Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-09
BRITISH LEARN
SECRET OF DYE
MANY CHEMISTS ENGAGED

Vfoofcm of Sncap Ffouuctton of IN.
tsrmedlate" Products, Which 10 Key
to Profitable Production Of Dyes
Results ssvor Of Magic.
In a secluded Yorkshire valley In be.
ing fought one Of the grimmesf and
mort far.reaehirs battles Of the war.
II is the preliminary Lolnbardinent Of
the greot commercial war after the
war. For here nre situated the works
Of the British Dyes company. which "
struggling With Germany for one Of
the most vital Industries OF the mod.
ern commercial world. that Of the dye.
The works of the British Dyes under
taking are typical Of the evolution Of
the new INDUSTRY and the new idea.
SprawlIng the length OF Scared and
smokestnckcd Yorkshire valley, thc
sheds, boiler plants and serrIed rows
OF retorts occupy acre after acre Of
ground. Sunk In the background, In q
tiny cobbled street, little factory that
struggled for years against swelling
German competitors. has tucked on Ell
ther side and behind It n phalnnx Of
raw red brick buildings. Stretching
far along the valley. absorbing green
fields and coppices, fed by miles OF
light railway and drained by IL miles
Of sewers. are the great new sheds.
Many years ago an English chemist
discovered that artificial dyes could be
made by submitting coal tar to various
chemical processes. On that discovery
a great Industry responsible todny for
almost every atom OF color In our
clothes. our books, our pictures and
our household goods has been built.
Germany was the first to realize the
value Of such an invention. Every
possible inducement was put In III,
way OF intending manufacturers and
oil German firms engaged In the new
Industry were subsidized by the gov
ernment.
eritIsh Progress Rapid.
What took Germany over thirty
| years to accomplish with laborious re-
search cannot Of course be achieved
by British chemists In year or two
but surprising and gratifying progres,
has been made. The cheap production
Of The intermediate products. with
out which the finer products canno
be made prontnbly. Is guaranteed. Pa
tience and perseverance are expected
to win further success.
1t In essentially key industry. Ths
problem the British works attack |,
not. that Of providing this or that dy,
or discovering the secret Of one OF
another obscure German patent, bu
that Of establishing an industry which
can stand on Its own bottom ant
which Is not TO be upset by the with
drawal on the part Of a foreign com
petitor Of any essential substance use,
In the manufacture.
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oughness has not been preached Il
vain. In, building after building ther
goes on q silent. almost sutomatie
series of operations thot nrensre IN
INV material nnd nrodnce the inter
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