The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-09-14
Trade Secrets Held at Enormous Prices

The oxford Press syndicate values its formula
for making the very thin, tough paper used In
the Bibles end encyclopedias at more than $1,000
900. To perfect the process required % years Of
hard work and the expenditure of $1.OOOOOO in
cash.
A secret of even 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 1t 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
Mt Burstcheid near Aixa- Chapele.
The secret process of distilling the dye is given
by father TO son, with every precautlon to prevent
any outsider from gaining possession of the reel
pc, according to writer In the Los Angeles
Times In this connection II is rather curious to
note that this family of cloth merchants is of
Huguenot descent and Is Protestant today. q
Recipe for Green chartreuse.
When the monks of La Grande Chartreuse were
expelled from France, the senior abbot carried
the recipe for the famous llQueur in casket OF
tempered steel and this never for a moment
out of his possession. In the open market after
ward the formulate for the twin liqueurs. the
green chartreuse and the yellow, sold for
S.6o0OOo. At the time this lqueur first
made the recipe was written on single fragment
OF parchment six inches by nine. One by one
additional ingredients introduced
1t has been stated that at the present time
the mixture contains 1T different substances
And every addition to the drink required adj
dtlon to the recipe.
The result a volume of more than 100
pages, II Is no cxaEgcration to say that this Is
the most valuable book In the world. This be-
comes rather amusing yhen remember that
the mendlcant friar who first concocted the
Hqueur regarded his invention with considerable
dSfayor.
Tie was as shortsghted as Giovanni Farina
who the originator OF de cologne. He
offered the recipe for sale at S35O0 A conserva-
tive estimate OF the total value OF its sales profits
since that Is $2S,Oo0Ooo
Famous Marasehino Cordial.
The Nams OF zara. in nalmatia were wiser
They possessed OF their hctrlooms a family
recipe for 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 acres, This IS the cordial popular the
world over MaraSchino,
1t has frequently happened that valuable trade
secrets have been lost beyond recovery. For In.
stance. the best watch OIL II appears, cannot be
obtained today because the secret process % mix
ing persisted with the inventor. Ii Is said that
the last quart Of this famous liquid was sold for
500, and that IS years ago, Since then every
effort has been made 10 aualyEe the product IN an
attempt 20 reproduce the oil but without success
The man who made Il who alone knew its coupo-
Sition died. and. it further appears not even his
the place Of his burial Is known. He
revealed 10 anyone the details Of his process
aud IL not until after his death that the real
value OF the oil was appreciated.
Business firms are not the only poSseSsors Of
trade secrets, Governments are just as Eealous