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THE BREVARD NEWS. BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JULY IS, IMI GARYAN DEHAHDS EABliniGmHIl W^rites to President That He Has Been Grossly Mis led by Daugherty. New ToA.—Flatly refusing to return to tlie United States government a single chemical patent right owned by the Chemical Foundation, Inc., of which he Is president^ Prnncis P. Gar- van, in a spirited ani energetic letter fo President Haring, asserted that the President, “grosBly misled by the attorney-general,” Is, for the first time in American histoi^r, attempting to nl)rogate a solemn ^ecutlve order of n predecessor, and is acting, moreover, on information “furnished by German jifients and interpreted by lawyers whose sole knowledge the war and Its lessons is derir\'ed from association with German clients." Absolute legality in the sale of 4,700 and odd former German patents to the Foundation, and complete publicity in the organization and operation of this quasi-pulilic institution, together with 4he hiphest of ethical motives, are earnestly maintained by Mr. Garvan in his communication, and he asserts with emphasis that no person connected with the Foundation has ever made a dollar out of It, or ever could do so under its charter and by-laws, himself least of all; he fortifies that statement with fipures which show that the capi- 4h1 of the Institution consisted of $423,- 9{*0, all of which has been spent in the purchase of tl^e patents and in educat ing the people through schools and collopps and in the encouragement of <*h(‘mical societies, and says that the Foundation income from licenses bare ly meets the modest running expenses. All of these financial details ha\ie lonjr been available, Mr. Garvan re minds rre.«Jdent Harding, and demands that the President ascertain the truth iind tell the people whether the Foun-' dation and its head have deserved the abuse they have received. “Gave All and Got Abuse** “It has given Its all,” Mr. Garvan j writes. “You can talce away nothing' but file opportunity of service. It was, all v.e pot from the government It, Is all we have. “Sir. President, you have had the teriierity to impugn the honor of the: gentlemen who boast a part in the; jrreat work of building up or preserv-j Inp the possibility of progress in or-' panic chemistry for .A.merlca, Tou ha^'e: again been misinformed as to the nature of the trust we bore. f * was not for the German owner of practically all the important- patents, who had received theiM under; the unthinking graciousness of ’nw; they had intiuced. That tn;st v. :;s t-..-, the American people, their industrial, Independence and for the safety and' fiealth of their children and their chil-' dren’s children.” At the outset of his letter Mr. Garvan rtates that he has forwarded t'n the Alien Property Custodian theChenilcal Foundation’s formal answer to his demand, an answer “as an American corporation ready at all times to de fend Its rights in the courts,” but that the public in whose interests the Fou”- dation was organized, is entitled to • fully informed as to the circumsfr^:''!-'. tinder which the demand was ma•' > and the reason why it is unqualifi'<I!v re fused. The demand itself, Mr. Garvan asserts, together with the letter written by the President and the statement made by Attorney-General Daugherty, “demonstrate that you. Mr. President, \nve been grossly misled by the attor ney-general. t th as to the law and the facts of the case.” Eliminating "“-'•.my Interest” Thereupon ' ' .rvan contends (1) that the attornc;.-ppneral has listened j «xclusively to Gerni!"' agents, which is | no investigation; (2), ’ at the United } States goveniinent has no interest in 1 the suit brought hy the Foundation to | determine the ow: 'rship of funds held | fcy the treasury: that when Presi- j dent Wilson authorized the s- ’e of the | German patents, neither the P;i.‘pident, j secretary of state nor alien proj-orty | custodian was, under the law. in t!ie j remotest sense a trustee for the Ger- j man enemies; (4), that specific power j to sell the patents was granted hy Con gress after full committee hearings on j November 4. 1918, and on r>eceml)er 3, ■ 1918, President Wilson, vested with 1 power to supervise all sales, autiiorized Acting Secretary of State Frank L. Polk to approve the sale of the German <‘hemical and other patents; (5), that 1 on B'ebruary 26. 1919, Polk ordered the I sale In the public Interest, noting that | a public saje was »ot ki' the best in- 1 terests of th'e public be»\ause it would offer opportunity for the pirtents to g< t | Into the hands of s<\tc?Hiator.s and monopolists, and ths-b the Ciieniical Foundation, obligated to prant non- 1 exclusive licenses, was the best mean ^ ; for “eliminating alien intprosts Inistile j to American industries and of the ad- i vancement of chemical and allied in- 1 duftrles in the United States;” ((5), j that President Wilson, returning from I abroad, confirmed Polk’s order on I'eb- ; ruary 13, 1920. with this- coinment: | **My reasons for the foregoing d«terini- i nation and order are stated in the said orders of Frank L. Polk . . . and in | addition thereto, the public interest will be best served by the eliminatiun ' of any enemy interest adverse to I American citizens arising by reason of said choses In action, or rights, inter ests and benefits under said agree- : ments . . • < I “This sale," Mr. Garvan continues. ! “was made in the full light of all branches of the government and in the full light of publicity. The idea of its formation was the result of the inti mate knowledge of the past use of these patents In a manner hostile to the United States’ Interests, and in full <wnsultation with all of the executives of the government, the experts of our army and nav.v, and leaders of onr chemical business orgnni:>:a(ions and ; the heads of all onr scien’iiic a«id re-; search organl;:atious. I do not ask you | to accept my present statement of th« matter, but Insert here an extract from the report of A. Mitchell Palmer, filed with the President February 22, 1919, and by him forwarded to the Congress, and by that Congress made a public document and most widely commented on by the press of the country." Palmer’s Version of It Mr. Palmer stated in the course of the report refered to by Mr. Garvan: “These patents, as had already been indicated, formed a colossal obstacle to the development of the American dye- stuff industry. Evidently they had not been taken out with any Intention of manufacturing in this country or from any fear of American manufacture . . . upon consideration it seemed that these patents offered a possible solu tion for the problem, hitherto unsolv- able, of protecting the new American (lye industry against German competi tion after the war . . . The idea was accordIngl.v conceived that if the Ger- nmn chemical patents could be placed in the hands of any American Institu tion strong enough to protect them, a real obstacle might be opposed to Ger man ilnportation after the war, and at fhe same time the American Industry j might be freed from the prohibition en forced by the patents against the man ufacture of the most valuable dye- stuffs. Accordingly these consideratUms were laid before various associations of chemical manufacturers, notably the D.re Institute and the Anierican Manu- 1 facturing Chemists’ Association. The suggestion was met Avlth an instan- j taneous and enthusiastic approval, and 1 ns a result a corporation has been or- 1 pan’zed to be known as the Chemical \ Foundation (Inc.), in which practically j every important manufacturer will l>e a stockholder, the purpose of which is to acquire hy purchase these German patents and to hold them as a trustee for American industr.v. . . . The first president of the Chemical Foundation will be Francis P. Garvan of the New York bar, to whose clear vision and in- I’iofatip.ibie industry I am chiefly In- dcltted for the working out of this plan. Tlie combinati(m was not oi)jection- abl(» tn pul*li< policy, since it was so or:;ari/,ed that any genuine American, wbetiier a stockholder of the com- ]):uiy or not. could secure the benefits of tiie patents on fair and equal terms.” A Quasi-Publlc Idea Mr. rjarvaii p»>es on to state that at tliat *inie he was a dollar a year man, with no expectation whatever of be- roin;np alien property custodian; that it was only when Attorne.v-General Grepor.v resigned and Palmer was ap- jK•lilted attorney-general that Palmer asked him to take the custodian’s Three months later, he writes, iie testified before tlie Ways and Means (’o;>imitt»‘P of tlie house; “The founda tion .'f t!ie Chemical Foundation was an eflort to form an wrganixation to repnv ent as nearly as possible at that time the public interests. .Tudge In graham of New York and .Tudge Gray of T)elaware had charge of drawing our (liarter and our trust agreement and our cert’Mcate of incovporatlun. Wo have endeavfired I0 make It as ■ -ir!v •> iiublir institution as our laws \v. -tnd at the same time to have '• . n ofiicial orpani/.ation. W'e wanted el' ti'ese patents to the govern- 1 • r. and if there J’ad been any I ' od '»y which we cosild make them ;i \v.>rkinp force and still have them '.wne'1 and controlled b.v the govern ment. it would have relieved us of a great deal of resporsiblHty, and if there is at this time any suggestion for raodifi^ytion or amendment of our plan •vhiol. will insure in t^e minds of tlie (•oniniittee s* more definite and certain fulfillment of the intention and pur poses of ''ur organizatioi* I am certain the CTi’emical Foundation and all ft stockholders and all who are inter- >ted In it would he glad to conform lo the wi.shes of the committee, be- cause. In so far as we have pulilic rec ognition and public support and gov ernment recognition and government support, we become more efficient and becQir^ roiirfi .able to .carry out the lii- tennona wirecn we va our uearcs aiiu minds.” Mr. Garvan states that the total or gros« Income of the Foundation has averaged $143,216.65 per year. The run ning expenses, bare overhead, have averaged $121,071.35, a net excess of $21,245.30 or .049 per cent on the $428,- 900 invested, allowing nothing for de- j predation. The average life of the patents is eight years, so that 12^ ' per cent of the $271,850 cash paid for the patents. %r $33,981 per year, should be subtracted from the appar ent net receipts per year, which leaves an actual annual operation deficit of $12,735.70. In educational work, Mr. Garvan Informs the President, the Foundation has spent $264,017.85, the entire balance of its capital. , Quotes English Prediction Firmly maintaining that the Founda tion Is the keystone of the wall raised to protect the American people from German chemical dofnlnatlon, Mr. fJar- van maintains such protection Is indis pensable to the future happiness, health and safety of the American people, and quotes from a recent open letter to parliament written hy .Tames Morton, largest carpet manufacturer of Eng- laijd, “Organic chemistry is the key to the world of new values.’ and that America in five years’ time will have dye works and general chemical works equal to Germany. As regards the development of or-, ganlc chemistry for national defense, Mr. Garvan calls to his aid testlnw»ny by Marshal Foch and the late Field Marshal Sir Henry WHson to the gen eral conclusion that a natlo# thorough ly equipped chemically may almost guarantee the peace of the future. And as regards Its importance in the de velopment of medicine he quotes Prof. .Tulius Stiglltz of the University of Cliicago, world famous chemist: “The pitiful calls of our hospitals for local anaesthetics to alleviate suffering on the operating table, the frantic ap peals for the hypnotic that soothes the epileptic and staves off his seizure, tlie almost furious demands for renie<i.v after remedy that came in the earl.v years of the war, are still ringinp in the hearts of many of us. No wonder that our small army of chemists la primly determined not to give up the independence in chemistry which the war achieved for ur<! Only a widel.v enlightened public, however, can in sure the ]>enr.anence of v.'hat far see ing men have started to accomplish in developing the power of chemistry through research in every domain which chemistry touches.” “These,” Mr. Garvan concludes “were the thouglits which were in the minds of the men wlio knew the wai anil if. I ?ssons w’ f -i tlie.v formed thi Chemical Foundation.” 1HE PRAYER CORNER Good Eyes Are Rare. The Eyesight Conservation Council of America has issued an announce ment showing an alarming state of affairs as far 'as our sight is con cerned. The ob.1e(*t of the council Is to arouse general Interest so that pe<»- ple will be impelled to give the care of their e.ves some proper attention. Nine out of ten jiersons over tv.eiity- one years of age have imperfect sight. Above forty it is almost im possible to find a man or woman with perfect sight. A survey of 10,000 em ployees of factories and commercial houses in a large city showed that r>3 per eent had uneorrected faulty vision and 13 had the defects corrected, making a total of 6.S per cent defec tive eyes. **God’s House an4 God’s Daj** **Ye shall keep My Sabbath and reverence My Sanctuary.” *Teculiar importance,” says J. Theart Holden, “attaches to God’s dwelling place and His day. To His people in the wilderness. Each stood as a sign of His over-ruling presense and each was closely identified also with their common lives. The tent of meeting, around which their own dwelling places were pitched, spoke of the nearness of His protection. The weekly recurrence of the Day of Rest in the midst of their toil and .iourneyings, reminded them of the inetricable closeness in which their ordinary concerns were bound up with their relationship to God. Re verence of the Sanctuary and the Sabbath was made a vital condition of God’s blessing. How they failed to observe it and all the disasterous consequences which followed on their failure is written large in the subse quent history of the nation. “Reverence for the House of God and His day is one of the great est needs of our own age. In nothing is the general defection from God so marked as in this respect: We have become so used to each as to lose sight of their true significance, and so they have ceased to occupy that place in personal and national life which secures to any people the stea^J fastness of God’s favour. A reviva' of love for God’s house and of care in the Holy observance of Hig day will more than any political measure. Iiowever well conceived, re-establish the failing great’’ess of the people.” A Pi'ayer O Lord, onr God, Thou hast bidden us to keep Thy Sabbaths and rever ence Thy Sanctuary for they stand as signs for Thy over-ruling presence and are closely identified with our common lives. Thy House speaks of the nearness of Thy protection and the day reminds of the closeness in which our ordinary concerns are bound up with our relationship with Thee. Reverence for Thy house and Thy day are a vital condition of Thy blessing. Forgive our neglect and pardon our waywardness. Revive our love for Thy house and our care in the holy observance of Thy day. Help u.; thereafter to b« in the spirit on the Lord’s day and to guard it and the worship of Thy hou=e most »irecious and undeserved favours. In Christ’s name and for His fake, we ask it. He who’s Lord of the Sab bath and of our lives, Am«'-n. C. D. C. W’hen a man has a house full of grown daughters, he generully has to bid farewell to onions, except when he dines out in comr»any. That Strong Cigar. A woman went int»> u cigar store to buy so:ue cigars for her husband, who was laid up. “E»o you want them mild or strong, madam?” the clerk asked. “Give me the strongest you have,” she said. “The last ones he had broke in his pocket.’’—Everybody’s Maga zine. I As loiig as* hats'haTe to be thrown ' Into the ring politics will strike the women as needlessly extravagant. 'fhe reason why some women seek divorce is that they prefer regular alimony to an irregular allowance. 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(And other New Jersey Resorts) THE Southern Railway System will sell from the following | stations at rates quoted below: TO ATLANTIC CITY TO NIAGARA FALLS Asheville ^24.10 Asheville $33.95 Brevard ...... 25.65 Brevard 35.55 Flat Rock 24.90 Flat Rock 34.75 Hendersonville 24 90 Hendersonville .... 34.75 Lake Toxaway 26 4D Lake Toxaway... 36.30 * Saluda 24. (“>0 *Salada.. •Tryon 24.:iO * Tryon b4.15 Waynesville 25.J.") 'Vaynesviile 35.00 •Applies via Spartanbarg. ATLANTIC CITY—DATES 0F;SALE Via Pennsylvania Railroad: July 6 and 18. August 1, 15 and 29. Via Baltimore & Ohio Railroad : July 12 and 26. August 9 and 23. Stop-overs permitted on return trip, not to exceed 10 days, within final limit of ticket: Via Pennsylvania Railroad or Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, PbiladelpLia, Pa.'; 1 aliimoie. Md.; Washington, D. C. NIAGARA FALLS—DATESlOF SALE Via Pennsylvania Railroad : Jnly 5 and 19. August 2, 16 and .‘iO. Via Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ; Jnly ];}*and 27. August 10 «nd 24. Stopovers permitted on return tri;\ not to exceed 10 days, within final limit of ticket; Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Bnffalo, N. Y.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Washing:ton, D. C. Via Balti note & Ohio Railroad: Bnffalo. N. Y-; Rochester. N. Y. ; Ithiira, N. Y.; (Geneva, N. Y.; Mauch Chunk, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Washington, D. C. These tickets will be pood on trains 12 or 16 out of Ashe ville only on dates shown above, and cut of Was-hington only on dates following. Stop-overs will not oe permitted on poing journey. Make your Pullman resei vitions early. For further information as to rates from stations not named above, apply to your Io3al ticket agent, or address: J. H. WOOD, Division Passenger Agent. Asheville, N. C. Modern Repairing Facilities We offer the most modern and up-to- date repairing to be had in Transylvania, on any and all kinds of mechanical ap pliances. Cylinder reboring, lathe work oxy-Acetylene welding and general overhauling. 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