The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-03

this country, despite the d1fncuIdes created by the war, is taken by Dr. printed in the current issue of Metal lurg5cal and Chemical Engineering He believes that American business men will rise to the opportunity pre- sented, and go a, long way toward shaking off the dominance hitherto exerted by the chemical industry of Germany With let-up. in the kill ing conpetition Germany has always shown toward American attempts to break free from allegiance to the Ger man market, the industry in this coun- try has it's first real chance to get a fair start He said:
 The supply of raw materials, as far as the field of heavy chemicals is concerned, would appear to call for no alarm and .comparatively little un- easiness- Pyrites. nitrate of soda, and material of that kind. though coming largely from Spain, South America. and other foreign ports, seem to be arriving with considerable regularity. and should not seriously jeopardize those chemicals used in the manufactur1ng of the first chemical raw material Stassfurt potash sup ply, upon which the world depends, iss of course. entirely cut of. The American farmer may have to get along for the time being without pot ash fertf1lzerss but other substitutes will take their place for the present Potash for other industries used in. smaller quantities may be secured from sea weed or feldspar. Neces- stiles will develop other sources of supply than the German mines
 with the chemicals that this coun- try has. depended upon Germany sup pIy1ngs covering q wide range from certain saltss such as epson salts made from kfeser1te. which industry Ger many has entirely stifed in this coun- try. through to finished dyes. which have never been made in quantity out side of the large German factories, it is too early to state what America will, dos but 1t Is safe to say that most of them we can get along without when necessity dictates.
 I'm the coal Tar Industries
 srThs prospect of the American coal tar industry VIII depend very largely on the eneouragenent which the American buyer will give to the American manufactures The ex- per1ence of the Benzo1 Products Go, which started in 8 small way to man ufacfure ani1fns oil in this country, il-. 1ustrates the attitude that Europeans have always taken where Americans have tried to parallel their rnanufac- turing expeE1ences. They decided, that the Ameracan plant must be kill ed orr and although a tariff of 10 per cent was plRced on aniline oil by thas Democratic Congress foreign
 
 point where 1t was impossible to com pete. It has heretofore been found impossible to- secure encouragenent for certain lines Of manufacture here from the buyer of chemicals. snd it is largely through the desire of the. American purchaser to secure his goods at the lowest possible price that the color industry has not been able to get a foothold. The development of this branch Of the chemical neus-
 
 of tho buyers and no nanufact11rer Ican predict what Is likely to come out of the present curtadlnent of imports of necessary chemicals to this country
 "A scarcity of trained chemists or unskfned worknen seems to be at the present time entirely out of the ques- ton, although it is Of course hard to fpresee what technical knowledge will now be called into use.
 The South Amer1can mark ct for chemica1s Is an important one and though it is not yet developed, 1t may be expected to grow into an important outlet for Anner1can products. The difficulties of doing business in South America have largely been caused by lack of proper banking faci1ides and 1t is only after this problem is solved that we may turn to the Southern re- P1PItcs as large consumers of our brpducfs-,s 2
 @ With regard to the copper market. Tr Nichols stated that the situation was quite remarkable. and that the producers had for the first time in fhetf history been unanimous in show Ing large amount of common -sense. All copper mines had reduced pro- ductt6n by 50 per cent. or even more, and the rea1ner4es had of course, fol- lowed suit.
 In summing up. pr. Nichols took a very reaesurIng view of the whole sit- uatiou- He admitted that 1t would be neceHsaEy to readjlst ourselves to new con'd1tions, but that in his opin- Ion American ingenuity will solve most if not all, Of the problems ss they arise
 He save as an example Of American resources the sugar situation As the price gees up. glucose or corn syrup win take its place in many fields. Glu- cose cannot of course replace granu- lated sugar. but it most certainly will add cheap substitute for sugar in many household uses. The interrup- ton of the shipment of Jute to this countr5e had also called for the ingen- uity offthe American manufacturers. who afs tn some places replacing rough cotton bags for the heretofore 1ndispensa bIe jufe bags
 Cherpdca1 and drug markets, accord ing to an editorial in the Septenber number of the American Druggist, have been completely disor ganized by the outbreak of the war. Inter national usage as to the transportation of contrAband of war the editoria. continues, makes the shipment of many chemicals extremely hazardous. Such chemicals as glycerine, carbolir, acid, picric and nitric acids. brfm- stone. etc-, are in the list of contra band goods
 ..Aatde from this extra hazard on goods which are contraband of war, the cost Of ocean freights and of war fnsurak&e. has risen so as to impose a 1,eavvsf f1f1rden on the consume of i'm ported achenicals of, all kinds. More