Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-14

can be- most economlnaly increased;
t2l The present status az thc manufac-
turc II the Intermediate compounds.
pheuol naphthol. niune OIL etc. n
This country tine increase tn output
since the beginning of the war iu Eu-
rope and the outlook Tor domestic
producers whrr hostinteS cease; tS1
the possible Development If more oco-
nomie1i Methods for making these
products. and t4) the measures that
can hc tahen to assure The maintc-
nance of production whom with Tho
ending of the war methods prohibited
% manufacturers IN the United States
are used By foreign manufacturers o.
nullify the efforts madc To- Uphuild "a
dyosuff industry here
Coal Tar Products.
Tho tXcencut quality ana Zinc ap-
peauuee of coke made in bee-hive
ovens from hish-grodc coking Goals
of Pennsylvania. and the absence of
"a large demand for tar benzol and
either substances recoverable as hy-
products. but wasted ut beehive ovens
has led To am enormous loss of poten-
tial wealth. At the beehive coke
ovens of this country. i'm 1913, rccov-
cradle hy-products with q value Of
not less than $75.0o0O0O tdyestutfs,
etc.. being estimated products) went
zap in flames and smoke.
such waste has gone on simply be-
cause OF the known excellence OF the
coke produced, and the loss of the
hy-products was not geuerally regard
ed as a matter OF state concern. one
result has been brought home during
the year by the unscttling of all in
dustries making use of coal tar pro-
ducts and 10y the fact that eonsum-
crs had to nay ten times the normal
price
This experience has taught that
vast as are our natural resources,
their mere possession does not make
us ndustrially independent.
Decrease In Waste.
Slowly We have lessened wastes i'm
the use of coal The first by-product
ovens, twelve i'm number were erected
In this country in 1892. by 1902
nearly 1900 had been completed and
by the end of 1912. 1900 were in use,
producing more than lL000.0o0 tons
of coke.
In 1911 there were $500 hy-product
ovens, which Welded ll20O, 600 tons
of coke. or about one-third the total
production. By-products recovered
had an estimated value of $l150O,OOO
or little more than one dollar for
each ton of coke produced. This
progress has come about largely
through the great iron and steel com
pauios.
This year the enormous Increase IN
demand for coal tar products, in con-
sequence of the war, stimulated the
building OF by-product ovens, and
more than 1000 ovens are NOW COM
ploted or under construction. In ad-
diuon, many by-product plants that
were not equipped to recover bcnzoi
and other chemicals are now equip
ped to save these valuable products.
By the increase in the number OF by
product ovens the possible annual
production of by-product coke has
been increased To about 100000
tons. The value Of the by-products
recovered this year may exceed 500
100000
In large part this gain for greater
efficiency should be permanent. such
prices as now obtain for hy-products
win not continue with the return of
normal trade conditions, hut on the
other hand the supplantins of the
beehive oven by the by-product oven
is an Industrial change that is likely
to continue at an increasing rate.
There is a large and increasing de-
mand for crcosote oil, obtained from
coal tar. for preserving wood. In
1913. between 10000, 600 and 10000
600 gallons of creosote oil, valued at
SO. 900. 600. were consumed in this
country. Two-thrds of this was inn
ported
The light oil distilled from tax con
tains Denzol, touol and other com
pounds, and is the source of coal-tar
dyes. nitro-c0mpounds for explosives,
and various synthetic drugs. Tho
manufacture of aniline oil and salts
is practicable in this country, and in
general we are not dependent on Eu-
rope for acids, alkaIies and other
chemicals required in their produc-
uon. sufficient naphthalene and an
thraeenc for making naphthol ana
alizarn dyes can be obtained from
American coal tar
Pure pheuol. or carbolic acid, is
used in preparing antiseptics. artificial
resins and peric acid, used in the man
ufacture OF dycstuffs and high cXplo-
sivcs
with characteristic bodness one Of
this countrys great inventors who
uses large quantities of phenol find
ing his supply Interrupted after the
was in Europe began, planned to make