The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-08
NATIVE TREES
 GIVE DYE WOODS

The New York State College o1 Forestry, at Syracuse, is Investigating the importation and use of foreign dye woods and the recent use of cer. tain native species for dye wood pur. poses. The college is receiving many inquiries about the use of various woods for dye purposes, and the in vestigation is being carried out tq meet these inquiries.
 The English blockade of all Ger man exports. as a phase of the great war, has prevented the importation of the well known German aniline dyes. To meet this situation the i'm portation of foreign dye woods has been greatly stimulated. Along with this use of foreign dye woods is the increased use of the native osage for native colors.,
 In 1915 over 6S,O00 tons of dye
 woods. valued at more than $1,00O,- 900, were imported into this country
 In the year 1915 it is estimated that there will be large increase in both quantity and value. Logwood is the most widely used dye wood that is brought into the country. During the year 1915. of the total amount it l made up over 55,000 tons, valued at $742,O0O. The pieces of wood as imported vary in. diameter from four inches up to three feet or more. and about 20 to 25 pieces on the aver age, make a ton. A good share of this wood comes from Mexico. It is estimated that there are over i 1.OOO tons of logwood on the piers in New York Harbor at the present time. In fact there has been such a demand for foreign dye woods that it has tended to stimulate production, re- sulting in considerable speculation. Owing to the tremendous demand for shipping facilities to carry war munitions, food and other supplies to the warning nations of Europe the prices for transporting dye wood have been the principal cause for the great increase in the prices for these dye wood materials. For example. logwood before the war was normal ly sold for about $19 a long ton. The present price is around $50 long ton. Before" the war fustic brought a price of $19 a long ton and now brings $40. Lima or Brazil formerly brought $25. and now is worth $40. The price of osage orange has re- mained about the same namely. s15 a long ton, delivered. In fact, all of these prices are given as delivered on the docks in New York harbor. The transportation charges are commonly quoted at from s22 to $2S a ton from West Indian and Mexican ports to the Atlantic seaboard.
 Besides haywood, the principal woods are fustic, Lima wood or Brazil wood and a few other woods of lesser importance. Osage orange, which is found chiefly in Eastern Oklahoma. Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri as we'll as throughout the lower Missis- sippi Valley, is coming into consider able prominence in the dye wood trade.
 Dye woods have been brought to this country for the last 200 years. One New York company has been importing thenl for 15 years. Log wood, which probably makes up 80 per cent. of all the wood used for dye purposes, is used for blue and black colors. Rustic and osage or ange are used for the yellows and the Brazil wood is used for red. For other colors blends between these are used. The dye wood extract manu- lecturers require that the wood be completely stripped of all bark and sap wood. In fact, the heart wood Of the trees is the only portion that contains sufficient dyeing material to justify the expensive transportation charges involved. The trade general ly considers that the outlook for osage orange is not particularly bright for the reason that there is sufficiently large supply of other and better dye- ing material available