Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-09
Frankfort Main Deserted By the Rot6c6idS
Independence Founded tie Biggest Fortune Of Europe.

magne and q Roman military station
nineteen centuries ago In the middle
ages II was a great fair town, and II
was then that II probably fell into the
banking habit which has paid 30 well,
our national capital Is Interested In
lis new union railroad station which Is
10 cast millions. Frankfort Is only a
financial capital, but It has already n
railroad station which cost $500 0O0 II
has a new postotIlce. new theatcrs, a
new stock exchange and large num-
Der Of new hotels ITS finest streets, the
Zen and the Kaiscr-strasse. compare
fayorably with those of Berlin and Co
logne, and IL Is noted for its parks and
public gardens,
THE AMERICAN INVASION.
on account Of lts .,alth and busl-
ness connections Ft,kfort forms a
good headquarters for the American in
yasion Many kinds Of our goods are
sold The Deering Harvester company
has an Office on kaiser-strasse. and the
McCormicks have also their agents
here American typewHters, sewing
machines ana desks are found IN diff
tercrt parts OF the city. and there is one
large store which sells only American
hoes
During my stay ] have called at the
offices Of the leopold Cassella & Co.
dye works. whilh are among the largest
Of the world ind mad chat with its
manager Willie there ! was taken
through the cnunting room, containing
hundreds OF clerks In each room were
desks from Grand Rapids and attached
to each desk by a hinged shelf 50 that
II could be showed aside when not want
ed was a well-knoWn American type
writer Tho classification of the cor
respundence was In the file cases from
Cincinnati and the manager as he
showed them 10 me said he could not
see how they had ever been able 70 do
business without the American file sys-
tenn Said he.
you Yankees are wonderful You
systematize things so that one man
can DO the work Of three. We formerly
Kept our letters In copy books and spent
hours I'm looking up one series Of CORE
spondence. Now the original letters
and the copies Of our answers are filed
away together in one OF these cases,
and We can fine the whole thing at
once
HOW THE GERMANS MAKE DYES,
IL was through this man that / was
able to go through one Of the great dye
factories OF Germany Leopold Cassella
X Co have big dye establishment
within a few miles OF Frankfort. Their
factories cover many acres and they
employ in the neighborhood Of 1000
hands. The firm is well known IN the
United States 1t has a house In New
York, another In Lyons, one in Russia
and a fourth at Bombay.
Until within few years ago the
chief dyes Of the world came from Eng.
land Then the Germans learned the
secret Of their manufacture and i'm
proved upon IT. They sent out travel
ers all over the world. and adapted
their goods TO the needs Of different To-
calities. They now practically monop-
oize the trade, and you find German
dyes everywhere, IN Asia, South Amer
lea, North America and Australia The
Chinese will take none but German coll
ors, at least | was told so during my
last visit TO that country, ald Il Ia
much the same with the East Indians
and other peoples OF the orient,
A GREAT DYE FACTORY.
Taking a carriage / drove with Mr..
Bassler, one Of the Cassella employees,