The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-07
MUST HAVE DYES
 ID FINISH WORK
MANUFACTURED CLOTHS OF ALL KINDS IN THIS COUNTRY
 AWAIT COLORlNG.
Three Ships Are Loaded With Dyes at German Ports to Be Brought Here if Safety Can Be Secured at Sea.

London April -Bepresentaufe of the American textile industry are now in London for the purpose of bringing to the attention of the Brit ish government what is said to he critical condition growing out of the threatened failure of the dye supply from Germany. Pressure is being brought 10 bear to keep the trade routes open for dye shipments from German routes
 IL is estimated roughly that an an- nual output of five hundred million dollars worth of silk, woolen and cot ton goods manufactured in the United States can reach its finished state only through the use of dyes made in Germany. Of these essentia dyes there are now on hand only thirty days supply, according to information furnished by the textile representa- tiyes. Three ships are at this writ ing in German ports loaded with dyes Consigned 10 America, valued at sc 000,000, sufficient to supply the Amer ican mills until August.
 The war mas discloved a condition with respect to the American textile interest and its dependence upon Ger many for dye which while we1 known to the experts, will cause surprise in lay circles At aute-bellum prices the actual value of dyes imported annu- ally from Germany was about ten million dollars, or only about two per cent of the total value of the product to the finishing and marketing of which these dyes are absolutely iu- dispensib.e. That such condition was permitted to continue arose from the fact that the processes of dye manufacture, while not precisely se- cret, are highly skilled and may be acquired and applied commercially only by long and paiustakiug expert. mentation
 There are said to be no fewer than twelve hundred chemists holding diplomas from the great German uni. versailles. employed in the industry of dye making in Germany 1t is the highly trained organization controlled by a lew big concerns which gives 70 Germany such power over the world $ textile interests At the outbreak of the war it is said that a German owned and managed dye factory To- cated in London was taken over by the British government but the new management has not yet been able To turn out a single pound of proper German dye.
 While progress in the United States has been slow in establishing the manufacture of cclored dyes, in the one item of black dye America may be said to be independent and if the German supply should be shut off en- tirely, America will literally be thrown into mourning Variants of natural white. and black in stripes and checks, will tend to break the funeral monotony.
 Whatever may come of the efforts now making to maintain the flow of German dye to America, the present threatening situation is sure to give d tremendous stimulus to dye produc. ton in the United States. American spirit and energy will hardly brook such helplessness as the war has shown to exist. Indeed for years past manufacturers in New England, New York. New Jersey and Penn sylyania, with hundreds of millions invested and employing hundreds of thousands of hands. have been rest. i've under conditions which lodge m a two per cent item the control of the whole manufacture To make matters worse, there have, it is claimed, been abuses growing ont of secrecy and monopoly Adulteration and bribery have, it is alleged. been praeticed on a large scale.
 The materials entering into the manufacture of dye in Germany are mainly by-products Of coke The flames leaping up through the ovens which give such brilliancy to the prospect as one travels through the coke regions in America dispose of this by-product spectacularly fl not