The Monticellonian., 1917-08-30
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The oxford Press syndicate values its formula
for making the very Thin tough paper used in
the Bibles and encyclopedias at more than $1,000
600 To perfect the process required % years of
hard work and the expenditure of $1.000,000 in
cash.
y secret of greater value is the formula
for making the paper employed for the Bank of
England notes. This is family possession of
the Portals of Lavenstroke, to whom already in
generations it has brought enormous for
tune.
The brilliant red cloth of the cardinals robes
at the Vatican has been manufactured for
many generations by the same firm of merchants
AT Burstcheid. near Aix-la Chapelle.
The secret process of distilling the dye is given
by father to SON. with every precaution to prevent
any outsider from gaining possession of the reel
pc. according to writer in the Los Angeles
Times. In this connection it is rather curious to
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 casket of
tempered steel, and this never for 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
$1600,o00 At the time this liqueur was first
made the recipe written 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 1877 different substances.
And every addition to the drink required an ad-
dition to the recipe.
The result volume of than 100
pages 1t is exaggeration to say that this is
the most valuable book in the world. This be-
comes rather amusing when remember that
the mendieant friar who first coneocted the
liqueur regarded his invention with considerable
disfavor.
He : ShOrtSiphted Giovanni Farna,
who the originator of de cologne. He
offered the recipe for sale at $500. A conserva-
tive estimate of the total value of its sales profits
since that is S25.o00Oo0.
Famous Marasohino Cordial.
The Namis of cara in Damatia, wiser.
They possessed one of their heirooms 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 This is the cordial popular the
world 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 of mix
ing persisted with the inventor Ii is said that
the last quart of this famous liquid was sold for
5000, and that was 35 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 it who alone knew its eompo-
sition died and it further appears, not even his
name or the place of his burial is known He
never revealed to anyone the details of his process
and it was not until after his death that the real
value of the oil appreciated.
business firms not the only possessors of
trade secrets. Governments just Jealous