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Show ENGLAND MOST CHANGE PIP Philadelphia, April 2. American manufacturers were urged to take Immediate concerted action to obtain a modification of Great Britain's rules governing oversea commerce to neu tral countries by Herman A MetZ, member of congress from New York, and a widely known mnnufactun r In nn address at a conference of dye-men dye-men here today. Unles3 the British government changes ifi policy Mr Metz declared hundreds of factories throughout the United States will have to suspend operations and about I00,( men win be throwu out of employment em-ployment ' The state department is doing all It can to cope with the situation " said Representative Metz "but it is compelled com-pelled to respect International law The manufacturers of this country will have to take the matter out of the hands of the state department and handle it themselves by declaring declar-ing an industrial war on England They will have to tell England that unless she assumes a more reasonable reason-able attitude she win be deprived ol cotton, ammunition and other thincs she has been buying from American sources in great quantities.'' Mr MetZ said that American manufacturer man-ufacturer are absolutely dependent upon Germans fcr certain ran ma terials. hut In order to get thein they must find a waj to ship to Germanj the cotton and other things of which she Is badly in need. "The Germans," Ger-mans," he adder) "have gotten tired of sending us dyestnffs and other materials without getting anything In return ' if American manufacturers de elared an embargo on England, ' declared de-clared the sneaker, "they would soon put an end to present conditions and Aould mighty near end the war You n that would be in violation of international in-ternational law Perhaps it would, but it is high time thai we kick a few holes in international law " D. F. Y liters of this city read a letter let-ter from President Wilson In whii b the president said the state depart ment appreciates the situation and is doing all it can to relievo it |
