The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-12-28
Chemists Duplicate in Short Time Processes Built Up by For
 eign Experts.
ENGLAND GIVES THE DATA
Americans Get Manufacturing infor- nation Great Britain Has Obtained Since the War Started-Eu- rope Takes Up American
 Machines.

cOuuSCllOuS llSlo oA lAAS ONA 1 man-owned patents which have been taken over by British firms since the beginning of the war. These lists have been sought by manufacturers in this country in order to place them in a position to take advantage at once of the provisions in the Webb bill on trading with the enemy, which enables American firms under certain condi- tions and for adequate compensation to make use of German patents during, and in some cases, after the war.
 Through British representatives 10 American dyemakers have received complete lists of the patents for mak- ing dyestuffs, which British firms LOOK from their German owners with the authority of the British parliament shortly after England entered the war. It was recently announced by the de- partment of commerce that the Du Pont company intended entering upon the manufacture of dyestuffs on a large scale According to representatives or i the company, the Du Pont company will manufacture dyes on consider i able scale without waiting until the
 end of the war.
 Without German Patents.
 | So far the dye industry in this coun-
 try has been built up without the ald
 of Germanspatented methods, because
 the laws of the country did not per init this. In spite of this handicap American manufacturers, according to
 the department of commerce, have so
 far invested more than $2OO,OO0,O0O in
 the manufacture of dyestuffs, and are
 now producing dyes in greater quan-
 titles than they were consumed ID
 America in 1914. American chem
 ists have succeeded in duplicat- ing on short notice many of the
 processes which were built up by
 generations of German dyestuffs ex-
 perts. A greater impetus will be given 1 to the industry, according to American
 experts, when the amendment to the
 patent laws places patented German
 processes at the disposal of American
 manufacturers. There are 46 firms in
 this country in the new dyestuffs in-
 dustry now pending 6O,OOO,OOO pounds
 of dyes a year.
 While the war has created this great
 Industry for America and has multi
 piled the output of many other indus
 tries, it has also taught Europe the
 use of American labor-saving machin-
 cry and of American labOr-saving de- vices, according to Albert B. Parker of
 the firm of Marks & Clerk, English
 patent lawyers. MT. Parker says that
 American manufacturers in the past
 freuuently failed to take out patents
 in England and in other countries be cause the patented article was pro duced in this country on such scale that there was not the slightest fear of competition abroad. American manufacturers should re member that the war has resulted ID introducing American methods anC machinery all over the world and if
 educating wOrkmen so that 1t VIII no'
 be safe to rely, after the war, on the
 belief that American machinery car , continue to offset the cheaper labol s costs in foreign countries" said MT 3 Parker.
 Q Take Up New Thln6s.
 q -Before the war, for instance, t never saw in England the electric hand a rr,,sas and motor trailers which arr u used 10 expedite the handling of good V in this country at freight and express r terminals. Recently they have beel S introduced all over England, the short l. ..y of men making it imperative. Add l. :pc machines and calculating machine e yei-a almost unknown In England De S o,e the war. Now they are being pu j. uto use wherever they can to say S human labor. Labor-saving America l. arm machinery has, of course, bee g. n..c,Iuced into farming in all part d If Tarlmad, and in almost an equs Il .lr.:r.e. the use of American labOr-saN e ing devices has been introduced Int d p;her industries. This is more or les n rue likewise, of France, Italy, an
 other countries. American tool manl
 facturers have been virtually II
 .a,;inping the industries of these coul .ries. Before the war Germany we u' leader in Europe in labor-Saving mi !! ;.hircry and standardized methods, bl ., .ho other countries have been moderl ,. ,. zcd by the war in this respect. Il .A ;h1STSial methods have been change iS aj; over the world. The reports of tt ie Cnited States government abound y" :,l> tances of it. For example, 1t -e +.itpd that motor lorries have been i reduced in considerable numbers in .' Hc Federated Malay states. Evt n :,hfna has entered upon an era of ma ~. .facturing and is producing mar ", manufactured articles which we ss previously imported. It is plainly i aS dicated that after the war all cou es tries will put forth their best effor N to do their own manufacturing, al .s the whole world Is being educate OA l 1..-elx. hx tho I1nifad States to ID