New-York tribune., 1921-12-11


CURED quantities, and that it Ia ad-
vtsahle to buy mixed goods containing
as nigh q percentage OF potash as is
suitable to the respective crops" etc.
Each participant agrees expressly to
use or sell potash salts bought from
the seller under this contract only in
the United States. Canada, Cuba and
Porto Rico. This contract fur
ther embraces only shipments Of potash
salts for agricultural purposes. Ship
n,ents for chemical purposes are ex-
cluded from this contract, but seller
agrees to bind such buyers as buy
potash salts for chemica! purposes not
to resell them fer agricultural pur~
poses"
TO Circumvent Laws
"Seller also assumes and agrees to
pay any tax or duty affecting deliveries
under this contract which may be i'm
posed or assessed by the United States
government under the anti-dumping act
of 1921 or any amendments thereto
which may be hereinafter enacted; pro-
vided, however, in case of sucfl amend
ment. seller shall not be required to
pay any tax or duty in excess Of the
amount of tax payable under existing
provisions"
This last mentioned clause of the
contract is regarded as most signif-
| cant. A supplementary clause sets
forth that the seller also assumes and
agrees to pay any tax or duty which
may be imposed or assessed by the
German government "in any way affect
| ing deliveries under this contract"
According. to DR.. Teeple and Mr.
Whitaker, who is equally familiar with
nj TIVE a - IA
the obvious purpose Of circumventing
any laws that might be considered
obstacles to the carrying out Of the
contract.
A representative of the Deutches
! Kalisyndikat is located at AZ Broad
way. All negotiations with American
| purchasing concerns are conducted
| through this local Office.
"This Is one Of the most glaring at
tempts to invade American industries
that l know Of" said DR.. Teeple. ''It
is Just such methods as this that has
reduced the American potash industry
to . nonentity. 1t has been a common
practice, known before the war as well
| as now, for the Germans to sell under
| the market to dispose Of their goods
here Without adequate protection
American industries cannot hope to
compete with the Germans in this or
any other field where German goods are
sold in America at prices far under
those that are possible for American
manufacturers to charge.
Legality Is Questioned
It may seriously be questioned II
tbs contract is legal. don't think
it is.
+ There are authentic cases where
German goods have been delivered
here below the German cost of produc-
tion even, the idea being to put Amer
lean competition out OF business at
whatever cost. 1t is impossible for US
! face of the inducements offered by the
Germans. There is q lot of propa-
ganda in the form Of advertising and
special articles flooding the country
which is seeking to give the impress
sion that there is no American potash
industry, that there never has been
one, that there never can be one and
that the American product is inferior
in quality-all of which is entirely
false. America has produc1 potash
from her natural resources and from
waste products that is as good a fer
tilizer as can be produced anywhere"
1t Is definitely known, added DR.,
Teeple, that several Of the thirty-four
American buying concerns which
signed the agreement with the German
kalisyndikat have ownership interests
in the German potash plants.
| The assertion was made that Ger
many's next move would be to raid the
American ammonia market, a part OF
the chemical industry. Ammonia now
is produced in this country by the
utilization Of coke ovens, which have
been largely expanded since the war,
ton-seed meal industry and by syn
thetic process people in Canada. Pro
portionately large investments OF
American capital have been made for
the production of fixed nitrogen.
According to DR.. W. S. Lands