New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

amalgamation includes some of the
largest plants in the country.
Many of these great corporations
have branches in various cities of the
United States and few have estab-
lished agencies in Latin-American cap
itals and in London, Paris and Shang-
hal.
Capital Investment Large
The capital stock given on 80 forms
aggregates s158, 500. According to
notices of very recent interpretations,
% new enterprises have a total capital
of S4,l12,O0O, making the total invest
ment in the industry S163,025,6 $50, as
far as actual figures are available. This
amount does not include the capital in
vested in dyestuf production by 10
firms, some of which are just beginning
operations, while others state that they
are not incorporated and have no cap
ital stock, but are amply financed, or
are owned by a single individual. These
plants will probably be in full opera
ton by 1918 and add several million
dollars capital 10 the dyestutf industry.
One difficulty encountered IN COM
putting the total capitalization is the
fact that a number of firms which for
merly manufactured only explosives or
a general line of chemicals state that
their dyestuffs are by-products OF re-
cent development and that it is impos-
sible to draw a line of demarcation to
determine just what portion of their
capital is invested in color production.
No effort has therefore been made TO
supply these missing figures. If full
and accurate data were obtalnable 1t IS
believed that the estimate of 5000, 000,-
900 invested in the domestic dyestutf
industry would be conservative.
Twenty-one of these corporations
have invested from S1,000,000 to S21,-
100000 each, and 40 others have cap
ital ranging from 100000 to 100000.
The Estimated Output
From figures submitted by the manu-
facturers the following totals of
monthly production for the current
year have been compiled:
Firms
making Products Pounds
y Crudes-
Benzol. tuluol. and 1ylol
Bcnzol toluol natural and syn
thetc phenol, crroOl. naphtha-
lene. authrdcene, and some
Jyol. cumo and amylene. o.. 500
80 Intermediates ...................l0,i20 900
a. Artificial coors. ................. 5000, 900
Is Vegetable dyestufs and extracts
linciuding some tanning
tracts not stated separately. S,iS3jOo
'Gallons.
The above returns were submitted
voluntarily and, according to the re-
port issued by the Commerce Depart
ment, are as nearly complete as can be
obtained by correspondence. For gen.
cral purposes they are fairly repre-
sentative of the industry as whole,
though faulty from a statistical stand
point, since no returns were received
from several minor firms so recently
established as to be unable or unwill-
ing to go into details Of product and
output, but whose combined production
for the remainder of the calendar year
would constitute only small per-
centage of the whole. In some in
stances the figures for benzol are in
excess of the amount used IN the pro-
ducton of synthetic phenol. In this
connection it is interesting TO COM
pare the above with published esti-
mates by a leading authority on the
subject that out of an approximate
benzol production for 1917 of 220,000,-
coo pounds only 37,000,000 pounds
would be used for dyes; and a present
indicated consumption of 100000
pounds of naphthalene per annum in
the manufacture of intermediates.
Some of the larger firms state it is
difficult if not impossible to give the
exact amount of each article produced
month by month. as the production
varies according to the market. The
demand Tor certain colors remains con-
slant, while others are discontinued
and the intermediates required in their
manufacture are diverted TO other pur-
poses. The industry is still in the eX-
perimental stage, many products being
manufactured on seml-commerclal
scale, with processes not fully devel- .
oped and qualities not yet standard /.
lied In the case of the larger groups
or amslgAmations the proper coor- /
dination Of multiple phases of manu- +
facture, il is reported. is being slowly
perfected. The limited capital and
productive capacity of newer plants
frequently limit their operations to
the filling Of actual orders without any
attempt 10 carry their products in .
stock.
Production of Intermediates
In round numbers the 40 estimates B
of the monthly output Of manufactur-
ers of intermediates range from 1000
TO 100000 pounds each. The monthly
production of three factories reaches
seven figures, and that OF 10 others is .
expressed in six figures. Some Of the .
fs ctories make only the intermediates ,
required for their own consumption in .
producing finished colors, some manu- .
facture in excess of their own needs, I
while the efforts of others are confined /
TO a line Of intermediates only. The .
major portion Of the total output of .
intermediates is probably consumed in |
the dyestuff industry, although a large I
amount, especially trinitrotoluol, falls |
in the category Of explosives. There 4
is constant increase in the variety Of !
intermediates and chemicals produced
IN this country for making colcrs. Dye
stuff manufacturers are now producing .
large quantities of toludines, resorcin,
Xylidine, dianisidne, Rphthylamine,
diphenylamine, tolidine. benzidine, BEN
zaldehyde, benzylchoride. nitrobenzol.
H-acid phthalic, metanilic,
sulfanilc and naphthionic acid, napk-
tholsulfo acids, napthylaminsulfo acids,
and amidonsphtholsulfo acids, Schaef-