Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-09-07
Trade Secrets Held at Enormous Prices

The oxford Press syndicate values Its formula
for making the very thin, tough paper used in
the Bibles rud encyclopedias at more than $1,000
600. TO perfect the process required % years of
hard work and the expenditure of S1,0OO0O0 in
cash.
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 It has brought an 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 Burstcheld near Aix-la- Chapele.
The secret process of distilllng the dye Is given
by father TO son. with every precaution TO prevent
any outsider from gaining possession of the reci-
pc, according TO writer In the Los Angeles
Times In this connection IL 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 were
expelled from France. the senior abbot carried
the recipe for the famous liqueur In n casket of
tempered steel, and this for a moment
out Of his possession. In the open market after
ward the formulae for the twin llqueurs the
green chartreuse and the yellow. were sold for
St.600O00. At the time this iqueur first
made the recipe was written a single fragment
OF parchment six inches by nine One by one
additional Ingredients were introduced
IL has been stated that at the present time
the mixture contains 1877 different substances
And every addition to the drink required an adj
dtion 60 the recipe.
The result volume of more than 100
pages. II is no exaggeraton to say that this Is
the most valuable book in the world This be-
comes rather amusing when we remember that
the mendtcant friar who first concocted the
lqueur regarded his invention with considerable
disfavor
He was as shortsighted as Giovanni Farlna.
who .he originator of eau de cologne. He
offered the recipe for sale at $500. conserva-
tive estimate OF the total value of its sales profits
since that is S25Oo00o0
Famous Maraschlno Cordial
The Namis OF lara. Ia Dalmatla. were wiser
They possessed rs one of their heirlooms family
recipe for drink distilled from the marasco, or
Wild cherry. When they finally consented to part
with their secret they received therefor large
In cash and land 10 the extent OF several
thousand acres. This is the cordial popular the
world over Maraschao.
1t has frequently happened that valuable trade
secrets have been lost beyond recovery For iu-
stance. the best watch oil, Il appears cannot be
obtained today because the secret process OF mix
ing persisted with the inventor II Is said that
the last quart OF this famous liquid was sold for
500. and tina, was IS years ago. Since then every
effort has been made to analyze the product In an
attempt TO reproduce the OIL but without success
The man who made II who alone knew It's compo-
sition died and It further appears, not even his
the place of his burial is known He
never revealed 10 anyone the details of his process
and II was 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 just as jealous