New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06
uCSE AND VIOLET PERFUMES.
AEpRopUcED by GERMAN cHEMIsTs-A TRIUMPH
OF SCIENCE.

I,J,PRf,pucEp by GERMAN cHEMsTs-A TRIUMPH
OF SCIENCE
From The Manufactured
In no field OF science are the Germans uoihs
more than in chemistry They have long been
making colors and dyes in their LABORATORIES
alphabetically, driving out OF the MARIE. .ne 4au
DIVES which we earlier had to go TO tne roplcs
after The woods and the saps and the lnsects
which yielded up their store OF coiors 10 uye
our hosiery and our neckerchieis are 'nIhss VI
n mast utility We get colOrs to-day or more
beautiful and more scrviceable xmas, az d
cheaper price from the chemists pot me
work still goes on 1.-THE London Times each
year gives q review OF the scientinc achieVe
ments of the twelve months In 1871 we arr
told that one of the leading German chen'cai
manufacturers has put upon tIe aa tho a.,
artificial indigo. This is firm, OF which tnere
are several in Germany, employing from my
to hundred university graduates VINO are
constantly engaged in the work OF uyins u
turn science into the channels or prohtap'e III
dustrv We are told too, that during the year
lust passed many scents heretofore tnought 10
be procurable only from nature nave oe'' P
duced artificially ,.,,
For instance musk, Of the most highly
priced and most costly OF perfumes has been
initiated by the German chemists IT, however,
l. not an imitation. II the scientist can resolve
n substance occurring in nature into its parts
and can then synthetically build up the SUD-
stance by other means so as 10 prouu aI P,e
,.isely the same result why should we call IL an
imitation? If eggs can be Manufactured why
should we prolong the existence OF the hen
And II butter ana milk ana cHecSc van pc maui
by the chemist, why should we not manufacture
them in factories and gradually retire the COW
from active service? This may be regarded as
another assault upon the agricuturists ana the
aCrarians who are always complaining because
civilization is setting In against them. Inc trutn
js that the man or the class OF men VINO try
TO stem such tide this are fighting a poor
fight They out Of joint with the times, ana an,
the way to succeed is to deserve 10 succeed
which In Shakespearan phrase, Is even better
than success -,
We are told too that during the year the
Germans have produced an artificial essence or
yiolets and indeed. q whole series OF scents
colors appeal to the eye. are now receiving the
attention OF the patient scientists OF Germany
Although man cannot directly enjoy these De-
licious odors except In a reflex way as pleasure
reaches him through the other sex, II Is 10 be
remembered that commerCalsm knows none oil
these barriers. The Industrial scientist and the
manufacturer produce; they do not Inquire as
to who may consume. or how. To sell an article
after having made II. and to collect enough
money for ii to yield profit on the investment
IS the messing II somewhat materiastic task
which confronts TIE manufacturer. The truest
thing about il all. quoting THE London Times,
&C. this that these profitable discoveries
Is probably worth $500 per pound (S2J00)-arc
not dropped upon bv accident. ON the contrary
they are the reward Of patient. continuous ana
systematic research. directed by the highest
skill and knowledge
The lesson To- be drawn out of ii for US Is to
establish scientific schools Of the highest stand
ard In which can train INVESTIGATORS not
mere copyists and mechanics who work along
lv rule Of thumb. but men who will put their
minds to deep and patient research When we
have such men. manufacturers VIII soon come
10 know their worth and will employ them
and reward them as they ought to be rewarded