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Show OUR DYE TRADE. It is a well-known fact that prior to the outbreak of the war Germany controlled con-trolled the dye market of the world. , Now American and British manufactur- ers are in the field and will be able to j build up a substantial trade if fair deal- : jug is to be the rule. The Americans have invaded the oriental market, but are meeting with German competition. I Charles Denby, special assistant to the ! department of state, recently investi-' investi-' gated this matter and reported as follows: fol-lows: It is a peculiar fact that the importation importa-tion of German dvestuffs has continued in Japan throughout the war and al-i al-i though our consul and the British of fi-! fi-! cials have made representation to the ! Japanese government they have not I been effective in stopping this trade. 1 As soon as the armistice was declared ! the German agents, who have been rath-' rath-' er free in China to carry on propaganda j even during hostilities, immediately 'spread rumors to the effect that there i were large stocks of dyes in Germany I which would soon be available at pre-! pre-! war prices. This precipitated a small ' panic in the dye market in both China j and Japan and cancellation of orders j with American manufacturers. Fortu-'nately, Fortu-'nately, through the timely assistance of the largest of these, whose representative representa-tive happened to be in Shanghai at the time, the rumor was successfully refuted and the true situation brought before the Chinese. The result was the stabilizing stab-ilizing of the market and the Chinese now fully realize that there will be no decline in the prices. The Japanese always look out for the main chance. In this case they purchased pur-chased the wares of a nation with whom they were at warj which was giving aid and comfort to the enemy, i ' |