New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
Firms Here Anxious; Know
Nothing of Goods
U-BOat Brought.
RUMOR SAYS N. J. is
TO GET CHEMICALS
Paterson Thinks They Are Con-
signed to Bernstorff, Who
Will AlIOt Them.

For local importers of dyestuffs, who
expect to profit by the new undersea
transportation service to Germany, the
cargo of the Deutschland stills remains
as much of mystery as when the com
mercial submersible arrived at Balti-
more.
II Captain Koenig brought over 81.
100000 cargo of chemicals consigned
I to five New York firms, the representa-
tives of those houses are surprised that
! they have received no manfests OF
their consignments.
/ A representative of Badische Com
pany, 1913 Duane Street, the local
! branch of one of the largest dye manu-
featuring plants in Germany, summar'
/ lied the anxiety of the importers yes
terday when he said: 1--WE don't know
a thing about the contents of that sub
marine. No one in New York does. We
understood through newspaper reports
/ from Baltimore that our firm had a
consignment of dyestuffs on board. We
have heard no additional information
Say Dyes Go to Passaic Mills.
There was a rumor yesterday that
.
New York dye houses was explained by
the fact that practically all Of the
Deutschland's valuable cargo was con-
signed to woollen and silk manufac-
turers in New Jersey. This story, ac-
cepted as probable by houses IN the
drygoods trade. represented that Forst-
mann & HUFFMAN, owners OF large
mills in Passaic, were TO receive a large
share of the dyes brought "under from
Bremen
Officials of Paterson's silk mills de-
MED the owners of the Deutschland had
neglected the important German I'M
porters in New York TO accommodate
New Jersey industries. II is under
stood in Paterson that all of the dye.
stuffs in the submarine are consigned
to Count Won Bernstortf, through whom
they will be allotted to few favored
firms.
"If that U-boat brought 700 tons Of
dyesturs, il is a safe bet that the Bad
ische Company and II. a. Metz & Co.
will get their share" one OF the IN. :.
porters interested in the shortage OF
German chemicals said. Both are
either interested in or in close touch
With the manufacturers on the other
side. The Badische Company has a
huge plant on the Rhine, where most
of the worlds supply of coal tar dyes
is made. The first news of the
Deutschland's manifest will come from
the Badische Company. Their consign-
ment will be apportioned, we are in
formed. pro rata among their old Gus
toners, who have filed large orders for
dyes since the war smut off the sup
pig"
Bulky Goods Used in WOOllens.
To show the improbaoility of the dry
goods trade absorbing the first direct
Shipment of dyes from Germany IN
more than a year, chemists pointed out
that bulky and inexpensive chemicals,
such as would not be carried IN the
deep-diving merchantmen, were used in
the silk and woollen industries.
IF a second or a third submarine
arrives here with a similar cargo, then
should say that the undersea route
will have a considerable effect on the
dyestuf market" said Dexter w.
Hewitt. president of the Black Pub
fishing Company, publishers of "The
Drygoods Guide"
~ am informed that since the war
began the Germans have invented a
new process whereby they compress
three times as much efficiency into
their dyes" he added. THAT is, the
700 tons said to have been brought by
the Deutschland are supposed TO be the
equal of 2.100 tons manufactured by
the old process.
"Our American manufacturers are
having success in making blues and
blacks, but we are short on all the odd
colors so necessary. II the manu-
facturers here were sure what the mar
ket conditions would be after the war
they would make plans to continue
turning out substitutes. They are ex-
perimenting with substitutes for the
reds, green's and other shades that
Germany has perfected through years
of research"
$4,000, 900 for Stripe.
To illustrate the German thorough
ness with which American dyemakers
must compete a representative of a
large chemical establishment pointed
to a thin, blue stripe that ran through
the material Of shirt worn by re-
porter.
take that stripe, for instance" he
said. "The German chemists expended
s6.OO0,000 on that blue before they
placed a pound of it on the market. A
firm OF German chemists thinks moth
ing of employing 200 doctors of chem
istry-men who hold advanced degrees
from several universties-for research
work. They think it a poor day when
they do not invent new color. Over
here our manufacturers have to work
months to make a cheap substitute for
one of the German colors. That's the
difference between American and Ger
man dyestuifs."
Firms that manufacture carbon
paper and typewriter ribbons are hop
ing that in the Deutschland's cargo
will be found some Of the particular
anilines they require. This country is
dependent, absolutely, on Germany for
these anilines, one dealer said. Before
the war they sold at prices ranging
from 30 cents TO 81 a pound. Now the
manufacturers are compelled 10 pay
from S. as high as $50 pound for the
same materials.