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Show congress consider the needs of the new industries one at a time and legislate accordingly, each one standing upon its own individual merits. Then there will be no log-rolling and no scandal. The principles of protection will gain adherents ad-herents and on immense amount of good will result. PROTECTION NEEDED. . Vhile there appears to be some difference dif-ference of opinion regarding tho Ho-jiublican Ho-jiublican party policy as to the protection of infant war industries, the fact remains that there if complete com-plete unity when the necessity for such protection is taken into consideration. There is some opposition to tho- licensing licens-ing plan of controlling imports of dyes r.nd some of the Republican members of the ways and means committee have becon. e belligerent, according to a Washington dispatch. Sonio of tho )onc!cr. believe pn increase iu tho import im-port duties will be sufficior.t, while others contend that a combination high duty and license bill should.be reported. Befuro the war the United States depended upon Germany for dyes, chemicals, potash, optical instruments and many other articles. Since 1914, however, American manufacturers have been able to supply the home market. Opinions advanced by the leaders of both political parties, including the president, are to the effect that protection pro-tection of these home manufacturers is fully justified, the question of revenue rev-enue not being considered. Representative Repre-sentative Moore of Pennsylvania, whose orthodoxy as a high tariff Republican Re-publican is beyond question, beiieves the chemical foundation is controlled by a group of financiers and has demanded de-manded an investigation. Perhaps something of interest? may be uncovered uncov-ered during the examination of Attorney Attor-ney General Palmer, who was alien property custodian at the time of the establishment of the foundation, and Francis P. Garvan, the present custodian, custo-dian, who are to appear before the committee early in the present week. It will bo remembered that several big German firms established themselves them-selves in Philadelphia years ago and that they manufactured vast quantities of chemicals for the American market. These manufacturing plants came into possession of Mr. Palmer during the war and were sold under his direction. We have no knowledge a3 to what Representative Moore has in mind, but if the chemical foundation is now controlled con-trolled by Americans we see no good reason why protection should be withheld, with-held, since it is practically certain manufacturers of chemicals in this country cannot successfully compete with the Germans in this important industry. in-dustry. Out west here we are more interested interest-ed in the production of potash than in the manufacture of dyes, chemicals and optical "instruments, and we believe be-lieve this western industry should be amply protected. Some years ago the German government took control of the potash mines and abrogated contracts con-tracts mado With American importers. An agreement was finally reached at a higher range of prices, the Americans Ameri-cans being at the mercy of the Teutons. Teu-tons. As a result of the war several potash companies have been organized in the United States and some of them are now producing. The others will do likewise just as soon as it becomes certain that congress will furnish the necessary amount of protection. There nre no great aggregations of capital behind the home potash industry. It was born of necessity and should not be allowed to perish in its infancy on account of lack of nourishment. So we sincerely hope that while the question ques-tion of protecting the chemical and dye trade is being discussed potash will not be entirely overlooked by the ways ind means committee, or that the ' duties imposed upon the foreign product prod-uct will be inadequate. Some time after the election of 1920, probably immediately after the inauguration inaug-uration of the next president, a general gen-eral revision of the tariff is probable. Just now there docs not appear to be any demand for such revision owing to the fact that prices in this country are about as high as the people can stand. Moreover, in some of the protected lines we are underselling the foreigners foreign-ers in their own markets, so there is no necessity for higher import duties on a great number of articles. Tho new industries, however, need protection protec-tion and no time should be lost in fixing fix-ing the rates now that the blockade has been lifted and the German ports opened to the commerce of the world. "Popgun" bills, almost universally derided and scorned wfhcn proposed by William M. Springer during tho tariff battle a generation ago, will answer the Euroosc nicely at the present time. Let |