor ourselves this great advantage in
national security?
place no Importance in the
economic feature of this amendment,
protection than that of protection for
the American dyestuffs industry
Woodrow Wilson had the visioc to see
what it meant"