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Show DYESTUFFS ARE QUITE SCARCE Greatest Obstacle to Produc- duction Is Demand for War Material. New York, Aug 30. The shortage of dyestuffs In this country, resulting from tho blbckade on the exportation of the German product, will be investigated inves-tigated hero this week by Thomas H. Norton, the commercial agent appointed appoint-ed by Dr E E. Pratt, chief of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. com-merce. Mr Norton was expected hero today with a staff of assistants and a room In the customs house has been set apart for their use. Leading manufacturers in lines affected af-fected by the scarcity of dyestuffs will testify The results of the investigation. in-vestigation. will.be embodied, Jn a. report made to Secretary Redfield, of the department of commerce The Investigators will have before them a statement issued recently by the Master Dyers association' of Phil-adelphlaf Phil-adelphlaf which describes conditions said to be typical of the situation throughout the country. The Philadelphia Phila-delphia district Is one of the largest dyeing centers of the world. The statement says that the American manufacturers of colors who were established es-tablished before tho war, are well aware of what is required and are making every effort to meet the situation. sit-uation. Their greatest obstacles lie in obtaining raw material owing to the present demand for such products for war and other purposes. Most of the efforts of the domestic manufacturers, manufac-turers, according to the statement, arc toward producing shades of black, which are used in largest quantities. The Philadelphia dyers declared In a few weeks the shortage in colors of various shades would be as scarce as tho shortage now existing In blades. |