The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-05
DYESTUFfS MAKING
TO Be Increased
Du Points Plans Go Far Toward MAXI
ing Domestic Industry Self
Contained. A


The intimation from the offices o1
| the f. I. du Pont de Nemours conn
pany at Wilmington. Del, within tho
last few days that the big powder
| concern would shortly make a formal
announcement of its plans for en-
/ tering the dyestuff field, has had the
! effect of arousing keen interest In 4
color manufacturing and consuming
articles. 1t Is known that for con-
fsiderahle period the firm had been
maintaining big force of chemists
! devotiRg their time exclusively to ex-s
I perimental work in color and Oth0r
/ lines.
| A man who has been In the closest
possible touch with all phases or the
recent coal tar color development IN
this country says that he was COM
WINGED the entrance of the POWDER
concern into the actual manufactures
of dyestuTs would be nnaY proof that
the American color industry had en-
tered upon a permanent and in1preE~ss
nable stage.
! The du Points" said this man,
| have given the most minute study
I to the whole question of the permAA
hence in this country of the coaitaT
/ dye industry. and would not embark
on the new venture unless abxolute.
| ~ convinced that America in the fu-4
/ ture could hold it's own against all
+ corners. Furthermore, the Whining.
/ ton concern apparently feels assured
OF sufficient demand for its products,
because whatever it goes into must
! be on n large scale @
Active factors in the dyestuY manu-
! featuring business of the country not
affiliated with the recently formed
com bination known as the National
Anilne and Chemical Company.k Inc.,
| gave it as their belief that the ap-
| pearance OF the du Points as a. com-s
| petitive force in the DOMESTIC field
| might later result In an interesting
| lineup of the two large concerns AZ
purveyors Of intermediates and dye
stuffs not only to consumers Ia this
/ country, but in all sections OK the
world as we'll
| AS interpreted by some factors the
| restoration of peace may find the. Ma
pany. Inc. closely affiliated with the
/ big German producing companies,
! either in an active working agree
| ment or other arrangements OF mu-s
tually advantageous character. The
constituent compaies forming the Ma
tional Aniltne. and Chemical Cons
tlonal concern incluGe the Schoeit~s
kopf Aniline and Chemical works, the
w. Beckers Aniline and Chemical
works. and the Benzol Products conn
/
| CURED certain minor interests ana
processes in coal tar Intermediates
already deyeInped and -deyelopin& Of
| the General Chemical company. the
I Semet Solvay company and the Bar
t@rett company 1T thus contrpls basic
materials ana Intermediates.
Similarly the du Points propose to-
proceed in their development, thfe8
bringing the two big companies in d1-s
rect competition. but with one differ
ence which an observer yesterday
said would likely result in keeping
the two concerns distinct rivals fOrs
many years. While it was regarded -
undoubted that the du Points would
go into the color manufacturing bust~8
ness. 1t was realized that. with their
big supplies of Intermediates Of All
kinds they also would be in an ad-s
vantageous position m the turntnGs
out of the pharmaceutical productos
and photogra phic chemicals when
the National is to make not to name
explosives now being manufacturers
| on an enormous scale.
According to information at HAND
the element in the situation bound
! to keep the two concerns diettnc4a
competitors lies in the report fronka
q reliable source tina THE du Points
in deciding to embark In the dye bust
ness. had formed international cons
nections which would preclude Gloss
association with any concern iden-s
tilted in the remotest degree with
Teutonc influence or control. In
a reliable source that the du Points
company has perfected arrangements
to supply permanently the gOvern~s
ment aided coal tar dyestuff industries
of England. France and Italy sucn3
INTERN ediates as may be required g.
render these industries absolutely IN
dependent of Germany in the IutufN3
for such products. These foreign gov
eminent subsidized concern4 are
known. respectively, as British DyeAss
Limited. Societe Rationale des MAe3
there's Colorantes. and the Italian Ness
tional DyestufY company.
Switzerland, which was largely de-
pendent upon Germany for the raw
materials of the color industry. wa
quickly shut off following the OUT
break of hostilities. France and Eng
land however. extended such AID ~
was within their power with the re-
suit that. despite the mobilization 06s
the Swiss army and the conxaQuenSs
shortage OF labor. Switzerland n nov
sending out fairly satisfactory quanss
titles of dyestuffs. including some e.
the modern and very fas tcoior1s
known as the vat dyes. As opporluss
nifty offers it was said to be re9Rrd443
as certain that the Basic workS-wouiN
be greatly developed, with the pr0na@3
bility that Swiss progress would 81
insured through an entente with IT,
British and French manufacturers
Whether the +. I, du Pont az NJ
mours company would have an IT,
yangement to supply Swiss manufaea
turers with needed supplies of 1ntena
! mediates to make the Swiss in4epeNs
dent Of German sources after TIN wakS
could not he learned yesterday
also was unknown here whefhAr ~
du Points intend to carry their trAAM
propaganda into Russia and Japan III
One Of the foremost authorizes e.
dyestufYs. commenting yesterday g.
the active participation OF to
Pont concern in color producft0
said.
III the ,du Points come IN Il Ma
spell big production and insure
future of the coal tar color iu4uN
in this country. It mus, not DAS
looked that In exnerimenfing "A
big laboratory In Wilmington -
ceeded in numbers any similaA ~
4 OF chemists employed In any