Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
Chemical EXPORTS
SHOW GREAT GAINS
Industry Has Become One of
Most Profitable in U. S.
Trade Annals.
BY JOHN r. SINCLAIR.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
NEW YORK, January 25.-Before the
Great War the chemical industry was
small, weak, feeble in the United States
and cut very little ice in world markets.
Comparatively speaking, It was one Of
the smaller industries of the Nation.
But since the war, listen to this:
The export of chemicals and allied
products in 1929 from the United States
exceeded $500, 000, zoe, passing the 1928
! figures by more than $25, 100000 a,
I In 1929, seven American plants pro-
duced 100000 tons of synthetic ammo
MIA, something more than three times
the output of 1928. This year, at the
present time. the daSly capacity is In
the neighborhood of 500 tons, while new
plants are being installed in both Cali
! fornia and Michigan.
Think Of the Allied Chemical q Dye
Co. already expanding its $125 ,0OO. 900
plant. which 1t began in Hopewell, Va,
in 1928.
For the first time in history, the
Chilean nitrate producers are feeling
the real competition Of American made
| sodium nitrate. The imports for the
first 10 months of 1929 into the United
| States indicate that the Chileans lost
( about $4,000 tons of the business in the
United States during the last year.
Research Is the element in chemistry.
Millions are being spent by the leading
companies, including such organizations
as du Pont,. Hercules, Corning Glass
Davidson Chemical, Aluminium Co.,
American Cyanamid.
Other companies-big ones in this
| field-aTe Allied Chemical q Dye Cor
| poration, Commercial Solvents, Texas
| Gulf Sulphur and Union Carbide u
Carbon Co.
1t does not require much imagination
to realize how far these powerful COM
| pan1eS will go during the next 10 years.
Already the American chemical industry
leads the world In sales and profits. y
Golf and Business.
| Tired business men in England are
| confronted with strong and vigorous
agitation in favor of abolishing Sunday
golf. The English Society for Lords
Day Observance asserts that this fine
old Scotch game is having q bad effect
on Sunday habits and should be sup
pressed on that day
H. H. Martin, secretary of the society,
insists that golf is the worst offender
and the deadliest enemy Of the Sab
bath.
American business men should read
these words of his:
THE language heard on golf courses
on Sunday is not in keeping with the
speech at the last bunker. When an
easy shot is missed. or the score added,
words Of perdition are used.
In short, Sunday golf causes the
higher nature OF man to suffer loss; IL
does injury to our fellow man; and Il
does disseryice to the community"
But that last hole always has been q
bad one. Perhaps that's why there Is
no Sunday golf in Scotland, for it's
against the law to swear In Scotland on
Sunday.
The recent outbreaks in several of
the large prisons Of the United States
calls attention to the fact that today
there are1.96,125 men and women In
the various Federal and State prisons
Of the United States. not counting
those In county and municipal jails
and city work houses. ~.
Such Q. great army Of labor, IL fully
employed would receive, at current
wage levels about $150,000,O0O q year,
But a fraction of this labor, however,
is used. IdlenesS In prison Is bad,
Every expert admits it's one Of the inn
portant contributing causes of recent
outbreaks.
While some prisons have been turned
into factories, producing shirts, over
| dAAos 0AOOAAlHg SIIOCSs IlOSlCIys
twine, the problem Is primarily one Of
distribution.
If the products are sold to private
distributors, at below the current cost
and this can be done because of the
cheapneSS of the labor-it enters into
competition with goods made by fac.
tory workers receiving living wages.
However, II all prisoners could work
on State roads or other public works.
1 49, A~kt t.H. l.
into competition, the problem would
| be easy.
But how to employ this great army
Of nearly 100000 people, without de-
moralizing legitimate business has not
yet been completely or satisfactorily
answered.
Floyd L. Carlisle.
Floyd l.. Carlisle, chairman of the
powerful Niagara Hudson Power Cor
poration Of New York, one Of the new
leaders IN American business, was born
in WATERFOWL, N. Y, 4S years ago.
He went West. graduated from high
school in Dayton, Ohio, entered Cornell
University from which he was gradu-
ated in 1908.
He returned to the old home town
to carve out his career. For seven years
he practiced law at WATERFOWL. Then
he organized the Northern New York
Trust Co., directing It's activities first
as president, then rs chairman, until
he moved to New York in 1875.
He Is an of1cer or director In score
Of companies IN the northern part OF
New York, especially those dealing with
paper, power, rayon, insurance and
railroads
His recent move, asking for a frank
discussion with the Governor of New
York on the whole matter of develop
ing New York States water resources,
shows the new type of executive who
is rapidly forging to the front. His
latest move is directed toward the con-
centration Of the Niagara Hudson Co.
into three holding companies and sim
plifying the capital structure.
While q college man himself, he re-
Gently declared that college life does
not mt men for business:
From my experience, the average
college man enters business late. The
most informative period of his life,
from IL to %, Is spent in places where
he acquires lazy habits of thinking A
university cannot produce in men the
drive that business gives them.
The backbone Of business today Is the
rapid absorption Of details There Is.
nothing In college that trains Q man
for this" srr ~
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