Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
|DYE INQUIRY IN
j. s. SENATE
Frelinghuysen insists Il Shall
Not Become a Prose-
cution.

washington, Feb. 2l,--Thc long de-
layed Senate inquiry to determine
whether a monopoly exists among dye
and chemical makers OF this country
and to investigate the activities OF al
legged lobbyists began yesterday.
The day was taken up largely by
statements OF Senator King OF Utah,
sponsor OF the resolutions and Scna-
tor Frellnghuysen OF New Jersey,
whose amendment TO the resolution
hroadened II to include importers as
well as American manufacturers.
Senator King declared I'm an OPEN
Ing statement that he purposed to
mako known to the committee the
sources from which II could obtain
Information in substantiatton of the
charges contained In tho resolution.
that n combination existed In the dye
industry and that 1t was designed TO
cut of foreign competition by obtain
ing embargo legislation.
The Utah Senator named thirty odd
persons as able to give testimony "evi-
denciary In character" Among those
who could be called, he said, were
officials of the American Dyes Insti-
tute. the Chemical Foundation. the
T.. /. du Pont dc Nemours Company,
the National Anilne and Chemical
Company, the Textile Alliance. the
Allied Chemical Company and the syn
thetic Organic Chemical Manufectur-
ers' Association.
The Senator suggested that the COM
mittee call Brig. Gen. Fries OF the
Chemical Warfare Service. officials OF
the National Research Council, former
officers of the War Trade Board and
the Alien Property Custodian's office
officials of the War and State Depart.
ments, who had TO do with the hand.
ling OF shipments OF reparation dyes
DR.. Julius Klein, chief OF tho Bureau
OF Foreign and Domestic Commerce
and Thomas O. Marvin of the Tariff
Commission.
MIR. King said the committee, be
sides examining these witnesses
should obtain records of their bust
ness affairs since the end of the war
together with correspondence they ma,
have had with the Government ol
the dye embargo in the Emergenc.
Tariff law and the handling OF rep
aration dyes allotted 10 the Unite'
States.
Mr.. Frellnghuysen pleaded with tn
committee to make the inquiry an in
vestigation and not n prosecution"
Early determination also to whethe
: trust existed was required. he sale
in Justice to those whose money wa
tied up in the business as well as {
! the honor of the leaders in the indus
try.
He urged that II improper method
had been employed by the dye makers
they must be disclosed; that the sta
tus of the industry must be show
with view to recommending RENE
dial legislation and the methods use
by importers In obtaining their suppl
. and the distribution OF German dye
and chemicals must be revealed.
4 These points, the New Jersey Sens
= tor declared. would reveal how keenl
( the Germans were reaching out TO oil
: tain dominance in the American d.
/ market. The German trust, he asserte
was near to clinching its grip on II
j. American business.
/ f. r. Coudert. counsel for the Te'
the Alliance. called attention
what he regarded as the dangers Of Ge
man competition. He protested again
abrogation by the State Departme
= of the arrangement by which the a
lance was receiving and d:sposing
, the German reparation dyes and a
J. sured the committee that affairs
- his organization We're ready TO appei
and bring all their records 10 facil
tate the inquiry.