New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-05
MEANS TO OUR
SELF-SUSTAINMENT
Saving of Industrial Waste OF.
fers a Field of Unlimited
Possibilities.
Prom The Manufacturers. Record.

From The Manufacturer Record.
From the beginning Of the war THE
Manufacturers Record" has taken the
position that one outcome OF il should
be so great stimulation Of activity IN
this country in the way OF creating new
industries as TO make US independent
of the world for many things which
formerly we did not produce here, but
bought from other countries.
Commenting on this situation, the du
Pont Company, which in itself IS an
illustration of many activities created
by the combination Of the skill of the
chemist and OF capital. suggests that
after two years of prosperity there still
remain plenty of fields 20 be developed.
Ii calls attention TO the fact that at the
beginning of the war il was predicted
that there would be famine in dye
stuffs in this country, and II was broad
" stated that nobody could make dye
stutfs like the Germans; but that to-
day the woollen and cotton and stocs-
ing and knitgoods manufacturers OF
this country are working full blast
"and, best of all. American dyestuns
have become an established fact
The du Pont company in this an
nouncement suggests that there never
was q more propitious opportunity Tor
the establishment OF American suprem-
ecy in the textile field, and attention Is
called 70 what has been done IN us own
plant in the manufacture Of a subsu-
tute for leather and the creation OF an
active demand for il, which IS resulting
10 millions OF yards being sold, and the
company says that for every yard OF
this imitation leather there is de-
mand for a yard Of high grade cloth
which enters iato its manufacture, and
some idea of the vast market offered
the cotton manufacturer IS thus ind
Gated. Motorcar builders, furniture
makers and a hundred and one other
manufacturers, who have been aecus-
toned 20 using leather. are reported as
fast turning 10 leather substitute, not
merely because Of price, nor necessity,
but because in their present perfected
stage of manufacture these substitutes
meet all requirements. IL IS suggested
tina. this leather situation Is only one
instance showing how new industries
can be created, and that there are many
opportunities open 20 the chemist ana
the manufacturer.
The facts suggested by the du Pont
numberless opportunities that await the
manufacturers Of this country.
; The saving of the waste which has
been going on in manufacturing oners
a field of limitless opportunity. We
are beginning 10 see something OF wnat
/ IL means 20 save the by-products OF coal
through the by-product coke oven, IN
place of the old beehive oven. Inc
rsmifications of this industry are al
most without end. We are beginning
10 know something of the meaning OF
the manufacture Of fertilizers from
basic Stag. which is being done in Ala
bama, or the utilization of waste prod
ucts OF wood for the making Of a VIDE
variety of articles. Every step OF
progress made in the utilization OF
these heretofore waste products broad.
ems the vision and opens up vista OF
untouched possibilities where skill ana
capital can find openings for new IN
/ dustries and new sources OF employ
ment and wealth dazzling in extent
In a statement addressed 20 Con-
gresham Kitchin in regard 10 the pro-
posed new revenue bill. President gu
Pont states that the consumption by MS
company OF short fibre cotton. formerly
/ of little value, in the manufacture OF
explosives. has been nearly I.OOO.OOv
bales. and that prices OF this kind OF
cotton have advanced from cents 10
cents pound. 4,
This mere statement indicates one OF
the reasons why, despite war conditions
J and the limited shipments 10 Europe
during the last twelve months. the priee
| Of cotton has advanced instead OF De-
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