The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-08-04
4 COMING INDUSTRY.

sONubNs NO0SuU
YNDER the above title the ,ui
rent issuc of The Nation
business takes "A much mor'
hcerful view at the future of the
dycstuns situation IN this country
than most . dents of tn situation
efovlng out ~ the war hay" been able
&C. Wiling to express. There ~ d
feeling among tho people. here u
albuquerque and generally through.
cut the west, that manufacturer
have taken advantage Of the shortage
of foreign dyestuns to- make shnTl
advances in the rctaii costs of prod.
ucts which are not affected by u.
Local dry goods and clothing men
| hear much of this from their custom
crs and their on'y answer is that They
lcrc rot responsible and that they too
suffer. which ~ cxactly the truth.
Indeed the retail dealer By anything
hears . hoaVi cr burden than the con
sumcr since he must accept advances
In wholesale purchases winch bccaus"
~ competition or long established
price he annot pass IN To- the con
sumner without SUFFERING q disastrous
loss If ,radc.
However much there may bc In the
feeling that she war ~ hr,ng used 10
boost prices uniustly. there Is COM
fort in the assertion of the organ e
Tho National Chamber of Commerce
that the result OF the dycstufs situa-
ton viii be 20 establish a competent
.tupply industry m tins country. After
reviewing conditions at tho |beSinhing
OF the war aud TIA. effects upon man,
Industries, the article continues.
when the "a began there were
two countries which produced most
OF h chemical colorS oi the world
namely Germany and Switzerland the
proportions available Tor export IN the
two countries beng in the relation Of
= " TO INV ilNNf W wv val VIII So
not only England but also the United
states equipped with dycstun indus-
tries which may prove adequate for
domestic demand. just what will
happen cannot be forecast. but II IL
certain hat England viii spare me-
crort TO maintain an industry which
has been .sta blished IN That country
at the cost of So much capital and
energy. II Is also not uniUNcly tina
a strong demand viii bo o AIDE in the
United states that the n great
branCh of color chemistry now want
ing IN the cycle of our national in
dUstrics should &c complete n self.
sufiicing on our own soil. The move
ment Tor preparedness win further
ac%ccn.uatc this demand. because ct
the fact hat coal-tar products. among
which are dycstuns, are "a vital clio.
ment in modern high explosives.
The department Of commerce ~
about to publish "a census of the dye
stun industry and is spariaG no eror;
d,rt,king which Will supply the do
nestle demand.
There has. of course, been q move.
mcnt to piccc out the shortage 10y
turning To- natural or vegetable dyes.
such ~ indigo and madden. ESpcr-
imcnts ave also been undertaken
with yellow from Usage orange. III,
domestic output ot synthetic dyes.
prepared by artificial processes. * still
lar from supplying the total demand
Here the existing equipment In sew
craSlargc American works has proved
to ho a valuable asset. Thc as ct
natural dyes such ~ logwuod. fustir.
has been hnuch facilitated. In ncdrlv
all branches OF the textile mauutrC-
turc II has now been found pra,-
ticable TO introduce their use effect
.Ncly. II il. therefore. not, surprlsin-
to find 1t estimated that the current
output W ny tN'bb fAlitiln "a lNua 70
about three times what It was m lglt.
DENNIS aud similar fabrics are now
being dyed with logwood blue \
valuable adjunct To- these natural dyes
is the yellow which has been obtained
from the Usage orange of the Missia-
3 ppi valley
zone thing b. encouraging The
United states posscsscs an the raw
material needed. mot only to supply
rs " demands fur dyc-tun- but ais ,
those of other countries as well
without guiuF too far INTO uhauNin-
istic propaganda, tor industrial indo-
%rondoncc. there i- me- doubt muoh
solid ground for the prospective sue
cess "i q coming Industry