Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-23
DUPONTS SOL We DYE
PRObL EN- OF NATION
HUNS GRIP BROKEN
Big New Plant Here Supplies U,
S. and Canada; Quality Equals
Best German Product.
MAKE SYNTHETIC INDIGO


interests are completing mt Deep Water
Point ON The Delaware RIVER opposite
Wilmington dye plant composed ct oo-
odd separate buildings
Morris Il Pouchcr, sass director.
calls attention 10 the fact that the pro
duction OF natural vegetable indigo,
which had virtually ceased hy 1914, had
Iccn superseded by the production ot
Svnthetic indigo of which Germany had
an absolute monopoly
';But." he added today we have a
plant having sufficient capaci,y 10
supply the whole United States and
Canada.
The first announcement of the dc
cisjon of the du Pont Company 10 build
an indigo plant WAS madc N July 1871
Within four weeks the maximum output
al the plant was engaged hy the teXtle
industry for n term of years. We are now
delivering indigo against these contracts
our proriuc, is equal IN every respect to
The best that was ever produced in Ger
many
ALSO MAKE VAT DYES.
Next in Importance comes the vat
DIVES a group Of fast Colors tor cotton.
Formerly al colored cotton goods, with
the execution Of IndiGo-dvcd fabrics, were
looked upon with doubt and suspicion.
The introduction Of these vat dyes rcvolu-
toniyed an industry: the ntcd states
was the largest single consumer IN the
world the reason fOr thus hclng that
manufacturers of coarse goods IN tins
country adopted the idea that the best
way to develop and increase demand for
American cotton fabrics was to use
colors. even for coarse goods, equal to
any which might bc used hv the manu-
factIrerS of the finest fabrics for ex-
ample some Of our largest cotton mills
made 4 fabric known as chambray
TO HELP INDUSTRIES TO GET RACK.
The industries 10 hc served are cot
ION WOODEN silk leather paper paint.
ctc All Of these industries have suf-
fcrcd during the war; fast colors have
entirely disappeared from the market,
and in many cases fugitive colors arc
lcng substituted The complaints are
many ana in most cases are probably
ucp faundc Some say the American
dives are not rs good as German dyes
as a matter Of fact. type for type. they
arc equal but the trouble has been and
SIN i that prc-war standards Of fastncss
have entirely disappeared Our ing OBJ
icct IS to help these industries 70 get
lack as soon as possible TO their pre-war
standards Of fastness
The problem Of what the world Will
do after the war involves such questions
lis Can we complete with Germany?
Can We hold the trade" and viii
American manufacturers support the in
dustry?
MUST FIGHT AGAINST GERMANY.
NIr. Pouchers answer IS that these
questions are pertinent. and all Will
lane 10 be met but he SAYS, 1T we
t!id not believe We could hold our own
W would not have started. | am not
rnmlndiu OF the fact that the establish
lnc ot tins industry in the United States,
and particularly by this company, means
lighting against Germany IN her most
zcalotlslv protected industry, and in one
industry IN which her workers were recog-
nzed the world over as leaders.
In a bulletin issued by the Guar
antv Trust Company OF New ork.
under the caption Of The Inspiration OF
Adversitv, continued Mr.. Poucher,
Il find this sentence:
In her present temper, France re-
fuses 10 consider the possibility of re-
snnlne purchases of materials IN Ger
many as before The war, and she Is so
confident of what our feeling will be after
more extended contact with the common
eneny that she believes We shall rather
bBN from her than from Germany, what
ever NAV be the hopes OF mankind with
respect to the political league OF nations
after the war. it Is evident that in France,
as in England, there Is a disposition
among fnancIers. manufacturers and husl-
ness men to eliminate Germany when pro
posals affecting economic relationships
are under consideration
BACK TO PRE-wAR STANDARDS.
1t seems 10 me that this IS extremely
interesting as showing the drift Of AmerI-
can thought. hut We must cherish no IL
lusions about the matter. Indigo and the
vat dves and many other products which
are not vet manufactured IN this country,
arc absolutely essential to the various
consuming industries Trade standards
OF fastnesS were based upon the use OF
these products After the war the manu-
facturers will get back to their pre-wa
standards and the only question will be
as to the source of supply our whole
effort in this enterprise Is to 50 shape our
affairs that consumers will have neither
reason nor excuse for ever again buying
from Germany The Christian Science
Monitor