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Show PROTECTION AFTER THE WAR. What the United States is doing to supply the manufacturers with dye-stuffs dye-stuffs is set forth by the Manchester Union as follows When the war first seriously Interfered Inter-fered with and then completely sbu off, the supply of dyestuffs used by the textile interests in this country we were optimistic enough to predict that in this crisis, as In many others In Americnn Industrial history, Anierl can ingrnult and enterprise and Inventiveness In-ventiveness would find a way out of the difficulty The first definite announcement which indicated that we would not he disappointed In this confidence came from the secretary of interior. Mr Lane, when he declared that a young 1 heknilt of the bureau of chemistry in Washington hed discovered a new method of extracting the ba8is for dye stuffs from crude oil on a commercial scale Ever since this announcement ; of Dr Rittman a discovery, the w ork of preparing to produce dyestuffs on ja commercial scale has been In prop 1 ress and the most recent news Is to thC effect that at least six separai" plants are preparing to make use of tho Rittman process for the manufacture manufac-ture of dves which have been hitherto hith-erto exclusively imported from Germany Ger-many Vpproximately six million dollars dol-lars is being invested in the business and It is expected these new plants will speedily relieve some phases of the situation in the textile world produced pro-duced by the cessation of trade With Germany. From the foregoing the Union draws this lesson in protection ' But while American inventiveness and chemical skill has produced a process whereby dyestuffs may be made in this country, it is entirely insufficient in-sufficient that our government supply the discovery through which this re-1 re-1 svilt niav he obtained It Is quite as essential that the country also provide pro-vide ihe necessary protection against future German competition when the war i6 over and the ordinary avenues of commerce again are open It would be little less than criminal for this government to encourage the private investment of millions of dollars in ordT to save the country from an I embarrassing situation. and then leave these public-spirited capitalists to shift for themselves when the war 'lifts the present embargo. Thus 18 supplied an additional reason whj the communities like New England, and cities like Manchester, largely dependant depend-ant upon the textile Industry for pros peritv. should unhesitatingly and over-whelminglj over-whelminglj support the party of pro toction in the next election. It took the war to tearh US bow dependent we were upon Gerihani for dyestuffs, and how dependent the textile industry indus-try was upon a supply of this nere-Hty( nere-Hty( hut we had abundant lesson, before the war broke out. that we needed Republican protection, especially espe-cially in New England, If we wi re to enjoy good time? |
