The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-15
SEGRETSOF DYES
..ATLASFREVEALED.
AMERICAN Scientists Discover
Formulas Used BY the Great !.
i i, Plants Of Germany
CBy The Associated, PressJ

all of the color effects in dress goods
that were known before the war upset
the dye industry, and will soon have
every known color to choose from, all
made in America, fully az good in quail.
ity as those made in Germany or any
other country, according to I. +. Stone,
president of the National Aniline and
Chemical Company, who addressed the
National Silk Association convention
here today.
Mr.. Stone told many interesting
things about the dye situation. The
seriousness of it, as il was viewed two
years ago, has largely disappeared, he
said. Large increases in production Of
dyestuffs by lthe already established
factories in this country, and the install
ment Of a large number of new fac.
tories, has so cleared the situation
"that at the present time the prod
lion of the American factories will be
enough to take care of the whole con.
sumption of aniline dyes in this country
N the future, for all Of what 4 might
erm staple colors, and before another
year has passed every color which is
necessary to American consumers will
be produced in this country"
In explaining the success of the
American dye factories, Mr.. Stone said
that benzole, from which practically all
=. =. IL mn h.
ing produced in this country at the rate.
If 30,OO0,OO0 gallons per annum, as
against 5000, 900 prior TO the war, so
hat there is an ample supply Of this
paste material From IL are now being
manufactured largely such interme-
iiates as aniline oil, betanapthol, par
unipranilin, chlor-benzols, dimethylani-
lin and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., so that
American manufacturers of eOlors are
able to get sufficient raw materials to
manufacture enough colors to supply
the whole consumption.
"Thcre is a popular impression, ~
said Mr.. Stone, "that American manu-
featured eolors are not as good as those
manufactured in Europe, Germany par.
ticularly, and this is an impression i
wish to definitely correct, in that il is
not u fact, for American colors are
made from practically the same chemi.
al formulate as the European colors;
md are practically the same product in
every way.
1.-THE whole situation is at present
very satisfactory, and every American
consumer should be able to obtain prac.
ically everything he needs for next
year.
at has been particularly misunder-
stood by the public that American col
Drs are not as fast as European eolors
| we're, and it seems to be the custom
| low for saleswomen and others in the
stores, as well as the garment dyers, to
specifically state that they do not guar
ntec colors, because they are no longer
ible~to get the foreign colors. I wish
say that as far as I know, no manu-
'acturer or retailer has ever guaran-
teed colors even before the war, al
| hough this fact may not have been
mentioned, and the only reason it is
mentioned now is through q tnisundeT-
standing of the situation. Such fancy
'olors ,,as ladies usually want in silk,
wOrsteds, etc, such as pinks, light
blues, light green's, heilotrope, etc, were
never fast, and as far as 1 know, there
| laNe never been any colOrs which
| would dye them fast. In any event,
he word fast is more or less q mis-
lomer, as a color which is absolutely
asst to everything, such as wash ng,
Milling, light, exposure, alkalies, acids,
tc.. is practically unknown, so il is
nly comparative fHstness which Is
meant in speaking of fast colOrs, and to
his extent the present American eolors
'urh as they are. are just as fast as the
:ame colors made in Europe.
"In connection with the high prices
| now charged by American manufactur-
RS of cOlors, many consumers are un.
Ter the impression that this is because
| # the high cost of manufacture here
- compared with Europe, but as a mat.
ter of fact the reason is the abnormal
conditions, in that the raw materials
| IsRd for the manufacture of cOlOrs, like
1enzole for instance, are very much
higher than normally, being used for
explosives and other war purposes
hose high prices also rule in Europe,
70 is shown by the extremely high
| 0ricPs asked for such colors as have
been brought over from Germany by
he submarine Deutschland, and other
olors which are being imported from
iwitzerland, the prices on all of these
imported colors being higher even 10
proportion than, the American colors
Whenever normal conditions again pre-,
vail, and raw materials and labor are
at normal costs, then the prices of
American cOlOrs, as well as European
oilers, will resume the normal figures.
"In any event, American manufac.
turers who buy dyestuffs have no rea.
'op TO complain Of the high cost, be.
.ause they, on their part, have in most
cases advanced the cost of their pro.
'ucts more than the proportionately
| Iigher cost of dyestuffs, as the cost of
dyestplfs as II general rule is a very
mail percentage of the cost of manu-
| facturrd textiles, either WOOL cotton or
-fk. and American textile manufactur.
RS today are more prosperous as a rule
than they ever were"
"Thr definite answer, in connsc on
with the manufacture of dyestuffs in
America" he concluded, "is that the
present condition Of the dvrstuff sup
DIV is very satisfactory, and the future
outlook is still more satisfactory in IT, AZ
"" viii make more colors. and every
thinr indicates that the larger part Of
the businpaS will ramain in tho handa