The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-07

| TO, erect and equip, and that, even with q
| laboratory. there would be no change for
the bel ter unless a capable chemist vas Sc
cured 10 run H. Such men are haru To get
/ 1t IS a fact that these foreign chemists de-
/ cline TO come to tho United States unless
secured by long-term contract that calls
/ Tor fancy salary. For on the other side
or the water Il chemist dyer can ard does
command a salary Of $1,000 ana even more
| year tor his services.
| The probl,m now confronting tic men who
control the domestic mills is TO decide OH the
best plan TO overcome this difficulty and by
| so doing get the fullest and best return
from the operation of their big plants and
superior machinery. scheme TO accom-
plisll the desired result is now being cor
sidered by a number of the best known
American manufacturers A close study OF
the details Of this plan shows that il is
nothing more nor less than the founding Of
an American dyeing school" 1t is 10 be a
school located in or near this city and
modelled on the same general lines as that
or the greatest school in Europe. which IL
situated in Alsace The proposed school is
10 be provided with IL model laboratory
and ali the necessary equipment Its grad
yates will receive certificates, which will
establish their ability at sight 1t is thought
that many will avail themselves of the ad-
VantageS of such q school. and the Sradu-
ates will form a distinct class of mill ex-
pertS which win be almost, If not entirely,
new to this country.
The plan las not yet been put into kan
gible form, but DR.. Harwood Huntington.
III. r.. OF this city has been intrusted with
men Who hive Lnde- ken The estapIishm mt
of the school. DIR. Huntington has devoted
I himself to the study of the dye problem.
versity and its School of Mines he took the
course at the Alsatian Dyeing School and
has spent many years IN study in Europe
and America DIR. Huntington said recently
on the subject of an American school:
Yes, the manufacturers in this country
need Il ,dyeing school, and need it very
badly. The trouble with tine goods made in
the United States is due to the fact that
the boss dyers employed in a majority Of
now manufactured. mainly because they do
not want TO and partly because they do not
know how As. result in our best shops
the imported article Is. preferred to the
American product, and the fault is the fault
of the mia management in their use of in
comes dyer when he has acquired little
! rule-of-thumb experience, and manages in
some way TO be put in charge of dye
house. When he desires 20 secure shade
he sends that shade TO dyehouse agency
and they supply him with a recipe This
recipe IS followed up by financial arguments
OF a most convincing nature, and when
dyer is satisfied that he cannot get any
further commission 1t is impossible for any
other dye. be iL ever so good, to replace the
dye which he has adopted,
1T is a well-known fact that there are
many foreman dyers who obtain more reve-
nue. from their sF, commissions than from
lloneycoIbed with this give-and-take'
method of bribery. This condition of at
fairs is tolerated because there is not sup
ply of decent material.
''As q direct result Improvement Is pre-
cluded and the mill cannot Go as good work
as the foreign mills because the dyer vetoes
the new dyes. AS a rule the average boss
has absolutely no conception of the ra-
tionale of what he does, with the result that
the most preposterous things are ordered,
and the mill is thereby q sufferer.
The question now is, what is the rem
of proper training. The need of the trade
is a school for dyeing, where personal IN
structicn adapted to the individual wants OF
each man can be given. 1t is to such.
school that the manufacturers can look for
material advancement of their interests In
the lines of dyes and dyeing.