Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-02
GUARDING TRADE SECRETS.

II is only natural that every pre-
caution should be taken 10 guard
costly trade secrets. There is a certain
firm Of sauce makers which guards
night and day the recipe which has
made II famous and wealthy. No one
workman knows the whole OF II. for
70 b. divided up between certain de-
partments. and only the head Of the
firm can tell what makes up tho
whole The secret remained inviolable
for 100 wears.
The oldest trade secret I'm the world
belongs 20 the famous monks OF Chart
reuse They have specialized la wines.
brandics and lqueurs for more than
500 wears. and there are records prov
ing that the famous liqueurs were
made by them i'm the sixteenth cen
fury The history makes interesting
reading. They have been attacked by
robbers. anxious 10 get the secret.
which Is still with them. Rivals have
publicly proclaimed that they have
solved the mystery at last, but all
such claims are false
The method adopted 10 keep the
secret is simple. only two persons
know 1.-THE head Of the order and
his deputy. But one can not work
without the other for each knows
only one-half Of the secret, which in
case Of death, is passed on.
More legal battles have ragged
around the recipe for Eau de
Cologne" than round any other half
dozen trade secrets. one firm owns
IT, and that firm alone knows IT, AS
founding efforts have been made to
get at IL. but without success.
The many months spent on the prep
aration of the budget result IN sew
eral PERSONS having to be trusted with
secrets Tor which many a Spectator
would pay a big sum. The clerks are
sworn 10 secrecy: but. needless 10 say,
az little important Information Is all
lowed 10 reach them as possible. a
tremendous amount OF snadc-work
being done by the higher officials.
The government small-arm factories
offer WOrkmen temptations which are
not realized by the public. Every year
these factories test many pattern guns
and rifles the object being, Of course.
to find the perfect WEAPON. Foreign
governments are engaged i'm a similar
task. and 10 behooves the British ma
ton to keep its tests secret Telegraph
officials are another class Of govern
ment servants who must not talk
shop" and more than one dismissal
has resulted from failure 90 remember
this
The secrecy adopted in the matter
OF bank note making is fairly well
kNbWu. AhHA 'l ANf Eittth IhAf A'i So
les OF the last hundred years have
been detected by means OF the poor
ness A. the paper used. No thief has
yet succeeded in manufacturing simi-
lar paIer To- that used for Bank OF
England notes
when the Dreadnought was In
course of building. numerous attempts
were made by the omissaries OF
foreign powers 90 obtain particulars
Of the newest thing in bdttle-ships.
But the admiralty had organized the
dock workers splendidly. and whore
common patriotism was found want
ing "a system Of supervising the men
was adopted that kept at bay all
danger
The other day the professor Of met
allurgN al Sheffield university an-
nounced the discovery Of "a process Cor
making am improved steel MAT Woult
be- twice as good as that Boa use. Ihn
Will OF course. further enhance th'
reputation OF British steel. aud "a,
may bee sure nothing win Doe lcit t'
chance ion the guarding of the secret
London Exchange.