The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-30
Trade Secrets Held at Enormous Prices

The Oxford Press syndicate values it's formula for making the very thn tough paper used in the Bibles and encyclopedias at more than S1,000.- 900. To perfect the process required 25 years of hard work and the expenditure of S1 100000 in cash.
 secret of greater value is the formula for making the paper employed for the Bank of England notes This is a family possession of the Portals of Lavenstroke, to whom already in two generations It has brought enormous for tune
 The brilliant red cloth of the cardinals robes worn at the Vatican has been manufactured for many generations by the same firm of merchants at Burstcheid, near Aixia -Chapele.
 The-secret process of distilling the dye is given by father to son. with every precautiOn to prevent any outsider from gaining possession of the reef pe according to writer in the Los Angeles Times. Tn this connection It is rather curious to note that this family of cloth merchants is of Huguenot descent and Is Protestant today.
 Recipe for Green chartreuse.
 When the monks of La Grande Chartreuse expelled from France, the senior abbot carried the recipe for the famous liqueur in casket of tempered steel and this was never for moment cut of his possession. In the open market after ward the formulae for the twin lqueurs the green chartreuse and the yellow. were sold for $1 100000. At the time this lqueur was first made the recipe was written single fragment of parchment, six inches by nine. One by one additional ingredients were introduced
 It has been stated that at the present time the mixture contains 137 different substances. And every addition to the drink required an ad- dition to the recipe.
 The result was volume of than 100 pages It is exaggeration to say that this is the most valuable book In the world. This be- comes rather amusing when we remember that the mendicant friar who first eoneocted the nqueur regarded his invention with considerable disfayor
 ua shnrta hta.I Ea pfpo who was the originator of de cologne. He offered the recipe for sale at S3.5O0 A conserva- tive estimate of the total value of it's sales profits since that Is S25,000,000
 Famous Maraschino Cordial.
 The Namis of Zara. in Dalmatia were wiser. They possessed as of their heirlooms family recipe for a drink distilled from the marasco. or wild cherry. When they finally consented to part with their secret they received therefor large sum in cash and land to the extent of several thousand This is the cordial popular the world Maraschno.
 It hns frequently happened that valuable trade secrets have been lost beyond recovery. For in- stance, the best watch oil it appears. cannot be obtained today because the secret process of mix the last quart of this famous liquid was sold for $2OO and that 35 years ago. Since then every effort has been made to analyze the product in m attempt reproduce the oil, but without success. The man who made it who alone knew its compo- sition died. and. 1. further appears not even hIs name or the place of his burial is known. He revealed to anyone the details of his process and 1t not until after his death that the real value of the oil was appreciated.
 Business .frms are not the only possessorss of traae sscrets. Csvernments are jest sas sesiesa