Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-06

same tne'ff M1icn uut1lrlua teif Cos
.erns tbe greater part of eur economic
ius buttons
eAeumm1 thai az becomes nrees-
saff to eApcud s.N frames ln FeHalrul
ihe dama ~. u sou mean O. 500 that
ne accident brings m SIX francs fo
the eIazier ANA to tha. extent cn-
eoIraE-- hls trade. Z grant i fair1
and frankly admit that ,.u reason
Justly
The g,a1ier ARRIVES. does bus work
poe ts his money ruhs bis hands
and hicsscs the stapcgraco sou This
is what we sec
What We Don't So.
Eut IT, hE way II deduction. sou
come tn conclude. as often is done
That lt L -ood thin- to break wine
doW that q makes money Uir-u-
atc--and that eueouTagcmeut 90
trade in general Is the result. am
obliged % cry halt, Your theory stops
at what we see. and takes 90 account
uf what we don't soc We don't see
that since our burgess has Asen
Obliged to spend his six francs 900 one
thinA be- can NO longer spend them un
We don't see that be- be- had
nQi bad This pane o. replace be- would
have replaced his shoes which arc
duUn at the heels. or have placed q
new book on his shelf jacques Bon
homme has spent six francs and gets
neither more nor less than that he
had before. namely the use and enjoy
mont OF "a pane Of glass
New as the good burgess. Jacuue
bQuh0mme constitutes "a fraction "
% II .
'lude that society. taken in The asgrc-
gate. after an accounts II labor and
enjoyment have been squared has lost
ne value Or the pane which has been
broken
AZ the beginning of the war Eu-
rope stopped purchasiue. and ike the
ripple from the stone thrown on the
pool. extending To the remotest part
II the water. so too the loss of BUSH
ness Of our exporters was felt
throughout the nation We had be-
gun % feel the effect o. the broken
glass.
50 much for our loss 81 foreign
rade and its consequent injury to
american business. Let as look "a the
fleet Of being unable % e. Euro
lean-made goods. The university
llaccd itq last import order for chem
Gals and glassware in the spring Of
.9l3 and i'm JUN Of 1914 il had re-
eived foreign quotations for a new
upply Four DAYS after The war was
declared all quotations We're with
lraWn Prices were doubled and
rcbled. Four months after war was
declared foreicn-madc apparatus was
Utmost unobtainable The large uni
'srsitics doubled and trebled the
lriccs charged 10 students for sup
lilies
Forcing drugs began to- go up in
rice and the advance has been ale
most continuous 10 the present time
'hree factors have combined % keep
- this steady increase. These are
I. our inability 20 import from Eu-
opo
2 European demands on our own
canty supply
3 The artiflciully made scarcities
# the Spectators. Notice the ante
'cllum and present day prices OF
rugs, Quinnine 20 cents to &22i an
,unCe, hoarhound, TO 20 cents lie
rice To 20 cents, cod liver Oil $40
o $50 per barrel potassium permau-
anate ! 2 cents 10 Slf5 pound, car
lolic acid 30 cents TO St.7J pound,
lycerine Is 10 so cents per pound
The New York sun SAYS, If the
var continues Illness Is going to be
more of an expensive luxury In the
'nited states this winter than ever
.etore.'
Dycsturf Situation.
Now for the dyesmff situation AT
he opening Of hostilities those papers
wued or controlled by the cotton and
'nulen trades ISSUED scare head edi-
ions, calling the attention Of al 10
he fact that dyes were not being made
d America, that none could be OBJ
aimed and urging that every chemist
a the land give his time to inventing
yes | remember one Of the sen.
anCcs, Mr.. College Professor. do you
now that your salary comes from the
Mills? How would you like 90 have
stop when the mills have 10 stop?
'pen your laboratory for the study
I dyes and give all of your time TO
his research or course there was
n immediate advance in the price Of
lothing
a. j. Little. former president of the
merican Chemical society. says that
I the beginning OF the war a great
iscovery was made TN America. The
oncral public discovered that there
'as such o person as a chemist within +
mr. borders and that hu was no sooner
iscovcrcd than he WIS Immediately
why had not our chem
u.s. made as Independent Of Europe
Why had they left as az the mercy Of
lreigners for our drugs and our
llors2
FcW knew tho history Of the dye l.
uff industry I'm America. In IS7il'
.c were making few dyes, our man
taciurers had seine protection from
tariff, but the textile industries so
rged congress to remove the protec-
on SO they might buy a little cheaper
broad. that the dyestuff industry dis
1peared. q,
Let us look at the German method
treating the dyestuff situation. Tho
crman government assisted the dye
and the manufacturer
nployed the best scientists available,
is said that the Badische Anilin 4
oda Fabrik company has constantly
nployed 100 research chemists ana
ept them az work whether or no each
scovercd anything. for they found
lat some one or two of the chemists !
ould each year make some discovery (
hich would pay the salaries OF the /
'st and would tn addition pay divi-
nds TO the company. The American ,
has not had this faith
scientific research though he is
Isl coming 10 the point where he A.,
lows that a research chemist is nee
isary 20 his business As result of /
Ie German method of treating the y
iestuff Industry an efficient system
color manufacture has resulted.
he German color manufacturers get {
zoo products and hy-products from s
e dye industry and are paving divi- !
.nds OF 30 per cent each year